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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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WA has second highest national rate of clan labs
Perth 6000 Western Australia has the second highest rate in the nation for the detection of clandestine drug laboratories. The Australian Crime Commission's illicit drug data report shows 160 drug labs were found in the state in the 12 months to June last year.That is second to only Queensland which had 379 drug labs.The Crime Commission's John Lawler says it is particularly worrying ...
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WA second as drug lab capital
According to the Australian Crime Commission’s (ACC) Illicit Drug Data Report 2011–12 there were 160 clandestine laboratories detected in Western Australia last financial year.Queensland detected the most clandestine laboratories with 379.The report released today also found that of the 809 clandestine laboratories busted in Australia in 2011-12, 70 per cent were in residential ...
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Kids forge asylum link
WA primary schools are being encouraged to raise debate about asylum seekers in the classroom to combat racist stereotypes from an early ...
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Crash closes highway - 3 die in 24 hours
THREE people have been hospitalised following a crash in the Hills east of Perth today after three people died yesterday on WA roads in a horror 24 ...
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Rescue chopper sent to Wooroloo crash
Three people have been taken to hospital after a car crash on Great Eastern Highway in Wooroloo.Two cars collided near Banks Avenue just before 8am.A woman is being taken by the RAC rescue helicopter to Royal Perth Hospital.Two men are also being taken to hospital by ambulance.Career firefighters from Midland and volunteer firefighters from Mundaring and Wundowie assisted at the scene.It is ...
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Ross River vaccine trialled in hope of approval
Perth 6000 A vaccine to protect Australians from Ross River virus could be available in less than a year. The mosquito-borne virus causes severe joint pain, fevers and fatigue, and has so far only been preventable by avoiding mosquito bites. The annual meeting of the Australian Rheumatology Association in Perth has heard trials of a new vaccine have been successful. Professor David Smith says ...
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Police hunt jewellery thieves
Police are searching for thieves who stole jewellery from a Southern River store early this morning.The thieves smashed a glass door at the Holmes Road jewellery store about 1am.A police spokesman said they searched the shop before fleeing with jewellery and stones.It is understood they left the scene in a white Holden Commodore.Anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 ...
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Coral Bay search called off
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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Pluton Resources improving operating cash costs at Western Australia iron project
(MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia) Pluton Resources (ASX: PLV) has been steadily improving operating cash costs at its Cockatoo Island iron ore project in Western Australia since the first shipment commenced in December 2012 and expects further reductions soon.It plans to recommence exploration in the third quarter of this year to expand its existing Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves.The ...
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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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