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Western Australia just sweltered through its hottest summer on record, and there are concerns autumn will see some records fall as well. 

The calendar rolls into autumn but Australia's weather still firmly resembles mid-summer, including the most intense autumn heatwave in decades across South Australia and Victoria.

PhD candidate Mitchell Cowan tracked northern quoll movements over four months across 2021 and 2022.

This northern WA region has already experienced three heatwaves, and meteorologists say it's just getting warmer.

The temperature reached 44C in some parts of Perth on Wednesday — 5C more than forecast — and on Thursday it could be even hotter.

Marble Bar experienced 26 days over 43 degrees since Christmas – one day and half a degree short of breaking its own record.

In the West Australian town of Marble Bar, Sunday was the first day since December 18 with a temperature high below 43 degrees Celsius.

Newmont's Telfer gold mine is forced to suspend processing after "cracking and seeping" is detected at a tailings dam, about 200 kilometres east of Marble Bar.

Mugarinya Community Association's $50,000 fine for animal welfare breaches "does not reflect the community standards and expectations put on the agricultural industry", claims feedlot operator Paul Brown.

Over 38 pages and 25 towns, police have gone into intense detail about the extent of regional Western Australia's alcohol problem.

WA Police and some regional shires say 25 towns should be subject to similar liquor restrictions as Carnarvon due to levels of alcohol fuelled violence up to 104 times higher than the metropolitan area.

In a letter sent to the director of Liquor Licensing, Deputy Police Commissioner Allan Adams says "immediate intervention" is needed to address shocking rates of domestic violence and other forms of crime.

Firefighters say children were riding an e-scooter when it "combusted without warning". They say parts of the popular vehicles can pose significant fire risk.

Known for its scorching summers, residents say Marble Bar has plenty to offer visitors all year round and a new airport is set to help them show it.

A prominent Pilbara pastoralist calls for a "gesture of goodwill" from Fortescue Metals Group after it switched off a remote phone tower in the middle of a mobile black spot.

Culture war divisions emerge after a call from West Australian Labor MP Pierre Yang for a public debate on the term "Chinaman" as a place name.

Western Australia has the lowest rate of Aboriginal voter enrolment in the country. A trial to increase that number could soon roll out nationally. 

Billions of dollars is poured into mining in remote Australia, so why don't the lights stay on in nearby communities? 

Fossils billions of years old that show the first signs of life on Earth, and could hold the key to life on other planets, have been nominated for national heritage listing.

Severe Tropical Cyclone Ilsa has made its passage through Western Australia but many evacuees from the Great Sandy Desert are yet to return home, cut off by floodwaters.