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Ride-sharing service Uber began operating in defiance of the law and the West Australian Government did nothing to stop it, the WA Supreme Court is told.
Topics: courts-and-trials, road-transport, government-and-politics, perth-6000
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Scientists across Australia are preparing for what could be the most damaging coral bleaching event in history.
Topics: science-and-technology, climate-change, oceans-and-reefs, australia, perth-6000
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An online petition is calling for a regional Western Australian council to adopt an acknowledgement of traditional landowners at the start of council meetings.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, religion-and-beliefs, local-government, busselton-6280, margaret-river-6285, bridgetown-6255
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After an exceptional 2015 season, West Coast rewards coach Adam Simpson with a three-year contract extension.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, perth-6000, wa, australia
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| UpdatedThe chief executive of Jaxon Construction visits the building site where two workers from Northern Ireland were killed by a falling panel of concrete in East Perth.
Topics: workplace, building-and-construction, east-perth-6004
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| UpdatedThere are chaotic scenes in WA's Legislative Assembly on its final sitting day of the year, with a Cabinet Minister chastised for making an obscene hand movement towards a fellow Liberal MP.
Topics: state-parliament, political-parties, perth-6000
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| UpdatedWith the Esperance fires now under control, farmers are dealing with a dramatically changed landscape.
Topics: bushfire, rural, grass-patch-6446, scaddan-6447, salmon-gums-6445, norseman-6443, esperance-6450
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Misconduct claims made against an officer accused of storing a banned drug at work were not taken seriously enough by Western Australia's corruption watchdog, a new report finds.
Topics: corruption, state-parliament, perth-6000
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| UpdatedMedical staff at a Pilbara hospital did not properly check the vital signs of an Aboriginal woman who died in police custody, a doctor who tried to resuscitate her tells a coronial inquest.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, black-deaths-in-custody, aboriginal, police, port-hedland-6721, south-hedland-6722
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Farmers in the Esperance region say they want to work with State Government departments to maintain firebreaks and minimise fire risk into the future.
Topics: bushfire, agribusiness, land-clearing, community-development, esperance-6450
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| UpdatedFormer Australian Test cricketer Justin Langer says the sport's governing bodies should consider the place of the draw in the international game.
Topics: sport, cricket, perth-6000, adelaide-5000
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A driver who caused the death of a cyclist in West Perth last year may have deliberately caused another crash the day before she was due to undergo a psychiatric assessment.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, west-perth-6005
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A long-awaited WA Planning Commission decision on the way forward for the Lancelin tourist park redevelopment has been deferred again.
Topics: tourism, states-and-territories, urban-development-and-planning, land-management, lancelin-6044, geraldton-6530
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| UpdatedBunbury MP Adele Farina says significant delays in securing hearing dates at the city's courthouse are continuing because two retired magistrates are yet to be replaced.
Topics: judges-and-legal-profession, courts-and-trials, states-and-territories, bunbury-6230
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Roads in Western Australia's Pilbara have reopened after a bushfire that threatened the Nanutarra Roadhouse.
Topics: bushfire, emergency-planning, fires, emergency-incidents, nanutarra-6751, fortescue-6716, karratha-6714
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Dr Stephen Langford, Western Australia's Local Hero for 2016, has forged his passion for remote medicine and a love of flying into a career with the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
Topics: doctors-and-medical-professionals, health, human-interest, awards-and-prizes, rural, perth-6000
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| UpdatedA leaked report advocating plans for a tunnel to link Roe Highway to Fremantle will not accelerate the State Government's decision on the second stage of its $1.6 billion Perth Freight Link.
Topics: road-transport, states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, building-and-construction, perth-6000, fremantle-6160, white-gum-valley-6162, beaconsfield-6162, palmyra-6157, bibra-lake-6163
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| UpdatedOperational problems following the transition to Perth's new $2 billion Fiona Stanley Hospital put patient safety at risk, a parliamentary inquiry finds.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, state-parliament, perth-6000
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| UpdatedThey may be far from home, but a group of Americans have gathered in Western Australia's Pilbara region to celebrate Thanksgiving.
Topics: community-development, weather, rural-women, community-and-multicultural-festivals, defence-industry, exmouth-6707, learmonth-6707
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| UpdatedA mother and father and their two teenage children, made up a drug syndicate in the state's far north, distributing drugs to bush communities and cattle stations, say Derby police.
Topics: police, drugs-and-substance-abuse, crime, derby-6728
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Former Police Minister and veteran MP Rob Johnson refuses to give up on his seat of Hillarys without a fight, despite confirmation he will face a challenge for Liberal pre-selection.
Topics: state-parliament, liberals, hillarys-6025
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| UpdatedThe deaths of two construction workers at a site in East Perth yesterday highlights the need for greater on-site safety scrutiny, the Master Builders Association says.
Topics: workplace, death, east-perth-6004
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WA Opposition accuses a Liberal fundraising organisation of taking advantage of a "loophole" in political donation laws to channel funds to the party.
Topics: political-parties, state-parliament, perth-6000
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| UpdatedWA Commerce Minister Michael Mischin denies the Government is considering dismantling the state's industrial relations system and handing power to the Commonwealth, contradicting one of his Cabinet colleagues.
Topics: industrial-relations, state-parliament, perth-6000, wa
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WA Police will target a new level of prolific offenders in their effort to combat Perth's surging crime wave.