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Rate cuts likely as growth falling short

Few can remember his name, but Glenn Stevens will be the toast of the nation if interest rates are cut next month - at least among borrowers.
April 6, 2012, 9:59 am
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WA policeman takes first steps

Video footage has emerged of a WA policeman who has been “trapped inside his own body” for almost a year walking with the support of a harness in a Chicago rehabilitation facility as he battles to overcome the devastating effects of Murray Valley encephalitis.
April 6, 2012, 9:33 am

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New photo shows old mass murderer

Charles Manson, the most notorious mass murderer imprisoned in California and perhaps the United States, stares glumly at a camera, holding his booking number in front of him.
April 6, 2012, 8:14 am

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Teen charged over indecent assaults

A 17-year-old Mandurah boy has handed himself into police in relation to a string of indecent assaults on women over the past month.
April 6, 2012, 8:06 am
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Antarctic ice shelf shrinks by 85pc

A vast ice shelf in the Antarctic peninsula, a hotspot for global warming, has shrunk by 85 per cent in 17 years, the European Space Agency said on Thursday.
April 6, 2012, 7:22 am
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Hackers take a bite of Apple Macs

The computer security industry is buzzing with warnings that more than half a million Macintosh computers may have been infected with a virus targeting Apple machines.
April 6, 2012, 6:42 am

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Sheep ship protestors arrested

Police arrested two live sheep trade protestors on the North Key dock in Fremantle yesterday.
April 6, 2012, 6:31 am
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Research unlocks birth defect causes

Most birth defects are unexplained but new research has shed light on why some babies are affected and others are not.
April 6, 2012, 6:30 am

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What the Butler heard - round two

Steve Butler, The West's man in Melbourne, provides the AFL scuttlebutt being kicked around the national competition
April 6, 2012, 5:17 am

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Girl seriously injured in Casuarina crash

UPDATE 8.30pm: A seven year old girl was seriously injured in a car crash in Casuarina this afternoon.
April 5, 2012, 6:00 pm
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Baby not properly observed: Coroner

A premature baby who died hours after her delivery at a WA country hospital lost her chance of survival when staff failed to properly observe her in the hours after she was born, the Coroner said today.
April 5, 2012, 5:05 pm

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No change in the Eagles' nest

If you're on a good thing, stick with it.
April 5, 2012, 4:42 pm

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Dockers leave Mundy on standby

Fremantle have given David Mundy more time to prepare for a return to the AFL by again leaving him out of the clash with Sydney on Saturday.
April 5, 2012, 4:12 pm

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Duncan to run for seat of Kalgoorlie

Upper House Nationals MP Wendy Duncan will run for the seat of Kalgoorlie at next year's State election.
April 5, 2012, 3:56 pm

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Man charged over online chats with minors

A 29-year-old man has been arrested after detectives allegedly found indecent material on his computer.
April 5, 2012, 3:43 pm
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Fury over shark sign thefts

Fisheries officers are disgusted at the theft of shark warning signs from South West beaches in the days following a fatal shark attack.
April 5, 2012, 3:37 pm

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Prostitution ban won't work: Barnett

Colin Barnett has given broad support to amendments proposed by Independent MP Adele Carles to the State Government's prostitution laws but described as "unworkable" a key change flagged by fellow Independent MP Janet Woollard.
April 5, 2012, 2:03 pm
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WA business collapses soar

The number of WA companies going bust soared 114 per cent to 62 in February belying the State's status as a "mining boom economy".
April 5, 2012, 1:38 pm

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The West fights 'oppressive' Rinehart demand

The West Australian will fight a bid by mining billionaire Gina Rinehart to access documents which could expose a reporter's sources by arguing that subpoenas issued against the newspaper are irrelevant, "extraordinarily broad" and oppressive, it was revealed in the Supreme Court this morning.
April 5, 2012, 1:19 pm
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$300,000 fire damage to Bassendean home

A fire has caused about $300,000 damage to a home in Bassendean this morning.
April 5, 2012, 1:13 pm
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