Then his government attacked a United Nations committee that had criticised the way mandatory sentencing laws in the Northern Territory and the state of Western Australia had led to the jailing of mainly unemployed, black youths.

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Alcoa also said it would suspend the expansion of the Wagerup alumina refinery in the Australian state of Western Australia.

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In principle the RBA could change its inflation target, ignoring prices in the mining state of Western Australia and perhaps the Northern Territory.

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Rinehart, who lives in Perth the state capital of Western Australia is fifty-eight, a widow, and a mother of four.

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Paddy Gorman, spokesman for the Construction, Forestry, Mining, and Energy Union, said none of the miners at Agnew Gold Mine in resource-rich Western Australia state is a member of the mining union.

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The premier of Western Australia, the state where the Pilbara is located, is muttering about increasing royalties.

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In Broken Hill, the local council campaigned in the early 1990s for a law change enabling Broken Hill to join Kalgoorlie in Western Australia state as the only two towns allowed to stage Two-Up year-round outside of a casino.

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