Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013

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Hockey won't support gay marriage

Liberal MP Joe Hockey says he knows it will be "heart-wrenching" for some people to hear he doesn't support changing the law to allow gay marriage.
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Barnett won’t rule out job cuts

WA's post-election austerity mode will include a review of the public sector, with Premier Colin Barnett refusing to rule out job cuts.
1 hour, 36 minutes ago
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Man, 63, charged after fatal bike crash

A 63-year-old man has been charged after a crash which resulted in the death of a motorcyclist in Northbridge earlier this month.
1 hour, 44 minutes ago
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Search for man after armed hold-ups

Police are searching for a man who they believe can help with their investigations into armed hold-ups at four stores across Perth during the past ten days.
May 22, 2013, 3:14 pm

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Plane 'flying low' before crash with chopper

The surviving pilot of a mid-air crash in the remote Gascoyne that killed the two occupants of a small plane told a coronial inquest today that he could think of no other explanation for the plane being so low other than his fellow pilot was dealing with an emergency.
May 22, 2013, 2:59 pm

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SW gas leak forces evacuation

Authorities have taken less than two hours to make safe an area impacted by a gas main rupture in the South West.
May 22, 2013, 2:36 pm
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GlaxoSmithKline to axe 120 jobs

The Victorian government will rethink promised cash for GlaxoSmithKline after the company announced it will axe 120 Melbourne jobs.
May 22, 2013, 2:01 pm

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Man dies after car veers into water

A 47-year-old man has died after his car rolled off a road and into a creek near Albany overnight.
May 22, 2013, 1:42 pm

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Rinehart still tops rich list despite $7b loss

It takes a special kind of wealth to lose more than $7 billion in a year and still top a list of the nation's richest people.
May 22, 2013, 1:11 pm

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Man questioned over Narrogin death

A 48-year-old man has been taken into custody over the death of a Narrogin mother on Saturday.
May 22, 2013, 1:03 pm
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Man killed after car hits tree

Update 4.30pm: A man was killed when he crashed his car into a tree near Harvey this afternoon.
May 22, 2013, 1:02 pm
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Water main bursts in Nollamara

Update, 2.15pm:A water main was burst by a contractor on a Nollamara street this morning, causing water to spray metres into the air.
May 22, 2013, 12:15 pm

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App separates cane toads from frog princes

A new app will help people identify toxic cane toads from harmless native frogs in WA’s Kimberley region.
May 22, 2013, 12:13 pm

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Honours for Pavlich, Lyon

AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou has lauded the contributions of Fremantle captain Matthew Pavlich and coach Ross Lyon in presenting them with their AFL life memberships which were awarded earlier this year.
May 22, 2013, 12:09 pm

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Party leaders united on welfare tough love

Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott admit people on Newstart are doing it tough, but neither will be offering a payment boost.
May 22, 2013, 11:25 am

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Pedestrian killed on Tonkin Highway

A pedestrian was killed when she was hit by a car on Tonkin Highway in Ascot this morning.
May 22, 2013, 11:23 am

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Building fire in Sydney CBD

About 1200 people have been evacuated in Sydney’s CBD due to a fire in a multi-story building.
May 22, 2013, 11:22 am
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NDIS will have losers: Barnett

There will be “winners and losers” under the federal government’s disability insurance scheme, Premier Colin Barnett says.
May 22, 2013, 11:01 am
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Gleeful Twitter boast gets cops' attention

A driver is being investigated by police after bragging on Twitter about knocking a cyclist off his bike.
May 22, 2013, 10:31 am
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