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A bushfire advice for the south-west Western Australian town of Northcliffe remains in place, after an alert was issued on Wednesday morning.
Topics: bushfire, fires, northcliffe-6262, bunbury-6230
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Four-year-old mare Tick Tick Bloom has won the 2015 Bunbury Cup, with her seven owners taking out the $120,000 cash prize.
Topics: lifestyle-and-leisure, clubs-and-associations, bunbury-6230
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| UpdatedA man is sentenced to eight years' jail for unlawfully killing a Perth teenager outside a party in the Perth suburb of Doubleview.
Topics: courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, doubleview-6018
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| UpdatedPolice suspect a woman has been murdered after the discovery of a body at a home in the Perth suburb of Forrestfield.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, forrestfield-6058
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First images from Exmouth after Cyclone Olwyn's overnight battering
Topics: cyclone, exmouth-6707
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| UpdatedIn WA's Kimberley a station family is shaving their heads as a fundraiser for the Leukaemia Foundation.
Topics: rural, beef-cattle, community-development, health, kununurra-6743
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Bureau of Meteorology Infrared, enhanced animation of Cyclone Olwyn, Friday 13th March 2015
Topics: cyclone, exmouth-6707
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| UpdatedA man is sentenced to life in jail with a 21-year minimum for the drug-fuelled murders of his partner and his best friend.
Topics: courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, perth-6000, girrawheen-6064
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| UpdatedWorkers at Chevron's Wheatstone project in Western Australia say they bunked down on bits of cardboard or the concrete floor when Tropical Cyclone Olwyn came through, and the company faces a "mutiny" over treatment of employees at its Barrow Island site.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, cyclones, workplace, accidents, barrow-island-6712, wa, australia
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A Western Australian sheep farmer has found some of the 120 young merinos that were allegedly stolen from his south west property at the weekend.
Topics: sheep-production, crime, crime-prevention, collie-6225
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The Western Australian Government has spent nearly $200,000 in its two-year search for a permanent director-general of the Health Department.
Topics: health-administration, state-parliament, perth-6000
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| UpdatedCoastal communities in WA's Pilbara remain on red alert as Tropical Cyclone Olwyn tracks close to the upper West Australian coast, bringing destructive wind gusts and heavy rainfall to the Northwest Cape.
Topics: weather, cyclone, barrow-island-6712, exmouth-6707, coral-bay-6701, onslow-6710, geraldton-6530, jurien-bay-6516, carnarvon-6701, karratha-6714, bunbury-6230
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| UpdatedMore than 1,000 workers are forced to sleep on blow-up mattresses in common areas after energy giant Chevron fails to evacuate in time, the mining union says.
Topics: weather, cyclone, barrow-island-6712
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| UpdatedAustralian businessman Mark Hamilton Pendlebury is granted bail after being charged with murdering a security guard on Thailand's holiday island of Phuket.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, thailand, wa, geraldton-6530
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| UpdatedRenowned Australian pianist David Helfgott is asked to choose soothing classical music as part of an innovative research project to help reduce stress levels in children with autism.
Topics: health, diseases-and-disorders, music, classical, autism-spectrum-disorder, adolescent-health, child-health-and-behaviour, perth-6000, australia
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The suspicious deaths of two men in Perth's southern suburbs are being investigated by police.
Topics: crime, orelia-6167, mandurah-6210
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CCTV footage from Northbridge police station showing the moment Cassandra Swann is thrown to the ground by a police officer.
Topics: assault, perth-6000
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The WA Government defends the $11 million cost of closing, dismantling and relocating a heritage-listed kiosk to Perth's Elizabeth Quay.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, state-parliament, perth-6000
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| UpdatedThefts of firearms from properties in Western Australia's south have police concerned, with 32 guns stolen from the region in the past month.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, bunbury-6230
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| UpdatedTwo rare pig-nosed turtles are seized in sting operation in Perth after a man tried to sell one on Gumtree for $2,000.
Topics: animals, mount-helena-6082, nt
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| UpdatedA pastoral company in Western Australia's Kimberley will face court next month for the alleged illegal clearing of 1,500 hectares.
Topics: rural, beef-cattle, land-clearing, kununurra-6743
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| UpdatedThe planned opening date of the new Perth Children's Hospital is pushed back by several months.
Topics: child-health-and-behaviour, adolescent-health, health, nedlands-6009
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| UpdatedMelbourne Rebels co-captain Scott Fuglistaller is the only change to their starting side to face the Western Force.
Topics: super-rugby, rugby-union, sport, perth-6000, melbourne-3000, vic, wa, australia
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Perth's newest office tower reaches its highest point, with construction of the 33rd storey, part of a redevelopment aimed at reviving an area of the Perth CBD that has languished for years.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, perth-6000
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| UpdatedThe partner of a cyclist killed on King's Park Road last year calls for new laws requiring all bike rider to wear high-visibility vests.
Topics: laws, cycling, perth-6000