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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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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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Fun house big help in dire days
By the age of three, Danielle Fleer had spent more than a third of her life in hospital.Diagnosed with cancer at just two, she had 12 months of chemotherapy, flying between Perth and her home in Albany to get treatment. Doctors had found a 1kg tumour in her abdomen and the toddler had to have risky surgery. Vital blood vessels had tangled around the tumour and only a portion of it could be ...
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Hollywood celeb visits Joondalup
MARLON Wayans had "nothing but love" for the audience who packed out a Joondalup cinema on Sunday for a preview screening of his new film A Haunted House. Comedy fans lined up for over an hour for the chance to get an autograph and photo with the star ...
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Two killed after trucks load explodes
Wubin 6612 Police say two people have been killed in a traffic crash near Wubin, 300 kilometres north-east of Perth.A car and a triple road train carrying ammonium nitrate collided on the Great Northern Highway about 10:30 pm last night, 25 kilometres north of Wubin.The truck and its cargo burst into flames.Police say at least two people, the truck driver and a male passenger in the car, died ...
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Two die in fiery Wheatbelt truck smash
AT least two people have been killed in an horrific fiery truck and car collision near Wubin, 275km north-east of Perth - making five deaths inside 24 ...
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Customers eat caustic soda instead of salt
Customers at a South West fast food outlet have been rushed to hospital with burns after mistaking caustic soda for salt.A St John Ambulance spokesman said 14 people were treated for mouth and throat burns last night after they consumed caustic soda at a Chicken Treat outlet in Bunbury.It is understood an employee at Bunbury Chicken Treat may have confused salt with caustic soda.Two people were ...
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End of boom to hit WA hard
The resources investment boom is over, a new report has found, casting more doubt on the strength of the WA and national economies.Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics figures show for the first time since the boom began that the value of new mining and energy projects in the resources sector is falling.A handful of big liquefied natural gas projects, including WA's $53 billion Gorgon ...
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Horse rider dies in Donnybrook
A rider has died after falling from a horse in Donnybrook in the State's South West.The rider was reported to police to have fallen off the animal about 5.15pm on Bentley Street.Coronial investigators were last night at the scene trying to establish cause of death, as it is unclear if the rider died of injuries sustained in the fall or other medical ...
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State bans on TV bets wont work
State laws to clamp down on the broadcast of live betting odds was unlikely to work because telecasts often came from other States, Premier Colin Barnett said yesterday.South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill has moved to ban advertisements urging sports viewers to punt on games which are under way, complaining that the Federal Government has been slow to act.Mr Barnett said he shared Mr ...
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Water Corp denies sewage dump
The Water Corporation has denied Opposition accusations in Parliament that it unnecessarily dumped 750,000 litres of sewage in Lake Joondalup, where nappies and sanitary napkins remained strewn.Labor's water spokesman Dave Kelly told question time the Water Corporation approved the dumping on November 15 after a pumping station on Ariti Avenue failed, instead of getting a backup pump or ...
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$1m babies a strain on families
The cost of raising children in Australia has risen twice as fast as household income, figures show.A study to be released today will reveal the average cost of raising two children from birth to age 24 has topped $1 million for the nation's wealthiest families and almost $500,000 for its poorest.The study by the University of Canberra's centre for social and economic modelling and AMP ...
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Dust-up over Port Hedland marina
Regional Development Minister Brendon Grylls says the Department of Health and BHP Billiton are using the perceived health risks of iron ore dust to thwart development in Port Hedland.The Port Hedland council was last night due to approve a rezoning to allow high-density development on the waterfront, which will complement a new marina.The rezoning has received objections from the Department of ...
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Cold will test Big Apple swimmers
It seems an unlikely training ground but the icy waters of Lake Leschenaultia in the Perth Hills have proved the best substitute for a group of open-water swimmers trying to simulate New York's Hudson and East rivers.Fishermen have to make way for the five men and two women when they train closer to home and jump off Claremont Jetty into the cold, still Swan River before daybreak or after ...
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Homebuyer sues over plane noise
A teacher is suing a real estate agent after buying a Greenmount home she alleges was advertised as in a "whisper quiet location" even though it is under a flight path.Karen Georgina Davies claims she had to stop work because of her lack of sleep and illness, including neck and shoulder problems from sleeping with her head under a pillow, as a result of the noise.Ms Davies, 60, said ...
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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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