Sunday, May 27th, 2012

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  • Don't push me: Thomson

    Exiled Labor MP Craig Thomson has pleaded with the Opposition and the media not to push him "to the brink" as the parliamentary investigation into whether he deliberately misled the House of Representatives descended into farce.

    May 26, 2012, 3:40 am

  • Tumour victim loses case against doctors

    A Perth man has lost a legal battle against two respected Perth doctors after a District Court judge yesterday rejected allegations he and his parents should have been told there were surgeons who would try to remove a massive brain tumour when it was discovered.

    May 26, 2012, 3:20 am

  • Chef of the Year hopeful lives his dream

    Todd Stuart may be one of WA's rising food industry stars, but he readily admits his restaurant dreams could have gone either way.

    May 26, 2012, 3:00 am

  • Child migrant abuse revealed

    The full extent of sexual, physical and psychological abuse suffered by hundreds of child migrants sent forcibly to Fairbridge Farm School in Pinjarra can be revealed for the first time.

    May 26, 2012, 2:50 am

  • WA’s eating disorder care ‘lacking’

    WA is lagging behind other States because it has no publicly-funded eating disorders inpatient unit and long queues for outpatient treatment, according to the Opposition.

    May 26, 2012, 2:47 am

  • Miner gave $300,000 to Liberals

    A mining company which was granted an unprecedented $26.5 million concession by the Barnett Government later donated $300,000 to the Liberal Party and paid a further $25,000 to the party's cash-for-access Leaders' Forum.

    May 26, 2012, 2:40 am

  • Worried WA pulls $1.3b from Euro banks

    The State Government has pulled $1.3 billion of taxpayers' cash out of European banks, representing a third of WA's offshore investments, over fears the continent's financial woes could put the money at risk.

    May 26, 2012, 2:30 am

  • Minister eyes recycling scheme

    Environment Minister Bill Marmion has given his strongest indication yet that people could be paid to recycle bottles and cans after saying he was growing more supportive of the idea.

    May 26, 2012, 2:20 am

  • Fears grow for Burswood golf course

    Burswood residents are rallying to retain Burswood Park Golf Course as a nine-hole layout after being told it could close as early as next year to make way for the State Government's major sports stadium.

    May 26, 2012, 2:10 am

  • Cats rain on Bulldogs parade

    Geelong show their class to finish strongly over a desperate Bulldogs side.

    May 25, 2012, 8:28 pm

  • More than 50 climbers reach crowded Everest summit

    KATHMANDU (AFP) - More than 50 climbers reached the top of Mount Everest Friday at the start of a two-day window that has raised fears of perilous overcrowding on the world's highest peak after four deaths last week.

    May 25, 2012, 7:47 pm

  • Woman killed in Toodyay crash

    Update, 5.50pm: A woman has died after her car crashed into another near Toodyay this afternoon.

    May 25, 2012, 5:24 pm

  • AFL teams - round nine

    UPDATED: Fixtures and teams for round nine, including Sunday squads.

    May 25, 2012, 4:30 pm

  • What the Butler heard - round nine

    Steve Butler, The West's man in Melbourne, provides the AFL scuttlebutt being kicked around the national competition

    May 25, 2012, 3:53 pm

  • Freo giants aim to stretch Eagles

    Fremantle will play all three of their ruckmen - Aaron Sandilands, Zac Clarke and Jonathon Griffin - together for the first time in Sunday's western derby at Patersons Stadium.

    May 25, 2012, 3:18 pm

  • AFP check on Thomson death threats

    Australian Federal Police are examining threatening emails sent to federal MP Craig Thomson.

    May 25, 2012, 3:16 pm

  • WA boxer takes on Olympic first

    Perth's Naomi Fischer-Rasmussen will be the first female to box for Australia at an Olympic Games.

    May 25, 2012, 3:15 pm

  • Palmer backs Govt on EMAs

    It’s not often that Clive Palmer agrees with the Federal Government, but he’s firmly backing its decision to introduce enterprise migration agreements to ease skilled labour shortages.

    May 25, 2012, 2:42 pm

  • ASX closes down on eurozone fears

    Australian investors shrugged off the faith of offshore markets that fresh liquidity injections and stimulus measures could save the crumbling eurozone and global growth, instead their vote in favour of cash and defensive stocks sent the sharemarket deeper into the red for the year.

    May 25, 2012, 2:14 pm

  • Great white spotted off Yanchep

    A great white shark has been spotted circling a boat near Yanchep.

    May 25, 2012, 12:18 pm
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