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Care economy growing fast and boom set to continue

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has defended Australia's fast-growing care economy, dismissing federal opposition criticism as rooted in "snobbiness".

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Friday essay: ‘I claimed our data’ – confronting the colonial archive is ‘intense Aboriginal love’ in action

This is my data. And this is my sovereign right. No more whitewashing. Let Truth be told. — Data Sovereignty Words I am a Wajarri, Badimaya and Wilunyu woman from the Yamaji Nation who has grown up on country with family in the small rural inland community of Mullewa, in…

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Veteran Gannon gives WA edge in Shield clash

Western Australia will go into the final day of their Sheffield Shield home clash against Queensland with a lead of 204, and Mitchell Marsh unbeaten on 40.

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Inglis fireworks digs WA out of trouble against Bulls

Josh Inglis has struck 122 off 116 balls to lift Western Australia to 7-319 at stumps on day one of their Shield clash with Queensland.

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Limestone and iron reveal puzzling extreme rain in Western Australia 100,000 years ago

Almost one-sixth of Earth’s land surface is covered in otherworldly landscapes with a name that may also be unfamiliar: karst. These landscapes are like natural sculpture parks, with dramatic terrain dotted with caves and towers of bedrock slowly sculpted by water over thousands of years.

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Colossal WA collapse hands SA shock one-day win

Western Australia have fallen from 3-133 to 164 all out to suffer a shock two-run loss to South Australia, leaving them without a win in the one-day cup.

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‘Equivalent of Tasmanian tiger for bird watchers’ discovered in Western Australia desert

Rangers and scientists thrilled as they find the largest known population of one of Australia’s rarest birds, the night parrot, living in Great Sandy desert

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Philippe scores ton as NSW beat WA in One Day thriller

Will Salzmann has taken a memorable catch in the deep to ensure NSW sneaked over the line against Western Australia by eight runs in their One Day Cup clash.

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Calls grow for total ban on gambling ads as Australia’s annual losses surge to $32bn

Exclusive: On a per capita basis, ACT residents posted the heaviest gambling losses and Western Australia the least, according to new data

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Kid Snow takes a stab at exploring masculinity in the gritty outback, but fails to land

Director Paul Goldman’s new Australian film Kid Snow is set in the gritty, male-dominated world of tent boxing in outback Western Australia.

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What are earthquake swarms – and is Australia at risk?

After seismic events hit the Hunter region in NSW and WA’s wheatbelt, experts warn that long periods without activity can contribute to complacency

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‘For a short few weeks you realise the desert is truly alive’: Guardian Australia readers’ favourite wildflower spots

From desert blooms to city parks, readers share their favourite places for native seasonal flora around the country

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Afternoon Update: Higgins accused of ‘visceral hatred’ of Reynolds; a dramatic yacht rescue; and a golden age for Australian tennis?

Lawyers for Western Australia senator Linda Reynolds and her former employee Brittany Higgins began their closing arguments this week

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Wooing the west: Nationals look to hoodwink Bullwinkel

Both sides of politics are working to shore up support in Western Australia after it was seen as a crucial factor in Labor winning a majority government.

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Indigenous teenager dies at WA’s Banksia Hill youth detention centre

The 17-year-old is the second child to die in custody in Western Australia in less than a year

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Should WA and NT drop rural default speed limits to 100kph? Here’s what the evidence says

The spotlight is back on speed limits, as the Western Australian government prepares to host a road safety summit in early September. Ahead of the meeting, at least one expert has called for the WA government to lower default speed limits on rural roads in WA to 100 kilometres per…

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'Significant' changes for troubled forestry industry

Victoria and Western Australia have done away with logging their native forests, with NSW the latest state questioning the industry's future.

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Public housing residents sue Western Australia

A class action lawsuit has been lodged against the Housing Authority and the state of Western Australia on behalf of public housing residents, and ‘presidential candidate’ Robert F. Kennedy Jr is expected to drop out of the race by the end of this week.

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Crocodiles given tummy aches to stop cane toad feasts

Rangers and scientists have been training crocodiles in Western Australia not to eat cane toads, by giving them a bout of food poisoning.

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Richmond star Shai Bolton open to returning to WA

Richmond playmaker Shai Bolton will return to Western Australia for family reasons should the Tigers be compensated properly for losing a contracted star.

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With more lawsuits potentially looming, should politicians be allowed to sue for defamation?

Western Australia Senator Linda Reynolds is already embroiled in a bruising defamation fight against her former staffer Brittany Higgins. Now, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is reportedly considering suing independent MP Zali Steggall after she told him to “stop being racist”.

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More gas diverts clean energy investment, critics warn

Critics slam an inquiry's claim that Western Australia will need new sources of gas to meet domestic requirements for decades, even as the state decarbonises.

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'No more wasting talent': Hunt lauds WA's time to shine

West Australian rugby league product Royce Hunt has lauded the imminent arrival of the Western Bears to the NRL competition.

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Sharper knife laws allow anywhere, anytime searches

Western Australia's proposed new knife laws will subject everyone in search areas to mandatory wanding or walk-through metal detectors.

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Counsellor abused young boys across two states

A counsellor already jailed for sexually abusing seven young boys in Western Australia also ensnared 10 victims in a rural NSW town, a Sydney jury has found.

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