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Artist's conception of SS Cygni double-star system, which includes a red-dwarf star and a compact white-dwarf star, right.

Sometimes astronomy is like real estate -- what's important is location, location, and location.

Lewis Jetta still misses his family in Western Australia but with a second baby on the way he says the days where he could afford to be homesick are long gone.

Hazel Hawke, the ex-wife of former prime minister Bob Hawke, died today after complications of dementia at the age of 83.

Nick Green from the Australian Traffic Network said many roads, including the South Eastern Freeway and the Northern Expressway, were still slippery and reminded motorists to drive to the conditions.

LONERISM turned out to be a fitting title for Tame Impala's second record. Kevin Parker - the space cadet running the good ship Impala - recorded the entire album himself at his home studio in Perth, Australia, left to his own devices.

Picture: Twitter, Peter Kapsanis, Channel 9 Eleven people treated for caustic soda burns after a worker mistook the cleaning agent for salt in a Bunbury Chicken Treat store.

A former supervisor at a country hostel in Western Australia has denied that he sexually molested two female boarders more than 30 years ago.

HOUSEHOLD rubbish will be converted into electricity after the final environmental approvals were made for the State's first large scale waste-to-energy plant.

The state's wealthiest individual, Mineralogy chairman Clive Palmer, has secured a major Supreme Court victory in his battle with the Chinese company CITIC Pacific, the managers of his WA iron ore mine.

Demi Moore 's latest yoga-teaching boy toy shockingly had a pearl inserted into his man parts as a teenager as part of a family tradition, Confidenti@l can exclusively reveal.

Karratha's Chamber of Commerce and Industry is hoping a proposed port, south-west of Karratha, will generate more opportunities for smaller mining companies.

A study into how much people value the Leschenault Estuary and inlet shows that everyone living near it values its natural beauty.

The Department of Water has prosecuted a Gnangara vegetable grower for using more than double the amount of water he was allocated.

The company acquires, explores and develops mineral resources and energy assets in Africa and Australia.

Police say they were chasing a stolen vehicle in Norseman yesterday but had to abort the pursuit because the man was driving 'incredibly recklessly'. The vehicle was later spotted in Kambalda, Coolgardie, Southern Cross and Kalgoorlie-Boulder, allegedly reaching speeds of up to 180 kilometres an hour.

A spate of profit warnings from Australian mining services firms suggests the country's "once-in-a-century" resources spending boom may have peaked sooner than companies, economists and policymakers had expected.

Police believe Kevin James Corbett is in Perth and may be able to assist in the investigation into the death of a woman in Narrogin on May 18.

Robert Eggington is among indigenous leaders to meet with WA bureaucrats over rising suicide levels among the Noongah community.Picture: Richard Polden INDIGENOUS leaders in Western Australia are holding a crisis meeting with senior bureaucrats to discuss high suicide rates among the Nyoongah community.

EXERCISE rates among high school children in Western Australia are declining to alarming levels, fuelling health concerns, an academic says.