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Inflation forces WA to up worker pay offer

The Western Australian government has upped its pay offer for 150,000 public sector workers after facing union-led pressure over rampant inflation.

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Eucalypts are icons of the Australian landscape, but their family tree is shrouded in mystery

Eucalypts may look ancient, but they took over Australia in a surprisingly short period of time. Here's how they became an evolutionary success story.

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After two disastrous elections, Liberals debate major reforms at landmark state party conference in Perth

After two dismal election results in Western Australia, at both state and federal levels, the stakes are high for the Liberal party as it weighs up major reform at a two-day state conference in Perth.

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WA Liberals shift to candidate plebiscite

Western Australia's Liberals have announced changes to how it selects its candidates following two devastating election losses.

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Men behind bungled $184m Abrolhos Islands drug smuggling mission to spend decades behind bars

Four men are sentenced to jail terms of between 22 and 33 years over the importation of a tonne of drugs – worth up to $184 million – that were discovered on a tiny island off the coast of Western Australia.

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Record ambulance ramping at WA hospitals

Western Australia's ambulance ramping figures have reached record levels as hospitals grapple with COVID-19 and flu outbreaks.

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Koolendong military exercise set to wrap up in the Kimberley, with experts divided on its significance

As the latest annual Koolendong exercises come to a close in Western Australia, a soldier says his brigade learned lessons — but experts are divided on its significance.

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Perdaman's plans to relocate rock art for fertiliser plant feel 'rushed', traditional owners say

While Perdaman says it has the blessing of elders to build a $4.5 billion fertiliser plant in Western Australia, minutes seen by the ABC show ongoing concerns from traditional owners about plans to relocate three sacred rock art sites.

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WA ports look into 'clean' marine fuel

Western Australia's Pilbara Ports Authority is looking into the potential use of "clean" ammonia as a lower-emissions marine fuel.

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Boat strike on whale filmed in WA as researchers urge people to steer clear of humpbacks

Whale researchers are "distressed" by footage of a boat hitting a whale at high speed off Broome and urge people to keep clear of humpbacks migrating north along Western Australia's coastline to a key breeding zone.

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WA premier backs ministers after mis-steps

Western Australia's premier has thrown his support behind his cabinet ministers as the government faces criticism on a number of fronts.

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More western ground parrots translocated in second bid to preserve WA's rarest bird

Wildlife officers successfully relocate a second group of Western Australia's rarest bird following the success of an earlier effort, but researchers are yet to detect any breeding.

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WA unions warn government on inflation

An alliance of public sector unions in Western Australia could strike within weeks as the state's capital again recorded the nation's highest inflation rate.

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Shell drops plans to lock out Prelude workers from Western Australian offshore gas facility

The Anglo-Dutch energy giant says a lockout aboard their facility off the Kimberley coast will not proceed due to safety and emergency response concerns, as industrial negotiations with the union grind to a halt.

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Dead backpacker's partner to be extradited

The boyfriend of German backpacker Simone Strobel, whose body was found near a Lismore caravan park in 2005, will be extradited to NSW from Western Australia.

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Richmond's Parker returns home to WA

Richmond forward Matt Parker has quit the Tigers, citing home sickness, and will return to Western Australia with his partner and three children.

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Families of Banksia Hill detainees speak out following transfers to Casuarina Prison

Family members of teenage boys relocated to Western Australia's highest security prison fear the move will ensnare them in a cycle of violence, as the national children's commissioner says disadvantaged youth are being blamed for system failures.

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WA government rejects proposal to hold Air Race World Championship in Northam

Plans to bring the Air Race World Championship back to Western Australia have been grounded after six months of negotiations.

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Western Australia's new Police Commissioner Col Blanch gives first interview in top job

Western Australia's new Police Commissioner gives his first interview as the state's top cop, vowing to aggressively target drug traffickers and their criminal networks.

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Farmers warn impact of foot-and-mouth disease will be far reaching if it gets into WA

Western Australia's huge size could make it hard to track and eradicate the disease, while a worker shortage will make it difficult to cope with increased domestic production if exports stop.

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Fifty-year extension for Australia’s biggest CO2 emitter attracts record number of appeals

Woodside’s gas processing facility in Western Australia’s Pilbara region attracts 759 appeals against it, up from the previous record of 170

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Chris Marco ordered to remain in WA to face charges over alleged $36.5 million fraud case

Chris Marco is told by a magistrate not to leave Western Australia as he is given bail while making his first court appearance on 50 charges of fraud.

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Western Australia's fourth COVID-19 shot rate lagging behind the rest of nation

With a fourth COVID-19 shot now available to anyone aged 30 years or older, Western Australia is ranked seventh out of the eight states and territories. What's behind the hold-up?

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Thousands of homes sit vacant in WA shires amid worsening regional housing crisis, Census data reveals

Two shires in Western Australia have some of the highest rates of unoccupied housing in the country — but for two very different reasons.

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Three children found dead after horror house fire tears through home, say reports

Emergency services were called to a house fire in Port Hedland, Western Australia on Tuesday afternoon and found the bodies of three children after getting the blaze under control

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