Monday, May 20th, 2013

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  • Ross River vaccine close

    A vaccine against the debilitating Ross River virus could soon be a reality as an Australian trial reaches its third and final stage.

    5 minutes ago

  • Big drop in new drugs on PBS

    Patients are missing out on new medicines with the number of new drugs added to Australia's taxpayer-subsidised scheme slumping to a 20-year low, drug makers claim.

    9 minutes ago

  • Pakistan holds repeat poll despite killing

    KARACHI (AFP) - Under tight security, Pakistani officials Sunday held a repeat election in a district of violence-plagued Karachi, despite the killing of a senior politician in the city the day before.

    May 19, 2013, 9:59 pm

  • Dockers' injury woes part of AFL: Lyon

    Fremantle coach Ross Lyon added yet another player to his AFL side's burgeoning injury list, but he isn't interested in complaining about the Dockers' plight.

    May 19, 2013, 3:41 pm

  • Albanese pushes Barnett to follow through

    The cross-country battle over billions in transport funding for WA continues, with federal infrastructure minister Anthony Albanese bluntly telling Premier Colin Barnett it is time to act on his election promises.

    May 19, 2013, 3:40 pm

  • Great game is changing lives

    Some consider football to be a way of life. At Roebourne Regional Prison, the game is changing lives.

    May 19, 2013, 3:22 pm

  • Narrogin death adds to week's toll

    UPDATE 3:15PM A man helping police with inquiries into the death of a woman in Narrogin at the weekend will be flown to Perth for treatment at RPH while under police guard.

    May 19, 2013, 3:15 pm

  • Schools to lose $16.2bn with coalition: PM

    Prime Minister Julia Gillard says schools around the country will lose $16.2 billion over six years if the Gonski funding deal is dumped.

    May 19, 2013, 2:54 pm

  • Police gear up for gang's run

    More than 1200 patched members of the Rebels bikie gang are planning to travel to WA for the club's annual national run, sparking the biggest police security operation since the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in 2011.

    May 19, 2013, 2:25 pm

  • Alaska volcano still shooting lava

    A narrow ash plume extends several hundreds of kilometres southeast from the remote Pavlof Volcano, which is 1000km southwest of Anchorage.

    May 19, 2013, 2:02 pm

  • Rolf Harris takes stage in Bristol

    Rolf Harris thanked his fans for their support during his first live performance in the UK since his arrest, according to reports.

    May 19, 2013, 1:18 pm

  • Rescue chopper sent to Toodyay Rd crash

    The RAC Rescue has been sent to a motorbike crash on Toodyay Road, near the intersection of Aspen Road, in Gidgegannup.

    May 19, 2013, 1:05 pm

  • Coral Bay search for dad continues

    The search continues for Canberra man Rob Shugg, four days after he disappeared and his wife died while snorkelling in WA.

    May 19, 2013, 12:06 pm

  • Men shun charity work

    Men are so fearful of being wrongly accused of child abuse that they are choosing not to do community work with children, who then miss out on important help from male role models, a national children's cancer charity has warned.

    May 19, 2013, 11:38 am

  • Afghans seek WA advice on mining

    The Afghan Government will push Australia to sponsor the training of geologists and mining experts at WA universities as part of efforts to kickstart the war-torn country's resources industry.

    May 19, 2013, 11:37 am

  • The joke's on those who missed show

    Some of the world's best comedians and their audiences will have the last laugh when the Perth International Comedy Festival wraps up at the weekend.

    May 19, 2013, 11:30 am

  • Endless summer wanes into autumn

    In the halcyon days of the late 1950s, down at Scarborough beach where the surf limped in like rolling hills of some undiscovered country, Len Dibben caught his first wave.

    May 19, 2013, 11:14 am

  • NBN delays a worry for Labor

    Almost four years since Labor announced it would roll out the National Broadband Network, no established homes in WA have been connected to the new fibre optic service.

    May 19, 2013, 11:11 am

  • Volunteers step up

    About nine months after her husband died in early 2010, Jo Mullings realised she could hardly remember what her son Jack's smile looked like.

    May 19, 2013, 11:07 am

  • Dismay at advisers' pay rises

    A former Barnett Government minister says he is dismayed at "inappropriate" pay rises for some senior political staffers as the community is asked to tighten its belt.

    May 19, 2013, 11:06 am
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