There is a risk riots at a new immigration detention centre in WA will overstretch local police resources and health services, the Senate has been told.
February 8, 2012, 1:24 pmMurderer Cameron James Mansell will plead not guilty to 48 theft charges alleging he stole more than $225,000 from his financial planning clients.
February 8, 2012, 3:30 pmA Port Hedland learner driver accused of dangerous driving causing death over a car accident that killed her friend has said that she took her eyes off the road “only for a secondâ€
February 8, 2012, 3:22 pmSun lovers may be raising their risk of skin cancer by avoiding sunscreen due to unfounded fears over nanoparticles, according to a Federal Government study released in Perth today.
February 8, 2012, 2:15 pmMurderer Cameron James Mansell wants proceedings over his alleged theft of more than $225,000 to be frozen while he appeals his conviction for killing a Perth millionaire.
February 8, 2012, 12:15 pm
Colin Barnett waited in a room at Kings Park’s State Reception Centre for half an hour this morning as his security team assessed how to get the Premier past vocal Aboriginal protestors waiting outside.
February 8, 2012, 11:53 amA potentially lethal synthetic drug sold as a substitute for cocaine or ecstasy will be banned in WA from midnight Friday.
February 8, 2012, 10:46 amThe entire staff at a US school is being replaced while investigators probe a growing abuse scandal involving a teacher who allegedly spoon-fed his semen to children as young as six.
February 8, 2012, 10:23 am
St Kilda coach Scott Watters has got his wish with veteran Nick Riewoldt to remain captain of the AFL club in 2012.
February 8, 2012, 10:20 amThe Environmental Protection Authority has approved Fortescue Metals Group's plan for a $247 million expansion of its Cloudbreak Iron Ore Mine in the Pilbara.
February 8, 2012, 9:00 am
The career for the AFL's poster boy for multi-culturalism in the competition, Majak Daw, could be over after he was sensationally suspended by North Melbourne today.
February 8, 2012, 8:40 amLike any fashionable lady, the Queen Mary 2 made her suitors wait, arriving at Fremantle Port about 8am - two hours later than expected.
February 8, 2012, 8:21 amA 60-year-old Bull Creek woman woke to find an intruder in her wardrobe in the early hours of this morning.
February 8, 2012, 5:58 amTwo men were stabbed in separate incidents in Perth overnight.
February 8, 2012, 5:44 am
The Queen Mary 2, due to dock in Fremantle this morning, has been delayed.
February 8, 2012, 5:12 am
Perth punters have been bingeing on Fringe World, with this year's festival eclipsing last year's pilot season and putting the event well on the way to becoming one of the best of its kind in the world.
February 8, 2012, 5:00 amPolice are investigating the cause of a suspicious house fire in Perth's north overnight.
February 8, 2012, 5:00 am
Strong demand for corporate accommodation has made Perth's hotel market the fastest-growing hotel sector in Australia and has prompted the owners of one of the city's key hotels to put up the for sale sign.
February 8, 2012, 4:49 am
WA's pub sector is attracting more local and national investment interest but in the tightly held market would-be buyers still outnumber sellers, according to a market review from CBRE Hotels.
February 8, 2012, 4:48 am
Olympic pole vault champion Steve Hooker's London campaign is in jeopardy as he prepares to sit out the entire domestic series.
February 8, 2012, 4:47 amMan, 63, charged after fatal motorcycle crash http://t.co/C7jBbXiwiW #perthnews
Police search for man after armed hold-ups across Perth http://t.co/gNir3QUb9w #perthnews
Man has been found dead after his vehicle veered off a road and into a metre of water near Albany http://t.co/KwfTtNqvuJ #perthnews
Rinehart still tops rich list despite $7b loss. #perthnews http://t.co/O7oecDHMr2
Man questioned over Narrogin death. #perthnews http://t.co/a9EPNjnU1L
Rescue chopper sent to Harvey crash. #perthnews #perthtraffic http://t.co/PJk72dsRQs
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