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Alcohol-fuelled attacks scar the innocent
Alicia Munchow scarred after an alcohol-fuelled attack - a glass thrown by a drunk after she refused his advances.
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NSW lure to flee WA's fizzer New Year's Eve
Australia's biggest States will lure West Australians east for New Year's Eve after it emerged Perth partygoers face a fizzer on December 31.
November 21, 2009, 2:45 am -
Incompetent fire chief given $74,000 payout
The bureaucrat whose "incompetent" and "foolhardy" decision led to the death of three truck drivers in the Boorabbin inferno will escape disciplinary action because he was allowed to leave his job with a golden handshake last week.
November 21, 2009, 2:35 am -
DEC should never again take charge of a big fire
Coroner Alastair Hope hit the nail on the head in his much-anticipated findings about the Boorabbin National Park fire and the deaths of three truck drivers.
November 21, 2009, 2:33 am -
Security cars tail school buses
WA school buses have become so lawless that security cars are tailing them to keep order.
November 21, 2009, 2:25 am -
Freddo boy victim of racism: mother
The mother of a 12-year-old Aboriginal boy charged with receiving a stolen Freddo frog worth 70 cents says he's a good child who was a victim of racist police.
November 21, 2009, 2:23 am -
Young woman's life cut short by heroin addiction
Rebecca Laurence had been on the streets for a number of years - tragically addicted to heroin and eking out a living.
November 21, 2009, 2:15 am -
Barnett's 'sidelined' chief of staff set to quit
Speculation is rife that Deidre Willmott, the woman who stepped aside to allow Colin Barnett to become Premier, then scored the key job as his chief of staff, is set to quit just 15 months into a four-year term.
November 21, 2009, 2:05 am -
Ministers continue to employ more
Ministerial office staffing levels continue to exceed a cap imposed by Premier Colin Barnett after the last election, with more than 200 staff working in offices.
November 21, 2009, 2:03 am -
Truck hits Wembley home
A truck has crashed into the garage of a Wembley home this afternoon after it rolled off a building site.
November 20, 2009, 8:06 pm -
Elderly Rockingham couple bashed
An elderly Rockingham couple were hospitalised with serious facial injuries after being bashed in a violent home invasion on Thursday night.
November 20, 2009, 7:42 pm -
Police arrest man after stabbing
Police are looking for a man allegedly involved in a brutal stabbing in Balga this week.
November 20, 2009, 4:45 pm -
Trains delayed on Joondalup line
Train services on the Joondalup line were disrupted for about 20 minutes this afternoon after a man was seen on the tracks just north of Warwick Station.
November 20, 2009, 4:38 pm -
Truckie's daughter tells of her pain
The daughter of one of the men killed in the Boorabbin fire has expressed relief that the inquest into her father's death was over but said it has not brought closure.
November 20, 2009, 4:16 pm -
Medical waste to stay in WA
A medical waste disposal company which was breaching a Government contract by disposing of waste interstate has agreed to stop the potentially dangerous practice.
November 20, 2009, 3:27 pm -
Predator jailed for sex assaults on 22 men
One of the State’s worst sexual predators, who posed as a taxi driver to find his victims, has been jailed for more than 20 years for sexually assaulting 22 drunken men.
November 20, 2009, 1:47 pm -
Deadly batch of heroin hits Perth streets
A lethal batch of heroin has been linked to three deaths during the past week.
November 20, 2009, 1:32 pm -
Elderly couple bashed in Rockingham robbery
An elderly Rockingham couple remain in hospital after being bashing during a violent home invasion at their home overnight.
November 20, 2009, 1:11 pm -
Newest recruit to Zoo's orangutans
The baby orangutan snuggled against her mother’s chest, her tiny pink hand clutching at the older primates vibrant red fur.
November 20, 2009, 11:10 am -
'Extreme incompetence' led truckies into inferno
State Coroner Alastair Hope has released damning findings into the Boorabbin bushfire that claimed the lives of three truck drivers in 2007, saying a decision to let traffic through a roadblock reflected "extreme incompetence".
November 20, 2009, 11:00 am -
Waiter accused of 'skimming' cards
Police have issued a new warning on credit card fraud after a waiter at a restaurant was allegedly caught skimming customer’s cards.
November 20, 2009, 9:59 am
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Beatrice Thomas, Local Government Reporter
October 15, 2009, 9:46 amThe Government's plan to neuter councilsIf Planning Minister John Day gets his way, pretty soon every new hotel, apartment complex, pub, restaurant or house worth more than $2 million (or $1 million in the country) in your neighbourhood will be built following approval from not the local...
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Gareth Parker
November 18, 2009, 7:45 pmAn inelegant solution but now the genie is outWhile Treasurer Troy Buswell will be applauded in many quarters for his extension of trading hours in an expanded area of inner Perth, it is at best an inelegant solution.The problem now is that the genie is out of the bottle and the inherent...
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Paul Murray
November 19, 2009, 4:23 pmCrawford report gives rich sports a free kickCan anyone honestly see our Prime Minister turning down the chance to bask in the reflected glow of Olympic glory? No. I didn't think so.On that basis, we can probably forget the key recommendation of this...
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