Everyone knows the Great Barrier Reef is in peril. But a continent away, Western Australia’s Shark Bay is also threatened by marine heatwaves that could alter this World Heritage ecosystem forever.
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Under new WA legislation, the state’s attorney-general has the power to order serial killers and mass murders remain in jail, sometimes without judicial review.
Beginning on Saturday, West Australia’s short, intense abalone season will be open for a total of four hours.
The Western Australian government’s decision to green-light fracking in selected areas aims to walk a line between industry interests and community opposition. But across Australia the picture varies widely.
The WA government has announced plans to reclassify dingoes as no different to wild dogs - paving the way for them to be culled at will. But dingoes are unique and deserve to be recognised as such.
To make a concession to the coal lobby would flout the technology-neutral foundation of the NEG and have much more serious implications than throwing in some money to boost the GST pool.
The new Martuwarra Fitzroy River Council aims to overcome a management problem faced by many traditional owners: the fact that major rivers flow through lands home to many different groups and languages.
Australia occupies a unique location vital for supporting NASA and ESA deep-space missions.
High-speed rail for Australia has been on the drawing boards since the mid-1980s but has come to nothing. Three states are developing medium-speed rail with federal funding, but NSW is missing out.
The remote Pilbara region of Western Australian formed many billions of years ago when the Earth was much hotter and the crust softer than it is today.
In the aftermath of fires or logging, conservation needs to focus on recovering the health of the remaining vegetation, not just the size of the forest or woodland.
On his bush block in the WA wheatbelt, poet John Kinsella attempts habitat restoration and reflects on the responsibilities of the writer as a witness to species loss.
Should defeated party leaders stay in parliament? Former Western Australian premier Colin Barnett is an interesting case in point.
Based on the 2004 novel, Let the Right One is a bloody staging of a vampire romance. Except in this show, the predator is a teenage girl.
The study shows the negative effects of sex work’s criminalisation, including a reluctance of workers to go to police and clients using it as an excuse to abuse workers.
The states that are delivering more affordable housing have sophisticated, multi-pronged strategies to serve the full range of needs.
The Western Australian government is trying to improve its budget position but businesses claim increasing royalties will deter investment.
To secede or not to secede, that is the question for WA, as it considers going it alone (though not everyone is taking it seriously).
A Fremantle monument to three white explorers was revised in 1994 to acknowledge the violence committed against Indigenous owners. As Australia struggles to reconcile its racist past, perhaps this monument shows a way forward.
Western Australia has huge amounts of sunshine and wind, yet only 7% of its energy comes from renewables. What’s more, most households in the poorest suburbs are still locked out of the solar panel boom.
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Executive Director, John Curtin Institute of Public Policy, Curtin University
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Honorary Professor, Edith Cowan University
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Lecturer in Public Policy, University of Sydney
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Lecturer, Environmental and Conservation Science, Murdoch University
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Wen Family Chair in Conservation, The University of Western Australia
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Senior Lecturer of Australian Politics, Murdoch University
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Associate Professor in Politics, Murdoch University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Project Manager, Murdoch University
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Shark biologist, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Marine Botany, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor of History, Australian National University
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Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
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Professor in Plant Ecology, Murdoch University
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Senior Lecturer, Human Geography, Curtin University
