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Commuters told to book holiday during shutdowns
Perth 6000 Perth commuters are being urged to book holidays or start cycling ahead of the city's biggest train service shutdown. Perth station will be closed for five days from July 12 and the Underground station for the same amount of time from July 31. All Fremantle line services will be cancelled during both periods, which will stop footy fans catching the train to the Western Derby on ...
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Tourist drowns off Esperance coast
A tourist has drowned after trying to save her partner who slipped into the ocean while fishing on Sunday afternoon. Police said the 29-year-old woman was fishing at Twilight Beach with her fiancé about 4pm when he lost his footing on the rocks and slipped. The woman went into the ocean but drowned while trying to rescue him. Both the man and woman were pulled from ...
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Woman drowns after slipping off rocks
Esperance 6450 A woman has drowned after being swept into the ocean off rocks at Esperance.Police say the 29-year-old woman was fishing at Twilight Cove yesterday afternoon when she was washed into the ocean.Local police say the woman is believed to have been travelling through the coastal town.She is thought to be a tourist.Emergency services arrived at the scene around 4:00 pm, after people ...
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Woman 29 drowns fishing off Esperance
Police said the woman was fishing at Twilight Beach in Esperance on Sunday afternoon when she was swept into the ocean.Police are yet to inform her family and are preparing a report for the coroner.The woman's death is the second rock-fishing drowning on the south coast in a ...
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Overnight arson spree destroys six cars
Riley, 20, stands beside his burnt-out ute, which he bought last week. His was one of six cars torched during an arson spree across Scarborough and Karrinyup last night.Picture: Twitter/Lisa ...
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Man 20 charged over Broome rape
The man will face Broome Magistrates Court today charged with a series off offences in connection with the rape and burglary of the elderly woman.The man is charged with aggravated burglary, rendering a person incapable of resisting and aggravated sexual penetration without consent.The attack took place in the woman's home in Old Broome in the early hours of Saturday morning. Broome Police ...
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Truckie killed as he checked flat tyre
TWO men were killed overnight - including a truckie inspecting a flat tyre - after being run over in separate incidents within an hour of each ...
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Manus got the moves
CELEBRITY chef Manu Feildel busted out some slick dance moves during a charity event at Crown Perths Grand Ballroom on Saturday ...
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Racism happens but not tolerated by most
RACIAL vilification doesn't just occur on the football field - it happens almost everywhere, say these group of talented young indigenous ...
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No trains on Derby day
FREMANTLE train line will be closed over derby weekend in July, as part of the biggest train station closure in Perths ...
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Run for a Reason tops a million
Neil Berry took out first place in the male 12km run with a time of 37:02, and Linda Spencer won the female 12km coming in at 41:16.The winners of this year’s 4km run was a repeat of 2012, with Marc See again taking first place with a time of 11:45 and Mathilda Connell winning the women’s in 13:59.It is the fourth year of the event, which raises money for WA Health charities.This ...
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Teen arrested over rape of woman in her home
Broome 6725 Police in Broome have arrested a man in connection with the rape of a 67-year-old woman.The woman was assaulted at her home in old Broome in the early hours of Saturday morning.She remains in hospital and is being treated for injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening.Police have described it as a particularly disturbing attack.Local detectives have arrested a ...
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Arsonist torches six cars in coastal suburbs
Karrinyup 6018 Six cars have been torched in the Perth suburbs of Karrinyup and Scarborough.One vehicle was set alight in Somerton Road, Karrinyup in the early hours of the morning.Another two were torched at neighbouring properties in Burroughs Road, one in Gamble Way, and one in Duke Street.The final car was set set on fire in Deanmore Road, Scarborough.One of the vehicles was a brand new ...
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Fev rams home goals in Rockingham
The former Carlton and Brisbane star helped draw as many as 3000 people to the Rams' Anniversary Park for the clash against Waroona Demons in the Peel Football League.And he didn't let them down, kicking six goals to three-quarter time before the Rams ran away with the game with a six goal final term to win 17.8 (110) to 10.6 ...
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Six cars torched in Perths north
Six cars were set alight in two of Perth's coastal suburbs overnight.The first vehicle torched in Deanmore Rd in Scarborough at 11.15pm, Police spokeswoman Sergeant Naomi Smith said.Another was hit in Gamble Way in Karrinyup just after 12.20pm.Shortly after two cars were struck in Gamble Way at 12.45pm and Duke Street at 1.10am.Another two were torched at neighbouring properties in ...
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Pedestrian and driver die on Perth roads
Maddington 6109 A driver and a pedestrian have died on Perth roads .A man died when he was hit by a car on Tonkin Highway in Maddington about 8:00 pm last night.He was inspecting a flat tyre on his truck when hit by the car.A man also died in the northern suburb of Kiara.Police say he was walking along Morley Drive East when hit by a ...
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Juniper inspires artist daughter
The daughter of WA artist Robert Juniper will tomorrow launch her first exhibition since her father died.Bec Juniper's collection, titled Insequent Streams, is inspired by trips to the WA hinterland with her father, who died in (December at the age of 83.Although he died before he could see the works, his daughter said he was involved in the process of creating the paintings, which will be ...
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Lifejackets on beach spark drowning fears
There are fears more asylum seekers have drowned in a bid to get to Australia after a number of lifejackets washed up on Cocos Island.The Australian Federal Police said eight lifejackets were found on the island and officers were working with Customs to find out where they came from.Locals believe the jackets were flotsam from a sunken asylum vessel.It is understood one jacket contained a small ...
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Crashes kill two pedestrians
Two pedestrians were killed in separate crashes in Maddington and Kiara last night.Inspector Trevor Davis said the first crash happened on Tonkin Highway, between Kelvin Road and Welshpool Road, just after 8pm.He said it was believed the pedestrian was a truck driver who had left his vehicle before he was struck by a car.The second crash happened outside the Kiara police station on Morley Drive ...
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High costs put $150b LNG projects at risk
The liquefied natural gas industry says that up to $150 billion in projects could be lost to Australia unless the industrial relations system is overhauled and construction costs are slashed within 18 months.In a clear warning to Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott before the September 14 election, the industry says the country could lose tens of thousands of jobs and ...
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Medical miracle of little Oliver
Even doctors consider Oliver Chapman a miracle, the eight-month-old a picture of health after an Australian-first bid to stop a rare growth taking over his body.Nothing could prepare Princess Margaret Hospital staff when the Baldivis baby was born with a 10cm birthmark-like abnormality on his liver that was so big it was robbing the rest of his body of blood.Scans during the pregnancy had shown ...
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Perth pays to keep regional power price down
Households in Perth and the South West are facing further electricity price rises after the Barnett Government increased the cross-subsidy paid to remote power customers by almost $170 million.The State Opposition has denounced the decision as a cash grab to prop up the Government's shaky finances and a "reward" for the inefficiencies of regional electricity provider Horizon ...
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Plan to open Abrolhos for oil search
The Abrolhos Islands - the heart of WA's lucrative rock lobster fishery and one of the State's most iconic environmental assets - could be exposed to oil and gas exploration under plans to be unveiled today.Federal Resources Minister Gary Gray will this morning announce which areas of Commonwealth waters will be opened for offshore petroleum exploration as part of the latest round of ...
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Health Dept dodges gifts action
The Health Department cannot detail any action taken against 108 staff a year after the Auditor-General caught them failing to declare gifts, including international airfares, from pharmaceutical companies.The inaction has prompted Opposition claims of a department dodging accountability.It says the department is "treading water" as the Government struggles to find a replacement for ...
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Book a holiday to avoid rail chaos
Perth businesses are being urged to let employees work from home or stagger commute times in July and August to cope with the biggest service interruption to hit the Perth rail system.The measures, widely adopted in London last year to help manage the Olympics, were touted by the Public Transport Authority yesterday as it revealed major interruptions at Central Perth Station for two five-day ...
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Major redevelopment plans for Perth eyesoars
The City of Perth has major projects in the works to redevelop the city’s CBD in-line with the aims of broader projects like Green City and Populate Perth, but some residents remain wary of red tape, while others fear for the future of historical sites such as Langley.
Perth is the commercial, transport and cultural backbone of Western Australia. This city of almost 2 million people is the fourth largest in Australia, but has grown consistently faster than many other cities, outstripping the national average and was ranked by The Economist in 2010 as the eighth ‘most livable city’ in the world, which means we have some of the best living conditions on the planet. Read more
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