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Australian schools ban Craig Silvey’s books after he pleads guilty to possessing child exploitation material

One of country’s most successful novelists pleads guilty to possessing images of child exploitation

The Independent UK

The lost koala: new fossil species was hiding in plain sight for 100 years

In 2024, the Western Australian Museum received a donation. It was a koala skull collected from Moondyne Cave in Margaret River by Lindsay Hatcher, an avid caver. There was something a bit odd about this skull, and we were able to put our finger in it.

The Conversation

Western Australia Is a Heady Medley of Coral Sunsets, Fine-Dining and Epic Island Getaways—and It Needs to Be on Your Travel List

Why WA is finally getting its time in the sun

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Major spend on housing for regional nurses, teachers

Western Australia's government will partner with three mining giants to build hundreds of homes for teachers, police and nurses in regional cities.

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It costs $230 out-of-pocket to see a dermatologist. Many Australians go without – despite soaring skin cancer rates

Exclusive: Report shows cost of first appointment rose $20 in one year, with steeper rises in Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania

The Guardian - AU

The gravelliest UCI Gravel World Championships of them all – A detailed look at the 'perfect storm' of terrain that riders will face this October in Western Australia

Liège-Bastogne-Liège style climbs in a course carved out from the thousands of kilometres of pristine gravel roads on offer

Cycling News

Before vaccines, diphtheria used to kill hundreds each year. Now it’s back in Australia

The Northern Territory and Western Australia are experiencing outbreaks of an almost-eradicated infection, diphtheria.

The Conversation

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Australian farmers warned of looming mouse plague: ‘Like a horror story’

Elevated rodent numbers recorded across broad stretch of country

The Independent UK

Mouse plague hits WA grain farmers as numbers surge in SA: ‘You literally can’t get away from them’

CSIRO researcher says there are reports of up to 4,000 mouse burrows per hectare in parts of Western Australia

The Guardian - AU

POSCO Holdings Stock Jumps 8% on Low-Carbon Project Approval and Technical Breakout

POSCO Holdings Inc. shares surged more than 8% Tuesday on the Korea Exchange, closing at 421,500 won after gaining 32,000 won, as investors cheered approval for a major low-carbon iron plant in Western Australia and positive technical signals ahead of the company's upcoming first-quarter 2026 earnings and business plan presentation.

International Business Times

UCI Gravel World Championships 2026 route

A climb and gravel heavy course in Western Australia, with 140.7km of racing for the elite men and 123.1km for the elite women

Cycling News

The Great Emu War of 1932: How 20,000 flightless birds outsmarted the Australian army

In 1932, the Government of Australia entered into an unconventional 'war' with an unexpected adversary, namely, a large population of approximately 20,000 emus, as reported in Australian Geographic. The emus would migrate from their traditional migratory range to the wheat-growing region of Western Australia after the economic collapse of the…

The Times of India

Scientists discover a fungus in Western Australia that eats gold and want to take it into space

In Western Australia’s goldfields, researchers have discovered a strain of the fungus known as Fusarium oxysporum that has an actual ‘Midas touch.’ This organism has a pink colour and is capable of interacting with the mineral deposits below the ground, breaking them down into a liquid state, and ultimately growing…

The Times of India

Australians buy record number of new EVs – as it happened

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‘Harrowing’: Cyclone Narelle leaves graveyard of turtles, dolphins and seabirds in Western Australia

Exmouth local says devastating impact on wildlife along the coastline is ‘hard to put into words’

The Conversation

What caused the blood red skies in Western Australia? A weather expert explains

The apocalyptic red skies in Western Australia have generated considerable international media attention. Crimson dust whipped up by the strong outer winds of Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle created this unusual phenomenon.

The Independent UK

‘Incredibly eerie’ moment sky turns blood red as Cyclone Narelle makes landfall in Australia

The skies above Western Australia turned a blood red colour as a powerful cyclone made landfall in apocalyptic-like scenes.

The Independent UK

Cyclone Narelle turns Australian skies blood red in ‘apocalyptic’ scenes

Storm whips iron-rich soil of Western Australia’s distinctive red landscape into atmosphere, changing its colour, AccuWeather says

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How Tropical Cyclone Narelle turned the sky red in Western Australia

Dry ground, iron-rich earth and strong winds combined to create the spectacle filmed in Denham

International Business Times UK

Tropical Cyclone Narelle Red Sky Explained: What Turned West Australia Bloody Red Right Before The Storm?

Residents in Western Australia observed deep red skies as Tropical Cyclone Narelle approached, with meteorologists explaining the phenomenon caused by dust and sunlight interaction.

The Times of India

Cyclone Narelle turns skies blood-red over Western Australia in rare dust storm event: What caused the eerie crimson glow and how it happened

The colour of the sky in some parts of Western Australia, particularly over Shark Bay and Denham, turned red due to severe dust storms that passed through this region. The strong winds, which were caused by an approaching weather system, carried large amounts of iron-rich soil into the atmosphere, resulting…

The Conversation

Cyclone Narelle is now larger and ‘more severe’ as it crosses the Western Australian coast

Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle continues to amaze us with its long journey across northern Australia.

The Guardian - AU

A Far-flung Life by ML Stedman review – a masterful examination of loss

In her follow-up to The Light Between Oceans, the Western Australian author follows generations of a farming family as they weather calamity and change

The Conversation

Australia must brace for clusters of natural disasters, not just isolated fires and floods

Around the world, communities are battling more extreme weather events. That includes residents in the path of Cyclone Narelle, which is threatening to form again over Western Australia.

The Conversation

I AM: a powerful declaration of Indigenous identity at the Art Gallery of Western Australia

Ngank, the sun, warms a morning in Bunuru, the second summer season, on Boorloo Whadjuk Noongar lands.

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