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GM crop growers may face contamination crackdown
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A review of the rules around contamination caused by GM crops is underway in WA and while organic farmers might be pleased, other farmers sense they are being unfairly targeted.
Topics: genetically-modified-organisms, rural, agricultural-crops, geraldton-6530, kojonup-6395, carnarvon-6701, port-hedland-6721, bunbury-6230
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State's 'worst killers' set to have parole rights stripped
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The West Australian Government will introduce legislation to stop the State’s worst category of killers from being considered for parole within 18 months.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, states-and-territories, perth-6000, geraldton-6530, melbourne-3000, bunbury-6230, greenough-6532
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Cult leader 'stalked, threatened' ex-girlfriend when she tried to leave polygamous relationship
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A self-styled cult leader assaulted a girlfriend, one of three he had at the time, when she tried to leave him, an inquest into the disappearance of a family of four in WA is told.
Topics: cults, other-religions, missing-person, courts-and-trials, nannup-6275, bunbury-6230, perth-6000, wa
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Cult leader influenced two followers to take their own lives before vanishing, inquest told
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A self-styled religious cult leader may have influenced two of his followers to suicide before he disappeared with three other people, including a mother and child, from a quiet WA town, an inquest hears.
Topics: cults, other-religions, missing-person, courts-and-trials, nannup-6275, bunbury-6230, perth-6000, wa
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Regional Aboriginal education staff to be cut in department restructure
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The WA Education Department will abolish all but one Aboriginal education role from its regional offices as part of a broader restructure, leaving a single position based in the Kimberley.
Topics: aboriginal, access-to-education, indigenous-policy, geraldton-6530, kalgoorlie-6430, busselton-6280, esperance-6450, bunbury-6230, albany-6330, gingin-6503, northam-6401, merredin-6415, newman-6753, port-hedland-6721, karratha-6714, carnarvon-6701, kununurra-6743, derby-6728, broome-6725
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The cult leader who vanished with his family, leaving a decade of dead ends
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Simon Kadwell preached to followers worldwide about a looming judgment day from a quiet WA town. That was 10 years ago, and he and his family have not been seen since. Today an inquest may finally begin to solve the mystery.
Topics: cults, missing-person, family, new-age, bunbury-6230, nannup-6275, busselton-6280
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Experts call for glitter ban as microplastics come to the party
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Those shiny, colourful specks of goodness people use in lieu of clothing at music festivals are a plastic pollutant doing far more harm than good.
Topics: environment, biology, plastics-and-rubber, bunbury-6230, nedlands-6009, busselton-6280, wa
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Caged egg guidelines invite public comment, as 70pc of shoppers still buy them
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The RSPCA says 84 per cent of Australians want caged eggs phased out, while the industry says 70 per cent of shoppers still buy them.
Topics: poultry-and-egg-production, animal-welfare, livestock-welfare, sydney-2000, bunbury-6230, griffith-2680, toowoomba-4350, murray-bridge-5253, werribee-3030, moss-vale-2577
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New gold royalty hike dead in the water
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The Government is almost certain to suffer another defeat in its attempt to repair a $400 million budget black hole after a revised increase to gold royalties is instantly rejected by both the Opposition and the mining sector.
Topics: gold, mining-industry, mining-rural, states-and-territories, state-parliament, perth-6000, kalgoorlie-6430, port-hedland-6721, bunbury-6230, geraldton-6530, wa
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Topics: science-and-technology, mathematics, secondary-schools, bunbury-6230
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Students at Newton Moore image
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Topics: science-and-technology, mathematics, secondary-schools, bunbury-6230
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Topics: mathematics, secondary-schools, science-and-technology, bunbury-6230
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DIY phone chargers plug Indigenous girls into maths and science
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A teacher in Western Australia's South West finds a way to boost the number of Indigenous girls studying maths and science by letting them design and build phone chargers.
Topics: mathematics, science, secondary-schools, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, bunbury-6230, perth-6000, wa
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Treasure trove of WA history unearthed on Super 8 film Video
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A son's mercy dash from New York to visit his ailing father in Perth has also led to the rediscovery of archival footage chronicling key moments in West Australian history.
Topics: biography-film, history, community-and-society, health, city-beach-6015, bunbury-6230, perth-6000, wa
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Super 8 films shot by ailing Max Evans a rare snapshot of WA history
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When Richard Evans made the mercy dash from New York to visit his ailing father Max he unearthed a trove of film from key moments in West Australian history.
Topics: biography-film, history, community-and-society, health, city-beach-6015, bunbury-6230, perth-6000, wa
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Surfboard built from cig butts to raise rubbish awareness
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It took just 10 days for US surfer Taylor Lane to amass 10,000 discarded cigarette butts — but he hopes the end result will get smokers thinking about what to do when they butt out.
Topics: environmental-impact, environment-education, surfing, art-and-design, bunbury-6230, united-states
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Queensland election set to scupper billions in GST relief for WA Analysis
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WA Premier Mark McGowan vowed when elected to be "forceful and unrelenting" in fighting for a better GST share, but he is being undermined by his own party as Labor fights to win the Queensland poll, writes Jacob Kagi.
Topics: tax, liberals, alp, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, perth-6000, bunbury-6230, qld, wa
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The central business district of Western Australia's second biggest city, Bunbury.
Topics: community-and-society, bunbury-6230
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WA Premier Mark McGowan greets demonstrators opposing the development of a gas industry in the South West
Topics: government-and-politics, oil-and-gas, bunbury-6230
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Gas exploration proposal draws fire from farmers in WA's south-west
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Tensions rose in WA's most productive agricultural region over plans to explore for onshore gas and the Premier and cabinet arrived at a town hall meeting in Bunbury on Sunday.
Topics: mining-rural, oil-and-gas, regional-development, rural, bunbury-6230
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Martine Perrett - Kalgoorlie Salt Lake image
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Topics: photography, fine-art-photography, regional, kalgoorlie-6430, geraldton-6530, broome-6725, karratha-6714, perth-6000, bunbury-6230, albany-6330, esperance-6450
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Martine Perret - Hutt Lagoon image
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Topics: photography, fine-art-photography, regional, kalgoorlie-6430, geraldton-6530, broome-6725, karratha-6714, perth-6000, bunbury-6230, albany-6330, esperance-6450
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Martine Perrett - Shark Bay image
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Topics: photography, fine-art-photography, regional, kalgoorlie-6430, geraldton-6530, broome-6725, karratha-6714, perth-6000, bunbury-6230, albany-6330, esperance-6450
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Martine Perrett - Hamelin Bay image
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Topics: photography, fine-art-photography, regional, kalgoorlie-6430, geraldton-6530, broome-6725, karratha-6714, perth-6000, bunbury-6230, albany-6330, esperance-6450
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Martine Perrett - Kalgoorlie Salt Lake 2 image
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Topics: photography, fine-art-photography, regional, kalgoorlie-6430, geraldton-6530, broome-6725, karratha-6714, perth-6000, bunbury-6230, albany-6330, esperance-6450
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