Western Australia

The teacher reportedly wrote in Palestinian colours the words “rest in peace I.H. you were a great leader” on a classroom board at Fremantle school John Curtin College of the Arts.

WA teacher’s vile classroom tribute to fallen Hamas leader

WA’s Education Department is refusing to reveal if it has sanctioned a public school teacher after it emerged on Friday that she had displayed a tribute to an assassinated Hamas leader in her classroom.

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Residents are bracing for destructive winds and flooding as Tropical Cyclone Zelia intensifies.

Residents fear the worst ahead of severe cyclone

Locals are bunkering down ahead of a severe tropical cyclone making landfall as a category five system, bringing 320km/h wind gusts and heavy rain.

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It’s understood the five-year-old was pulled from the water by members of the public in front of distressed guests.

Young boy pulled unconscious from Crown Resort pool

He was rushed to Perth Children’s Hospital in an ambulance.

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A 79-year-old Catholic priest has been extradited to WA from NSW over allegedly sickening child sex offences from 1990. (File image).

Catholic priest extradited from NSW for ‘vile acts on girl’

A Catholic priest has been extradited from New South Wales to face allegations he indecently dealt with a young girl while visiting WA more than 30 years ago.

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Cyclone Zelia is expected to reach a category 5 system on Thursday, potentially bringing flash flooding and destructive winds up to 290km/h if it crosses the coast.

‘Destructive inner core’: Cyclone Zelia reaches category 5

Cyclone Zelia has reached a category five system, with flash flooding and destructive winds up to 290km/h expected when it crosses the coast on Friday.

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Port Hedland has shut down as Tropical Cyclone Zelia approached Western Australia's coast.

Major mining port closed as looming cyclone intensifies

A tropical cyclone is approaching Australia's coast, sparking locals into action with destructive winds and heavy rain set to hit the west in the coming days.

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The large tropical cyclone has been classed as a category two system.

‘Erratic motion’ expected as unpredictable cyclone hits WA

The large tropical cyclone has been classed as a category two system.

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The Bureau of Meteorology anticipates that communities between Broome and Port Hedland will be affected
Thais and Eric Chrenowski with daughter Alice.

WA family in isolation after mystery illness stumps doctors

The mysterious illness has puzzled medical professionals, with the Department of Health unable to confirm the cause one week on from their visit to hospital.

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Man killed in horror crash on major Perth road

It happened just minutes after the car was spotted by a police helicopter.

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Matilda Lane-Rose and, inset top to bottom, Emil Davey and Jesse Noakes.

‘Crossed the line’: Foiled Woodside protesters spared jail

Activists who plotted to vandalise the City Beach home of Woodside boss Meg O’Neill have been told by a chief magistrate that their actions could be viewed as a ‘personal attack’.

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