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Green call for end to one-punch violence

World champion boxer Danny Green has urged young West Australian men to end senseless one-punch violence.
September 24, 2012, 2:50 am
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Business urges Barnett to reform public sector

The Barnett Government is excelling in health, education and trying to find solutions to WA's shortage of skilled workers, the State's main business group says.
September 24, 2012, 2:50 am

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Premier firm on wheat deregulation

Colin Barnett has attacked continuing regulation of the wheat industry, putting him at odds with his Federal colleagues who have agreed to delay action for another two years for the sake of coalition unity.
September 24, 2012, 2:40 am

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Labor plans to support fund with future zero debt hope

The Bill to create a WA future fund will overcome a big hurdle this week when it is expected to pass the Lower House.
September 24, 2012, 2:31 am

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Booze and pot use still on a high in WA

West Australians might be drinking less alcohol and smoking less cannabis but they are still having more than the national average, a new report warns.
September 24, 2012, 2:20 am

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Banks may pass on red tape cost

The banking sector is fighting back against a push for more regulation, warning customers will have to pay the cost for "obsessive" red tape.
September 24, 2012, 2:10 am
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Regulators could learn a lesson from frisbees

Frisbees and dogs catching them normally don't pass as debate for banking regulation. But one of the globe's best central bankers, the Bank of England's head of financial stability Andrew Haldane, has drawn the two together in what is a must-read for regulators and bankers everywhere.
September 24, 2012, 2:05 am
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An end to live sheep trade?

If live sheep exports to the Middle East do not resume soon, nations with lower animal welfare standards could fill the gap, West Australian Premier Colin Barnett has warned.
September 23, 2012, 3:15 pm
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Prospectors found

Police have found two men and a woman who failed to return from a gold prospecting trip after launching a large-scale search in remote northwest Pilbara.
September 23, 2012, 11:42 am
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Warnbro death 'not suspicious'

Major crime squad detectives are investigating after a man was found dead in the backyard of a Warnbro house this morning.
September 23, 2012, 11:20 am
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Fishermen winched from water

Three adults and a teenager have been winched from the water by the rescue helicopter after their boat overturned when it was hit by a wave near Garden Island this morning.
September 23, 2012, 9:12 am

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Party hosts face charges

Police and the City of Armadale aim to prosecute two hosts over WA's worst out-of-control party, with the teenagers potentially each facing fines up to $15,000.
September 22, 2012, 3:00 am

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Party boy realised too late the big mistake

It was the party that almost did not happen. Four hours before hundreds of teenagers descended on WA's worst out-of-control party, the two teenage boys organising the event realised they were severely underprepared.
September 22, 2012, 2:59 am

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$6.5m lost to online scams

Police figures show so-called Nigerian scammers have fleeced West Australians of more than $6.5 million since May - or more than $1.5 million a month for the past four months.
September 22, 2012, 2:50 am

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Shame of the con too much to bear for many

An online relationship with a woman from Ghana has cost a Perth man more than two years of his life and up to $100,000.
September 22, 2012, 2:49 am

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Apple map-app glitches blight iPhone 5 launch

Glaring errors in Apple's new mapping software, including cutting off the Swan River at Fremantle Port and countless inaccurate locations, threatened to derail the launch of the iPhone 5 yesterday.
September 22, 2012, 2:40 am

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WA risks summer bushfire 'calamity'

Volunteer firefighters have accused the Barnett Government of failing to learn the lessons of last year's disastrous bushfire season and leaving the State as badly exposed to wild blazes as it was 12 months ago.
September 22, 2012, 2:30 am

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Coalition wheat row escalates

WA Federal Liberals will only stand up for the State's wheat growers if Tony Crook does first, after the party secretly delegated its stance on industry deregulation to the WA Nationals.
September 22, 2012, 2:20 am

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High rents push pair to buy own home

In the five years since draftsman Scott Hawley, 29, moved from England to Perth his weekly rent has almost doubled.
September 22, 2012, 2:10 am

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Man charged over alleged drug lab

Police have charged a 24-year-old Maddington man after they allegedly located a drug lab at a Maddington house yesterday.
September 21, 2012, 11:49 am
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