Sunday, May 27th, 2012

Mid West News

Male disability housing drought

The plight of quadriplegic Charles Mathers has highlighted a severe shortage of disabled access accommodation in the city.
January 18, 2012, 1:35 pm
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GWN7 to launch digital TV months before WIN

Make a note of Friday, February 17 as a night to stay in.
January 18, 2012, 11:47 am
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Top marks for 16 students

Mid West students have ranked highly among top WA students in the 2011 Curriculum Council exhibition and awards.
January 18, 2012, 11:13 am

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Second sinkhole shuts supply line

A sinkhole at the Geraldton Port has shut down grain and iron ore rail traffic from reaching waiting ships at the port, disrupting multi-million dollar mining and agriculture operations.
January 18, 2012, 11:06 am

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Mission brings festive joy for sailors

Sailors from Asia, Russia and Europe enjoyed a Christmas away from home last month, thanks to Geraldton Mission to Seafarers.
January 17, 2012, 12:45 pm
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Damage bill from graffiti to cost residents thousands

Woorree residents are counting the cost of a widespread graffi ti attack on at least 10 houses and three cars, which caused thousands of dollars in damage.
January 17, 2012, 12:41 pm

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Police rally public in hoon clampdown

Police are calling for public support to aid their clampdown on hoon drivers doing burnouts.
January 16, 2012, 9:51 am

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Scratchie scam hits Geraldton family

A mother of three has described how she and her husband lost $3600 before Christmas as a result of an "evil" Malaysian travel brochure scam.
January 16, 2012, 9:45 am
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Tourism dreaming

Abrolhos Island holidays and cable cars from Chapman River to the Moresby Ranges could become tourism drawcards, if tourism boss Ron Hayward’s dreams become reality, Gavin Box reports.
January 13, 2012, 4:46 pm

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Graffiti attack to cost thousands

Woorree residents are counting the cost of a widespread graffiti attack on at least 10 houses and three cars, which caused thousands of dollars in damage.
January 13, 2012, 4:12 pm
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Violence has to stop

Angry Aboriginal leaders have joined forces with the Mid West Police to halt rising family fi ghts and violence.
January 13, 2012, 11:55 am

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Sun shining on solar hub

With construction of the Mid West’s first solar farm just begun, a vision is already emerging of the region as a solar power hub.
January 13, 2012, 10:05 am

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Geraldton is a must-see city

Geraldton has placed 10th on wotif.comâ€™s top 10 WA destinations for the second year in a row.
January 12, 2012, 8:31 am
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Radical plan to merge hospitals

St John of God Hospital Geraldton is considering a move to Geraldton Regional Hospital it was revealed yesterday.
January 11, 2012, 10:33 am

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Marlon finally free

An intellectually disabled man who was forced to spend a decade languishing behind bars despite never being found guilty of any crime was released from Greenough Regional Prison yesterday.
January 9, 2012, 2:43 pm

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Big bucks

The Mid West resource industry is looking strong in 2012, with an expected $15.7 billion worth of projects and the creation of 19,000 jobs in the construction and ongoing operations at mines across the region.
January 4, 2012, 10:23 am

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New police roster hailed as success

A new police roster that was created after the eight-hour shift pattern was scrapped, began on Monday, and has been heralded by the Mid West-Gascoyne district office and police as a success.
January 4, 2012, 10:02 am
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Kids 'took over' beach

New Year’s Eve celebrations at Horrocks Beach were dampened by a rowdy crowd of drunken youths, who “took over the beach” for an all-night party.
January 4, 2012, 10:00 am
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Thuijs tops the Mid West

More than 16 Geraldton students achieved an Australian Tertiary Admission Ranking in 2011 of above 90 per cent with two scoring above 99 per cent.
January 4, 2012, 9:57 am

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Dogfight club fears

Several pet and working Kelpie and Kelpie-cross breeds have vanished from Geraldton and Northampton in the past few weeks sparking fears thieves are targetting the sought-after dogs for breeding or for use in fights.
January 2, 2012, 4:33 pm

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