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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.

Space

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.

AAP

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.

The Conversation

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.

Space

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.

AAP

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

The Guardian - AU

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…

The Conversation

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.

The Conversation

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.

AAP

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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Total solar eclipse 2028: Everything you need to know about totality in Australia and New Zealand

A total solar eclipse will sweep across Australia and New Zealand on July 22, 2028, bringing over five minutes of midday darkness.

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WA paceman takes five wickets in one-day win over SA

A trio of Western Australia batsmen have struck half-centuries before a teammate took five wickets in a 66-run one-day win against South Australia.

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Young gun stars as Bulls win one-day clash for the ages

A little-known 20-year-old has resurrected Queensland from the dead with a stunning century in an epic One-Day Cup victory over Western Australia.

The Conversation

Optus Triple Zero outage has left multiple people dead. A telecommunications expert explains what went wrong – and how to fix it

Multiple people have died after a botched Optus network upgrade on Thursday prevented around 600 emergency calls to Triple Zero across Australia.

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‘Incompetent’: SA premier slams Optus as eight-week-old baby among three who died when triple zero calls failed

Peter Malinauskas criticised the telco for its communications after two people in South Australia and one in Western Australia died during the network upgrade

AAP

WA champion tips 'torrid' Origin experience for Big V

West Coast legend Glen Jakovich expects Western Australia to take the fight to Victoria when State of Origin football returns to the AFL calendar.

The Guardian - AU

AFL confirms State of Origin football to return in 2026 after 27-year hiatus

The AFL’s marquee State of Origin fixture will return next year after an absence of 26 years, with Western Australia to host Victoria in Perth on Valentine’s Day

The Conversation

Australia’s long history of ‘sovereign citizens’ can be traced to outback WA

Outback Western Australia, some time in the 1970s. Picture a huge farm about 500 kilometres north of Perth, with a seemingly endless dirt road to get there.

The Independent UK

A new species has been discovered – but it’s already extinct

Scientists have always believed there were five living species of bettongs, but new research changes things

The Conversation

Australia has some new marsupial species – but they’re already extinct

You are probably familiar with kangaroos. Wallabies too, and most likely quokkas as well.

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iHerb Suspends Melatonin Sales To Australia Following Surge Of Child Overdoses In WA

US-based supplement store iHerb has suspended sales of melatonin to Australia following a spike in child overdoses in Western Australia.

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