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In an interview with Stateline WA, Agriculture Minister Murray Watt insists the federal government's $107 million transition package is "significant", but says discussions will continue with the state government to determine what is needed. 

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Public school teachers in WA cut a pay deal with the state government, agreeing to a 12 per cent pay rise over three years.

Giving evidence on the fourth day of a coronial inquest into the death of an Indigenous woman in WA's Mid West, Senior Constable Brent Wyndham says everything he did on the night she died "was right".

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Fremantle captain Alex Pearce will wear a protective plastic arm guard when he returns to action from a broken arm, possibly as early as next week against Hawthorn, but says whether it's in Dockers purple remains to be seen.

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A national research effort aimed at saving Australia's iconic sea lions will look at cat faeces, heavy metals, microplastics, and climate change as possible culprits for the species' continued decline.  

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The Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research in Perth confirms it is investigating a major cyber security incident.

A coronial inquiry has heard police internal affairs found an officer failed four times to follow the WA Police use of force policy when shooting an armed Indigenous woman in the Mid West city of Geraldton in 2019.

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Australia's corporate watchdog, ASIC, isn't prosecuting enough white-collar crime and can't perform its full range of duties, so a Senate committee has recommended it split into two new, more streamlined regulators.

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The wheels of justice may slow as public sector workers in the Perth CBD, including staff at the courts and police headquarters, gather to demand an improved pay offer from the state government.

Australian Federal Police charge a 17-year-old boy from China with attempting to import 8 kilograms of methamphetamine into Australia after he was arrested in East Perth last week.

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An Australian resident of more than four decades is deported to the United Kingdom after his visa was cancelled due to a drug conviction, with a last-minute appeal rejected by the Federal Court.

Those attempting to navigate the property market may be familiar with the plethora of property price guides published each month. But are they more of a hindrance than a help?

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Regularly updated briefing from ABC News for Perth

Regularly updated briefing from ABC News for Perth

Cindy Richardson signed up with Perth builder Nicheliving more than three years ago. She's now overwhelmed with bills and hoping to access her super to stay afloat.

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