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  • Parents to fly to Saudi Arabia to plead sons case

    The parents of an Australian man charged with terrorism offences in Saudi Arabia are planning to travel there to support their son and plead on his behalf. Shayden Thorne, originally from Perth, has been in custody since November 2011. He is facing five charges, including supporting and encouraging ...

  • Call to send refugees to regional areas

    Perth 6000 The Housing Crisis Committee is urging the State Government to accelerate plans for more social housing to help ease the accommodation crisis that is leaving some families homeless.Mandy Whitton says the State Government's promise of 20,000 new social housing homes by 2020 will take too long to ease the current housing shortage.She has told the ABC's 730WA program the only ...

  • Fish and chip shop fire

    Cottesloe 6011 A fire which started at a Fish and Chip shop in Cottesloe has caused $200,000 damage.Emergency services were called to the business on Marine Parade just before 10:00pm (AWST).Authorites are unsure how the fire started but say it does not appear to be ...

  • Cott chip shop gutted by blaze

    Grease-laden smoke filled the air as a fire gutted a fish and chips shop in Cottesloe last night.The fire was reported at Cott's Takeaway on the corner of Warnham Road and Marine Parade at 9.21pm.It took fire fighters less than 15 minutes to extinguish the blaze, which was largely contained on the premises.Upper-floor units and the next door restaurant only sustained minor smoke damage, ...

  • King of Pop makes Immortal return

    Perth will experience a double serve of Cirque du Soleil this year with the arena tour of Michael Jackson -- The Immortal.The show inspired by the late King of Pop will begin its Australian tour at Perth Arena from September 18.The tour, to be announced today, will come just three months after Cirque's insect-themed show Ovo ends at Langley Park on June 16.Producers described Cirque's ...


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Birthday Girl

All good things must eventually come to an end, and Nicole Kidman's incredible professional streak in 2001which included superb performances in Moulin Rouge and The Others, both of which are generating Oscar buzz, a victory in the media battle of who would come out looking better in her divorce from Tom Cruise, and being named Entertainment Weekly's entertainer of the yearhas ... ...

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  • Parents join forces to push vaccination

    Immunity fears: Katie Attwell with children Albion,4, and Chas, 2, with Michael Wise and his daughter Talia. Picture: Simon Santi/The West ...

  • Horses for disabled move to new home

    BAKERS Hill Carriage Driving Centre will move to the local Equestrian Centre. The Shire of Northam has given in-principle approval of the move for the centre, which provides a service to the disabled who want to benefit from therapeutic and recreational equestrian activities, but are unable to ride a horse. Den Stanley, who runs the centre from her property, said she started planning the move ...

  • $80000 poll yields a mixed message

    DESPITE more than half of the ballots for the Shire of Kalamunda's council amalgamation community poll not being returned, the shire is claiming it as a victory for the people, with an "overwhelming no vote". The exercise, which was openly opposed by Member for Kalamunda John Day and cost the Shire about $80,000, saw ballots posted to 37,305 eligible ratepayers to seek public ...

  • Rates set to rise by 5pc

    CITY of Swan rates are forecast to rise by 5 per cent in the 2013-2014 financial year, down from a 6.5 per cent increase last year. A report tabled at last Tuesday's city council meeting said proposed differential rates, minimum payments, and interest charges, together with interim rates due to growth, are expected to yield a total rate revenue of about $90 million in 2013-14. Three per ...

  • YORK’s Carly Veitch is...

    YORK's Carly Veitch is terrified of flying. However, it paled into insignificance when she went into labour at Northam Hospital and haemorrhaged so badly she needed life-saving emergency surgery. The hospital contacted the Royal Flying Doctor Service and spoke to Dr Andrew Barnes, who was on duty that evening. He mobilised the RAC rescue helicopter, collected several units of blood from ...

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