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Meat workers face uncertain future
The owner of a meat processing plant which was destroyed by fire says some of his workers will need to find other work.
ABC - November 17, 2009, 3:02 pm -
Grylls defends phone call to Bowler
The Nationals Leader Brendon Grylls has defended making a phone call of support to John Bowler after the Independent MP was found to have engaged in serious misconduct.
ABC - November 17, 2009, 2:44 pm -
HMAS Sydney vision given to War Memorial
Video and photographs showing the wrecks of HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran have been donated to the Australian War Memorial (AWM) in Canberra.
ABC - November 17, 2009, 2:30 pm -
Police offer to drop Freddo charges
Police have been forced into an embarrassing back down after a national furore over charges against a 12-year-old Northam boy accused of receiving a stolen Freddo frog worth about 70 cents, announcing this morning that they would offer to drop the prosecution.
November 17, 2009, 2:08 pm -
Police may drop Freddo charges
Western Australia Police may drop charges against a 12-year-old boy accused of receiving a stolen chocolate.
ABC - November 17, 2009, 1:35 pm -
Man killed in plane crash
A pilot has died in a light plane crash at Kojonup, south-east of Perth.
ABC - November 17, 2009, 1:29 pm -
Concerns for Darwin man missing for one week
Northern Territory Police say it is possible a Darwin man who has been missing for a week has gone to Western Australia through Kununurra.
ABC - November 17, 2009, 12:36 pm -
Rottnest tragedy: pillars need urgent repair
A structural review of accommodation at Rottnest Island off the Perth coast has identified more than 20 columns in need of urgent attention.
ABC - November 17, 2009, 12:34 pm -
Radio telescope set to go ahead
Construction of Australia's most powerful radio telescope is set to get underway immediately, after the WA and Federal Governments reached agreement with Indigenous land holders.
ABC - November 17, 2009, 11:15 am -
Rottnest review to be released
Three weeks after a child was crushed by a falling pillar on Rottnest Island, authorities will release the findings of an independent structural review into the island's accommodation.
ABC - November 17, 2009, 11:15 am -
Police taser boy
WA Police have fired a stun gun at a 15-year-old Moora boy who they say tried to hit an officer with a star picket.
ABC - November 17, 2009, 10:15 am -
Factory fire puts pressure on meat prices
There are fears meat prices may rise because of the closure of a Perth meat packing factory destroyed yesterday by fire.
ABC - November 17, 2009, 9:34 am -
Fresh food finding welcomed
WA communities are backing recommendations from a federal parliamentary committee aimed at improving the supply and affordability of healthy foods in remote indigenous areas.
ABC - November 17, 2009, 9:25 am -
Bowler won't face serious consequences: analyst
A political analyst says the independent MP John Bowler is unlikely to suffer serious political consequences from an adverse report.
ABC - November 17, 2009, 9:17 am -
Ex-WA minister 'involved in misconduct'
WA's corruption watchdog has found ex-government minister John Bowler was involved in serious misconduct in his handling of an application by a mining company.
November 16, 2009, 8:45 pm -
Boy faces court over stolen Freddo
The Aboriginal Legal Services lawyer who represented a 12-year-old boy at Northam Children’s Court earlier today has described the receiving charges against his client as “outrageously trivial”.
November 16, 2009, 8:20 pm -
World War II hero dies
Decorated Australian war hero Jack Wong Sue has died in a Perth hospice, aged 84.
ABC - November 16, 2009, 7:25 pm -
$10 million meatworks fire 'suspicious'
A suspicious fire at a meat-packing factory in Perth has caused $10 million damage.
ABC - November 16, 2009, 7:02 pm -
Boy to fight 'stolen Freddo' charges
A 12-year-old boy will fight charges that he received a chocolate Freddo frog allegedly stolen from a supermarket in regional Western Australia.
November 16, 2009, 6:45 pm -
MP engaged in 'serious misconduct'
The Corruption and Crime Commission has found the Independent MP John Bowler engaged in serious misconduct over his handling of a mining application.
ABC - November 16, 2009, 5:34 pm
