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  • Toodyay says thanks for fire help

    Residents of Toodyay forgot their troubles momentarily yesterday to thank the WA public for its generous support and donations in the aftermath of the Toodyay fires.

    January 14, 2010, 6:23 am

  • One Aussie missing, 19 safe

    One Australian is missing and 19 are safe in quake-hit Haiti, Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith says.

    January 14, 2010, 6:22 am

  • Breast milk curbs stress later in life

    Babies who are breastfed for more than six months show fewer signs of stress and mental health problems more than a decade later when they are teenagers, WA researchers have found.

    January 14, 2010, 6:15 am

  • New tourism campaign to be driven by taxi

    WA will be promoted with the slogan Wish You Were Here? as part of a new international tourism campaign, after the ditching of The Real Thing jingle last year.

    January 14, 2010, 6:12 am

  • Indian militant threat to Aussie cricketers

    A militant right-wing Hindu party in India has warned it would prevent Australia's cricketers playing in parts of India because of attacks on Indians in Australia.

    January 14, 2010, 5:40 am

  • Childbirth death stays mystery four years later

    Almost four years after his first wife Susannah died in hospital after childbirth, Jim McLevie is still waiting to learn why she wasn't given the antibiotics that could have saved her life.

    January 14, 2010, 2:45 am

  • Fewer State leavers go to uni

    The proportion of State school students eligible for university has fallen to a five-year low, with new figures showing just four out of 10 obtaining a tertiary entrance rank.

    January 14, 2010, 2:35 am

  • Scaffidi's bid to hide family feud details fails

    A Supreme Court judge yesterday rejected an application by property developer Joe Scaffidi, the husband of Perth's Lord Mayor, to have details of his family's fractured business affairs, which include allegations of fraud, heard in secret.

    January 14, 2010, 2:35 am

  • St Hilda's girls work together

    Students from St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls say the strong support they got from teachers and fellow pupils helped them make it the school with the top median tertiary entrance rank.

    January 14, 2010, 2:33 am

  • ACC critical of anti-bikie laws

    WA's proposed anti-bikie laws could become less effective over time as they drove organised crime groups underground in an effort to avoid detection, the Australian Crime Commission has warned.

    January 14, 2010, 2:25 am

  • Grill gets numbers but his man is rolled

    While Ric Stowe honoured his reclusive businessman label by not turning up to face creditors and the cameras, there was no such reticence from two Griffin Coal Mining Company advisers with plenty of experience in high-profile problems.

    January 14, 2010, 2:18 am

  • Police raid Woodvale home after crash

    Heavily armed police yesterday raided a Woodvale home eight months after the same property was searched by detectives who allegedly found an assault rifle, ammunition and a big quantity of drugs buried in the backyard of the property.

    January 13, 2010, 6:01 pm

  • Search suspended for missing Exmouth man

    Police have suspended their search for marine mechanic Jake Preston Bearup who went missing off Exmouth three days ago.

    January 13, 2010, 4:57 pm

  • Multiple vehicle crash closes Whitfords Ave

    A multiple vehicle crash on Whitfords Avenue eastbound has closed the road between Marmion Avenue and Eddystone Avenue in Craigie. Police are onsite and traffic is being diverted.

    January 13, 2010, 4:27 pm

  • Boys charged over school fire

    Two 15-year-old boys have been charged following a police arson squad investigation into a northern suburbs school fire.

    January 13, 2010, 4:25 pm

  • Ken Colbung dies

    One of Perth’s most prominent Aboriginal activists, Ken Colbung, has died after a short illness.

    January 13, 2010, 2:06 pm

  • Mercanti parole bid rejected

    Former Coffin Cheater Troy Mercanti has had a parole application rejected by the Prisoners Review Board, which cited public safety among its concerns.

    January 13, 2010, 1:41 pm

  • Clinton asks China to explain Google attack

    US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on China to explain Google's discovery of a "highly sophisticated" attack on its Chinese website aimed at e-mail accounts of human rights activists.

    January 13, 2010, 12:45 pm

  • Fisherman dies off Geraldton

    A 65-year-old man died this morning after a dinghy the man and his friend were fishing from capsized about 2km north-west of Geraldton.

    January 13, 2010, 12:41 pm

  • Pakistan give keeper the chop

    Pakistan have dropped vice-captain Kamran Akmal among four changes to their Test team as they seek to avoid a series clean sweep by Australia.

    January 13, 2010, 12:21 pm
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