Saturday, May 18th, 2013

WA News

Facebook ban lifts high school

Facebook is the biggest enemy facing WA schools, says a principal whose ban on mobile phones and iPods contributed to a big reduction in student suspensions at a southern suburbs high school.

Partner faces court after St James death

Update, 10.20am: A 45-year-old woman has appeared in court charged with grievous bodily harm over the death of a St James man yesterday.
May 18, 2013, 8:49 am
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Ad ban 'will cripple tourism'

WA’s tourism sector is up in arms over a Government advertising freeze it says will lead to wide job losses and cripple an industry already reeling.
1 hour, 22 minutes ago
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Smoke alert for Perth

A smoke alert has been issued for people in the Perth metropolitan area after a prescribed burn was carried out yesterday.
May 18, 2013, 1:03 pm
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Kids report man's supicious actions

Police are investigating after reports of a male person behaving suspiciously around children in Lancelin this week.
May 18, 2013, 12:32 pm
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Search for dad continues near Coral Bay

Police today are still searching for a father-of-two who drowned alongside his wife while swimming south of Coral Bay on Wednesday.
May 18, 2013, 11:54 am
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Furniture shop damaged by blaze

A furniture removal business was badly damaged by fire in Maddington yesterday.
May 18, 2013, 9:57 am
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Shoddy Rotto work leaves 'dangerous legacy'

A highly respected WA architect who originally designed the Rottnest Island units where a young boy was killed by a falling pillar has warned substandard work on the island may have left a dangerous legacy.
May 18, 2013, 8:41 am
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Living under cancer's shadow

For Claire Cook, the future has long been when, not if, she will get breast cancer.
May 18, 2013, 2:50 am

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Demerits urged for low-level speeding

Road safety experts want drivers hit with a demerit point for doing less than 10km/h above the speed limit, closing a low-level speeding loophole that drivers exploit.
May 18, 2013, 2:40 am

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Facebook ban lifts high school

Facebook is the biggest enemy facing WA schools, says a principal whose ban on mobile phones and iPods contributed to a big reduction in student suspensions at a southern suburbs high school.
May 18, 2013, 2:30 am

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Barnett eyes projects to fill gap

Premier Colin Barnett is looking three years into WA's future and sees a looming gap in new construction that needs to be filled with the next generation of big resources projects.
May 18, 2013, 2:20 am

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Jobseeker yet to strike it lucky

Jon Moore moved from Cairns to Perth last year with his wife Karen, 25 years experience in the construction business and hopes of a job.
May 18, 2013, 2:16 am

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Huge cost to fix jail asbestos

Fixing asbestos contamination at Hakea Prison will cost taxpayers $2.5 million after a damning report found it posed high health risks to staff, prisoners and the public.
May 18, 2013, 2:10 am

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Minniti guilty over sacking

A Perth panelbeater, who was central to a corruption scandal which cost police minister John D'Orazio his job, has been found guilty in the Federal Court of unfairly sacking an employee with incurable cancer.
May 18, 2013, 2:00 am

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Paedophile guilty of Thai child abuse plot

A convicted paedophile has been found guilty of a jailhouse conspiracy to set up a doll-making business in Thailand called “Little Angels” as a front for a child abuse ring.
May 17, 2013, 7:00 pm

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Video gaming 'can be healthy for kids'

Worried your child will get fat spending hours in front of the idiot box playing games?
May 17, 2013, 4:41 pm
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Pilbara truck driver survives 30m plunge

A truck driver is being flown to Perth for emergency medical treatment after his vehicle smashed through a safety railing at a Pilbara creek, plunging 30 metres.
May 17, 2013, 3:19 pm
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Concerns for man missing for a week

Update, 3.35pm: There are growing concerns for a missing Inglewood man who has not been seen since a nightclub visit last Friday.
May 17, 2013, 3:16 pm

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Lone suspected asylum seeker found on boat

A boat carrying one suspected asylum seeker has been found in the Ashmore Islands lagoon off the north-west coast of Australia.
May 17, 2013, 3:06 pm
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Facebook is the biggest enemy facing WA schools, says a principal http://t.co/4jCVMcKcVB #perthnews
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