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Concern in the Pilbara as Cyclone Ilsa strengthens

Residents and workers in Western Australia's Pilbara are bracing as Tropical Cyclone Ilsa, now a category-four system, bears down on the coast.

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Tropical cyclone warning along WA Kimberley coast

A tropical cyclone could hit coastal parts of the Pilbara or Kimberley in Western Australia within the week, according to the weather bureau.

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Tropical cyclone could hammer Kimberley and Pilbara

A tropical cyclone could hit coastal parts of the Pilbara or Kimberley in Western Australia next week, the weather bureau says.

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Western Australia's Pilbara, Kimberley gear up for post-Easter tropical cyclone

A tropical low is expected to intensify into a cyclone — to be named Ilsa — as it tracks south-west through the Timor Sea over the long weekend and is forecast to approach WA's north-west next week.

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Mullewa GP Nalini Rao says she will no longer resign over ongoing power issues in the Midwest

A small town in regional Western Australia will keep its only doctor after she backflipped on her decision to resign over the ongoing impact of power outages on the GP practice.

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'We haven't got anybody': new research reveals how major parties are dying in remote Australia

On the eve of the 2019 federal election, a Labor Party politician made a panicked phone call to someone they knew in Kununurra, a remote town of over 5,000 people in Western Australia. As the person later recalled to us during an interview for our research, the conversation went something…

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Man arrested after young boy abducted from home

A 34-year-old man is assisting police after he allegedly abducted a young boy from his home in the Wheatbelt town of Moora in Western Australia.

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Drug searches at WA border zones under new police power

Western Australia's government will hand police the power to search for drugs at 22 border zones in a bid to reduce meth consumption and drug-related crime.

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This Buddhist sculpture probably won’t ‘rewrite history’ – Western Australia already has a rich Chinese past

Does the discovery of a Ming Dynasty Buddha sculpture found near Shark Bay in remote Western Australia “rewrite history” and suggest the Chinese first visited Australia 600 years ago?

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McLeod’s Daughters actor Peter Hardy drowns at Western Australia beach

The 66-year-old actor, who also appeared in Chopper and Neighbours, died while snorkelling at Fremantle’s South beach

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Bigamy case that captivated Perth in 1910 and fascinated public for decades catches eye of marriage researcher

A historical bigamy case in Western Australia proves rich pickings for a researcher keen to find out more about the illegal practice of marrying multiple people without a divorce.

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Western Australian archaeological project to connect 60,000 years of desert history

The project will involve ten different Indigenous communities and groups, and examine a rich history dating back 60,000 years or more across a massive stretch of Western Australia.

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Thousands of our native plants have no public photographs available. Here's why that matters

For hundreds of years, botanists have collected plants to describe species and keep in herbaria across the world. But while physical plant specimens are irreplaceable, photographs of plants are also an invaluable resource for botanical research, conservation and education.

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Luxury catamaran runs aground off Jurien Bay ahead of Kimberley tourist season

A luxury 12-passenger boat heading to the Kimberley to take tourists on thousand-dollar tours off northern Western Australia has run aground at Jurien Bay Marine Park.

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Tasmania 'vital location' in 'rewilding' efforts to rebuild native animal populations

Scientists are starting to think outside the box when it comes to 'rewilding' — a practice of reintroducing native animals back into their habitat — but could bringing in predators like Tasmanian devils also help deal with foxes and feral cats on mainland Australia?

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Male motorcyclist dies in police pursuit in Karratha light industrial area

A male motorcyclist has died in a crash during a police pursuit in Western Australia's Pilbara region.

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‘How quickly can we come?’ Western Australia police swamped with enquiries at UK recruitment day

A delegation from Perth is in London asking Brits to ‘come join us’ – and police are on their wish list

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Businesses close in Western Australia's south west due to staff shortages

WA's worker shortage has pushed cafes and restaurants in regional areas to shut up shop completely. But an industry body says there are signs things will get better.

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Melbourne to hit 38C and western Sydney 35C as heatwave sweeps parts of Australia

Very warm weather conditions will extend across southern areas and linger until next week, Bureau of Meteorology says

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Jobs in Australia: Government of Western Australia to visit UK and Ireland in search of staff

They're looking for teachers, nurses and other skilled workers such as builders and plumbers - and many of the vacancies pay more than double the average UK salary

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New Indigenous aged care hub in Mandurah to provide service tailored to Aboriginal people

First Nations people in Western Australia have long struggled to access the aged care system, with advocates describing the lack of services tailored to Indigenous elders as appalling. They hope that's about to change.

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I study how radiation interacts with the environment – and the capsule lost in WA is a whole new ballgame

By now, you’ve probably heard about a tiny radioactive capsule that went missing from the back of a truck somewhere in Western Australia. Inside is a small but dangerous amount of Caesium-137, a radioactive chemical element that can harm both people and nature.

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WA's new fishing rules come into effect today. Here's everything you need to know

Tough new restrictions for recreational fishing along 900 kilometres of Western Australia's take effect today, aimed at boosting the recovery of species such as snapper and dhufish. So what's changing?

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Search underway for radioactive capsule missing in Australia

Parts of Western Australia were under a radiation alert on Saturday after authorities said a radioactive capsule used in mining was lost en-route to the state's capital, Perth.

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Albany carjacker Shayden Eades broke into house, stole money then threw it from car window

Shayden Phillip Eades has pleaded guilty to 13 charges including stealing, criminal damage and failing to stop following a crime rampage through regional Western Australia.

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