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Call for review into disappearance of 'dangerous', tiny radioactive capsule in Western Australia

As the desperate search continues for a tiny radioactive capsule in Western Australia, the state's deputy premier calls for a review into how it came to be missing.

ABC News

Radioactive capsule's loss in Western Australia described as 'highly unusual' as authorities urge public to keep their distance

Authorities are continuing to desperately search for a radioactive capsule — which can cause severe burns and other health problems — along a 1,400-kilometre stretch of road in Western Australia.

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Libby Mettam says she has the numbers to lead Western Australia's Liberal Party

Western Australia's Deputy Liberal Leader Libby Mettam says she has the numbers required to replace David Honey as party leader.

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WA Opposition leader Mia Davies resigns

Mia Davies, Western Australia's Opposition leader and Nationals leader, has announced her resignation from both positions.

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Enormous crocodile spotted roaming streets of town after it is hit by flooding

Police in Western Australia were called after locals spotted a crocodile roaming their streets in an isolated town in the north of the state, with cops having to tranquilise the beast so it could be returned to its watery home

Daily Mirror

Man's body found in vehicle in WA bushfire

Arson Squad detectives are investigating after firefighters found a man's body in a vehicle while battling an out-of-control blaze in country Western Australia.

AAP

Cleo Smith investigation cop Jon Munday awarded Australian Police Medal

One of the unsung heroes of the Cleo Smith investigation in Western Australia's north west has received a top honour in recognition of his service.

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Met officers being lured Down Under by better pay and sunshine, claims Australian force

Western Australia police force says it has seen ‘large number’ of applicants from the Met

Evening Standard

Qantas flight bound for Kalgoorlie forced to turn around and return to Perth after 'mechanical problems'

A Qantas flight bound for Kalgoorlie in Western Australia's Goldfields from Perth returns to Perth Airport, with passengers told a mechanical fault was to blame.

ABC News

WA to legislate 2050 net-zero emissions

Western Australia will legislate its goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 but the government is no closer to revealing economy-wide interim targets.

AAP

WA Police Union research finds death by suicide surpasses those killed on duty

Western Australia's police union calls for more mental health support after its own research found the number of suicide deaths in the force has surpassed the number killed in action. WARNING: This article contains content that some readers may find distressing.

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Frederick McCubbin painting defaced with Woodside logo in protest at Art Gallery of Western Australia

Activists spraypaint logo on masterpiece and one glues her hand to gallery wall to protest desecration of Burrup peninsula rock art

The Guardian - AU

There's a shortage of fish in Perth right now — and ex-Tropical Cyclone Ellie is to blame

Perth is in the midst of a fish shortage, as ex-Tropical Cyclone Ellie continues to hinder supplies from Western Australia's northern waters.

ABC News

Activists attack McCubbin painting in WA

Activists protesting Woodside's alleged destruction of rock art in Western Australia's north have launched a faux attack on the painting Down On His Luck.

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WA floods destroy dozens of homes

Dozens of families in Western Australia's Kimberley region are homeless after once-in-a-century floods.

The Conversation

From floods to fire? A climate scientist on the chances El Niño will hit Australia this year

After three soggy years of La Niña in a row, Australia has endured record-breaking floods, the latest of which has inundated the Kimberley in Western Australia and across north and central Queensland.

The Conversation

Hidden women of history: how 'Lady' Williams founded a great Australian apple

On Boronia Farm, just outside Donnybrook in Western Australia, stands an 80-something-year-old apple tree (Malus domestica) that’s at the heart of a global industry.

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Warming ocean waters in Western Australia are a 'sentinel of climate change', UWA researchers say

Researchers say, as an ocean warming hotspot, WA provides a very clear and present warning about the dangers of long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns.

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NSW firefighters to help with WA floods

A six-person NSW team will head to Broome and Kalgoorlie as extreme weather batters Western Australia's north.

ABC News

Western Australia looks for ways to protect its share of nation's 30pc land conservation target

Western Australia supports the country's 30 per cent land conservation target by 2030, but it has no target to meet the goal within its own borders, with the head of national parks management admitting it will be difficult.

AAP

Bushfire threatens lives in WA

A bushfire in Western Australia's southwest is a threat to lives and homes, the state's emergency service says.

ABC News

Evacuated residents in Derby begin to return home as Western Australia's flood clean-up continues

The first of hundreds of people evacuated in Western Australia's flooding emergency are being allowed back to their homes, but the wait is not over for those in some of the worst hit areas.

The New Daily

Western Australia bushfire threats downgraded

Two bushfires that threatened lives and homes in Western Australia's southwest have been downgraded to watch and act alerts.

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WA bushfire threats downgraded

Two bushfires that threatened lives and homes in Western Australia's southwest have been downgraded to watch and act alerts.

ABC News

WA floods rebuild may take 'months' as falling Kimberley water levels reveal enormous damage

WA's premier describes the infrastructure damage caused by flooding in the Kimberley as "extraordinary", with the daunting task of rebuilding towns and communities becoming clearer as water levels drop.

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