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Grattan on Friday: Anthony Albanese is sitting pretty for the election – so what could possibly go wrong?

Polls this week were once again music to Labor ears. Newspoll showed the opposition maintaining its strong election-winning margin. A poll in selected Western Australian seats had the Morrison government on the nose.

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WA's Omicron peak days away, one new death

Premier Mark McGowan is hopeful Western Australia can soon ease public health restrictions as the state approaches its Omicron peak and records another death.

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PM, WA premier's truce may be short lived

Scott Morrison has talked up his strong relationship with Mark McGowan while appearing alongside the Labor premier during a visit to Western Australia.

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WA records 7,151 new COVID-19 cases and one death, as Mark McGowan warns peak looming

Western Australia now has more than 30,000 active cases of COVID-19 after setting a new record for daily infections, with a woman in her 80s also dying from the virus.

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NSW on the ropes as WA strike in Shield

NSW's strong batting line-up face a huge challenge to avoid the follow-on in pursuit of Western Australia's imposing first innings total in their Shield clash.

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WA surpasses 6000 COVID cases, one death

Western Australia is edging closer towards its Omicron peak, recording 6062 new daily infections and the death of a woman in her 80s.

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WA's GST carve-up 'forever deal': Morrison

With polls showing the Liberals in trouble in Western Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has declared he will never pare back the state's GST share.

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Woman dies from COVID-19 in WA as a record 6,062 new cases detected

Western Australia sets its latest record for daily COVID-19 infections, with more than 6,000 new cases detected, as a woman in her 80s passes away.

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Sangha out as rain dampens NSW, WA hopes

NSW's Tanveer Sangha has been ruled out of the Sheffield Shield match against Western Australia after suffering a mild concussion.

AAP

Charting the spread of Omicron to make sense of WA COVID-19 case numbers

The ABC crunches the data to chart the spread of COVID-19 in Western Australia, illustrating why case numbers are yet to peak and why the state's outbreak has lagged behind South Australia.

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Shark attack rescuers among award heroes

Three men who saved a wounded surfer from a great white shark off Western Australia's southwest coast are among those recognised in Australia's bravery awards.

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Scott Morrison says dry dock at Henderson will bolster Australia's naval defences

The Prime Minister says a new large vessel dry dock at Henderson will strengthen Western Australia's role in defending Australia while "turbocharging" the naval shipbuilding industry.

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COVID infections top 5,000 as WA notches up record Omicron numbers, with more free RATs being given out

Western Australia records 5,377 new cases of COVID-19, taking the number of active cases in the state to 27,465.

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Bancroft ton gives NSW the Blues in Shield

Former Test opener Cameron Bancroft notched his 18th first-class century as NSW endured a long day one in the field against Western Australia in the Shield.

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Cruise ship ban to end; nation records 24 Covid deaths – as it happened

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Carnarvon youth leaders plan to curb rising crime rates with Gascoyne's first youth forum and festival

Young leaders are stepping forward to return a sense of calm and community to a Western Australian town plagued by youth crime.

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WA records 4,037 new COVID-19 cases after lower numbers over weekend, with 109 in hospital

After a fall in new cases over the weekend, Western Australia reports more than 4,000 infections — with the peak of 10,000 daily cases expected around the middle or end of the week.

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WA records another COVID death as 3,602 new cases detected, with 122 people in hospital

A woman aged in her 80s dies after testing positive to COVID-19, as Western Australia records 3,602 new cases overnight, with five people now in ICU.

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Leonora women's hub offers a warm welcome and hope for Goldfields region

A new community hub developed by a group of women in a remote mining town in Western Australia is hoping to tackle local issues from a fresh perspective.

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Nation records 16 Covid deaths; 25% of assessed Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley properties uninhabitable after floods – as it happened

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WA virus cases could hit 10,000 a day

Western Australia's health minister says the state is only at the start of its Omicron outbreak as WA records more than 3000 new COVID-19 cases.

ABC News

Western Australia records 4,300 COVID-19 cases, with 103 people in hospital

Another 4,300 people in Western Australia have contracted COVID-19, with 103 people now in hospital.

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Scott Morrison says Covid close contact isolation rule ‘redundant’, more mobile homes on way to NSW flood victims – as it happened

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Cases doubling in WA as Omicron peak looms

There are 92 people in hospital with COVID-19 in Western Australia and three in intensive care after the state recorded a further 5005 new infections.

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WA records 5,005 new COVID-19 cases as total number of active infections surpasses 20,000

Western Australia records more than 5,000 new cases of coronavirus with the number of active infections across the state reaching 20,788, including 92 in hospital.

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