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  • Lower goes higher on Dockers list

    Defender Nick Lower has bagged the vacant Fremantle No10 guernsey left by Rhys Palmer's move to Greater Western Sydney.

    December 16, 2011, 2:02 pm

  • Put religion back into classrooms, says Hickey

    Perth risks becoming a city without a soul as people turn away from religion and towards a culture of violence, drug use and broken families, Catholic Archbishop Barry Hickey says.

    December 17, 2011, 2:35 am

  • Utility pulls plug on parties

    Western Power chiefs have blamed an "internal miscommunication" after employee Christmas parties were cancelled in the wake of criticism of a $175-a-head dinner at an exclusive Perth restaurant for 13 senior executives.

    December 17, 2011, 2:25 am

  • Compromises will be hard to resist

    While a big chunk of the public will be saying "just build the bloody thing", yesterday's announcement that world-leading stadium architects Populous will spend the next six months working on Perth's new stadium is good news for both taxpayers and the event-going public.

    December 17, 2011, 2:17 am

  • Vision to put stadium on world map

    The architecture firm for Perth's 60,000-seat sports stadium has outlined a vision for a high-tech, cutting-edge venue that will instantly identify and reflect the city to the rest of the world.

    December 17, 2011, 2:15 am

  • IGA joins Sunday trading push

    The push for extended Sunday shopping in Perth has been given a boost after a group representing IGA stores backed the Barnett Government's pledge for 11am to 5pm trading after the next election.

    December 17, 2011, 2:05 am

  • Boyfriend leads vigil for Jessie Cate

    The three boys swimming into the sunset at the Mandurah foreshore last night should have been enjoying a balmy Friday night with mates.

    December 16, 2011, 7:58 pm

  • Dozens hospitalised with burns

    Thirty people have been hospitalised with burns believed to have been caused by faulty lights during a Katanning basketball game.

    December 16, 2011, 5:56 pm

  • Officer 'tampered with urine test'

    A police officer who allegedly tampered with a urine sample during a drug and alcohol test has been stood down.

    December 16, 2011, 5:19 pm

  • Mirvac bought by global chain

    Mirvac Group has struck a deal to sell its Australian hotels business in a $327 million deal that will see a consortium led by French giant Accor take over venues such as the Sebel Residence in East Perth.

    December 16, 2011, 5:00 pm

  • Christopher Hitchens dead at 62

    Christopher Hitchens, the author, essayist and pundit, has died after a lengthy, public battle with cancer. He was 62.

    December 16, 2011, 2:31 pm

  • Asylum boat carrying 76 stopped

    Authorities have stopped another boatload of suspected asylum seekers in Australian waters.

    December 16, 2011, 2:22 pm

  • Flood warning for South West

    People living in the South West towns of Boyup Brook, Nannup and Bridgetown have been warned to prepare for possible minor flooding.

    December 16, 2011, 1:27 pm

  • Mansell continues court link refusal

    Update, 12.30pm: Murderer Cameron James Mansell is facing a possible contempt charge after refusing a Perth magistrate’s direction to appear in court on a video link from jail this morning to face stealing charges.

    December 16, 2011, 11:25 am

  • Shark sighted at Windmills beach

    Swimmers and surfers on Windmills beach in Yallingup have been told to get out of the water after a shark sighting this morning.

    December 16, 2011, 11:11 am

  • Officer fined for discharging weapon

    An experienced police officer who fired two shots at a car carrying four women and a three-year-old child during a routine traffic stop has been fined $5000.

    December 16, 2011, 10:55 am

  • Broome program success with schoolkids

    Student attendance rates shot up to 20 times higher in the first year of an alternative education program trial for Aboriginal youth at risk at the Broome PCYC.

    December 16, 2011, 10:39 am

  • Live export ban linked to beef cuts

    Indonesia's decision to slash live cattle imports is bad news for pastoralists and would have been influenced by Canberra's live export ban, Western Australia's agriculture minister says.

    December 16, 2011, 10:17 am

  • Mandurah readies for the NBN

    Mandurah residents can see if they will be among some of the first people in WA to be connected to the National Broadband Network, with the release of a detailed map today.

    December 16, 2011, 10:09 am

  • Nats blame govt for live cattle cut

    The Nationals are blaming the federal government for Indonesia's decision to almost halve the number of Australian live cattle imports.

    December 16, 2011, 9:25 am
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