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Another six COVID cases confirmed at Juniper's Cygnet aged care home in Perth's south

There have now been eight confirmed cases of COVID-19 at an aged care home in Perth's south as Western Australia records its highest number of new local cases since the start of the pandemic.

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As COVID-19 reaches WA nursing homes, aged care workers are bracing for Omicron's impact

With two cases of COVID-19 confirmed at a residential facility in Perth, the union for aged care workers is hoping lessons are learned from how the sector handled Omicron in the eastern states.

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Morning mail: religious discrimination bill passes, Covid fines ‘imbalance’, Perth festival

Thursday: The Coalition has passed the controversial legislation through the lower house. Plus: Perth prepares for festival opening despite border closures

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Western Australia's big miners step up measures to keep COVID-19 out of their workforces

Western Australia's iron ore miners are doing all they can to prevent COVID-19 infiltrating their workforces.

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'Tree' cheers for stunning Perthshire pictures lauded by VisitScotland

An image of Pitlochry in the autumn has been ranked by the national tourism organisation as its most popular social media post of the region in 2021

Daily Record

Under 22s in Perth and Kinross benefit from new free bus travel scheme

Youngsters throughout the region can achieve access by applying for a national entitlement card

Daily Record

Perth festival 2022 prepares for opening weekend despite border closures and cancellations

Several events have been called off, while a few artists have special dispensation to enter WA after two-weeks’ quarantine

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Everton search for next Australian talent as Tim Cahill primed for return

With Tim Cahill being primed for a potential Goodison Park return, Everton are hoping to unearth Australia’s next big football prospect through a link-up with Joondalup City in Perth

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Melbourne man who faked documents to attend Perth AFL match pleads guilty, avoids more jail time in the NT

A Melbourne man who lied his way across two states to attend the AFL grand final in Perth last year avoids more jail time after pleading guilty in a Darwin court.

ABC News

'Love struck' Ralph Gibbs, 80, admits kidnapping partner, 84, from Mandurah nursing home

A "love struck" 80-year-old man who snatched his dementia-suffering partner from a Perth nursing home and tried to drive her to Queensland pleads guilty to unlawfully detaining her.

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Glory still sweating on triple-vax mandate

Perth Glory's hopes of hosting games in Perth this season could be thwarted if the WA Government enforces a triple-vaccine mandate on visiting sides.

AAP

Perth man uses Bear Grylls-inspired survival technique after getting lost near Esperance

Unable to find his way back to his car and with the sun setting, Perth man Glynn Sherris was worried and desperately thirsty. That was when he recalled the words of a certain English survivalist.

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Two cases of COVID-19 confirmed at Juniper's Cygnet aged care home in Bentley

A resident and a staff member at a nursing home in Perth's south test positive to the Omicron strain of COVID-19, with the facility closing its doors to visitors.

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Labourer 'employee, not contractor': court

The High Court has ruled in favour of an unskilled backpacker who worked at a Perth construction site and argued he was rightly an employee, not a contractor.

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AFL finalises exemptions to enter WA

The AFL has secured exemptions for women's teams Carlton and Collingwood to play in Perth despite Western Australia's continued hard border stance.

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Heatwave leads to historic hive meltdown inside Perth wall cavity

When a Perth resident moved a couch in January after a heatwave, they were confronted by a thick, dark liquid dripping down the wall.

Daily Record

Scots nurse suspended after 'starting relationship' with mental health patient then claiming she was 'blackmailed'

Norah Jane Lily Wilson met the woman while treating her for depression, low mood and suicidal thinking on the Moredun Ward at Perth's Murray Royal Hospital.

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Plans to extend the Edinburgh to Perth train service halted by Scotrail

Scotrail recently completed their largest ever public consultation on train routes across Scotland and have announced changes to a number of their rail services

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Daily Record

Conservatives pick Perth and Kinross Council election candidates

On May 5, local people across the region will have the chance to cast their votes for new representatives

Daily Record

Award-winning Perth nightclubs dealt COVID funding blow

John Bryden, of Loft Nightclub and The Ice Factory, saw his application for the December Nightclub Closure Fund support rejected

Daily Record

Lily's send-off at St Matthew's will be live-streamed and shared on screens outside

Perth will celebrate the remarkable life of Perth teenager Lily on Friday with tv screens outside church and the main road closed.

Daily Record

Perthshire politicians call for vulnerable residents to get support as gas prices soar

Gas prices have risen to an all-time high with energy bills set to rise by around £700 a year

Daily Record

Brakes put on plans to extend Perth to Edinburgh train service

ScotRail removed the proposal which would have made the journey nearly 20 minutes longer

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Suspicious package found at Mark McGowan's electoral office found to be innocuous

Tests reveal a suspicious package sent to Mark McGowan's electorate office in Rockingham, south of Perth, is innocuous after the area was evacuated.

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WA records 13 new local COVID-19 cases as elective surgery bookings suspended for surge

With a surge in COVID-19 cases anticipated at the end of the month, West Australian health authorities move to suspend new bookings for non-urgent elective surgeries in a bid to ease pressure on hospitals.

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