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WA arrests over child exploitation images

Three children have been rescued and more than 40 people charged in Western Australia after a major police operation targeting child exploitation material.

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Austrian sailor rescued 100km off WA coast

A sailor has been rescued off the coast of Western Australia after his catamaran capsized during an attempt to sail across the Indian Ocean to Indonesia.

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Cleo Smith's abductor Terence Darrell Kelly to be sentenced in December for kidnapping WA girl

The man who abducted Cleo Smith from her family's tent near Carnarvon in Western Australia's north-west is scheduled to be sentenced before the end of the year.

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WA's first Indigenous art centre celebrates 35 years of supporting Kimberley artists

Warlayirti was the first Indigenous art centre in Western Australia when it formed 35 years ago. Now it is described as "the heartbeat" of its tiny Kimberley community.

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Alleged woman drug dealer extradited to WA

A woman accused of trafficking hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of illegal drugs from NSW and Victoria is scheduled to face court in Western Australia.

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Boy, 9, tragically dies after being bitten by mosquito on family holiday

A "bright and bubbly" boy from Western Australia has tragically died while on a family holiday to the Philippines where he was bitten by a mosquito and picked up dengue fever

Daily Mirror

$3b iron ore project greenlit for WA

Mineral Resources says the Onslow Iron Project in the western Pilbara will be one of the largest iron ore mines ever undertaken in Western Australia.

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Dawson's burrowing bee at risk from tourists and careless drivers, locals say

Indigenous elders and residents want more done to protect a rare native bee species found only in parts of Western Australia.

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Dry, warm spring forecast for Western Australia as eastern states brace for more wet weather

A climate driver called SAM is responsible for WA's spring forecast looking decidedly different than predictions for the eastern states.

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Traditional owners' group initially opposed moving sacred rock carvings in Pilbara, documents show

Documents submitted two months prior to a federal government decision reveal that Aboriginal custodians in Western Australia's Burrup Peninsula warned they were "extremely concerned" a state-heritage approval for a fertiliser plant would put sacred sites at risk.

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Federal government approves two new offshore greenhouse gas storage areas off WA and NT

The federal government issues permits for two new offshore greenhouse gas storage areas, off the coast of Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

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Albany photographer Nev Clarke captures the canola landscapes of the Great Southern

Fields of yellow are not an uncommon sight for someone travelling through the Great Southern region of Western Australia, thanks to the growing canola industry.

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Teen attacked by massive shark while spearfishing thanks pal for saving his life

Luke Pascoe - who is recovering in hospital - has praised his pal Conner Shirley for saving his life after he was attacked by a monster Great White Shark in the waters around Mistaken Island in Western Australia on Monday

Daily Mirror

WA to overhaul outdated equality laws

Western Australia's government will revamp its equality laws to strengthen protections for sexual harassment victims and LGBTQI students in religious schools.

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Overhaul of WA's anti-discrimination laws to strengthen protections for women and LGBTIQA+ community

Removing the outdated "disadvantage test" for sexual harassment complaints and improving protections for LGBTIQA+ staff and students in religious schools will be among sweeping reforms to Western Australia's anti-discrimination laws.

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Top site for WA Aboriginal cultural centre

A proposed new Aboriginal cultural centre on the Perth riverfront is being touted as Western Australia's answer to the Sydney Opera House.

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Location chosen for new Aboriginal cultural centre to be built in central Perth

A site is chosen in central Perth for the creation of an Aboriginal cultural centre, an attraction Premier Mark McGowan describes as a "great opportunity" for Western Australia.

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Regional WA tourist hotspots Broome and Busselton feeling the house price boom

Western Australia's coastal holiday hotspots Broome and Busselton are experiencing surging house prices, with real estate agents reporting increased interest in regional living from city dwellers.

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Sending teens to maximum security prisons shows Australia needs to raise the age of criminal responsibility

The recent transfer of a “difficult cohort” of teenagers to a maximum-security adult prison in Western Australia raises familiar questions about Australia’s prison system.

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Australia’s highest and lowest income suburbs: how does your postcode compare?

Western Australia’s Cottesloe and Peppermint Grove the top-earning area while five of the lowest are in regional NSW

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Nationals MP Vince Catania hands in resignation for WA seat of North West Central

Nationals MP Vince Catania's departure in the seat of North West Central officially triggers the process of holding a by-election — leaving both sides of the Liberal-National Alliance to compete for votes.

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Perth weather: South-west corner of WA could be in for its coldest day this year

A wintry mix of hail, blustery thunderstorms and even snow flurries is on the cards for Western Australia as the south-west corner of the state, including Perth, braces for what could be its coldest day of the year so far.

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WA targets vapes with misleading labels

More than 15,000 e-cigarettes have been seized from retailers in Western Australia as the state cracks down on their illegal sale.

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Western Australia records first monkeypox case in returned overseas traveller

Overseas travellers returning to Western Australia are urged to monitor for symptoms of monkeypox after the state records its first case.

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Tobias Moran granted bail over alleged murder of German backpacker Simone Strobel

The man charged with the alleged murder of German backpacker Simone Strobel is free to return to Western Australia as a magistrate says there doesn't appear to be any evidence connecting him to her death.

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