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Third Hemisphere launches venture investment arm with major stake in Fremantle Seaweed as Australia races to cut methane emissions

Public relations and marketing firm Third Hemisphere has launched a new venture investment arm and made its first investment in Western Australia’s Fremantle Seaweed, signalling a significant move in the commercial scaling of climate technology solutions.

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Short first Ashes Test results in record donation of surplus food across Western Australia

Optus Stadium donates fresh produce after England’s capitulation with OZHarvest redistributing ‘hundreds of kilos’ to charities

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Connolly leads WA resistance in Shield draw with SA

Western Australian all-rounder Cooper Connolly has led the resistance with the bat in a drawn Sheffield Shield game against South Australia.

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Weather tracker: heatwave roasts Israel as 90 die in Vietnam downpours

Temperatures over 35C break November records in Israel while some areas of Vietnam have nearly 2 metres of rainfall

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McSweeney leads South Australia to dominance over WA

South Australia have the upper hand over Western Australia ahead of the final day of their Sheffield Shield clash after taking a 145-run first innings lead.

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We knew Ningaloo’s coral bleaching was severe. But what we found 6 months later was still a shock

The heatwave in Western Australia last summer broke records. As marine scientists, we were deeply concerned about whether Ningaloo’s corals would survive. We were prepared for the worst, but what my colleague and I found when we returned to assess the damage months later was still a shock.

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SA in command of WA in Sheffield Shield

South Australia's bowlers have taken the upper hand against Western Australia on day two of their rain-marred Sheffield Shield match.

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New data shows the ACT and Queensland economies are beating the rest of the nation

The Australian Capital Territory and Queensland have won bragging rights for having the fastest growing economies in Australia in 2024-25.

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'We want to belt them': Vics talk up AFL Origin revival

Victoria want to "belt" Western Australia in the AFL's first State of Origin match in 27 years, naming Marcus Bontempelli among four walk-up starts in the team.

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Cameron Green stakes Ashes claim with strong all-round showing in Sheffield Shield

Western Australian hits 94 and bowls injury-free spell, with one more day of action to impress before Australian XI is named

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Green finds form with bat for Western Australia

Allrounder Cameron Green is in position to make a big total after making an unbeaten 49 for Western Australia, but Queensland hold the upper hand.

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Renshaw plunders century, Green returns to bowling

Queensland's Matt Renshaw enhanced his Test recall claims with a century as Cameron Green had a successful return to the bowling crease for Western Australia.

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Ancient Australian rocks may shed new light on the birth of the moon

Some of Earth's oldest rocks buried deep in Western Australia may hold new clues about the dramatic event that gave rise to our moon.

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WA and bad light deny South Australia in Perth

Cameron Green faced an invaluable 108 balls for Western Australia in Perth as they held on to draw with South Australia in the Sheffield Shield.

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Green held back from bowling as WA take charge

Western Australia have gone to stumps at 0-87 in reply to South Australia's 215 on the opening day of their Shield match, where Cameron Green is not bowling.

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How does a flaming piece of space junk end up on Earth? A space archaeologist explains

The mysterious object was on fire and lying in the middle of a remote dirt road in Western Australia’s Pilbara region when mine workers stumbled upon it.

Space

Mysterious smoldering wreckage in Australian Outback is likely part of a Chinese rocket

A piece of smoldering wreckage found in Western Australia is likely part of a Chinese rocket that crashed to Earth on Saturday (Oct. 18), experts say.

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Tasmania down WA to extend silky start to one-day cup

Tasmania have defeated Western Australia by four wickets to log a fourth-straight win in the one-day cup.

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Tassie get Shield redemption with thrilling win over WA

One summer after suffering one of the tightest losses in Sheffield Shield history, Tasmania have pulled off a three-run win over Western Australia.

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Tigers roar to set up final-day Shield thriller

Momentum has swung regularly on day three as visiting Western Australia were left needing 44 more runs with just two wickets in hand to beat Tasmania in Hobart.

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Queensland’s pandering to climate deniers is making it even tougher for Australia to drive down emissions

Queensland is Australia’s top polluter – even worse than Western Australia, which has no climate target and adores its fossil fuel industry

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Theft, lies and butterflies: the Englishman who stole thousands of specimens from our museums

In August 2025, there was a plague of Monarch butterflies near Nannup in Western Australia. Thousands of winged creatures arrived – attracted to two invasive weeds, cotton bush and milkweed. In a time of a bitter loss of bees and butterflies in our ecologies, the multitude of fluttering wings was…

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For the first time, we linked a new fossil fuel project to hundreds of deaths. Here’s the impact of Woodside’s Scarborough gas project

Global warming from Woodside’s massive Scarborough gas project off Western Australia would lead to 484 additional heat-related deaths in Europe alone this century, and kill about 16 million additional corals on the Great Barrier Reef during each future mass bleaching event, our new research has revealed.

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NSW post vital away Shield win as Test aspirants fail

NSW have caused a massive boilover to open the Sheffield Shield season, beating Western Australia by 74 runs at the WACA.

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Police seize guns from ‘sovereign citizens’ who reject government authority

The crackdown follows the fatal shooting of two police officers in Victoria in August

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