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  • Police say drunk driver had daughter in car when he crashed

    Busselton 6280 Police say a man who crashed a four-wheel-drive while five times over the legal alcohol limit near Busselton had his six-year-old daughter in the vehicle.Other drivers reported the white Landcruiser was being driven in an erratic manner shortly before it crashed on Bussell Highway late yesterday afternoon.The 42-year-old man was taken to hospital and breath-tested.Police say he ...

  • Push to extend smoking bans to all public places

    Perth 6000 A health lobby group is campaigning to toughen WA's existing laws by pushing for an extension on a ban on smoking to all public places.In 2011, the state introduced laws which made smoking on patrolled beaches and in cars carrying children illegal.Not a single person has been fined for smoking at the beach since the laws were implemented while 25 people have been fined for ...

  • Man suffers serious burns after starting fire

    Cooloongup 6168 A man has suffered serious burns while using an accelerant to start a fire inside his rental property in the southern Perth suburb of Cooloongup.It is understood the young man was having trouble starting a wood fire in the property last night when he threw petrol on it.He has been treated in hospital for burns to both his arms.Damage to the house in Clennett Close is estimated ...

  • Quiz night raises money for school camp to Broome

    Port Hedland Primary School's Year 7 students are that bit closer to zooming to Broome for their camp following a stellar quiz night last Saturday evening. The event, remarkably organised within the space of a month, was particularly successful given that the goal of raising $3,000 was more than doubled. Year 7 parent Tirrena Byrnes and school mum Lauren Cairns put their heads together to ...

  • 6PR investigates second presenter

    ONLY five days after 6PR presenter Howard Sattler was sacked for asking Prime Minister Julia Gillard a series of bizarre questions, the station is investigating the conduct of another of its presenters Jason ...


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  • Watchdog chief wrong to release police video

    The head of WA's corruption watchdog was wrong in deciding to grant the release of CCTV footage of two incidents in the Broome police station, the lawyer for a former policeman has told the Supreme Court.A former first-class constable at the centre of a Corruption and Crime Commission inquiry into the incidents has launched Supreme Court action in a bid to overturn Commissioner Roger ...

  • Screening staff dig in

    Security screening staff at Perth Airport's Qantas terminal have dug in for a fourth week of industrial action as they remain embroiled in a wage dispute with employer MSS Security.The United Voice members said yesterday that they did not undertake bag searches, aerosol checks or laptop checks at the airport's busiest time, 5am, when the terminal was packed with hundreds of fly-in, ...

  • Hancock says trust will be fair

    Gina Rinehart's estranged son John Hancock has vowed not to discriminate against his half-sister Ginia if he replaces his mother as head of the multibillion-dollar family trust.Mr Hancock said yesterday that despite his personal views about the 26-year-old, there would be no favouritism against her or his other half-sister Hope Welker, who have sided with Mrs Rinehart in the long-running ...

  • Baby boomers driving drug rehab programs

    Australia's ageing baby boomers are driving demand for drug addiction services, with a doubling of the proportion of over-50s seeking help to get off opioid drugs such as heroin.They now make up almost one-fifth of the 47,000 people who receive pharmacotherapy such as methadone in Australia, up from 25,000 in 1998.On the other hand, the proportion of drug addicts under the age of 30 seeking ...

  • Costs put squeeze on family

    A fortnight out from the birth of their second child, South Hedland couple Laura Bentley and Brad Crehan are hardly in the mood to celebrate.Already reeling from a 58 per cent increase to their strata insurance premium and soaring electricity bills, Ms Bentley said the family would struggle on a single income after she decided to be a stay-at-home mum.She said another 8 per cent rate rise had ...

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