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| UpdatedA protest at the Yongah Hill detention centre, east of Perth, enters its second day after 12 Iranian, Lebanese and Iraqi detainees climbed onto the roof.
Topics: immigration, northam-6401
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| UpdatedAvocado producers in Western Australia and New Zealand put competitive instincts aside this summer and decided to "swap notes" on their respective yields, in an effort to avoid flooding the market.
Topics: fruit, food-processing, food-and-beverage, manjimup-6258
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Premier Colin Barnett says he has no concerns about meetings the former treasurer Troy Buswell had with government staff since his appointment to a private sector role.
Topics: state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, wa
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| UpdatedIt has been years since Australian gold miners have had the odds in their favour, but their fortunes are starting to change, driven by a rising US gold price.
Topics: gold, economic-trends, kalgoorlie-6430, perth-6000
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| UpdatedMore than a dozen people stage rooftop protest at Western Australia's Yongah Hill immigration detention centre, according to detainees.
Topics: immigration, refugees, northam-6401
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| UpdatedPremier Colin Barnett has been pushed by a protester at a rally in Perth against remote community closures, on March 19, 2015.
Topics: government-and-politics, perth-6000
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Whooping cough vaccinations will soon be available to pregnant women in Western Australia in a bid to protect newborn babies from the disease after the death of a four-week-old child this week.
Topics: vaccines-and-immunity, infant-health, pregnancy-and-childbirth, child-health-and-behaviour, babies---newborns, health, wa
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| UpdatedWestern Australia's Treasurer takes his fight for a greater share of GST to Canberra, meeting with his federal counterpart to argue for an overhaul of the current system.
Topics: tax, federal---state-issues, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, wa, australia
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Dockers captain Matthew Pavlich says the player group are doing their best to rally around Ryan Crowley.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, fremantle-6160
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The WA Government faces calls from its backbench to overhaul the management of prescribed burning, with one MP saying the recent Northcliffe bushfires are evidence of major problems in the system.
Topics: bushfire, state-parliament, states-and-territories, environmental-management, perth-6000, northcliffe-6262
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| UpdatedThe decision by Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton to flood the market and drive down the iron ore price is labelled "dumb" by WA Premier Colin Barnett.
Topics: iron-ore, mining-industry, state-parliament, budget, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, wa
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| UpdatedOrganisations 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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| UpdatedA 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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| UpdatedWA Premier Colin Barnett faces hostile scenes inside and outside Parliament over moves to close remote Indigenous communities.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, federal---state-issues, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, perth-6000
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| UpdatedANZ Bank says growing wealth in emerging Asian economies could see demand for gold double.
Topics: gold, mining-rural, perth-6000
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| UpdatedThe rubber vine eradication project in Western Australia's Kimberley is using computer software to detect the weed.
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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| UpdatedSouth 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