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  • Resort operator in Rottnest bid

    Tourism entrepreneur John Spence is throwing his hat back in the ring to build a luxury resort on Rottnest Island, revealing plans for hotel amenities that would also be open to non-guests if he won the tender.

    December 2, 2011, 3:00 am

  • Pilbara hotel boost

    Port Hedland shire council has approved a $150 million, 650-room hotel and apartment development that is expected to provide much needed accommodation for tourists and business people in the Pilbara's port city.

    December 2, 2011, 2:58 am

  • Stop P-platers driving powerful cars: top cop

    The teenage driver of a turbocharged car that fatally struck a young Perth mother when it veered onto a footpath would not have been allowed to get behind the wheel of the vehicle in most other States.

    December 2, 2011, 2:50 am

  • No substitute for fretful Aarav's lost mother

    The husband of the woman who died after being hit by a car says their baby boy has been crying for his mother.

    December 2, 2011, 2:48 am

  • Bullying at work a rising problem

    Workplace bullying and harassment cost the public sector almost $2.7 million last year after more than 100 public servants lodged workers compensation claims over repetitive assaults, threats, verbal harassment and abuse from co-workers.

    December 2, 2011, 2:40 am

  • Writing is on the wall for MP perks

    One of WA's richest men has spent almost $50,000 of taxpayers' money flying between Perth and his holiday home in Broome over the past four years.

    December 2, 2011, 2:30 am

  • Too many are picking the public pruse

    Let's face it folks. We've got some real niff-nuffs representing us in Canberra.

    December 2, 2011, 2:28 am

  • Child poisoning warning

    Many WA parents are failing to keep common over-the-counter medicines out of reach of toddlers, despite the drugs being the biggest cause of poisoning admissions to hospitals in under-fives.

    December 2, 2011, 2:20 am

  • PM 'betrays' native title claimants

    Julia Gillard's withdrawal from a longstanding in-principle agreement that the Commonwealth would meet most native title compensation costs could derail the $750 million negotiations between WA's 30,000 Nyoongar people and the State Government over a land claim that stretches from Jurien Bay to Hopetoun.

    December 2, 2011, 2:10 am

  • Nannup burn still a threat

    Firefighters were yesterday still battling an out-of-control prescribed burn about 30km south of Nannup, which has burnt 30,000ha and damaged farms and wildlife.

    December 2, 2011, 12:22 am

  • ABC's Carvalho leaving Perth

    ABC TV news reader Karina Carvalho will leave the Perth newsroom at the end of the year.

    December 1, 2011, 7:44 pm

  • Bushfire emergency alert for Nannup

    An emergency warning has been issued for a bushfire burning south of Nannup.

    December 1, 2011, 7:30 pm

  • All clear for Banjup, Cockburn

    Update, 9.45am A bushfire is burning in the southern part of Banjup in the City of Cockburn, is under control.

    December 1, 2011, 5:25 pm

  • Man charged over fatal Maylands crash

    An 18-year-old Noranda man has been charged after his car hit a 25-year-old woman as she was pushing a pram carrying her baby boy in Maylands.

    December 1, 2011, 5:17 pm

  • Teen stuck on Serpentine Falls cliff

    A rescue operation is underway for a teenager who climbed to the top of a ledge at Serpentine Falls and was too scared to jump off.

    December 1, 2011, 4:34 pm

  • Cop charged over Cold Chisel dash

    A senior police constable has been charged with reckless driving over an incident in which three police officers allegedly sped to get Jimmy Barnes to Saturday’s concert at Sandalford Estate.

    December 1, 2011, 4:10 pm

  • Ord to SA water pipe plan

    Billions of litres of fresh water from WA would be piped to the Eastern States under an audacious plan to save the Murray-Darling Basin system and its struggling farmers.

    December 1, 2011, 4:02 pm

  • Bushfire breaks out at Whiteman Park

    A bushfire has broken out in the south eastern part of Whiteman Park in the City of Swan.

    December 1, 2011, 1:52 pm

  • ASX jumps to close up 2.6pc

    Australian shares stacked on $28 billion in value today after united action by central banks across the globe injected much-needed liquidity into the world's staggering financial system, relieving investors' worst short-term fears.

    December 1, 2011, 1:38 pm

  • Accused courier's underworld fears

    A man accused of couriering drugs from Sydney to Perth in a light aircraft has given an emotional testimony to Perth District Court, claiming he was under the thumb of underworld heavyweights to whom he owed a significant drug debt.

    December 1, 2011, 1:37 pm
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