The country's biggest pubs operator, Woolworths-backed ALH Group, has this afternoon wrapped up its acquisition of the failed Compass Hotel Group's portfolio of pubs, less than three months after striking a deal to buy the assets out of receivership.
November 28, 2011, 1:00 pmSix work-related deaths in 20 days has spurred the safety watchdog to urge people to take care as the festive season approaches.
November 29, 2011, 2:20 amCalls for a national pharmaceutical database have grown louder after 52 fatal drug overdoses in WA this year involving prescription medication - almost four times the number of heroin deaths.
November 29, 2011, 2:05 amUpdate: WorkSafe is investigating whether smoke from a bushfire contributed to a quad bike crash that left a 25-year-old man in a critical condition in hospital.
November 28, 2011, 7:30 pmA Broome man is scheduled to appear in court next week charged with wilfully lighting a fire near an aged care facility.
November 28, 2011, 4:18 pmLobby group GetUp has launched a new video in a bid to get this weekend's ALP national conference to endorse gay marriage.
November 28, 2011, 2:52 pmThe Water Corporation will spend $500 million over ten years "drought-proofing" Perth, embattled Water Minister Bill Marmion announced today.
November 28, 2011, 2:04 pmA man who police allege stole and sold more than 700 animals has been charged by police.
November 28, 2011, 2:03 pmAn Aboriginal corporation in the Pilbara says Fortescue Metals Group security officers blocked elders from inspecting threatened sacred sites on traditional land.
November 28, 2011, 1:33 pmA division one Lotto winner who bought their ticket in Waikiki has yet to claim their $1.3 million prize.
November 28, 2011, 12:50 pm
The head of the State Government agency responsible for last week’s Margaret River fire has refused to accept it was a mistake to relight a prescribed burn which sparked the disaster.
November 28, 2011, 11:51 am
The man whose body was found at a Midland business this morning is believed to have died on Friday.
November 28, 2011, 10:39 am
Australian wages grew around 4 per cent, on average, last financial year, a private sector survey shows.
November 28, 2011, 9:47 amAn American man who police say viewed child pornography in the first class area of a flight has been arrested.
November 28, 2011, 9:13 amA 49-year-old man will appear in court today after allegedly going on a rampage against his former partner and her new boyfriend in the middle of the city yesterday.
November 28, 2011, 8:11 amMirrabooka detectives are searching for a man who tried to rob a group of youths at knife-point in Balcatta yesterday.
November 28, 2011, 7:21 amMajor crash squad officers will investigate separate traffic incidents yesterday in which two people have died.
November 28, 2011, 7:04 amThe RAC fears Perth could be left with an inadequate public transport system by the end of the decade unless the State Government fast-tracks its network plans.
November 28, 2011, 3:54 am
"Who is the greater fool. He who cannot understand or he who cannot make himself understood?"
November 28, 2011, 3:42 amWest Australians should be more worried about the risk of skin cancer than the need to "top up" vitamin D levels, an expert group has found.
November 28, 2011, 3:35 amReport reveals WA has second highest rate of clandestine laboratory detections in Australia. #perthnews http://t.co/fChB76qLyQ
Skydiver critical after Pilbara crash. #perthnews http://t.co/DeiQ6sTkr8
Drenching interrupts dry season. #perthnews http://t.co/ma4IexXxnT
Big drop in new drugs on PBS http://t.co/qasLCymdPf
Ross River vaccine close http://t.co/rKIlrWe9vY #perthnews
Fault delays Perth train network http://t.co/1aPkldPMVN #perthtraffic
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