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Organisations reliant on Western Australia's Healthway for sponsorship have been given no guarantee those deals will be renewed when they expire.
Topics: state-parliament, health-administration, perth-6000
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| UpdatedThe Karratha community in north-west Western Australia is being asked to comment on a draft plan to help rejuvenate some of the city's oldest suburbs.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, local-government, regional-development, programs-and-initiatives, karratha-6714
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The rollout of the National Broadband Network in Albany, in southern Western Australia, could face delays if council next week vetoes the first stage of construction.
Topics: information-and-communication, urban-development-and-planning, local-government, albany-6330
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| UpdatedThe Mayor of Kalgoorlie-Boulder says a decision about the future of extended trading hours will be made next month.
Topics: retail, local-government, small-business, kalgoorlie-6430, esperance-6450
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| UpdatedA 54-year-old driver who chased down and knocked over a cyclist on a Perth street has avoided an immediate jail term.
Topics: courts-and-trials, traffic-offences, mount-lawley-6050
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The Western Australian Great Southern town of Katanning will be declared a refugee welcome zone this weekend.
Topics: refugees, multiculturalism, community-and-multicultural-festivals, katanning-6317
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A drug-affected truck driver is sentenced to five years' jail for ploughing into a car at a railway crossing in WA's Wheatbelt and killing a father and son.
Topics: courts-and-trials, road, kellerberrin-6410
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| UpdatedMore than 1,000 people rally across Western Australia against the closure of remote Indigenous communities in the state.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, perth-6000
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Topics: gold, mining-rural, perth-6000
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Long teaser
Topics: rural, community-development, computers-and-technology, weeds, kununurra-6743
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| UpdatedPerth Glory's Andy Keogh and Josh Risdon have escaped further penalties for their boozy night out in Adelaide.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, perth-6000, wa, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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| UpdatedTwo of the world's biggest credit rating agencies say they currently have no plans to downgrade Fortescue Metals Group's investment ranking despite the failure of a multi-billion-dollar bond sale.
Topics: iron-ore, company-news, australia, wa
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South Australian police drop charges against two Perth Glory footballers stemming from an incident last month.
Topics: soccer, police, law-crime-and-justice, adelaide-5000, perth-6000
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James Pattinson and Cameron White have been added to Victoria's squad for the upcoming Sheffield Shield final.
Topics: cricket, sport, hobart-7000, tas, melbourne-3000, vic, perth-6000, wa, australia
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| UpdatedWest Australian teachers formally accept a pay deal with the West Australian Government that will see their wages rise nearly 8 per cent over three years.
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| UpdatedA Perth-based gifted children's co-ordinator for the IQ society Mensa says there should be more streamlined ways of recognising highly intelligent kids.
Topics: education, lifelong-learning, perth-6000
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| UpdatedThe largest iron ore mine in Western Australia's Mid West confirms it will slash its workforce, as the falling iron ore price continues to take its toll.
Topics: mining-industry, iron-ore, geraldton-6530
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| UpdatedThe West Australian Symphony Orchestra will perform in Beijing in 2017, the culmination of a program aimed at strengthening ties with one of the state's most important trade partners.
Topics: music, opera-and-musical-theatre, wa
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| UpdatedTwo Australian children who were abducted by their father and taken to Afghanistan two-and-a-half years ago are returned to their mother in an emotional reunion at Perth Airport.
Topics: family-law, family-and-children, children, community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, perth-6000, wa, australia, afghanistan
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The chairman of the Prime Minister's Indigenous Advisory Council, Warren Mundine, delivers a blunt personal message to Tony Abbott about his comments on remote communities.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, government-and-politics, federal-government, abbott-tony, welfare, australia, wa
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| UpdatedWA's highest court has almost doubled the jail term given to a man who raped a sleeping woman because "she didn't say no" and because he believed her boyfriend had given him permission.
Topics: courts-and-trials, sexual-offences, perth-6000
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WA's Attorney-General dismisses concerns over tough anti-protest laws despite an alliance of the Government's friends and foes condemning the proposed legislation.
Topics: state-parliament, laws, perth-6000
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| UpdatedA Rebels bikie gang member breaks his club's strict code of silence to accuse police of assaulting him during a raid on his home.
Topics: police, crime, perth-6000
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| UpdatedWestern Australia will have a commissioner for road safety as part of sweeping changes to the state's approach to reducing road trauma.
Topics: road, disasters-and-accidents, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, wa
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| UpdatedA young child is recovering in a Western Australian hospital after being diagnosed with meningococcal disease.
Topics: meningococcal-disease, child-health-and-behaviour, perth-6000