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Top teacher has a hands-on approach

Developing her students' language and social skills through activities such as churning butter and growing vegetables has won Tonya Wood the title of primary school teacher of the year at the WA education awards.
December 6, 2011, 3:54 am
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Locked car warning over children

More than 500 children have been rescued from locked cars in WA in the past year, including 92 in the three months of last summer.
December 6, 2011, 5:07 am
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Masterpieces inspire bus stop design

Catching the 170 bus to Victoria Park has got a whole lot more decadent.
December 6, 2011, 4:44 am
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Smiles as grain harvest rolls in

Brian "Spike" Jones has seen a lot of changes in the four decades he has been involved in the Wheatbelt harvest.
December 6, 2011, 3:33 am
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Johnson 'surprised' at axing

Demoted minister Rob Johnson claimed yesterday that he had no idea he was going to be stripped of his emergency services portfolio and only found out Troy Buswell was his replacement when it was tweeted by the media.
December 6, 2011, 2:45 am

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Keelty faces tight rules on bushfire probe

Former Federal police chief Mick Keelty will conduct his second WA fire inquiry in less than a year.
December 6, 2011, 2:42 am
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Tweets add insult to demotion disgrace

Being replaced by a bloke with a penchant for chair-sniffing, bra-snapping and sleeping with the enemy must gnaw at Rob Johnson like a rat with a piece of cheese.
December 6, 2011, 2:39 am
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Rate cut hopes go bananas

Cut-price bananas, turmoil in Europe and a stagnating Australian jobs market are shaping as enough for the Reserve Bank to deliver another interest rate cut to mortgage holders today.
December 6, 2011, 2:35 am

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Workers eye sun damage compo claim

WA employers could be sitting on a time bomb of workers compensation claims for sun damage, cancer experts have warned.
December 6, 2011, 2:25 am
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Mallard lawyer to face tribunal

Proceedings will be commenced against a lawyer who prosecuted Andrew Mallard for the 1994 murder of Mosman Park jeweller Pamela Lawrence by the legal professional body in the State Administrative Tribunal.
December 6, 2011, 2:15 am

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'Seize guns' in violence cases

WA's Coroner is pushing for changes to restraining order laws to ensure firearms are automatically confiscated when police issue "on-the-spot" orders in violent domestic disputes.
December 6, 2011, 2:05 am
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Farmer guilty of cruelty to cattle

A farmer from Kojonup has been found guilty of animal cruelty and banned from owning livestock for three years.
December 5, 2011, 5:40 pm
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Perth pair among WebFest finalists

Perth filmmakers David Smith and Darren Moroney are hoping to extend WA's record as a creative web hub after being named one of 15 finalists in the Movie Extra WebFest competition.
December 5, 2011, 4:48 pm
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Hold-up in Koondoola, man sought

A man who allegedly stole money from a Koondoola deli this afternoon is sought by police.
December 5, 2011, 4:39 pm
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Police seek second man over shooting

Police are searching for a second man in connection with Friday's Wanneroo shooting death of 21-year-old Jeremiah Iskander.
December 5, 2011, 3:18 pm

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Petrol prices expected to drop

Motorists should expect petrol prices to drop by up to 2 cents a litre this week despite retailers withholding some of the recent falls in fuel costs, an economist says.
December 5, 2011, 2:55 pm

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Buswell new fire minister as Keelty gets to work

The Margaret River fires have claimed their first ministerial scalp, with Police Minister Rob Johnson stripped of his emergency services responsibilities.
December 5, 2011, 2:24 pm

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Eight Ferraris smashed in Japan crash

Fourteen high-performance sports cars, including eight Ferraris and a Lamborghini, were reduced to mangled wrecks when a convoy crashed in Japan yesterday.
December 5, 2011, 2:08 pm
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Teen in court on Bali holiday rape charge

A Bali holiday friendship between two Perth teenagers has ended in court after a 14-year-old girl accused a 17-year-old boy of raping her in his sisters hotel room, Perth District Court has been told.
December 5, 2011, 2:06 pm

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Man stabbed boy in heart: court told

Court hears man stabbed teen with a kitchen knife after "angry mob" threw rocks.
December 5, 2011, 1:57 pm
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