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  • Man fights for life after attack

    A 48-year-old man savagely bashed at Bibra Lake was fighting for his life in hospital last night as police hunted for his attacker.

    January 12, 2010, 5:47 am

  • Firm counts cost of maritime strike

    Australia's industrial laws and rampant unions are fast giving the country a reputation as a difficult place to do business, the head of the Australian arm of a foreign shipping company crippled by strikes has warned.

    January 12, 2010, 5:50 am

  • Toodyay appeal raises $500,000

    WA families, individuals and businesses have donated almost $500,000 to
    The West Australian
    , 7 News and Salvation Army Toodyay Bushfire Appeal, providing much-needed financial assistance to the victims who lost their homes and livelihoods.

    January 12, 2010, 5:46 am

  • Baby died after warning delayed

    The Australian Nursing Federation said yesterday it was a disgrace that a coroner's warning on the risks of parents sleeping with infants was not given to hospitals in time to save a baby's life.

    January 12, 2010, 5:44 am

  • Police ban 'quiet drink' on Australia Day

    Families enjoying a "quiet drink" at beaches and parks across Perth on Australia Day will be targeted the same as drunken louts, according to WA Police.

    January 12, 2010, 2:40 am

  • Mother grieves over son's 'stupid' decision

    If Alison Hall was given one more moment with her son Daniel she would tell him she loved him and was proud of him but was so disappointed in his fatal error of judgment.

    January 12, 2010, 2:35 am

  • Rush to add beds for asylum seekers

    Immigration officials have scrambled to set up more detention accommodation on Christmas Island in a last-minute effort to avoid being over capacity.

    January 12, 2010, 2:30 am

  • Global interest in Perth flu case

    A Perth swine flu case has won international attention as the first Australian instance of Tamiflu resistance and the radical treatment used for it.

    January 12, 2010, 2:20 am

  • Unions tighten grip with Rio workers

    Trade unions have tightened their grip on the North-West with the construction and mining union yesterday forcing Rio Tinto to negotiate a collective deal for its iron ore rail workers for the first time in 15 years.

    January 12, 2010, 2:15 am

  • Buswell warns of tough times

    WA's economy may be the strongest in the nation, according to the Commonwealth Bank, but Treasurer Troy Buswell warned yesterday that the State still faced a struggle to balance the books and meet service demands because of the lag in revenues flowing into the State's coffers from any economic recovery.

    January 12, 2010, 2:10 am

  • Freeway exit reopens after crash

    UPDATE: Police have reopened the Charles Street exit of the Mitchell Freeway after a motorbike crashed on the road.

    January 11, 2010, 6:17 pm

  • Tycoon in court on assault charges

    Property tycoon Warren Anderson threw his estranged wife across the room where she landed in a foetal position during a heated dispute at the former couples Peppermint Grove house, the Fremantle Magistrate's Court was told today.

    January 11, 2010, 5:40 pm

  • Crash causing delays north on Mitchell

    Traffic heading north on the Mitchell Freeway is very heavy as far back as Vincent Street after a crash.

    January 11, 2010, 4:53 pm

  • Fire threatens Vasse Felix

    Firefighters in the South-West have contained a bushfire which broke out next to high profile Margaret River wineries Vasse Felix and Cullen's this afternoon.

    January 11, 2010, 4:28 pm

  • Maritime strike 'failure of new industrial laws'

    Maritime workers are expected to continue strike action in their bid for substantially bigger pay packets, the Maritime Union of Australia said.

    January 11, 2010, 4:22 pm

  • Police hunt attacker as man fights for life

    A 48-year-old man savagely bashed in Bibra Lake is fighting for his life in hospital as police appeal for help to find his attacker.

    January 11, 2010, 4:08 pm

  • Man to plead not guilty over Tiger Lils glassing

    A 26-year old New Zealand national is likely to plead not guilty to charges that he glassed a bouncer who was trying to eject him from a Perth nightclub.

    January 11, 2010, 2:43 pm

  • Family angry at court 'injustice'

    The family of a five-year-old boy killed in a car crash in Wangara last October is shocked that the man charged over his death has pleaded not guilty and that the case will not be heard in a higher court.

    January 11, 2010, 1:48 pm

  • Hames names stand-in health boss

    The former head of the WA Country Health Service has been appointed as acting Director General of the Department of Health.

    January 11, 2010, 12:59 pm

  • Mum should not have slept with baby: inquest

    An 17-year-old mother whose baby died when she rolled on it in her hospital bed should not have been allowed to sleep with the child, a coronial inquest has heard.

    January 11, 2010, 12:50 pm
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