Monday, May 20th, 2013

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Jolly likely to have nothing to answer

A look at the weekend incidents which will interest the match review panel.
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Child flung 10 metres from fete ride

A five-year-old boy is in a critical condition after being flung from a ride at a school fete in Queensland at the weekend.
19 minutes ago
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Hit-and-run scientist sentence cut

A scientist jailed for 10½ years after he set a car's cruise control at 110km/h and deliberately ran down the chief physicist at a remote North West solar observatory has had his sentence reduced by two years on appeal.
52 minutes ago
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Star Trek Scotty beaming for WA

Leading British comedy actor Simon Pegg is heading to WA to star in the locally made thriller Kill Me Three Times.
52 minutes ago
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Thousands go walkies for RSPCA

For most Perth dogs it was, as pet owner Phillip Richardson noted, the biggest social event on the calendar.
53 minutes ago
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Mums unite to honour poisoned sons

Two mothers who each lost a son to methanol poisoning in Indonesia have met for the first time, united in their desire to stop other families going through the same heartache.
54 minutes ago
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Albanese backs airport rail plan

Federal Infrastructure Minister Anthony Albanese has played down the significance of an "internal working document" from Infrastructure Australia that casts doubt on the viability of the Barnett Government's airport rail and light rail plans.
1 hour, 2 minutes ago
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Three die in car crashes

Three people died in two separate car crashes yesterday.
1 hour, 5 minutes ago
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Pictures emerge of bungled ATM raid

Thieves made a loud and bungled attempt to steal a cash machine by dragging it along a Perth street early yesterday.
1 hour, 9 minutes ago
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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.
1 hour, 58 minutes ago

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Surfer's moment of terror in Tahiti

They were a few moments of white-knuckle terror the likes of which most people would never take on willingly - but Dan Ryan had braced himself.
May 20, 2013, 2:50 am

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The party is over

WA Treasury has cut more than $2 billion from State revenue forecasts since February's pre-election financial update.
May 20, 2013, 2:40 am

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Business must shoulder some blame: Barnett

Colin Barnett says companies that hired too many workers too quickly should shoulder some blame for the high cost of doing business in WA, which has contributed to the mining slowdown.
May 20, 2013, 2:36 am

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Slowdown to slug WA Budget

WA faces a "bumpy" landing from the mining slowdown that could mean more unemployment, slower growth and the State Government forced to either cut spending or raise taxes, economists warn.
May 20, 2013, 2:35 am

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Sexting not clear cut: judge

Children's Court president Denis Reynolds wants to be able to decide if teenagers who share or post online sexually explicit images of people aged under 16 should go on to the child-sex offenders' register.
May 20, 2013, 2:30 am

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No ban but cops to cut overtime

Senior police have been told to rein in overtime, prompting concerns from the WA Police Union that frontline services will be affected.
May 20, 2013, 2:20 am

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Health fears over high fresh food price

The price of fruit and vegetables in Perth is rising faster than for snacks and confectionery, prompting warnings of a worsening nutrition crisis.
May 20, 2013, 2:10 am

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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.
May 20, 2013, 2:04 am

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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.
May 20, 2013, 2:01 am

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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

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