Saturday, May 25th, 2013

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Students to learn about failure

One of Perth's most prestigious and academically successful schools is cutting back on praise and rewards for students.
May 25, 2013, 2:42 am
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Party antics shock mother

A mother has used her son's Facebook account to berate revellers she says trashed her family home during his 18th birthday party.
May 25, 2013, 2:20 am

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Parents join forces to push vaccination

Like many of her friends around Fremantle, Katie Attwell is a mother of young children who embraces an alternative lifestyle, including eating organic food bought at the farmer's market, having a homebirth with her second child and using only cloth nappies.
May 25, 2013, 2:20 am

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Bureaucrats scuttle boat plan

A push to save an asylum seeker boat as a museum piece is being stymied by Federal bureaucrats who say they are under orders to destroy all refugee boats.
May 25, 2013, 2:10 am

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Agencies silent on child deaths

The deaths of two children under five in Kalgoorlie-Boulder have been referred to the WA Coroner, just nine months after a toddler's suspicious death sent shockwaves through the Goldfields community.
May 25, 2013, 2:00 am

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UK spy services under scrutiny over death

Security services in Britain are under pressure to explain how two suspected Islamist fanatics, suspected of hacking a soldier to death, went undetected.
May 24, 2013, 7:31 pm

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Qld CSG protesters won't back down

Protesters will continue blockades of the Queensland Gas Company's coal seam gas operations northwest of Brisbane, despite reports shots were fired.
May 24, 2013, 5:44 pm

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Wubin truck deaths charges

A man has been charged over a horror double road fatality in which a truck driver became trapped in his cab as it was engulfed by flames near the Wheatbelt town of Wubin.
May 24, 2013, 5:38 pm
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Heathrow Airport closed after emergency

Both runways have been closed at London’s Heathrow airport, a spokeswoman says, after a British Airways plane reportedly had to make an emergency landing.
May 24, 2013, 4:47 pm
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Volatile scenes at teen's court appearance

Volatile scenes erupted at the Perth Children’s Court this afternoon as a big number of family and supporters turned up for the appearance of six teenagers accused of murdering Mandurah man Tauri Litchfield on St Patrick’s Day.
May 24, 2013, 4:46 pm

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Parents of Saudi detainee meet DFAT

The parents of a Perth-born man jailed in Saudi Arabia on accusations of terrorist-related offences have met with Australian government officials in a bid to assist their son.
May 24, 2013, 4:33 pm

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AFL player's stalker wanted romance: court

A man who had a romantic attachment to AFL defender Alex Rance began stalking him after the Tigers player ended their friendship, a Melbourne court heard.
May 24, 2013, 4:30 pm

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Police appeal to caller over 'caustic chips'

Police have appealed to an anonymous caller who offered information after 11 people were hospitalised after eating chips sprinkled with what is believed to be caustic soda in Bunbury.
May 24, 2013, 4:23 pm

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Man charged over $2.75m Broome fires

A 46-year-old man has been charged over three fires in Broome that caused more than $1 million damage.
May 24, 2013, 4:03 pm
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Public servant charged with $19,000 theft

A WA public servant who allegedly used a Government credit card to buy electrical goods has been charged with 19 stealing offences.
May 24, 2013, 3:37 pm
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Body found at Warroora Station

A body has been found at Warroora Station more than a week after a woman washed up on the beach and her partner was last seen face down in the water.
May 24, 2013, 3:31 pm

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Echo sale packed with Crown confidence

Crown boss James Packer has dumped his defensive stake in rival Echo in a move seen as signalling his confidence in building his dream Sydney casino.
May 24, 2013, 2:51 pm

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Far East quake felt 10,000km away

A massive undersea earthquake in Russia’s Far East prompted a tsunami warning and unleashed tremors across Russia including in Moscow around 10,000 kilometres away, but caused no casualties or damage.
May 24, 2013, 2:49 pm
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Syringe used in Como hold-up

Police are hunting for a man who held-up a Como liquor store with a syringe last month.
May 24, 2013, 2:20 pm

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Market falls heavily again

The Australian sharemarket fell for the fourth straight session as the four major banks again led a slump in high yielding stocks that spilled over into miners.
May 24, 2013, 2:15 pm

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