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  • Short-term leases allow stores to pop up

    Pop-up shops are springing up around Perth as retailers increasingly look for low-risk ways to get into the troubled retail sector.

    March 30, 2012, 5:39 am

  • Policewoman has surgery after bashing

    A policewoman has been flown to Perth for surgery after she was bashed so badly in Tom Price on the weekend that several bones in her legs and ankles were broken.

    March 30, 2012, 9:16 am

  • Housing warning as Gov't, Labor squabble

    Housing affordability and supply in WA is being hindered by bureaucratic red tape which could create a bottleneck of developments awaiting approval when the property market picks up, a peak industry body has warned.

    March 30, 2012, 8:11 am

  • Warning over hospital bug

    A leading Perth microbiologist is warning that a doubling in cases of a bacterial gut infection could be opening the way for more deadly and virulent strains to get into Australian hospitals.

    March 30, 2012, 6:36 am

  • Weight-loss shows "not the reality"

    One of Australia's top nutritionists has criticised popular weight-loss reality shows The Biggest Loser and Excess Baggage, saying they are unrealistic and unhelpful.

    March 30, 2012, 6:35 am

  • Surf titles organisers 'failed Matt'

    Surf Life Saving Australia is facing new claims it has failed competitors after the death of a third young lifesaver at a notorious Gold Coast beach.

    March 30, 2012, 4:25 am

  • Arson Squad probes second Bold Park fire

    A second fire in two weeks ripped through Bold Park reserve in Mt Claremont yesterday, sparking an investigation by the arson squad.

    March 30, 2012, 4:22 am

  • All-boy education a first

    Aquinas College is set to become WA's first boys' school to provide a single-sex education all the way from kindergarten to Year 12.

    March 30, 2012, 2:53 am

  • Decision is a personal choice

    When research into the benefits or disadvantages of single-sex schooling is inconclusive or contradictory, where does that leave parents trying to make a decision on their child's education?

    March 30, 2012, 2:51 am

  • Will we ever know the truth?

    It has been 1395 days since Varanus Island exploded and West Australians are yet to be officially told what caused the disaster that slashed the State's domestic gas supply by one-third.

    March 30, 2012, 2:36 am

  • 'Flaw' stops Varanus case

    Court action against the US operator of the pipeline that exploded at Varanus Island nearly four years ago and caused about $3 billion damage to the national economy has been dropped because of a "fatal flaw" in the State Government's case.

    March 30, 2012, 2:28 am

  • Labor MP attacks union boss

    A Labor backbencher has demanded union heavyweight Joe Bullock be sacked as the party's vice-president amid allegations he disrespected Aboriginal culture by turning his back on a welcome to country ceremony last year.

    March 30, 2012, 2:16 am

  • Childcare rebate safe: PM

    Julia Gillard has killed off suggestions the Federal Budget will means test the childcare rebate.

    March 30, 2012, 2:12 am

  • Numbers gap rises as men move in

    WA now has the biggest gap between the sexes in almost 100 years, with 37,795 more men than women.

    March 30, 2012, 1:55 am

  • Jail time 'may help' Cousins: Kennett

    Former Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett believes if Ben Cousins is convicted of the serious drug charge he is facing, jail could be his salvation.

    March 30, 2012, 1:35 am

  • Winners grin but losers wait

    Significant tracts of Perth and several major regional towns have little idea when they will get access to the National Broadband Network despite plans to connect nearly 500,000 homes and businesses to the service in the next three years.

    March 30, 2012, 1:25 am

  • Housing costs fuel fury over FIFO 'burden'

    Emotional Pilbara residents turned out in force yesterday to vent their fears and frustrations at being forced out of their community by soaring housing and living costs.

    March 30, 2012, 1:15 am

  • Money to be made, but fears for town's future

    A Port Hedland real estate agent has admitted that despite profiting from skyrocketing Pilbara house prices she feared for the long-term viability of her hometown.

    March 30, 2012, 1:12 am

  • Watchdog eases power bill pressure

    Western Power's bid for a $10.3 billion spending splurge that would have increased household electricity prices by almost $500 has been knocked back by WA's economic watchdog.

    March 30, 2012, 1:05 am

  • Stadium plans 'hijacked by lobbyists'

    Department of Sport and Recreation chief Ron Alexander complained that Liberal Party lobbyists had hijacked negotiations over the redevelopment of NIB stadium and stymied efforts to ensure the $95 million taxpayer investment in the project was spent wisely, Freedom of Information documents released by the Opposition have revealed.

    March 29, 2012, 6:37 pm
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