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Police issue road safety warning
WA Police have blamed human error as the major factor behind a spate of recent deaths on Western Australian roads.There have been 10 deaths on the states roads in the past 7 days, with 6 of those in the Great Southern region.Police are urging drivers and pedestrians to pay more attention. Assistant Commissioner Nick Anticich says there is a level of arrogance by drivers and too many are being ...
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Is the end of locally produced food in sight
WA If you've stopped to check a basket of fruit and vegetables at your local supermarket recently, you will find it is like an edible trip around the world.Oranges come from the United States, garlic from China, mangoes from Mexico and asparagus from Argentina.Our supermarkets have really become global villages.But there is a push on to buy locally grown and locally produced food.Many ...
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Report released on Christmas Island shipwreck
Christmas Island 6798 A report on a shipwreck which blocked Christmas Island's port for months has found the port operator had not properly assessed the risk of leaving a ship moored in deteriorating weather conditions.The Australian Transport Safety Bureau's final report on the sinking of the Panamanian-registered freighter MV Tycoon says weather around Christmas Island is known to ...
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Perth could be Asias Aberdeen
PERTH has an opportunity to become the best oil and gas technology centre in Asia by modelling itself on major hubs in Scotland and ...
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Perth could be Asias Aberdeen
PERTH has an opportunity to become the best oil and gas technology centre in Asia by modelling itself on major hubs in Scotland and ...
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Safety report critical of Tycoon crew
A CATALOGUE of errors by a ship's captain and port master led to the crew of a cargo ship being forced to abandon the vessel as it was battered on rocks at Christmas Island, safety inspectors have ...
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Man stole $100000 from Adventure World
Murdoch Detectives had to use police dogs in their investigation into funds being stolen from the Bibra Lake business.Officers used the canines to detect cash during a search on a Shelley home this morning, where they also seized computer equipment and documents.Police will allege a 29-year-old man, who was employed in a financial management position by Adventure World, transferred staff ...
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Car crashes in school fence
A woman crashed her car into a primary school fence in Rivervale earlier today.It is understood the woman's car ploughed into the fence at Tranby Primary School on Acton Avenue about 10.30am.No students were injured. The driver of the car suffered minor ...
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Calls for more options for country students
WA The State Opposition has urged the government to consider allowing remote schools to continue teaching the Year 7 curriculum beyond 2015.From 2015, children will begin high school in Year 7 rather than Year 8, which means many country students will start boarding school a year earlier.Labor MP Darren West says the government has failed to consider the economic, social and emotional effects ...
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Campaign to take guns from criminals
NEARLY 60 guns were stolen in WA last month it's been revealed, as police launch a campaign to get illegal and stolen guns out of the hands of ...
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Nervous wait for news of panda pregnancy
AN Australian professor who specialises in endangered species reproduction is nervously awaiting news on the potential pregnancy of giant panda Tian Tian in ...
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Woman ploughs into primary school library
The woman's car crashed into the Tranby Primary School library on Acton Avenue, Rivervale about 10.30am.The woman received only minor injuries and St John Ambulance attended, but fortunately no children or school staff were ...
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Australia set for a drenching
After a hot, dry start to the year, Australia is in for a drenching over the next three months, a weather forecaster says.Sky News senior meteorologist Tom Saunders says a pattern of warm seas off the west coast of Indonesia and cool seas off the east coast of Africa - known as a negative Indian Ocean Dipole - will likely make for a wet winter for most of the country."A negative IOD is the ...
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Illegal firearms targeted by police
WA Police are targeting illegal firearms as part of an Australia-wide campaign to stamp out gun crime.Operation Unification will run until June 7 and is aimed at removing dangerous weapons from the hands of criminals.State Crime acting commander Tony Flack said members of the public could help police by reporting information about illegal firearms."It's hoped the initiative will result ...
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Christmas Island captain port master criticised
A catalogue of errors by a ship's captain and port master led to the crew of a cargo ship being forced to abandon the vessel as it was battered on rocks at Christmas Island, safety inspectors have concluded.In January 2012, mooring lines on the 4000-tonne, Panama-registered MV Tycoon broke free, causing the ship to slam into cliffs and a crane pylon at Flying Fish Cove.As the ship's ...
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Man charged over Narrogin death
Police have charged a 48-year-old man over the fatal stabbing of a woman at a house in Narrogin at the weekend.Charmaine Louise Winmar, 36, was found dead in an Ensign Street home about 11.30am on Saturday.On Tuesday night, major crime detectives asked for the public's assistance in finding Kevin James Corbett after a 43-year-old man was questioned over her death and released without ...
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Woman pleads guilty to causing babys death
Merriwa 6030 A 35-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to causing the death of a baby boy when she crashed her car into his bedroom in suburban Perth.Melissa Ann Waters was under the influence of alcohol when she lost control of her utility and drove into the house in Merriwa in January.Eight-month-old Nate Dunbar died at the ...
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Drunk driver admits babys crash death
A 35-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to causing the death of a baby boy while he slept in his nursery in Perth's northern ...
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West Australia govt retains Mitchells and OMD
Incumbents Mitchell & Partners and OMD have been re-appointed by the West Australian Government for the provision of campaign advertising services following a competitive pitch. The pitch for the $33.8m account ...
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Spending freeze affects tourism promotion
Perth 6000 The State Opposition is calling for the Government to overturn an advertising ban which is stopping Tourism WA from promoting the State. The Treasurer Troy Buswell announced a freeze on non-essential government spending last week, in an effort to improve the state's finances. Labor's tourism spokesman Paul Papalia says the decision's impact on Tourism WA was quickly ...
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Bunbury a model port Buswell
Transport Minister Troy Buswell has pointed to grain heavyweight Bunge's $40 million investment in the Bunbury Port as an example of what WA's other port authorities should be aiming to achieve.Mr Buswell last week flagged the possibility WA's ports could transfer the control of assets to the private sector but denied it was a process of privatisation.Bunge is investing up to $40 ...
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14 suffer caustic burns at Bunbury store
CUSTOMERS at a fast food outlet in Western Australia have been treated for burns, and two are in hospital, after a restaurant worker apparently mistook caustic soda for ...
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Fiery double fatal Fifth death in 14 hours
TWO men have been killed in an horrific fiery truck and car collision near Wubin, 300km north-east of Perth - making five deaths inside 14 hours on WA ...
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Costly search for new health department boss
Perth 6000 The Public Sector Commission has conceded it has spent almost $100,000 in just two months trying to find a new Director General of Health. The position became vacant when Kim Snowball quit in December. According to a government tender document, the Commission had planned to spend $82,000 finding a suitable candidate between March and October of this year. But the ABC has learned ...
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Water Corporation defends sewage dump at lake
Joondalup 6027 The Water Corporation has defended its clean up of Lake Joondalup after 750,000 litres of sewage was discharged at the site. The incident occurred five months ago when a private contractor's pump failed and authorities used nearby bushland to contain the overflow. Labor MP Dave Kelly yesterday presented Parliament with a plastic bag filled with human waste and nappies he ...
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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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