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Australian Border Force (ABF) marine tactical officer Michael Kingston on a fast response boat patrolling off Thursday Island. The ABF has increased their presence in the Torres Strait as a part of Operation Overarch that was designed to protect the Torres Strait protected zone. Torres Strait Treaty normally allows people to travel freely back and forth between the Torres Strait and PNG Treaty villages but this has been suspended due to the COVID-19 threat and both countries closing their borders. Daily life Saibai island, vaccination, Australian Border Force, Operation Overarch. Climate Change. Thursday Island, Torres Strait. 2nd June, 2021. Photo: Kate Geraghty
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Asylum seekers

Third boat arrival detected in a week, but no one taken to Nauru

Four Vietnamese asylum seekers intercepted by Border Force off the coast of Broome last week were detained after 38 people from two other boats were also picked up.

  • by Angus Thompson and James Massola
Bozena Knapinski outside court on Monday.
WA courts

Perth wife’s attempted murder by poison trial dropped at eleventh hour

  • by Heather McNeill
Rio Tinto train crashes near Karratha
WA news live

Rio Tinto train crashes near Karratha

  • by Emma Young
About 40 homes have been damaged with some completely destroyed after thier roofs were ripped off.
Extreme weather

‘Hazmat emergency’ over WA tornado asbestos exposure

  • by Rachael Ward
Westfield Carousel in Cannington.
Crime

Boy charged after ‘knife fight’ which forced Carousel into lockdown

  • by Jesinta Burton
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Politics

WA budget 2024 main image, average West Australians. Picture: WAtoday
WA budget

What West Australians think of the state budget

Amid all the chest-beating spin from the government, each line item in the budget will have a real impact on West Australians. So we asked them what they thought.

  • by Hamish Hastie, Sarah Brookes, Holly Thompson, Jesinta Burton and Peter Milne
West Australian Premier Roger Cook and Treasurer Rita Saffioti with the budget papers in Perth on Thursday.
Opinion
WA budget

WA is finding it hard to admit it has a spending problem

Most of WA’s increased spend is demand-driven thanks to roaring population growth placing pressure on housing, education and health budgets.

  • by Hamish Hastie
The cost of Metronet has blown out - again.
WA budget

Metronet costs balloon by $700 million as state pays to get people moving

  • by Holly Thompson
WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti has handed down a $3.2 billion budget surplus.
WA budget

Your five-minute guide to WA’s budget winners and losers

  • by Jesinta Burton
Treasurer Rita Saffioti gives her first budget speech.
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WA budget

WA budget gets more from ore as Saffioti promises to diversify

  • by Peter Milne

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