A former Narrogin GP who designed and developed an emergency medical kit mandatory at rural medical centres has called for at least one person in every country town to be trained in medical aid.
January 24, 2010, 4:16 pmEXCLUSIVE: Air New Zealand will unveil on Tuesday the most dramatic and innovative revamp of economy seating since the advent of the 747 in 1970.
January 24, 2010, 12:19 pm
Police are investigating the suspicious death of a 21-year-old man at a Tuart Hill property.
January 24, 2010, 11:54 amPolice are investigating a suspicious car fire that occurred in High Wycombe last night.
January 24, 2010, 11:27 am
Brangelina have called it quits, according to media reports.
January 24, 2010, 11:20 amPolice were forced to shut down a party in Ballajura last night after up to 150 people gathered at a property and began spilling into the streets while cars did burnouts.
January 24, 2010, 11:00 amTwo people were flown to Perth with serious injuries after they were hit by a car while walking along a street in Derby yesterday morning.
January 24, 2010, 10:37 am
Homes were without power last night after a lightning storm hit the Wheatbelt region.
January 24, 2010, 10:11 am
Organisers of the all-star Hope for Haiti Now telethon say the event raised a record-setting $US57 million ($63 million) - and counting.
January 24, 2010, 9:36 am
A 25-year-old Haitian man rescued after spending 11 days buried in the ruins of a grocer's shop survived on snacks and Coca-Cola.
January 24, 2010, 9:06 am
Police charged a 49-year-old man with attempted murder last night following an incident in Maddington in which a woman was stabbed.
January 24, 2010, 9:01 am
She might have had her Australian Open campaign cut short but local favourite Casey Dellacqua admitted to being "stoked" after her straight-sets loss to hard-hitting American Venus Williams.
January 24, 2010, 8:35 amPolice are investigating the suspected drowning death of an elderly man found floating face down in Geographe Bay this afternoon near the local yacht club.
January 23, 2010, 5:10 pmA pregnant 34-year-old Huntingdale woman has been rushed to hospital after her 50CC scooter collided with a car in Ashfield this morning.
January 23, 2010, 2:43 pm
A third person has died on WA roads in under 24 hours after a car hit a tree in a paddock in Hearne Hill this morning.
January 23, 2010, 1:20 pmGrim-faced celebrities and musicians with mournful tunes set the tone for the all-star, international "Hope for Haiti Now" telethon, which featured two hours of desperate pleas for an even more-desperate nation. But it ended on a hopeful note, with a buoyant call for Haiti's revival by native son, Wyclef Jean.
January 23, 2010, 12:52 pmPolice last night shut down a popular West Perth bar after a huge all in brawl that resulted in several arrests.
January 23, 2010, 11:17 am
Jessica Sheehan is only 11 but already her memory is fading as she struggles to remember what happened in a movie an hour ago.
January 23, 2010, 9:48 am
Friends and neighbours of unassuming Rossmoyne resident Michael Telling are reeling at the disclosure that he was an heir to one of Britain's greatest fortunes and a killer who beheaded his wife with an axe.
January 23, 2010, 2:45 am
Growing numbers of young people under the influence of a dangerous cocktail of drugs and alcohol are arriving at Perth hospital emergency departments, new figures show.
January 23, 2010, 2:45 amEleven fatal crashes in eleven days. #perthnews http://t.co/HTSDGDmOWR
Hazel Hawke dies aged 83. http://t.co/EZI8vRIhRB
Inquiry to probe FLNG technology. #perthnews http://t.co/GfmmalWkNl
Cancer breakthrough in WA research. #perthnews http://t.co/3vWCz4f96z
Gas hub protesters snub Barnett meeting. #perthnews http://t.co/N6NVpGMZJW
LIFESTYLE: Tips to help parents tackle kids' acne. #parenting http://t.co/WvmVwD7x8j
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