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WA eyes GST 'fairness fighters' amid rail cost blowout

Taxpayer-funded bureaucrats dubbed "fairness fighters" will help Western Australia to protect its GST revenue deal ahead of upcoming federal reviews.

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Antoine Dicenta handed 26-year jail sentence over Abrolhos Islands drug smuggling attempt

Frenchman Antoine Dicenta will spend at least 18 years behind bars for his part in a failed attempt to import drugs with a street value of up to $185 million into Western Australia.

ABC News

Former Joondalup Health Campus CEO Kempton Cowan pleads guilty over child sex abuse videos

Kempton Cowan, the former head of one of Western Australia's largest hospitals, is facing a jail term after pleading guilty to accessing, soliciting, and transmitting child abuse material.

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Legalising cannabis could make WA almost $250 million per year, according to UWA report

Legalising cannabis in Western Australia could see the state’s fortunes boosted by $243.5 million each year according to a report from the University of Western Australia.

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Carnarvon business owner fed up with 'war zone' description, launches 'positives' campaign

A local Western Australian business owner angered by a "war zone" label for her town starts a social media campaign to showcase its better qualities, with its social problems largely confined to a small area.

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Western Australian town turns Danish for FIFA Women's World Cup

It's called Denmark but its residents have an Australian accent? Meet the tiny town reaching out to its namesake ahead of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Perth.

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Blueberry family has new member after workers investigate strange plant species by roadside

The blueberry family officially has a new member, thanks to two council workers who noticed a strange-looking plant growing in a roadside reserve in rural Western Australia.

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The Award for Social Impact announces its 2023 shortlist

The ArchitectureAU Award for Social Impact shortlist has been announced, recognising over 30 practices prioritising social benefits

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Experts slam WA Premier Mark McGowan over ‘terrorism’ link to Banksia Hill detainees

The union that represents prison guards has called for a change in the way youth justice is approached in Western Australia.

The New Daily

WA Budget 2023: Mark McGowan's third budget delivers another massive surplus for WA

Western Australia's position as the nation's strongest economy remains unchallenged as Mark McGowan delivers his third budget as treasurer, and issues a warning over anyone eyeing off the state's GST share.

ABC News

Jacob Hoysted pleads guilty to murder of elderly woman in Albany aged care home

A 20-year-old carer faces a possible life jail term after pleading guilty to murdering a resident of an aged care facility in Western Australia's Great Southern region.

ABC News

Weird demon shark with bright white eyes discovered off Australia

The shark Apristurus ovicorrugatus was identified as a new species over a decade after the first mystery egg cases were found in a Western Australian museum collection.

LiveScience

West Australian government reveals massive scale of going green — but who’s going to pay is yet to be worked out

Western Australia’s biggest electricity system will need to roughly triple in size over the next two decades, as the state seeks to wean itself off fossil fuels and go green.

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Nursing graduates to get up to $12,000 for HECS-HELP university debts if they work in country WA

The WA government will pay $12,000 towards the university fees of nursing and midwifery graduates who agree to work in regional parts of the state.

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No fines issued despite rampant selling of illegal vapes in WA, as parent vents frustration

The sale of nicotine vapes and e-cigarettes without a prescription has been illegal in Western Australia for several years, but not a single retailer has been fined in the past 12 months.

ABC News

Albany's plans to become WA's first 'renewable energy city' stall as investment dries up

A city on Western Australia's south coast offers a wealth of opportunities for future renewable energy projects. But what, if any, are going ahead?

ABC News

Australian Transport Safety Bureau finds Boeing 737 crashed into ridge while fighting fire

Authorities complete their preliminary investigation into a firebombing aircraft crash in Western Australia's south earlier this year, revelaing the pilots escaped through a cockpit window.

ABC News

Fireball crossing Western Australian sky likely a 10cm meteor, astronomer says

An astronomer believes a fireball observed crossing WA's sky this morning was likely a 10-centimetre meteor that entered the earth's atmosphere and travelled west at 14 kilometres per second.

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I watched the moon 'take a bite of the sun' in a rare hybrid solar eclipse last week. Here's what I saw from Australia.

From my viewpoint in the Exmouth Gulf of Western Australia, the solar eclipse's totality brought a colossal corona and a dramatic drifting diamond ring.

The Guardian - AU

Why the king’s coronation will be a muted affair in Australia

As Charles III is crowned in London, only one state – Western Australia – is considering a public holiday and republicanism is resurgent

ABC News

Future of Derby's Spinifex Hotel, Boab Inn yet to be decided by WA Liquor Commission

The owner says "devastating" delays by Western Australia's Liquor Commission are jeopardising the future of his pubs following police allegations that he is unfit to hold a liquor licence.

ABC News

Tasmania regains top spot as best-performing economy, CommSec's State of the States report says

After one quarter in the sun, Queensland has been knocked off the top of CommSec's State of the States economic rankings, and overtaken by the island state, which now leads on three key indicators.

The New Daily

WA snorkeller, 11, recovering in hospital after shark attack

An 11-year-old boy is in a serious but stable condition after being bitten by a shark in Western Australia's north.

Daily Mirror

Boy, 11, suffers horrific injuries after being attacked by shark metres from shore

A boy who was swimming off Kurrajong Campground in Western Australia was attacked by a shark and then transported to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries

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The latest COVID-19 news and case numbers from around the states and territories

Here's a quick wrap of the COVID-19 news and case numbers from each Australian jurisdiction from the past week.

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