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Gay conversion therapy will be made a criminal offence in Western Australia after evidence of abuse and mistreatment at a Perth women's rehabilitation centre.

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Rain washes out day one of Shield at Gabba

No play was possible due to rain on day one of the Sheffield Shield clash between top-of-the-table Western Australia and third-placed Queensland.

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Dangerous 'folding up' restraint to be banned in West Australian youth detention this month

The potentially-deadly practice used on children by youth detention officers in Western Australia will be replaced with an alternative method within weeks.

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Bushfire that was threatening lives, property near Albany on WA's south coast is downgraded

Favourable weather conditions have seen the alert level for a bushfire that had been threatening lives and homes near Albany downgraded.

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Discovered in the deep: is this the world’s longest animal?

A submersible off the coast of Western Australia chanced upon a 45-metre-long deep-sea siphonophore arranged in a feeding spiral, trailing its deadly tentacles

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Girl indecently assaulted by man during house break-in at Katanning

A young girl has been indecently assaulted by a man who broke into her home in southern Western Australia early this morning.

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WA Nationals support Indigenous voice

Western Australia's state parliamentary Nationals have split from their federal counterparts by expressing support for an Indigenous voice to parliament.

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West Australian National Party breaks ranks over Indigenous Voice to Parliament

Mia Davies has become the first state Nationals leader to criticise the federal branch's decision to not support the Voice to Parliament referendum.

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Labour turmoil sweeps Australia as inflation stirs 'spirit of anger'

After a decade of making up to A$200,000 a year (about US$135,000) on oil and gas rigs as a fitter and subsea equipment specialist in Western Australia, Adam Naylor had had enough.

Reuters

Rio Tinto reaches historic agreement with Juukan Gorge group

Global miner Rio Tinto Ltd has reached a restitution agreement with an Aboriginal group whose rock shelters in Western Australia it destroyed two years ago for an iron ore mine, the groups said on Monday.

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How Four Corners' Locking Up Kids exposed use of controversial 'folding up' restraint in West Australian youth detention centre

Journalist Grace Tobin gives an insight into the challenges of producing the Four Corners program Locking Up Kids, which investigated the treatment of youth at Western Australia's Banksia Hill facility.

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Virulent footrot detected in Western Australia after routine check of ram travelling from interstate

Animals that travelled in the same truck as a ram infected with virulent footrot are being traced across Western Australia.

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Summer weather forecast wetter in some states and territories, average in others

Whether you're camping, going to the beach, house-boating or four-wheel driving, summer is going to be wet and cool for some states and territories and hot and sunny for others.

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Roebourne Prison air conditioning plans need to be fast-tracked, Indigenous leaders say

Indigenous leaders in Western Australia's north have welcomed a decision to install air conditioning in all cells at Roebourne Regional Prison, but say prisoners can't wait another summer for heat relief.

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Dominant WA close in on Shield win at SCG

Undefeated Western Australia need four more wickets at the SCG to extend their lead at the top of the Sheffield Shield table and send their hosts bottom.

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Number of homeschooled children in Western Australia almost doubles in six years

The number of children being homeschooled in Western Australia almost doubles in six years, with figures showing a 35 per cent increase in the past year alone.

AAP

Crisis response as WA nurses plan strike

Western Australia's health minister has slammed the nurses' union over a planned statewide strike, saying it will disrupt critical healthcare services.

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Goomalling man dead after storms spark multiple fires in Western Australia's Wheatbelt

A man in his 50s dies from severe burns after storms spark multiple fires across the region.

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NSW set 268 target in Shield wicket fest

NSW need 268 runs to beat runaway Sheffield Shield leaders Western Australia after 20 wickets fell on an eventful day two at the SCG.

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Federal assessment of millennia-old rock art begins on Western Australia's Burrup Peninsula

An independent reporter is visiting the region to see what impact industrial emissions are having on the rock art, and whether it can be moved.

AAP

Cashed-up WA government faces nurse strike

Nurses in Western Australia are again threatening to walk off the job after rejecting the state Labor government's latest pay offer.

AAP

Green rips through WA on Shield debut

NSW spinner Chris Green has picked up the opening four wickets of his first-class career to put his side in pole position against high-flying Western Australia.

AAP

WA seeks to modernise abortion laws

The Western Australian government has launched a four-week public consultation period as it seeks to modernise the state's abortion laws.

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Auditor for obscure Indian company at centre of WA energy crisis 'alarmed' at financial accounts

The auditor of an Indian-owned company at the centre of Western Australia's growing energy crisis says it's "unable" to verify the firm's accounts.

AAP

Man charged with murder in WA's Goldfields

Homicide detectives in Western Australia have charged an 18-year-old with murder over the death of another man known to him in the Goldfields.

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