Thursday, May 23rd, 2013

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  • Only one disabled twin gets welfare

    A British toddler with Downs Syndrome has been granted a disability benefit while his identical twin brother, who has the same medical conditions, has been refused.

    1 hour, 12 minutes ago

  • Driver 'six times over alcohol limit'

    A 32-year-old has been charged after was allegedly caught driving with a blood alcohol level of more than six times the legal limit yesterday

    May 23, 2013, 8:00 am

  • Man charged over Narrogin death

    Police have charged a 48-year-old man over the fatal stabbing of a woman at a house in Narrogin at the weekend.

    May 23, 2013, 7:56 am

  • Ford to end Australian production

    Ford will cease its manufacturing operations in Australia by October 2016 with the loss of 1200 jobs.

    May 23, 2013, 7:12 am

  • Customers eat caustic soda instead of salt

    At least 11 people were taken to hospital last night after a South West fast food outlet served them food covered in what is believed to be caustic soda.

    May 23, 2013, 7:06 am

  • Milking not acting: Demetriou

    AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou says "milking" free kicks is different from acting or staging for them and has endorsed the increasingly common tactic of players dropping at the knees to draw high-tackle infringements.

    May 23, 2013, 5:52 am

  • Horse rider dies in Donnybrook

    A rider has died after falling from a horse in Donnybrook in the State’s South West.

    May 23, 2013, 5:48 am

  • Big cattle player forced out

    WA's cattle industry is bracing for fallout from the forced sale of one of its biggest players, amid fears a fire sale deal would further depress already weak land and cattle prices in the State.

    May 23, 2013, 5:48 am

  • State bans on TV bets 'won't work'

    State laws to clamp down on the broadcast of live betting odds was unlikely to work because telecasts often came from other States, Premier Colin Barnett said yesterday.

    May 23, 2013, 5:44 am

  • End of boom 'to hit WA hard'

    The resources investment boom is over, a new report has found, casting more doubt on the strength of the WA and national economies.

    May 23, 2013, 5:34 am

  • Dust-up over Port Hedland marina

    Regional Development Minister Brendon Grylls says the Department of Health and BHP Billiton are using the perceived health risks of iron ore dust to thwart development in Port Hedland.

    May 23, 2013, 5:33 am

  • Water Corp denies sewage dump

    The Water Corporation has denied Opposition accusations in Parliament that it unnecessarily dumped 750,000 litres of sewage in Lake Joondalup, where nappies and sanitary napkins remained strewn.

    May 23, 2013, 5:32 am

  • Fun house big help in dire days

    By the age of three, Danielle Fleer had spent more than a third of her life in hospital.

    May 23, 2013, 5:27 am

  • $1m babies a strain on families

    The cost of raising children in Australia has risen twice as fast as household income, figures show.

    May 23, 2013, 5:25 am

  • Two babies among US tornado victims

    Two babies are among the 24 fatalities in the tornado that tore through suburbs of Oklahoma City, officials say, as residents begin the daunting task of rebuilding their lives in the wake of the catastrophe.

    May 23, 2013, 5:18 am

  • Cold will test Big Apple swimmers

    It seems an unlikely training ground but the icy waters of Lake Leschenaultia in the Perth Hills have proved the best substitute for a group of open-water swimmers trying to simulate New York's Hudson and East rivers.

    May 23, 2013, 4:32 am

  • Magazines 'were not child porn'

    A Perth man who had three editions of a 1980s magazine called Rockspider, which was allegedly targeted at paedophiles and contained sexually explicit stories, denies the material is child pornography.

    May 23, 2013, 2:50 am

  • WA taxes carry nation

    Almost $15 billion more in taxes leaves WA each year than flows back into the State in Commonwealth spending, a WA Treasury analysis shows.

    May 23, 2013, 2:40 am

  • Homebuyer sues over plane noise

    A teacher is suing a real estate agent after buying a Greenmount home she alleges was advertised as in a "whisper quiet location" even though it is under a flight path.

    May 23, 2013, 2:30 am

  • AHA seeks tough line on violence

    People convicted of serious assaults, including domestic violence, as a result of being drunk could be banned from pubs and clubs for up to a year under a proposal by WA's hotel lobby.

    May 23, 2013, 2:20 am
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