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‘Torturous behaviour’: hundreds join class action against Western Australian juvenile justice centre

Current and former Banksia Hill inmates allege they were subjected to human rights breaches including forcible strip-searches

The Guardian - AU · Dec 7, 2022

Jailing Indonesians for shark finning in Australian waters doesn't solve the real driver – poverty

Last week, four Indonesian fishermen were convicted for taking shark fins and poaching fish in Australian waters. The four men were spotted off remote Niiwalarra/Sir Graham Moore island in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, more than 150 nautical miles inside Australia’s exclusive economic zone.

The Conversation · Dec 7, 2022

Temperatures forecast to reach mid-40s as heatwave hits northern Australia

North of Western Australia, NT and Queensland to swelter in up to 47C as ‘monsoon break’ allows build-up of intensely hot air mass

The Guardian - AU · Dec 6, 2022

Wobbly Bulls defy Warriors for Shield draw

Queensland stood firm to defy Western Australia an outright victory, forcing a draw that moved them within a whisker of second on the Sheffield Shield ladder.

AAP · Dec 4, 2022

WA grind towards lead in Shield at Gabba

Western Australia opener Cameron Bancroft was unbeaten on 72 at tea on day three to lead the pursuit of Queensland's 6(dec)-295.

AAP · Dec 3, 2022

Research reveals alarming link between family violence and suicide in WA

More than half the women and children who died by suicide in a 12-month period in Western Australia were known to authorities as victims of domestic violence, research reveals.

ABC News · Dec 2, 2022

Bulls declare at 6-295 v WA at the Gabba

Queensland's top three batsmen Matthew Renshaw, Joe Burns and Bryce Street all passed 50 as the hosts posted 6-295 declared batting first against WA.

AAP · Dec 1, 2022

Outback golden bandicoots 'rapidly' reproducing in western NSW, after formerly being locally extinct

Native marsupials thrive after being translocated from Western Australia and released in Sturt National Park as part of the Wild Deserts project.

ABC News · Dec 1, 2022

WA to ban gay conversion therapy

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.

AAP · Dec 1, 2022

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.

AAP · Dec 1, 2022