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Car crush hoon caught on scooter: Police
A 19-year-old Perth man who has had one car crushed under anti-hoon laws and is at risk of losing another, has had his scooter seized by police.
ABC - November 22, 2009, 3:51 pm -
WA's Australians of the Year
One of the world's leading alzheimers researchers has been named WA's Australian of the Year.
ABC - November 22, 2009, 1:24 pm -
Skin cancer surgery delay
The State Opposition claims a Perth man had to wait six months for skin cancer surgery because the health system is in crisis.
ABC - November 22, 2009, 1:10 pm -
Family's fatal fire compensation bid
The daughter of a truck driver who perished in a Goldfields fire has asked the State Government for more money, in the wake of a scathing coroner's report on her father's death.
ABC - November 22, 2009, 12:10 pm -
Four named in WA Australian of the Year
A medical researcher, a wildlife rescuer, a Victoria Cross winner and a country music director have taken top honours in the WA Australian of the Year awards.
November 22, 2009, 12:46 am -
Further charges over WA funeral shooting
Police have laid further charges after two people shot into a crowd that had gathered for a funeral in a West Australian town.
November 21, 2009, 6:42 pm -
Man injured in stake attack
A man has been attacked with a wooden stake and a branch while walking along a cycleway in Mount Lawley.
ABC - November 21, 2009, 3:19 pm -
Narrogin shooting charges
Police have laid further charges against a man allegedly involved in a shooting in Narrogin last weekend.
ABC - November 21, 2009, 1:31 pm -
Whale carcass warning to abalone fishers
Abalone fishers are being warned to stay away from one of Perth's northern beaches which has been closed because of a shark hazard.
ABC - November 21, 2009, 1:00 pm -
Men hurt in Armadale bashing
Two men have been seriously injured in an attack by a group of up to 15 people in Armadale, in Perth's south-east.
ABC - November 21, 2009, 12:34 pm -
Fire controller pay-out
The incident controller blamed for the deaths of three truck drivers in a Goldfields fire has received a $73,000 redundancy payment.
ABC - November 21, 2009, 12:00 pm -
Christmas Is buckling under population boom
The Christmas Island Shire Council says there is not enough housing to cope with an influx of officials and contractors working at the immigration detention centre.
ABC - November 21, 2009, 7:30 am -
Foolhardy decision led to truckies' deaths
In a scathing judgement, Western Australia's coroner says the decision to allow a group of vehicles onto the highway ahead of a firestorm forecast was "foolhardy in the extreme".
ABC - November 20, 2009, 8:12 pm -
Lethal heroin warning
W-A police believe a new, lethal batch of heroin is responsible for at least three fatal over-doses in the past week.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 8:00 pm -
Hoon loses another car
Less than a week after having his vehicle crushed under anti-hoon laws, a 19-year-old Perth man has had another car impounded by police.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 7:50 pm -
'Incompetence' led to truckies' deaths
A coroner has described decisions by authorities that led to the deaths of three truck drivers in a WA bushfire as "demonstrating extreme incompetence".
November 20, 2009, 7:07 pm -
Police link dodgy heroin to three deaths
A lethal new batch of heroin is thought to be responsible for at least three fatal drug overdoses in Perth in a week, West Australian police say.
November 20, 2009, 7:04 pm -
Fake cabbie jailed for abusing young men
A sexual predator who cruised Perth streets posing as a cabbie, picking up young drunk men and sexually assaulting them, has been jailed for at least 18 years.
November 20, 2009, 6:36 pm -
Royalties revamp
The former Premier, Richard Court, says royalty payments from resources companies should flow directly to the State Government instead of the Federal Government.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 4:44 pm -
Customs intercepts asylum seeker boat
A boat carrying 53 asylum seekers has been intercepted off north-west Australia.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 3:03 pm
