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  • Man critical after sky diving accident

    Wickham 6720 A 25-year-old man is in a critical condition in Royal Perth Hospital after a parachuting accident in the Pilbara.The man was skydiving yesterday afternoon at Wickham when he tracked off course and hit the wall of a building in a nearby residential area.He was taken to Nickol Bay Hospital in Karratha before being flown to Perth by the Royal Flying Doctor ...

  • Frontline services unaffected by crackdown Harvey

    Perth 6000 The Police Minister Liza Harvey says a crackdown on police overtime will not impact on frontline services.Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan has put in place tighter controls for overtime with any extra work to be assessed and approved by a senior officer.Mrs Harvey says the decision was made by Mr O'Callaghan, not her.But, she says she can guarantee it will not have an ...

  • Wayne McKenna on trial for sexual abuse

    Katanning 6317 The brother of a man who sexually abused male boarders at a hostel in Katanning is on trial accused of molesting two girls there.Wayne McKenna is alleged to have sexually abused two girls, aged about 13, while he was a supervisor at the St Andrews Hostel in Katanning in 1980 and 1981. His brother Dennis was warden of the hostel and he is currently serving a lengthy jail term for ...

  • Bush search for missing Jarrahdale man

    POLICE are concerned for the welfare of a 42-year-old Jarrahdale man who has not been seen since he left his home on Friday ...

  • Police search for brothers missing in Wheatbelt

    POLICE are frantically searching for two young boys who have gone missing in a small Wheatbelt town about 250km north-east of ...


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  • Concern for missing Jarrahdale man

    Police are appealing for information about a 42-year-old man who has not been seen since Friday morning.Peter Charles Clarke was last seen leaving his Jarrahdale home at 9.30am.Mr Clarke is driving a black Land Rover Defender with the registration 1DPR 217.It is not known what he is wearing.Police believe Mr Clarke may have visited the bush area around Wungong and Canning Dam since he left his ...

  • Swan disappointed in WAs Gonski stance

    Treasurer Wayne Swan has criticised the West Australian Government for not signing up to the Commonwealth's school education and disability care reforms.Mr Swan said 40,000 people in the State who had a severe or permanent disability would benefit from DisabilityCare, but were set to miss out."It is disappointing to the Commonwealth Government that the West Australian Government has ...

  • McKenna accused of preying on young girls

    Wayne Leslie McKenna - the brother of convicted paedophile Dennis McKenna - has begun trial on allegations he also sexually molested boarders at a Katanning hostel the brothers worked ...

  • Claims Toros uranium project may struggle

    Wiluna 6646 An economist is warning that the first proposed uranium mine in Western Australia may struggle to get off the ground.The comments are made in a report, commissioned by Greens Senator Scott Ludlam and environmental groups, into the viability of Toro Energy's proposed Wiluna project. The study by 'Economics at Large' indicates the project's profitability relies on ...

  • EPA backs Pilbara port algae farm

    A planned multi-user iron ore port in the Pilbara region has been given the nod by the State's Environmental Protection Authority.The port at Cape Preston East, about 60km south-west of Dampier, will use an innovative method to transfer iron ore from shore to ship, removing the need for dredging.Self-powered barges will transfer iron ore produced by port proponent, Iron Ore Holdings, to a ...

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