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Burns Beach shark warning
The Department of Environment and Conservation is urging people not to swim or fish around the Burns Beach area due to an increased risk of shark activity.
ABC - November 17, 2009, 9:29 pm -
Anti-skimming legislation 'toughest in Australia'
The Western Australian Attorney General, Christian Porter has unveiled legislation which he says will produce the toughest anti-identity theft and card-skimming laws in the country.
ABC - November 17, 2009, 9:05 pm -
Kimberley oil spill 'dispersing'
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority says oil that leaked from a well off the Kimberley coast last month has shifted further offshore.
ABC - November 17, 2009, 7:29 pm -
Parliamentary committee to probe Bowler findings
A Corruption and Crime Commission report on the Independent MP John Bowler has been referred to a powerful parliamentary committee for further investigation.
ABC - November 17, 2009, 7:00 pm -
Police drop Freddo theft charges
Police in Western Australia have dropped charges against a 12-year-old boy accused of receiving a stolen chocolate frog.
ABC - November 17, 2009, 6:48 pm -
'Sex' was cop's motive to access files
A former detective was sexually motivated when he used the WA police computer system to access the details of more than a dozen women, a court has been told.
November 17, 2009, 6:28 pm -
Dolphin deaths still a mystery
The WA Environment Minister Donna Faragaher says researchers are yet to determine whether a virus contributed to the deaths of several Swan River dolphins.
ABC - November 17, 2009, 6:13 pm -
Court told former officer breached privacy
A former WA detective sergeant will be sentenced tomorrow for using the police computer to get the personal details of more than a dozen women.
ABC - November 17, 2009, 5:00 pm -
Grylls may not have congratulated me: Bowler
The Independent MP, John Bowler says he may have used the wrong language when he said the Nationals Leader, Brendon Grylls congratulated him on the outcome of a Corruption and Crime Commission report.
ABC - November 17, 2009, 5:00 pm -
Freddo charges likely to be dropped
A 12-year-old Aboriginal boy charged with receiving a chocolate Freddo Frog is almost certain to have charges against him withdrawn.
November 17, 2009, 4:46 pm -
Safety bureau investigates fatal plane crash
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau will investigate a light plane crash at Kojonup, south-east of Perth.
ABC - November 17, 2009, 4:15 pm -
Going for gold
Historically, gold has been the commodity of choice in uncertain economic times.
ABC - November 17, 2009, 4:15 pm -
Chocolate decision 'common sense'
The Aboriginal Legal Service says it is a relief common sense has prevailed in the case of a 12-year-old boy charged with receiving a stolen chocolate.
ABC - November 17, 2009, 3:13 pm -
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
