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Quiz night raises money for school camp to Broome
Port Hedland Primary School's Year 7 students are that bit closer to zooming to Broome for their camp following a stellar quiz night last Saturday evening. The event, remarkably organised within the space of a month, was particularly successful given that the goal of raising $3,000 was more than doubled. Year 7 parent Tirrena Byrnes and school mum Lauren Cairns put their heads together to ...
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6PR investigates second presenter
ONLY five days after 6PR presenter Howard Sattler was sacked for asking Prime Minister Julia Gillard a series of bizarre questions, the station is investigating the conduct of another of its presenters Jason ...
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Watchdog chief wrong to release police video
The head of WA's corruption watchdog was wrong in deciding to grant the release of CCTV footage of two incidents in the Broome police station, the lawyer for a former policeman has told the Supreme Court.A former first-class constable at the centre of a Corruption and Crime Commission inquiry into the incidents has launched Supreme Court action in a bid to overturn Commissioner Roger ...
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Screening staff dig in
Security screening staff at Perth Airport's Qantas terminal have dug in for a fourth week of industrial action as they remain embroiled in a wage dispute with employer MSS Security.The United Voice members said yesterday that they did not undertake bag searches, aerosol checks or laptop checks at the airport's busiest time, 5am, when the terminal was packed with hundreds of fly-in, ...
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Hancock says trust will be fair
Gina Rinehart's estranged son John Hancock has vowed not to discriminate against his half-sister Ginia if he replaces his mother as head of the multibillion-dollar family trust.Mr Hancock said yesterday that despite his personal views about the 26-year-old, there would be no favouritism against her or his other half-sister Hope Welker, who have sided with Mrs Rinehart in the long-running ...
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Baby boomers driving drug rehab programs
Australia's ageing baby boomers are driving demand for drug addiction services, with a doubling of the proportion of over-50s seeking help to get off opioid drugs such as heroin.They now make up almost one-fifth of the 47,000 people who receive pharmacotherapy such as methadone in Australia, up from 25,000 in 1998.On the other hand, the proportion of drug addicts under the age of 30 seeking ...
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Costs put squeeze on family
A fortnight out from the birth of their second child, South Hedland couple Laura Bentley and Brad Crehan are hardly in the mood to celebrate.Already reeling from a 58 per cent increase to their strata insurance premium and soaring electricity bills, Ms Bentley said the family would struggle on a single income after she decided to be a stay-at-home mum.She said another 8 per cent rate rise had ...
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Barnett under pressure to abandon processing gas onshore
Broome 6725 The Premier Colin Barnett says the Federal Government has urged him to "roll over" and allow the development of gas reserves in the Browse Basin with no conditions attached. Woodside Petroleum shelved plans to develop a $45 billion onshore gas hub at James Price Point earlier this year and is now looking at using floating LNG technology.Mr Barnett says he is involved in ...
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Alternative method proves popular
As Australia compares its education system with other countries to find better ways of teaching our students, more parents are also looking at alternative education philosophies within WA.Beehive Montessori school principal Rhonda Sheehan said while the Mosman Park school had grown to 240 students, 160 were still on the waiting list.Ms Sheehan said many mainstream schools were now using teaching ...
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Schooling system can learn from top nations
Australia's goal of making it into the top five schooling systems in the world by 2025 has turned the spotlight on education practices in those countries that have already made it to the top of international league tables.They include Finland, which has ranked at or near the top of the Program for International Student Assessment tests since they were first conducted by the OECD in 2000, ...
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Retailer ready to deliver on PMH plea
Harvey Norman lead franchisee WA Stephen Hauville says the retailer can deliver much-needed furniture and electrical goods to Princess Margaret Hospital within a week.The commitment came yesterday after Mr Hauville earlier this month responded to a call from Northern Star Resources managing director Bill Beament, who pledged $150,000 to Telethon to be spent on furniture and electrical goods for ...
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Mother struggled to raise toddler alone
The grandmother of a toddler killed when trapped in a washing machine has told his inquest her daughter had a troubled childhood and struggled as a single parent.Dianne Murphy fought back tears yesterday as she described seeing her daughter's Hilton home on the news on September 20, 2010, and rushing there to be told her grandson Sean, three, had died.Sean's mother Kerry Murphy told ...
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Carles bids to sue over jilted claim
Millionaire property developer Nigel Satterley could become embroiled in the defamation case against former MP Adele Carles by her former lover and Treasurer Troy Buswell, it was revealed in the Supreme Court yesterday.Ms Carles has lodged an application for Mr Satterley to be joined as a third party to the case, alleging he defamed her in comments published in two articles in _The West ...
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Gift of organs from the boy with smiling eyes
Dorine Prince looked at the world through constantly smiling, enthusiastic eyes and his distraught parents hope the gift of organ donation will give someone else the same outlook.As family, friends and schoolmates gathered at the scene yesterday, laying flowers and remembering the 11-year-old in prayer, his mother Mary Prince said she did not believe her son suffered when he was knocked off his ...
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Bosses brave cold for homeless
More than 100 of Perth's high-flyers will dust off their sleeping bags and pull out their thermals tomorrow in preparation for a night under the stars at the WACA Ground.As part of the annual Vinnies CEO Sleepout, community and business leaders will brave the cold in an attempt to better understand the issues facing homeless people.Five-star hotels and fancy restaurants will become the ...
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Minister overrules council on Subiaco tower
Planning Minister John Day has overruled the City of Subiaco, ordering the council to initiate a planning scheme amendment that would allow a 16-storey tower at the derelict Pavilion Markets site.The move sets the Government on a collision course with Subiaco council, which 18 months ago refused to advertise a similar scheme amendment sought by the site's Sydney-based developer D2 ...
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Leaders snared in private eye denial row
The State Government has tried to smear Opposition Leader Mark McGowan over Labor's past use of private investigators, claiming yesterday that as environment minister he oversaw the removal of a public servant after such a probe.After heavily criticising the Government for contracting private investigators to probe departmental human resources matters, Mr McGowan told 6PR radio that he had ...
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Disadvantaged kids miss out on critical activities
Almost half of children living in Australia's most disadvantaged communities are not participating in sport and cultural activities critical to their development, according to research by The Smith Family.And figures reveal more than 20,000 WA children have received KidSport vouchers, a scheme that offers subsidies of up to $200 per child to sporting clubs that support children from ...
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Fixed speed cameras call
THE death of Pinjarra grandfather Peter Azzaro in a crash on Pinjarra Road on June 2 has prompted an online petition calling for permanent speed cameras on the road. Melissa Walton Colyer-long started the petition last week. "My family, friends and I lost my uncle," she said. She asked people to sign the petition because there had been too many accidents on Pinjarra Road. ...
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New boardwalk will link path to beach
An aerial shot of the new Guilderton boardwalk area at Moore River, together with plan details. The boardwalk is expected to cost about $270,000 and will join the existing path and gazebo on the beach in Moore River. An existing boardwalk had been one of the top tourist spots in Guilderton for a decade before it was closed after being damaged by a rock fall in late 2010. Shire chief Jeremy ...
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Punch man is sorry
PUNCHING a church elder in the face in an unprovoked attack resulted in seven-months imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, when an Eden Hill man appeared in Mandurah Magistrates Court on June 11. Phillip Edward Humes pleaded guilty to assault occasioning bodily harm. Police prosecutor Ser-geant Rod Murray said Humes was on the Mandurah foreshore on January 7 at 4pm and got into an argument ...
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Diamond day for our firefighters
BULLSBROOK Volunteer Fire Services will celebrate its 60th anniversary this Sunday. The Bullsbrook Volunteer Fire Brigade was established in 1953, when Swan Road Board made an application for registration of its Bullsbrook Brigade. Some of the most memorable moments came from the first summer of 1953-54 when a local tennis tournament was broken up when a fire call came. Most of the men who ...
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Banning breeds will do little to reduce attacks says RSPCA
THE RSPCA is against breed specific legislation on the basis that banning certain breeds of dogs does little to reduce dog attacks, according to spokesman Tim Mayne. "There was a case late last year where a six-year-old girl was mauled in Baldivis by five dogs," he said. "None of those dogs was on the banned dog list. "It depends on how the dogs were trained or possibly ...
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Police rescue man lost at Lake Clifton
ASHLEY Hobby (25) spent all day lost in Lake Clifton last Thursday and is grateful to the eight police officers who came to rescue him. Dressed in just jeans and a T-shirt, Mr Hobby walked about 30km in cold temperatures until he was found just after midnight on Friday. Mr Hobby, from Armadale, had been visiting his son in Preston Beach. He did not have a driver's licence and had planned ...
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Safe sleep rule a must for all
Concern has been raised over the number of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome fatalities occurring when a baby is being cared for by a secondary carer such as a grandparent, friend or babysitter.SIDS and Kids WA neonatal nurse and education officer Monnia Volpi-Wise estimated that a quarter of SIDS deaths in Australia happened when parents left someone else in charge.She questioned whether protective ...
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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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