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WA records fresh peak with 12,390 new COVID cases after reporting third-worst day for ambulance ramping

Western Australia sets a new COVID record the day after St John recorded its third highest day of ambulance ramping, with more than a quarter of ambulances left waiting outside hospitals as emergency departments burst at the seams.

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Aged care workers strike in Qld and WA

Aged care workers in Queensland and Western Australia have launched industrial action as part of a union push to improve pay and staffing in aged care homes.

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COVID-19 surges to fresh peak in WA with a record 10,394 new cases, but hospitalisations steady

Western Australia reports a new record in COVID-19 case numbers with another 10,394 infections, although hospitalisations remain steady and there have been no more deaths.

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Number of new WA COVID-19 cases falls back below 10,000 but hospital infections still rising

Western Australia records a new peak of 282 people with COVID-19 in hospital, although the number of new cases drops to 9,328 after yesterday's record high.

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Telethon Kids Institute modelling shows WA about halfway through Omicron outbreak

Modelling finds WA is about halfway through its COVID-19 outbreak, with around half a million more people expected to be infected and deaths set to double and peak somewhere near 300 by the end of June.

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Celebrating big lottery wins can come at a high personal cost, gambling expert says

As the Goldfields region in Western Australia celebrates a spate of big lottery wins, a gambling behaviour expert warns that big dreams can come at a hefty personal cost.

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WA reaches COVID-19 milestone as number of new cases surges past 10,000

Western Australia reports 10,182 new cases of COVID-19, the highest number of daily cases in the state since the pandemic began.

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Western Australia could hit fresh COVID-19 peak as AMA remains nervous over removal of mask mandate

An epidemiologist warns Western Australia could be facing a much bigger peak and a slower let-up after dropping most of its COVID-19 rules, but a lot will depend on what individuals do to stop the spread.

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Federal election 2022: Political parties spend big to win over West Australian voters

An ABC analysis of advertising dollars being ploughed into social media campaigns by political parties reflects the key role Western Australia will play in the federal election.

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No quick ramping fix amid WA health spend

A $252 million investment in Western Australia's emergency departments is unlikely to immediately ease hospital pressures, the health minister has warned.

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Woman charged over death of toddler in WA

A woman has been charged with murder in Western Australia over the death of a 14-month-old boy.

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Green energy to fuel WA's Rottnest Island

Western Australia's government is hoping to lure interstate and overseas visitors back to Rottnest Island with a major new renewable energy investment.

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WA dolphin bycatch 'unsustainable': study

The number of bottlenose dolphins being caught and killed in a fishing trawl in Western Australia's north remains unsustainable, according to a new study.

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Housing shortage at 'critical point' as Wheatbelt gets left behind

Western Australia is caught in a housing 'spiral', with soaring rents and a lack of supply leaving locals out in the cold.

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Less meth in Western Australia due to border closure leads to dangerous drug landscape change, support workers say

Frontline workers are encountering more people using heroin, benzodiazepines and other tranquillising prescription drugs in Western Australia after the state's border closure.

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Pilbara Preparatory family centre fined $13k by State Administrative Tribunal over barefoot child

A family centre in Western Australia's Pilbara region has been fined after a barefoot child, who was meant to be in its care, was left alone outside on an almost 30-degrees Celsius day.

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Full story behind Abrolhos Islands drug smuggling mission revealed for first time

In what reads like a Hollywood movie script, the calamitous series of bungles that led to $73 million worth of drugs ending up on a barren island off Western Australia's coast can be revealed for the first time.

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‘I want to know why he died’: family seeks justice over Australia’s jailing of Indonesian child

Erwin Prayoga was 14 when he was wrongly jailed as an adult in Western Australia. Shortly after he was deported to Indonesia, he died in agony

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WA COVID mask mandate lifts along with capacity restrictions as Omicron peak passes

Western Australia eases its mask mandate, and drops capacity limits at all venues as the government says it has achieved the "soft landing" from COVID it promised.

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Western Australian students return to school for term two amid eased COVID-19 restrictions

West Australian students and teachers begin to claw back a sense of normality after isolation rules and other COVID restrictions threw schools into disarray in term one.

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Antoine Dicenta pleads guilty as details from Abrolhos Islands drug-smuggling trial come to light

The last of five men involved in an international drug ring that attempted to import $73 million worth of drugs into Western Australia admits his role in the bungled importation.

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Out of the Woods music festival sees major acts — including Grinspoon, and Angus and Julia Stone — return to Western Australia

Music lovers celebrate getting Out of the Woods as a major music festival returns to Western Australia after years of hardship for the entertainment sector.

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Blood donor services forced to reduce operating hours due to WA's labour crisis

Labour shortages in Western Australia add another layer of challenging complications to the supply for blood across the country.

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Death fears for ancient WA coral formation

On Western Australia's stunning Ningaloo coast, a coral bommie that began life 1000 years ago sits ghostly white in the green waters of Bills Bay.

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Calls for reform at troubled WA youth jail

Western Australia's government is likely to be exposed to compensation claims over its treatment of children in detention, a prominent barrister says.

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