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Clive Palmer and Mark McGowan.
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WA election

'We can't let it happen here': WA Labor fundraises on the back of 'people like Donald Trump'

WA Labor has told its supporters in a fundraising email the upcoming state election could wind up like the US presidential election, where "polls can be wrong" and "people like Trump will stop at nothing".

  • by Nathan Hondros
Senator Dean Smith is expected to survive any move against him in Saturday's WA senate preselection.
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Liberal Party

Liberal factions fend off push to unseat WA senator over same-sex marriage support

A last-minute push to unseat WA senator Dean Smith over his support for same-sex marriage appears doomed, after several Liberal sources conceded there was "no genuine likelihood" he would be dumped by the party.

  • by Nathan Hondros
Premier Mark McGowan's hard border success claims put to the test.
Coronavirus pandemic

McGowan prepares to scrap WA's hard border as nervous MPs brace for fallout

  • by Nathan Hondros
WA Premier Mark McGowan.
Coronavirus pandemic

WA Premier Mark McGowan sticks to his guns as border pressure builds

  • by Nathan Hondros
WA Premier Mark McGowan.
Coronavirus pandemic

Is Mark McGowan about to go soft on WA's hard border lockdown?

  • by Nathan Hondros

Crime & Courts

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Education

Murdoch University's vice-chancellor Professor Richard Higgott is under investigation by Western Australia's Corruption and Crime Commission.
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Murdoch University

Murdoch Uni loses bid to freeze staff pay in what union slammed as 'exploitation with no job security'

  • by Aja Styles
University

'Australia performs rather poorly': Murdoch Uni leader calls for business link to help COVID recovery

  • by Lauren Pilat
Coronavirus pandemic

'We will not be viable': WA university leaders call for state borders to reopen

  • by Lauren Pilat

Health

Scarborough sales rep Rhianne Miller with pet dog Bruce.
Breast cancer

'I found my breast cancer getting a fake tan': A young Scarborough woman's story of survival

  • by Marta Pascual Juanola
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Indigenous

'I have to speak up for her now': 11-year-old who took own life 'failed' by laws that bailed alleged abuser

  • by Heather McNeill
Coronavirus pandemic

Another wait to ease restrictions in WA as 24 new COVID-19 cases detected on ship docked in Fremantle

  • by Daile Cross

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