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  • EPA recommends go ahead for port near Karratha

    Karratha 6714 The Environmental Protection Authority has recommended a proposed multi-user port south-west of Karratha be approved.Iron Ore Holdings plans to build the iron ore export facility at Cape Preston East, using a loading method that eliminates the need for dredging.It is the second proposed port in the Pilbara to gain environmental approval in the last week after the Federal ...

  • Man dies after Rebels party in Busselton

    Busselton 6280 Police are investigating the death of a man at the Rebels motorcycle gang club house in Busselton at the weekend.Police say the incident occurred at a party held at the Hithergreen address on Friday night.A 25-year-old man is believed to have stopped breathing and was rushed to Busselton Hospital.He could not be revived.Busselton Detectives say the man was an associate of the ...

  • Broome boy coy over Demi

    When asked about his background, Hanigan told PerthNow he has spent most of his life in Broome after attending boarding school in Victoria, but said he is "pretty ...

  • Single but complicated says Demis boy

    Broome boy coy over Demi BROOME pearl diver Will Hanigan is keeping quiet about his rumoured relationship with Hollywood actress Demi ...

  • WA rates high for drug labs

    An Australian Crime Commission report has revealed WA has the second highest rate of clandestine laboratory detections in Australia.According to the Illicit Drug Data Report, 160 laboratories were found in the State in 2011-12.More than 90 per cent of the laboratories involved a highly volatile manufacturing method.Queensland had the most clandestine laboratories for the tenth year in a row with ...


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  • Drenching interrupts dry season

    The dry season in northern WA was interrupted by heavy rainfall over the western Kimberley and eastern Pilbara overnight.According to the Weather Bureau, Broome had 55mm of rain, Fitzroy Crossing 28mm, Port Hedland 37mm and Marble Bar 54mm in the 24 hours to 9am today.Perth had about 6mm overnight and Rottnest 18.6mm.Duty forecaster Ricus Lombard said the heavy rainfall was unusual for this time ...

  • Coral Bay search called off amid sting claims

    The search for a Canberra man has been called off five days after he disappeared and his wife died while snorkelling at a remote beach near Coral Bay.Rob Shugg, 48, and Kathreen Ricketson, 41, were snorkelling at Elle's beach, about 5.5km north of Warroora Station, on Wednesday afternoon when they ran into trouble.Ms Rickerson's body washed up on the beach after her 10-year-old son saw ...

  • Tame protected raptor found chained to fence

    A member of the public found the young male hieraaetus morphnoides (common name Little Eagle) chained to a Brook Road fence on April 18.He took him to a wildlife rehabilitator who called the Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC). DEC wildlife officer Rick Dawson said an experienced bird-of-prey rehabilitator found the two- to four-year-old bird to be in good condition and unafraid of ...

  • WA has second highest national rate of clan labs

    Perth 6000 Western Australia has the second highest rate in the nation for the detection of clandestine drug laboratories. The Australian Crime Commission's illicit drug data report shows 160 drug labs were found in the state in the 12 months to June last year.That is second to only Queensland which had 379 drug labs.The Crime Commission's John Lawler says it is particularly worrying ...

  • WA second as drug lab capital

    According to the Australian Crime Commission’s (ACC) Illicit Drug Data Report 2011–12 there were 160 clandestine laboratories detected in Western Australia last financial year.Queensland detected the most clandestine laboratories with 379.The report released today also found that of the 809 clandestine laboratories busted in Australia in 2011-12, 70 per cent were in residential ...

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