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Spill plug effort 'could take weeks'
A relief effort to plug a leaking oil well in the Timor Sea could require as many as three more attempts and take several more weeks.
October 29, 2009, 6:27 pm -
NSW man dies in WA car rollover
A 28-year-old man has died after the car he was a passenger in rolled on a highway in Western Australia's goldfields.
October 30, 2009, 11:33 am -
WA police find chemical stash in desert
A stash of chemicals used to make methamphetamine, found buried in the desert, could have produced drugs with a street value of $30 million, WA police say.
October 29, 2009, 6:39 pm -
Four face WA court over people smuggling
Four Indonesian men charged with crewing a boat carrying 51 asylum seekers to Australia have appeared in a Perth court.
October 29, 2009, 5:05 pm -
Alleged people smuggler pleads innocence
The first man extradited to Australia to face charges of people smuggling has pleaded not guilty in a Perth court.
October 29, 2009, 2:09 pm -
Rare wattle species rediscovered in WA
A wattle species not seen since it was first collected more than 160 years ago has been rediscovered in Western Australia's wheatbelt.
October 28, 2009, 5:43 pm -
Unlicensed teen charged over Perth crash
A Perth teenager with no driver's licence has been charged after allegedly ploughing into another car, seriously injuring a woman and her two children.
October 28, 2009, 3:01 pm -
Native title deal for historic WA island
Dirk Hartog Island, the site of the first recorded European landing on Australian soil, will become a national park, following a native title agreement.
October 27, 2009, 8:00 pm -
Mother, kids hurt after police pursuit
WA police aren't revealing if they were still in pursuit of a car when it collided with another car carrying a mother and two children, seriously injuring them.
October 27, 2009, 3:15 pm -
Perth clubs target antisocial behaviour
Troublemakers will be banned from nightclubs and trading hours cut in a crackdown on antisocial behaviour in Perth's entertainment district.
October 25, 2009, 6:32 pm -
Crimes thwarted by bikie crackdown: Police
Western Australian police say they have thwarted attempts by motorcycle clubs to engage in criminal activity.
ABC - October 25, 2009, 4:17 pm -
Elderly woman dies in WA head-on crash
An elderly woman became the 146th person to die on West Australian roads this year, after a head-on crash in the state's midwest region.
October 25, 2009, 1:42 pm -
MP had misguided loyalty to Burke: judge
Former WA minister Norm Marlborough acted out of a misguided loyalty to former premier Brian Burke, when he lied to a corruption watchdog, a judge has found.
October 23, 2009, 3:08 pm -
Stranded humpback euthanased at WA beach
A juvenile humpback whale stranded on a West Australian beach has been euthanased, wildlife authorities say.
October 23, 2009, 2:10 pm -
Breakthrough close in Timor Sea oil leak
A small piece of cement recovered near the site of a leaking oil well off Australia's northwest shows repair crews could be close to finally stemming the spill.
October 22, 2009, 11:32 pm -
Marlborough guilty over false evidence
Former West Australian cabinet minister Norm Marlborough has been found guilty of one charge of giving false evidence to a corruption watchdog.
October 22, 2009, 10:06 pm -
Zentai expected to be taken into custody
Federal authorities and the family of Charles Zentai are tight-lipped on the process that could see the accused Nazi war criminal taken into custody.
October 22, 2009, 3:35 pm -
Buswell under fire over allowance claim
WA Treasurer Troy Buswell is again facing calls to resign, but the new calls have nothing to do with chair sniffing or bra snapping.
October 21, 2009, 2:50 pm -
Man who escaped crocodiles will return
A man who climbed a tree to escape crocodiles during a storm says he has no qualms about returning to the scene of his ordeal.
October 21, 2009, 9:25 am -
Humpback stranded at WA beach
A juvenile humpback whale stranded on a West Australian beach is probably beyond help, wildlife authorities say.
October 20, 2009, 7:53 pm
