WA

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
Baby orangutan makes public debut

Perth Zoo has shown off its latest addition, a baby Sumatran orangutan.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 3:01 pm
Police issue card skimming warning

An employee at a restaurant in the Perth southern suburb of Rockingham has allegedly been caught trying to skim a customer's credit card.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 3:00 pm
Damning finding in bushfire inquest

The State Coroner has handed down damning findings in an inquest into the deaths of three truck drivers in a fire in Western Australia's Goldfields.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 2:02 pm
Minister won't meet Zentai's family

The Federal Minister for Home Affairs, Brendan O'Connor, says it would be improper for him to met the family of the accused war criminal Charles Zentai.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 1:51 pm
Police impound another car

A 19-year-old man who was the first driver in WA to have his car crushed under anti-hoon laws has had another car impounded by police.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 1:00 pm
Pluto project cost blow-out

Oil and gas producer, Woodside Petroleum says the estimated construction cost of its Pluto liquefied natural gas project will increase.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 12:16 pm
Customs seize fake Tiffany jewellery

Customs officers in Perth have seized counterfeit jewellery with an estimated street value of more than $10 million.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 12:09 pm
Crossbow murder accused to face trial

A 28-year-old man accused of murdering another man with a crossbow in Karratha, in north-west Western Australia, is expected to stand trial next year.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 11:48 am
Willagee by-election

The campaign for the by-election in the State seat of Willagee is entering its final stages, with law and order emerging as the major issue.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 11:00 am
'Mango madness' blamed for stabbings

Western Australian police are investigating the stabbing of five people at a house in Broome over a 24-hour period.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 10:21 am
Union defends police over Freddo case

The WA Police Union says critics of officers charging young children need to help find solutions.
ABC - November 20, 2009, 10:10 am
Euthanasia supporters 'hopeful' about bill

Euthanasia supporters in WA have their hopes pinned on a private members bill .
ABC - November 20, 2009, 10:00 am