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Perth lord mayor-turned-Liberal candidate Basil Zempilas.

Zempilas forced to apologise over ‘blurred line’ between mayoral role, Liberal candidacy

Perth lord mayor-turned-Liberal candidate Basil Zempilas has been ordered to apologise after being found to have breached local government rules.

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Spending on bushfire prevention and suppression has ticked up well above budget estimates from only a few years ago.

WA news LIVE: Bushfire emergency in Perth’s south-east; Two charged over antisemitic graffiti

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  • Holly Thompson and Cameron Myles
The incident control centres came as part of a response to the devastating Wooroloo bushfires of 2021.

The plan to tackle WA’s ‘intensifying’ bushfire threat

Western Australia’s firefighters will coordinate their bushfire attacking efforts from the confines of fortified shipping containers under a new trial.

  • Connor McGoverne
Matilda Lane-Rose, Jesse Noakes, Gerard Mazza and Emil Davey outside court on Tuesday.

‘Where is the line?’: Magistrate mulls ethics of climate protest outside home of Woodside boss

A court hearing for the climate activists arrested outside the home of Woodside boss Meg O’Neill has descended into an ethical debate about the limits of the right to protest.

  • Jesinta Burton
Dom Sheed.

As it happened: WA news on Tuesday, February 4

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Killa: Pindan to plate at Perth Festival. Lead image.

Kimberley cattle, and tradition, star in Perth Festival’s ‘nose to tail’ culinary event

A time-worn tradition that puts meat on the plates of many Aboriginal families in WA’s north is the focus of a Perth Festival installation.

  • Victoria Laurie
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Liam Ryan was trying to de-escalate an incident when he was drawn into a brawl last month, the AFL said.

West Coast Eagles star Liam Ryan cleared over Fremantle brawl

The AFL has closed its investigation into a brawl involving West Coast Eagles star Liam Ryan, finding the premiership player and his friends were the victims of an attack which led to the fight.

  • Cameron Myles
WA Liberals leader Libby Mettam and Premier Roger Cook.

Mettam vows to run WA and its health system at same time if elected premier

Libby Mettam said retaining the health portfolio alongside premier duties would show the public how seriously her party took fixing Labor’s mess. 

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West Coast Eagles star Liam Ryan has been reported to the AFL integrity unit after footage emerged of a brawl in Fremantle on Wednesday evening (inset). Pictures: Getty/Supplied

As it happened: WA news on Monday, February 3

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  • Holly Thompson
Julian Wright, Angela Bennett, Alexandra Burt and Leonie Baldock. Iron ore descendants battle over billions. Picture: WAtoday

Iron ore pioneer’s heirs search for ‘mystery backer’ who bankrolled black sheep’s failed battle for billions

It seems not even the richest people in the country have been able to uncover the identity of the mystery backer behind Julian Wright’s bid to regain access to his father’s multibillion-dollar iron ore empire.

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