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‘Incompetent’: SA premier slams Optus as eight-week-old baby among three who died when triple zero calls failed

Peter Malinauskas criticised the telco for its communications after two people in South Australia and one in Western Australia died during the network upgrade

The Guardian - AU

WA champion tips 'torrid' Origin experience for Big V

West Coast legend Glen Jakovich expects Western Australia to take the fight to Victoria when State of Origin football returns to the AFL calendar.

AAP

AFL confirms State of Origin football to return in 2026 after 27-year hiatus

The AFL’s marquee State of Origin fixture will return next year after an absence of 26 years, with Western Australia to host Victoria in Perth on Valentine’s Day

The Guardian - AU

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Australia’s long history of ‘sovereign citizens’ can be traced to outback WA

Outback Western Australia, some time in the 1970s. Picture a huge farm about 500 kilometres north of Perth, with a seemingly endless dirt road to get there.

The Conversation

A new species has been discovered – but it’s already extinct

Scientists have always believed there were five living species of bettongs, but new research changes things

The Independent UK

Australia has some new marsupial species – but they’re already extinct

You are probably familiar with kangaroos. Wallabies too, and most likely quokkas as well.

The Conversation

iHerb Suspends Melatonin Sales To Australia Following Surge Of Child Overdoses In WA

US-based supplement store iHerb has suspended sales of melatonin to Australia following a spike in child overdoses in Western Australia.

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Can kids overdose on melatonin gummies? Yes, and an online store has suspended sales

US-based online store iHerb has suspended sales of melatonin gummies to Australia. This comes after a rise in reports of non-fatal overdoses in Western Australia in children who took these popular supplements.

The Conversation

Cabarita Beach Shark Attack: Why Is Australia A Haven For This Ocean Predator?

Shark attacks are rare, but Australia sees more than most countries, with an average of 22 shark bites per year between 2010 and 2022.

International Business Times UK

‘It felt magical’: monarch butterfly swarm delights visitors and locals in Western Australia town

For more than two months, the bright orange butterflies have been descending on Nannup in WA’s south-west, attracted by invasive plant species

The Guardian - AU

Safe no more: off-the-charts marine heat has severely damaged Ningaloo and other pristine coral reefs

Until now, many of Western Australia’s most pristine coral reefs have avoided the worst bleaching brought by marine heatwaves. But their luck has now run out. The state’s longest lasting, largest and most intense underwater heatwave has hammered them.

The Conversation

Home and Away spoilers: Roo wants to ADOPT Cohen!

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Families unite at site of massacre in Western Australia: ‘Something spoke through me’

More than 170 years after shocking bloodshed at Bootenal Springs, there is at last a reckoning

The Guardian - AU

Australia's pink lakes: The remnants of ancient rivers now teeming with microbes that make rosy pigments

Pink lakes in Western Australia get their color from pigments produced by microbes, but climate change and other human threats are killing these tiny organisms.

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Rio Tinto Posts Weakest Half-Year Profit In Years

Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) reported its weakest half-year profit since 2020, as soft iron prices and weather-related disruptions in Western Australia weighed on results. The top global miner posted a 22% drop in net profit to $4.5 billion for the six months ended June 30, 2025. Underlying earnings declined 16% year-on-year…

AAP

West is best economically as eastern states left behind

Western Australia remains the top economic performer in CommSec's State of the States rankings, but its "breakneck" growth is starting to lose momentum.

The Conversation

We were part of the world heritage listing of Murujuga. Here’s why all Australians should be proud

On Friday, the Murujuga Cultural Landscape in northwest Western Australia was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. We were in Paris to see Murujuga become Australia’s 21st world heritage property, but only our second property listed exclusively for its Indigenous cultural values.

International Business Times UK

Is Missing German Backpacker Carolina Wilga Alive? Here's What Happened

Carolina Wilga, a German backpacker went missing for nearly two weeks during a trip to explore Western Australia. Here's her entire story.

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German Backpacker Found After 12 Days Missing In Australian Bush

Lost German backpacker Carolina Wilga was found alive but "ravaged by mosquitoes" on Friday, 12 days after going missing in remote bushland in Western Australia.

The Independent UK

German backpacker found nearly two weeks after disappearing in remote Western Australia

Police believe Carolina Wilga will have a ‘remarkable’ story to tell after surviving in the bush

The Guardian - AU

Carolina Wilga: German backpacker found alive after 12 days missing in remote Australian bushland

The 26-year-old’s van had been found abandoned but police hail a ‘great result’ in finding her safe but ‘ravaged by mosquitoes’

The Independent UK

New study challenges discovery of Earth’s ‘oldest’ impact crater

The discovery of an ancient meteorite impact crater was recently reported in Western Australia. But not everyone is convinced it is Earth’s oldest

The Independent UK

Search for German backpacker missing in rural Australia intensifies as police find abandoned van

Carolina Wilga, 26, was last seen at a general store in the town of Beacon in Western Australia on 29 June

The Independent UK

Carolina Wilga: Missing German backpacker last seen on CCTV at Western Australia service station

Missing German backpacker Carolina Wilga was last seen on CCTV arriving at a general store at the corner of Lucas Street and Shemeld Street in Beacon, in a black and silver Mitsubishi Delica van, on 29 June.

The Guardian - AU

Abandoned van found in search for missing German backpacker Carolina Wilga in remote WA

The 26-year-old has not been seen or heard from since visiting a general store in Western Australia’s Wheatbelt region

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