The WA Brekkie Blog | Monday, November 14, 2016

MANDURAH: Premier Colin Barnett has agreed to consider ordering the installation of a shark barrier to protect swimmers at Falcon Bay beach. Read more. 

ESPERANCE: Firefighters and emergency workers were called to attend a structural fire at a home on Connelly Street in Pink Lake around 5.30pm on Sunday. Read more.

MANDURAH: A human rights investigation into prominent cartoonist Bill Leak has collapsed after the Mandurah woman who complained one of his drawings offended her on the basis of race withdrew her allegations. Read more.

BLACKWOOD VALLEY: The Blackwood Valley Brewing Company and their new truffle ale will put the region on the map at the upcoming Gourmet Escape. Read more.

NATIONAL: About 550 people, 100 scientists, 86 projects, 23 nationalities, over 190 institutions, two ski planes, four helicopters and a hell of a lot of planning. Read more on what it's like to live on Antarctica.

NSW: Hundreds of firefighters battled a blaze that threatened dozens of homes in Sydney's west on Sunday. Read on.

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NSW: Riverina farmers have accused federal politicians of grandstanding at the expense of their livelihoods. 

Labor wants the backpacker tax - first proposed at 32.5 per cent and then reduced to 19 per cent - to be dropped to 10.5 per cent, but the Coalition won’t budge.  Read on.

NORTHERN TERRITORY: Charles Darwin’s great-great-grandson has an easy familiarity that finds you talking like old friends before you’ve finished your cup of tea. Read on.

NATIONAL: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says he is confident a deal to resettle hundreds of asylum seekers in the United States will not be wound back by President-elect Donald Trump after he is inaugurated in January.

Mr Turnbull revealed that secret discussions on the deal, which was formally announced on Sunday, had been underway since January. Read on.

An intense low is causing strong, colder winds and showers in TAS, VIC and southern and central NSW. A trough in the east is taking showers and storms to the northern tropics. A trough in the west is drawing hot, dry winds across northern and western WA. A high is clearing SA.

Check out the national weather radar here.

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