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Search for answers on 150000 mattresses
WA Environment Minister Albert Jacob is calling on a private company find a solution to recycle WA's ever-increasing pile of used mattresses Picture: Justin ...
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Broome boy coy over Demi
When asked about his background, Hanigan told PerthNow he has spent most of his life in Broome after attending boarding school in Victoria, but said he is "pretty ...
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New vaccination strategy launched as rates lag
Perth 6000 The Health Minister Kim Hames says WA is lagging behind the rest of Australia when it comes to immunisation.A report from the National Health Performance Authority found 90 per cent of WA children are fully immunised at one, three and five years of age.In parts of Victoria and New South Wales, the average rate is around 94 per cent. Dr Hames says WA parents need to be made more ...
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Lombadina under water after 180mm deluge
THE remote Aboriginal community of Lombadina in the Kimberley would be under water today after a massive 180mm was dumped on it late ...
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On the lookout for feral fish
THE SWAN River Trust is urging people to report all sightings of feral fish in the river. Populations of koi carp, goldfish, pearl cichlids, swordtails, guppies, silver perch and spangled perch have been detected in the Swan-Canning catchment. Swan River Trust senior environmental manager Jeff Cosgrove said the feral fish likely entered the Riverpark by people dumping unwanted fish. "The ...
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Students turn out in force against cuts
CURTIN University hosted its biggest protest in more than 20 years last week, with hundreds of students taking part in a nationwide strike against cuts to higher education. About 700 students took to Curtin's Stadium Oval on May 14 in protest against the government plans to cut funding to Australian universities by $2.3 billion - and Guild President Jess McLeod said the word on campus was ...
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Residents in loo blue
HOBART Street resident and mother-of-two Kerryn Doyle is one of many North Perth locals disappointed by Vincent council's decision to install a toilet in the popular Auckland/Hobart Street Reserve. Despite several objections to installing a unisex facility, at last week's meeting, councillors voted in favour of trialling a toilet for 12 months. "My main concern is anti-social ...
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Police resources tied up with weekend parties
OUT-of-control parties continue to drain police resources on weekends, with local police called out to three parties on Friday evening. During a ride-along, the Melville Times witnessed first hand the time and effort spent controlling parties in Bull Creek, Coolbellup and East Fremantle. The night began slowly with a few house visits and alarm reports but the focus soon turned to parties once ...
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Questions over bird faeces
THE Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) has questioned if bird faeces should be held responsible for high bacteria levels at Champion Lakes Regatta Centre. In 2011, a test organised by the original managers of the centre, the Armadale Redevelopment Authority, found waterbird faeces was the cause of spikes in thermophilic amoebae. Manager VenuesWest, which now manages the centre, ...
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Girrawheen residents shaken by two deaths
THEY milled in the street, for a killing had shaken "little Danbury" in Girrawheen. Kids arriving home from school, the elderly, young adults, mums and dads all chatted nervously as police blocked Danbury Crescent about 5.30pm last Wednesday where officers had found a 37-yearp-old man dead in his home two hours earlier. The residents were unaware that police had also found a ...
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Around the clock random breath testing
DRINK drivers now risk random breath tests around the clock, says Southeast Metropolitan Acting Senior Sergeant Ben Macfarlane. Police said the number of motorists tested in the district was up 17.5 percent compared to last year, because of "any time, anywhere" RBT operations. The Canning Times recently attended a morning RBT operation with Southeast Metropolitan officers. Thirty ...
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All quiet on the warehouse front
A COMMERCIAL warehouse used as a clubhouse for motorcycle club associates in Clarkson has gone quiet in the past five months, according to authorities. City of Wanneroo planning and sustainability director Len Kosova said there was no evidence the Rebels Motorcycle Club was still using a unit at 19 Caloundra Road, a sentiment echoed by the district police chief Charlie Carver. Last December, ...
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Average rates bill up by $64
THE average Cockburn ratepayer will be asked to fork out an extra $64 next financial year after the City placed on its website a plan to increase rates across the board by 4.75 per cent. City finance director Stuart Downing said the increase of $1.23 a week was needed to accommodate operation and capital costs, estimated at $164 million. Mr Downing said the figure, up from $160 million for ...
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Willeton school set to expand
WILLETTON Senior High School has embarked on an ambitious building program in a bid to boost several academic areas. Plans include a new science block and classrooms for the first intake of Year 7s. Preparation work was finished this week, with new teaching spaces created so that old ones can be knocked down during the first stage, which is expected to begin sometime this year. Principal ...
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Students show care for carers
Balga Senior High School hospitality students Aldrin De Sierra, Beh Beh, Hay Biee Paw Aye, Shalay Naw, Eh Na Paw, Cade Wyatt and Jenjira Hoyken. Picture: Marcus Whisson ...
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Lithium miner Galaxy Resources cuts salaries
Ravensthorpe 6346 The lithium miner Galaxy Resources is cutting salaries and attempting to raise nearly $50 million to ease its substantial debt and raise working capital.The WA miner owns the Mount Cattlin mine near Ravensthorpe which was put into care and maintenance earlier this year.In a letter to shareholders, the company says its board and senior management will take major pay cuts in an ...
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Man dies after car hits tree near Tambellup
Tambellup 6320 A man has died in a crash near Tambellup, south-east of Perth.The 61-year-old man from Dumbleyung was driving a car that hit a tree on the Great Southern Highway late yesterday afternoon.He died at the scene.His death takes the state road toll for the year to ...
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Drivers threatened during two car jackings
Thornlie 6108 Police are tying to determine if two separate car jackings in Perth overnight are linked.A 38-year-old man was dragged from his car at the Spencer Village Shopping Centre in Thornlie late last night after being threatened with a knife.About an hour later a 56-year-old man was dragged from his car outside his home in Langford by a man armed with a knife.He was dragged along the ...
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Senator urges WA to sign up to DisabilityCare
Perth 6000 The West Australian Labor Senator, Louise Pratt, has added to calls for the state to join the national disability insurance scheme.WA is the only jurisdiction which has not agreed to the scheme known as DisabilityCare.The Premier Colin Barnett has said DisabilityCare would be a step backwards for West Australians with disabilities. Senator Pratt says the fact WA already has a good ...
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Pedestrian in serious condition after hit by car
Bicton 6157 Police in Perth are investigating a crash that has left a pedestrian with life-threatening injuries.A man believed to be aged in his 20s was hit by a car while walking along Preston Point Road in Bicton about 10:00 pm last night.He was initially taken to Fremantle Hospital but has been transferred to Royal Perth Hospital where his condition is listed as critical.Police from Major ...
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Police hunt armed car-jacker
He approached the offender by opening the driver’s side door of the car in an attempt to remove him from the seat. The offender then drove off, with the owner of the car hanging on to the car before he was dragged to the ground. The offender, who was armed with a knife, drove off from the area.The car was later found abandoned nearby in Langford. The victim was treated by St Johns ...
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Pedestrian 20 critical after hit
A YOUNG man is in a critical condition after being struck by a car as he walked along Preston Point Road, Bicton, late last ...
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Drivers threatened in violent carjackings
Two men were dragged from their cars and threatened with knives in separate attacks in Perth's south-eastern suburbs last night.A 38-year-old man was sitting in his Nissan Patrol in the Spencer Village Shopping Centre car park in Thornlie when he was approached by a man about 10.38pm.The thief demanded the man's car and threatening him with a knife after the driver refused to give him ...
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Car hits pedestrian in Bicton
A young man was fighting for life last night after being struck by a car in Bicton.The man, thought to be in his twenties, was hit on Preston Point Road near the intersection of Fifth Street shortly after 10pm.He was taken to Fremantle Hospital with serious injuries.The driver of the car stopped at the scene.Major Crash will investigate the cause of the ...
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Aboriginal advocates warn of youth suicide spike
Perth 6000 Aboriginal health advocates will hold a crisis meeting in Perth today to address what they have described as an alarming spike in the youth suicide rate. The Dumbartung Aboriginal Corporation director, Robert Eggington, says children as young as 11 are taking their own lives. "There's been just an incredible spate," he said. "One of the units we're inviting ...
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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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