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Call for extended fire restrictions after bushfire emergency north of Perth • May 20, 2025, 1:36 PM ET (ABC News (Australia))
Sandipan Dhar inquest probes whether timely blood test could have prevented toddler's death • May 20, 2025, 12:05 AM ET (ABC News (Australia))
Two people rescued after boat capsizes off WA coast at Jurien Bay • May 17, 2025, 3:11 AM ET (ABC News (Australia))
Former West Coast player Adam Selwood dies months after twin brother’s death • May 16, 2025, 6:27 PM ET (The Guardian)
Pan Pacific Hotels upgrades its Perth property as it eyes Australia’s growing Mice industry • May 15, 2025, 7:12 PM ET (Straits Times)

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Graduation cap sitting over a speech bubble with an Australian flag on a blue background. (education)
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