Monday, May 20th, 2013

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Prison for paedophile in 'evil' sex ring

A former teacher will serve more than six years in prison for plotting to start a doll-making business in Thailand as a front for a sex ring involving fellow convicted paedophiles.
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Chopper crash call a hoax

Claims that a helicopter crashed near Gingin today are understood to have been a hoax.
1 hour, 31 minutes ago
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Drug row led to stabbing, court told

A man stabbed in the back and abandoned by a fellow drug user was without a pulse for 42 minutes before being revived in hospital, a Perth jury has been told.
1 hour, 32 minutes ago
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Brennan bounces back from blow

West Coast defender Jacob Brennan says he was just winded and had suffered no ill effects from a heavy collision with North Melbourne’s Sam Wright last Friday night.
1 hour, 40 minutes ago
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Two from WA Lotto winners

Two lucky West Australians are more than $600,000 richer after Saturday night's Lotto draw.
1 hour, 58 minutes ago
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Inquest into plane, chopper collision

Procedures of two government departments during a joint goat culling operation in the Gascoyne that resulted in the death of a pilot and his passenger are under the coronial microscope at an inquest.
May 20, 2013, 2:15 pm
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Freo forward out for a month

Fremantle forward Michael Walters will miss the next four weeks after injuring his left ankle in Saturday night’s match against Sydney at the SCG.
May 20, 2013, 1:38 pm

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Boys missing from Wheatbelt town found

Update 3.45pm: Two boys who went missing in the Central Wheatbelt town of Kununoppin last night have been found.
May 20, 2013, 1:32 pm
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Concern for missing Jarrahdale man

Police are appealing for information about a 42-year-old man who has not been seen since Friday morning.
May 20, 2013, 12:52 pm

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Swan disappointed in WA's Gonski stance

Treasurer Wayne Swan has criticised the West Australian Government for not signing up to the Commonwealth's school education and disability care reforms.
May 20, 2013, 12:44 pm
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McKenna accused of preying on young girls

Wayne Leslie McKenna - the brother of convicted paedophile Dennis McKenna - has begun trial on allegations he also sexually molested boarders at a Katanning hostel the brothers worked at.
May 20, 2013, 12:37 pm

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Fast food to remain tax free: Plibersek

The federal government says it will not impose a fat tax, while the opposition has called for a study investigating the idea to be scrapped.
May 20, 2013, 12:33 pm

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EPA backs Pilbara port, algae farm

A planned multi-user iron ore port in the Pilbara region has been given the nod by the State's Environmental Protection Authority.
May 20, 2013, 11:51 am
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Abbott COS Credlin on drink-drive charge

Tony Abbott's chief of staff Peta Credlin has been charged with low-range drink-driving.
May 20, 2013, 10:48 am

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WA rates high for drug labs

An Australian Crime Commission report has revealed WA has the second highest rate of clandestine laboratory detections in Australia.
May 20, 2013, 10:44 am
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Skydiver critical after Pilbara crash

A 25-year-old man is fighting for his life after a skydiving accident in the Pilbara.
May 20, 2013, 10:33 am
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Drenching interrupts dry season

The dry season in northern WA was interrupted by heavy rainfall over the western Kimberley and eastern Pilbara overnight.
May 20, 2013, 10:07 am
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Rescue chopper sent to Wooroloo crash

Three people have been taken to hospital after a car crash on Great Eastern Highway in Wooroloo.
May 20, 2013, 9:13 am
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Block room 'like a crime scene'

It looks like Perth couple Kim Owen and Matt Di Costa have made history on The Block again, after the duo last night unveiled what has been labelled the show's "most controversial room".
May 20, 2013, 9:09 am

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Police hunt jewellery thieves

Police are searching for thieves who stole jewellery from a Southern River store early this morning.
May 20, 2013, 8:58 am
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