WA
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Rain on the way a welcome relief after our second hottest summer on record
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The past few months have been hot, dry and fiery, but there's some rain in the forecast for drought-ravaged regions this week.
Topics: weather, drought, floods, rainfall, human-interest, australia, adelaide-5000, melbourne-3000, hobart-7000, sydney-2000, brisbane-4000, darwin-0800, perth-6000, act, nsw, qld, nt, sa, tas, vic, wa
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James Kwan survived in isolation for a week before coronavirus took his life
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Tributes are flowing for a 78-year-old man who died from coronavirus in Perth, with James Kwan described as a "true gentleman" and a pioneer in WA's tourism industry.
Topics: health, infectious-diseases-other, diseases-and-disorders, respiratory-diseases, travel-and-tourism, travel-health-and-safety, perth-6000, wa, australia, china
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High-tech Chinese research vessel detected mapping strategically important waters off WA
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A Defence official says the Xiang Yang Hong 01 was "undoubtedly" mapping waters regularly used by Australian submarines heading to and from the strategically important South China Sea.
Topics: government-and-politics, defence-and-national-security, defence-industry, defence-forces, world-politics, australia, china, wa
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Party time on the Highway to Hell as Perth pays tribute to AC/DC
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More than 100,000 people line a major road through Perth in a one-off tribute to AC/DC and the late Bon Scott, but only after setting a new world record.
Topics: music, events, road-transport, perth-6000, wa
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'They couldn't go in and hold his hand': Australia suffers first coronavirus death
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An elderly Perth man who spent time on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship becomes the first Australian to die after contracting coronavirus — which the AMA has likened to the deadly Spanish flu.
Topics: health, infectious-diseases-other, perth-6000, wa
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Vinyl is now worth some serious money, but it's nothing to do with the sound of music
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Vinyl records are set to generate more revenue for the Australian music industry than CDs this year, but it appears to have nothing to do with how the music actually sounds.
Topics: music, music-industry, engineering, popular-culture, community-and-society, perth-6000, wa
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Teeth from 50-tonne prehistoric sharks found in abundance in WA
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An ancient seabed in Western Australia's north-west is proving to be one of the richest sites to find fossils of giant creatures that roamed the ocean until 3.5 million years ago.
Topics: palaeontology, library-museum-and-gallery, fossils, shark, national-parks, marine-biology, science-and-technology, human-interest, perth-6000, exmouth-6707, cape-range-national-park-6707, wa
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Bradley Edwards's defence lawyer has kept his cards close to his chest. Until now (photos)
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Three months into the marathon trial of the accused Claremont serial killer, it's been difficult to get a sense of what the defence case will be. But Paul Yovich has just landed his first major blow.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, perth-6000, wa, claremont-6010
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A 'stable, united' Government may start to show cracks as its best performer stands down Analysis
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Mark McGowan has worked hard to portray his Government as the model of political stability, but the resignation of his Treasurer could strain tensions, writes Jacob Kagi.
Topics: state-parliament, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, alp, perth-6000, wa
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'It's really concerning': Push for a new approach to teaching our kids about consent
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Sex ed isn't compulsory in Queensland's state schools, but in NSW, kids start learning about consent in kindergarten — a year before children in NT, WA or Tasmania. How do schools near you teach kids about sexual consent?
Topics: education, university-and-further-education, community-and-society, health, law-crime-and-justice, sexual-offences, diseases-and-disorders, sexual-health, australia, nt, nsw, qld, sa, act, tas, vic, wa
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Topics: government-and-politics, industrial-relations, unions, prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, wa, perth-6000
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'It's just a ticking time bomb': Tensions in WA prisons at boiling point
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Jason Burton has been in and out of Western Australia's prison system for 15 years and says he's never seen conditions so bad, with staff under pressure and a rise in violence among inmates.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, occupational-health-and-safety, unions, workplace, community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, human-interest, wa, perth-6000, bunbury-6230, kalgoorlie-6430, coolgardie-6429
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Wife basher t-shirt displayed in storefront prompts outrage in wake of Hannah Clarke death
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The store's owner says the shirt is a joke, but domestic violence advocates have branded it a "hate crime message" in the wake of the death of a mother and three children.
Topics: domestic-violence, perth-6000, wa, mandurah-6210
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Legions of armyworms are on the march in suburbia, devouring lawns in their path
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Lawn lovers across south-east Queensland are waking up horrified by the sight of their once-green grass turning brown almost overnight.
Topics: gardening, pests-diseases-and-control-methods, pests---horticulture, landscape-gardening, invertebrates---insects-and-arachnids, leaf-eating-insects, animal-science, horticulture, lifestyle-and-leisure, human-interest, maroochydore-4558, brisbane-4000, palmwoods-4555, bokarina-4575, yaroomba-4573, yandina-4561, gympie-4570, peregian-beach-4573, nambour-4560, australia, act, nsw, nt, qld, sa, tas, vic, wa
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DNA from other crimes and forensic scientists both contaminated crucial Claremont evidence (photos)
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The Claremont serial killings trial is told crucial forensic evidence handled by PathWest was contaminated by DNA from other investigations and from its own scientists.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, perth-6000, wa, claremont-6010
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Second WA coronavirus case confirmed, in woman evacuated from Diamond Princess cruise ship (photos)
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The second case of coronavirus is confirmed in Western Australia, in a woman evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan.
Topics: infectious-diseases-other, perth-6000, wa
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Another thunderstorm batters Perth as three ingredients combine to make the sky 'explode' Explainer
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Perth residents have been left bewildered this week as ferocious storms have appeared seemingly out of nowhere, causing widespread destruction in a matter of minutes. So what is behind it?
Topics: weather, storm-event, perth-6000, bencubbin-6477, wa
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Child porn prisoner tried to hire hitman to murder his ex-wife over life insurance payout
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A Perth prisoner who tried to hire a contract killer to murder his ex-wife for her life insurance money, saying he "wanted it to to look like an accident", is sentenced to more than six years in jail.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, perth-6000, wa
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Scientists contaminated crucial Claremont evidence with own DNA, serial killings trial told
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Scientists at WA's state-run forensic laboratory contaminated crucial samples relating to the Claremont serial killings case on multiple occasions with their own DNA, the trial of Bradley Edwards is told.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, perth-6000, wa, claremont-6010
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Mobile phone tracking of triple-0 callers to be game-changer for emergency services
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Across Australia, the inability of emergency operators to pinpoint a mobile phone caller's location can cause delays in dispatching first responders, but that is about to change.
Topics: emergency-incidents, accidents, computers-and-technology, road, mobile-phones, disasters-and-accidents, human-interest, renmark-5341, casterton-3311, australia, act, nsw, nt, qld, sa, tas, vic, wa
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After that summer, a neutral autumn outlook is very welcome indeed
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After summer 2019-20, you'd be forgiven for looking at the forecast for autumn with trepidation, but the BOM's latest outlook offers some optimism.
Topics: weather, climate-change, disasters-and-accidents, drought, rainfall, human-interest, australia, adelaide-5000, melbourne-3000, hobart-7000, sydney-2000, brisbane-4000, darwin-0800, perth-6000, act, nsw, nt, qld, sa, tas, vic, wa
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Australian rules great Graham 'Polly' Farmer posthumously diagnosed with CTE
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Researchers confirm that Australian Rules football legend Graham 'Polly' Farmer had CTE, and say that repetitive exposure to head knocks are the key to the degenerative brain disease.
Topics: sport, australian-football-league, health, sports-injuries, sydney-2000, nsw, australia, wa
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National soccer coach issues plea to Scott Morrison ahead of Tokyo Olympics
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Australia's men's football head coach calls on the Prime Minister and the Australian Sports Commission to start funding the sport properly as the Olyroos prepare for their first Olympic campaign since 2008.
Topics: sport, socceroos, soccer, olympics-summer, australia, perth-6000, wa
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Police warn man wanted over Gosnells shooting are 'unpredictable' and should not be approached
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Detectives appeal for help to find a man they want to speak to about a shooting and police chase in Perth's southern suburbs earlier this week, saying he "may have access to weapons".
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, police, gosnells-6110, armadale-6112, perth-6000, wa
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Dramatic footage shows moment large tree crushes car during Perth storm
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Dashcam video emerges of a lucky escape on Perth's roads during a destructive storm described as the most severe to hit the city in almost a decade, with regional towns also left mopping up.
Topics: weather, perth-6000, wa