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| UpdatedThe Australian Federal Police are called to the Yongah Hill detention facility in Northam as up to 30 people reportedly take to the rooftops in a protest that has now entered its second night.
Topics: immigration, refugees, northam-6401
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| UpdatedA fashion relic of the late eighties and nineties, the humble scrunchie finds a new lease on life preventing the slaughter of wildlife by domestic cats.
Topics: animals, animals-and-nature, human-interest, environment, wa
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A Perth woman is banned from having a pet for 20 years after leaving two dogs with dirty water and without food.
Topics: animal-welfare, law-crime-and-justice, maylands-6051
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| UpdatedIndigenous communities in WA will not be shut down and the State Government should tell Aboriginal people that, Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion says.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, aboriginal, wa
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| UpdatedShaun Burgoyne, who captained the Indigenous All Stars, and fellow Hawthorn Football Club players Bradley Hill, Cyril Rioli and Jed Anderson have called for the right of Indigenous people to stay in remote communities.
Topics: community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, state-parliament, broome-6725, karratha-6714, geraldton-6530, kalgoorlie-6430, perthville-2795, bunbury-6230, albany-creek-4035
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| UpdatedA French farm worker who was driving on the wrong side of the road when he killed a motorcyclist near Albany last year is sentenced to twelve months in jail.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, albany-6330
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Western Australia's wool production has dropped lower than expected.
Topics: agribusiness, wool, sheep-production, perth-6000
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| UpdatedOne person has died and six others - including a toddler - are injured in a crash involving two cars at Bedfordale, 40 kilometres south-east of Perth.
Topics: road, accidents, bedfordale-6112
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| UpdatedFormer deputy leader of the Liberal Party and human rights campaigner Fred Chaney remembers his friend, Malcolm Fraser.
Topics: government-and-politics, perth-6000
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Former AFL player Daniel Kerr plans to move to WA's south to play football, the Perth Magistrates Court is told.
Topics: courts-and-trials, perth-6000
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| UpdatedBudgets in some public schools in Western Australia are reduced by more than $1 million over what the Government indicated they would be just months ago, under final 2015 budgets released today.
Topics: education, budget, perth-6000, broome-6725, karratha-6714, geraldton-6530, kalgoorlie-6430, bunbury-6230, albany-6330
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A pastoralist on Western Australia's Ningaloo Coast says the future of his station remains uncertain, as last minute lease negotiations continue.
Topics: pasture, land-rights, land-management, conservation, livestock, tourism, rural-tourism, ningaloo-6701
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| UpdatedWestern Australia's 2015 Rural Woman of the Year wants to get more people eating Japanese udon noodles.
Topics: grain, awards-and-prizes, perth-6000
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| UpdatedA man who police say was involved in a fiery crash on the Mitchell Freeway in Perth is arrested after allegedly stealing the car of a good Samaritan who stopped to help.
Topics: road, police, northbridge-6003
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| UpdatedHugh Jackman joins AFL stars in calling for Indigenous people to be allowed to stay in their remote communities as the Western Australian Government moves to shut some down.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, state-parliament, broome-6725, karratha-6714, geraldton-6530, kalgoorlie-6430, perth-6000, bunbury-6230, albany-6330
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| UpdatedWestern Australia captain Adam Voges has been named the Sheffield Shield player of the year.
Topics: cricket, sport, perth-6000, wa, australia
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| UpdatedA protest at the Yongah Hill detention centre, east of Perth, is continuing despite no visible signs of the detainees who climbed onto the roof yesterday and stayed there overnight.
Topics: immigration, northam-6401, geraldton-6530
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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