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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Perth News.Net http://www.perthnews.net/ en-us Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:00:48 -0500 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:00:48 -0500 30 POLICE are appealing to the public for information after thousands of dollars worth of building materials were recently stolen from a Munster ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203265699&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:53:00 -0500 inMyCommunity http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203265699&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c The crash occurred just after 1pm on Werribee Road near the Darling Range town, about 67km north-east of Perth.The rider was rushed to hospital via St John's Ambulance but at 2pm police advised ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203264653&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:27:01 -0500 perthnow http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203264653&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Police said they are expecting to lay further charges as investigations and talks with both families continue.The offenders have been charged with a range of offences, including going armed in ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203263172&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:37:53 -0500 perthnow http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203263172&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c A Perth jury has started deliberating in the case of two taxi drivers who deny raping a female passenger as she made her way home from a boozy hen's night.Amrit Pal Singh and Prabhjit Singh ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203263931&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:26:22 -0500 West Australian http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203263931&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Ahead of a tomorrow's return to heatwave weather in Perth, coastal parts of the Central West have been issued a severe fire danger warning.The city of Geraldton and the shires of Carnamah, ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203263932&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:26:19 -0500 West Australian http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203263932&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c EIGHT people were arrested after a long-term feud between two prominent Northam families erupted into a fight at a Hutt Street house on Saturday ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203262620&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:27:15 -0500 inMyCommunity http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203262620&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Organiser Nola Bosveld said the event was a great success. "We will always remember the fires, but it is now time to move on. People are starting to move into their new homes and we are looking ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203262621&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:27:14 -0500 inMyCommunity http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203262621&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c With 23 per cent of the vote, Cottesloe came in well ahead of City Beach and Rockingham Beach (14 per cent), Scarborough (13 per cent), Mullalloo (12 per cent), Trigg (9 per cent) and Hillarys Boat ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203262615&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:02:17 -0500 News.com.au http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203262615&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c THE introduction of the four-hour rule to reduce overcrowding in West Australian hospital emergency departments could save at least one life every two days, a study has ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203261900&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:02:12 -0500 perthnow http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203261900&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c JAILED: Gypsy Jokers president Ralph Kometer jailed for drug possession following a car search which revealed methamphetamines, a rifle and ammunition. Picture: Kerris ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203262612&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:58:04 -0500 News.com.au http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203262612&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Corrective Services Minister Terry Redman will join several community and Department of Corrective Services representatives at the official opening of the Wheatbelt Work Camp (WWC) at 1.30pm in ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203262614&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:57:56 -0500 News.com.au http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203262614&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Thieves have struck a Broome jewellery for the second time in a month.Prouds Jewellers in the Broome Boulevard Shopping Centre was broken into last night. Police were alerted this morning and are ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203262616&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:50:57 -0500 West Australian http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203262616&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c A 44-year-old man has been jailed for eight years over a methylamphetamine bust after the judge noted drugs were behind more than 50 per cent of crimes before the District Court and damaging the ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203262618&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:50:54 -0500 West Australian http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203262618&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c The RAC wants the State Government to urgently address Perth's growing traffic congestion by committing to more key road projects.In its 2012-13 Budget submission to the Barnett Government to ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203262619&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:50:37 -0500 West Australian http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203262619&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Police said the girl's grandfather was giving her driving lessons at the time. The motorbike rider, 46, from Serpentine took the corner too wide and his machine slammed into the front of the ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203260710&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:26:10 -0500 perthnow http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203260710&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c MAYBE it was just a coincidence, or the fact that the sun was setting, but when Kasabian took to the stage of Perth's Big Day Out, the whole place got a lot ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203260711&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:26:05 -0500 perthnow http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203260711&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c DRINKING a cup of black tea three times a day may significantly reduce your blood pressure. Scientists at UWA claim black tea lowers systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Their research is ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203260255&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:10:36 -0500 inMyCommunity http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203260255&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Police said the girl's grandfather was giving her driving lessons at the time. The motorbike rider, 46, from Serpentine took the corner too wide and his machine slammed into the front of the ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203259332&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:43:06 -0500 perthnow http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203259332&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c The event has grappled with a suitable venue and line-up, with crowd numbers well down on last year's turnout of 35,000.But it took local boy Drapht to get the party kicking at the much smaller ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203259333&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:43:02 -0500 perthnow http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203259333&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Methamphetamines and weapons were allegedly discovered during a police raid at a Huntingdale house yesterday.A 43-year-old man was arrested after the drugs, an electric cattle prod, expandable ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203260254&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:31:17 -0500 West Australian http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203260254&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Police officers from Perth were deployed to assist local officers bring the fighting under control after the group turned on police, throwing fire bombs at them.The fighting between the two ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203258712&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:59:35 -0500 News.com.au http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203258712&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c AN elderly man severely bashed in his Dianella home last year is looking to an even bigger milestone as he celebrated his 90th birthday ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203258711&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:59:33 -0500 News.com.au http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203258711&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Two motorcyclists were killed yesterday in separate crashes near Perth.A 46-year-old man died when his motorcycle collided with a utility driven by a 13-year-old girl in Casuarina.Police said he was ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203258714&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:52:44 -0500 West Australian http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203258714&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c The Fire and Emergency Services Authority is ready to inherit greater responsibility should the Department of Environment and Conservation be stripped of its role as a firefighting agency, FESA ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203258715&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:52:38 -0500 West Australian http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203258715&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c The Big Day Out wasn't as big as usual yesterday but it was still a great day out for 12,000 Perth music lovers.The summer institution used to pull crowds of 40,000 each year but attracted a ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203257376&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:15:42 -0500 West Australian http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203257376&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c From props and lighting to costumes and actors' facial expressions, there are many elements to a theatre production that make it come alive.But for theatre lovers with vision impairment, much ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203257378&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:15:38 -0500 West Australian http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203257378&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Lifeline WA is bracing for a surge in the number of distress calls from people contemplating suicide.New chief executive Fiona Kalaf said 20,040 calls were expected from people in distress this ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203257377&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:15:35 -0500 West Australian http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203257377&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c In the hills of Kelmscott and Roleystone, a cover of green has been slowly moving over the scars left by the fires that swept through the area a year ago.After this day last year, on streets that ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203257380&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:15:32 -0500 West Australian http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203257380&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Travis Woodhams slowly turned his head and looked at his mother, Glenda, raising his right leg slightly as he did so.These simple movements are two of only three things his broken body will allow ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203257379&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:15:29 -0500 West Australian http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203257379&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Opposition Leader Mark McGowan insisted yesterday cash grants of hundreds of dollars intended for educational expenses would be spent appropriately by parents, despite no safeguards to ensure they ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203257381&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:15:25 -0500 West Australian http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203257381&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Joondalup has emerged as Perth's new violence hotspot with assaults there increasing 33 per cent last year despite a range of anti-crime measures.Police statistics show reported assaults ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203256396&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:45:02 -0500 West Australian http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203256396&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Wind gusts have torn roofing from houses, uprooted trees, and brought down power-lines as storms hit the southwest region of Western Australia (WA) overnight, local media reported on Thursday.The ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203251855&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:22:03 -0500 People's Daily http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203251855&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c The girl was a backseat passenger in the Holden Astra, being driven by a 17-year-old female.The P-plate driver lost control of the car on gravel on Puntaping Road about 6:55pm, skidding and hitting ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203249695&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:36:40 -0500 perthnow http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203249695&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c EXTINGUISHING native title claims in WA's South-West under a new $1 billion deal won't mean development can run roughshod over Aboriginal heritage sites, the Barnett Government ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203246326&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:06:10 -0500 perthnow http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203246326&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c FAMILIES with children in senior secondary school or training will receive cash payments from the state government in a $63 million election promise, Labor leader Mark McGowan has ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203246328&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:06:06 -0500 perthnow http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203246328&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Bus operator Swan Transit has accused Gerard Sin of provoking the youth who robbed him of the sight in his left eye while he was on the job. As it fights Mr Sin's compensation's bid, Swan ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203246327&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:06:02 -0500 perthnow http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203246327&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c The 43-year-old woman was sitting on a small traffic island in the car park of the Burwood Train Station about 6.30am when she was approached by a woman who then grabbed her bag and ran from the ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203247372&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:02:26 -0500 News.com.au http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203247372&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c A man was stabbed in Northbridge last night.The 29 year old was involved in an argument with a group on men on Roe Street, close to the old fish market, just before 5am.He arrived at Royal Perth ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203245902&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:03:58 -0500 West Australian http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203245902&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c The man was stabbed numerous times during a fight with a group of men on Roe Street near the old fish market just before 5am.He was taken to Royal Perth Hospital, but his injuries are not believed ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203243799&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:28:34 -0500 perthnow http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203243799&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c The man was stabbed numerous times during a fight with a group of men on Roe Street near the old fish market just before 5am.He was taken to Royal Perth Hospital, but his injuries are not believed ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203244589&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:25:30 -0500 News.com.au http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203244589&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c There was a feeling of hope in the air on Saturday at Rushton Park in Kelmscott as the community affected by last year's Kelmscott-Roleystone fires gathered for the one year anniversary of the ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203244590&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:19:27 -0500 West Australian http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203244590&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c FIRE bombs were hurled at police as they tried to break up two groups involved in a long-running family feud in Northam last ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203242309&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:35:08 -0500 perthnow http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203242309&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c The girl was a backseat passenger in the Holden Astra, being driven by a 17-year-old female.The P-plate driver lost control of the car on gravel on Puntaping Road about 6:55pm, skidding and hitting ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203242310&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:35:05 -0500 perthnow http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203242310&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c THREE burglars smashed their way into the Meadow Springs Shopping Centre in the early hours of the morning before assaulting a Bakers Delight staff ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203242311&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:34:59 -0500 perthnow http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203242311&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Police broke up an out of control party in Thornlie early this morning.A number of move-on notices were issued to revellers at the party, in Wisteria Lane, and several youths were taken home.The ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203243114&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:24:48 -0500 West Australian http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203243114&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c A teenager has died in a crash in Wagin.The 16 year old was a passenger in the car when it hit a tree on Puntaping Road, at 6.55pm, last night.The driver, who was a 17 year old on a probationary ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203243116&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:24:46 -0500 West Australian http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203243116&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c A 32-year-old East Perth man has been charged with fraud after he allegedly dressed up as a Qantas pilot and knowingly sold two vehicles on which money was owing.Police claim the man advertised a ... http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203243117&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:24:40 -0500 West Australian http://feeds.perthnews.net/?rid=203243117&cat=12878be9fc2ca79c