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Pendletons alleged sex plan conspirator acquitted
Perth 6000 A Supreme Court jury in Perth has acquitted a convicted sex offender of planning to travel overseas and commit further offences against children.Kenneth Bishop stood trial with another convicted offender, Mark Pendleton, accused of planning to travel to Thailand after they were released and sexually abuse children.It was alleged the men intended to start a doll making business to ...
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Search for helicopter believed to have crashed
Gingin 6503 A search is under way for a helicopter that is believed to have crashed near Gingin, 90 kilometres north-east of Perth.Authorities received a mayday call from the helicopter's pilot just before 1:00 pm.(AWST)Air crews are now searching a large area near Muckenburra, 18 kilometres north west of Gingin.It is not known how many people on board or whether they have sustained any ...
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Police look for missing brothers in Wheatbelt
Kununoppin 6489 Police are looking for two children believed to be missing in the Kununoppin area in the Wheatbelt.Bailey Carroll, 14, and his 12-year-old brother Lochlyn, 12, are believed to have disappeared from their grandmother's house sometime overnight. Bailey Carroll has brown hair, is fair skinned with a thin build, and is wearing an aqua coloured t-shirt, dark grey shorts or ...
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Swan hopes for WA change of mind
TREASURER Wayne Swan has criticised the West Australian government for not signing up to the commonwealth's school education and disability care ...
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Inquest into plane chopper collision
Procedures of two government departments during a joint goat culling operation in the Gascoyne that resulted in the death of a pilot and his passenger are under the coronial microscope at an inquest.State Coroner Alastair Hope is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of pilot Bradleigh Michael Roulston, 23, and Department of Agriculture spotter Daniel Joseph Kean, 45, on February ...
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Skydiver critical after Pilbara crash
A 25-year-old skydiver is in a critical condition after he crashed into a building while trying to land in the Pilbara yesterday.The man was trying to land in a dropzone when he veered off course and hit a building in Roebourne.He was treated at Nickol Bay Hospital before being flown to Royal Perth Hospital by the Royal Flying Doctor Service in the early hours of this morning.A RFDS spokeswoman ...
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Man critical after sky diving accident
Wickham 6720 A 25-year-old man is in a critical condition in Royal Perth Hospital after a parachuting accident in the Pilbara.The man was skydiving yesterday afternoon at Wickham when he tracked off course and hit the wall of a building in a nearby residential area.He was taken to Nickol Bay Hospital in Karratha before being flown to Perth by the Royal Flying Doctor ...
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Frontline services unaffected by crackdown Harvey
Perth 6000 The Police Minister Liza Harvey says a crackdown on police overtime will not impact on frontline services.Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan has put in place tighter controls for overtime with any extra work to be assessed and approved by a senior officer.Mrs Harvey says the decision was made by Mr O'Callaghan, not her.But, she says she can guarantee it will not have an ...
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Wayne McKenna on trial for sexual abuse
Katanning 6317 The brother of a man who sexually abused male boarders at a hostel in Katanning is on trial accused of molesting two girls there.Wayne McKenna is alleged to have sexually abused two girls, aged about 13, while he was a supervisor at the St Andrews Hostel in Katanning in 1980 and 1981. His brother Dennis was warden of the hostel and he is currently serving a lengthy jail term for ...
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Bush search for missing Jarrahdale man
POLICE are concerned for the welfare of a 42-year-old Jarrahdale man who has not been seen since he left his home on Friday ...
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Concern for missing Jarrahdale man
Police are appealing for information about a 42-year-old man who has not been seen since Friday morning.Peter Charles Clarke was last seen leaving his Jarrahdale home at 9.30am.Mr Clarke is driving a black Land Rover Defender with the registration 1DPR 217.It is not known what he is wearing.Police believe Mr Clarke may have visited the bush area around Wungong and Canning Dam since he left his ...
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Swan disappointed in WAs Gonski stance
Treasurer Wayne Swan has criticised the West Australian Government for not signing up to the Commonwealth's school education and disability care reforms.Mr Swan said 40,000 people in the State who had a severe or permanent disability would benefit from DisabilityCare, but were set to miss out."It is disappointing to the Commonwealth Government that the West Australian Government has ...
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McKenna accused of preying on young girls
Wayne Leslie McKenna - the brother of convicted paedophile Dennis McKenna - has begun trial on allegations he also sexually molested boarders at a Katanning hostel the brothers worked ...
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Claims Toros uranium project may struggle
Wiluna 6646 An economist is warning that the first proposed uranium mine in Western Australia may struggle to get off the ground.The comments are made in a report, commissioned by Greens Senator Scott Ludlam and environmental groups, into the viability of Toro Energy's proposed Wiluna project. The study by 'Economics at Large' indicates the project's profitability relies on ...
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EPA backs Pilbara port algae farm
A planned multi-user iron ore port in the Pilbara region has been given the nod by the State's Environmental Protection Authority.The port at Cape Preston East, about 60km south-west of Dampier, will use an innovative method to transfer iron ore from shore to ship, removing the need for dredging.Self-powered barges will transfer iron ore produced by port proponent, Iron Ore Holdings, to a ...
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Inquest told lack of communication key to plane crash
Gascoyne Junction 6705 An inquest has begun into the deaths of a pilot and a spotter who were taking part in a goat cull in Western Australia's Gascoyne when their plane collided with a helicopter.Daniel Joseph Kean, 39, and Bradleigh Michael Roulston, 23, were contracted by the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Environment and Conservation to help in a goat cull in February ...
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Swan says WA does ok for Commonwealth funding
Perth 6000 The federal Treasurer Wayne Swan has hit back at the Premier's complaints over the Goods and Services Tax. Colin Barnett has warned his government could be forced to raise taxes if the state's share of the funding does not increase. Mr Swan is in Perth inspecting work on the jointly funded Gateway road project and says WA is not as hard done by as Mr Barnett makes out. ...
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Ningaloo search called off amid sting claims
The search for a Canberra man has been called off five days after he disappeared and his wife died while snorkelling at a remote beach near Coral Bay.Rob Shugg, 48, and Kathreen Ricketson, 41, were snorkelling at Elle's beach, about 5.5km north of Warroora Station, on Wednesday afternoon when they ran into trouble.Ms Rickerson's body washed up on the beach after her 10-year-old son saw ...
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EPA recommends go ahead for port near Karratha
Karratha 6714 The Environmental Protection Authority has recommended a proposed multi-user port south-west of Karratha be approved.Iron Ore Holdings plans to build the iron ore export facility at Cape Preston East, using a loading method that eliminates the need for dredging.It is the second proposed port in the Pilbara to gain environmental approval in the last week after the Federal ...
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Man dies after Rebels party in Busselton
Busselton 6280 Police are investigating the death of a man at the Rebels motorcycle gang club house in Busselton at the weekend.Police say the incident occurred at a party held at the Hithergreen address on Friday night.A 25-year-old man is believed to have stopped breathing and was rushed to Busselton Hospital.He could not be revived.Busselton Detectives say the man was an associate of the ...
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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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Single but complicated says Demis boy
Broome boy coy over Demi BROOME pearl diver Will Hanigan is keeping quiet about his rumoured relationship with Hollywood actress Demi ...
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WA rates high for drug labs
An Australian Crime Commission report has revealed WA has the second highest rate of clandestine laboratory detections in Australia.According to the Illicit Drug Data Report, 160 laboratories were found in the State in 2011-12.More than 90 per cent of the laboratories involved a highly volatile manufacturing method.Queensland had the most clandestine laboratories for the tenth year in a row with ...
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Drenching interrupts dry season
The dry season in northern WA was interrupted by heavy rainfall over the western Kimberley and eastern Pilbara overnight.According to the Weather Bureau, Broome had 55mm of rain, Fitzroy Crossing 28mm, Port Hedland 37mm and Marble Bar 54mm in the 24 hours to 9am today.Perth had about 6mm overnight and Rottnest 18.6mm.Duty forecaster Ricus Lombard said the heavy rainfall was unusual for this time ...
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Tame protected raptor found chained to fence
A member of the public found the young male hieraaetus morphnoides (common name Little Eagle) chained to a Brook Road fence on April 18.He took him to a wildlife rehabilitator who called the Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC). DEC wildlife officer Rick Dawson said an experienced bird-of-prey rehabilitator found the two- to four-year-old bird to be in good condition and unafraid of ...
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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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