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  • 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 ...

  • Kids forge asylum link

    WA primary schools are being encouraged to raise debate about asylum seekers in the classroom to combat racist stereotypes from an early ...

  • Crash closes highway - 3 die in 24 hours

    THREE people have been hospitalised following a crash in the Hills east of Perth today after three people died yesterday on WA roads in a horror 24 ...


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  • Rescue chopper sent to Wooroloo crash

    Three people have been taken to hospital after a car crash on Great Eastern Highway in Wooroloo.Two cars collided near Banks Avenue just before 8am.A woman is being taken by the RAC rescue helicopter to Royal Perth Hospital.Two men are also being taken to hospital by ambulance.Career firefighters from Midland and volunteer firefighters from Mundaring and Wundowie assisted at the scene.It is ...

  • Ross River vaccine trialled in hope of approval

    Perth 6000 A vaccine to protect Australians from Ross River virus could be available in less than a year. The mosquito-borne virus causes severe joint pain, fevers and fatigue, and has so far only been preventable by avoiding mosquito bites. The annual meeting of the Australian Rheumatology Association in Perth has heard trials of a new vaccine have been successful. Professor David Smith says ...

  • Police hunt jewellery thieves

    Police are searching for thieves who stole jewellery from a Southern River store early this morning.The thieves smashed a glass door at the Holmes Road jewellery store about 1am.A police spokesman said they searched the shop before fleeing with jewellery and stones.It is understood they left the scene in a white Holden Commodore.Anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 ...

  • Coral Bay search called off

    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 ...

  • Pluton Resources improving operating cash costs at Western Australia iron project

    (MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia) Pluton Resources (ASX: PLV) has been steadily improving operating cash costs at its Cockatoo Island iron ore project in Western Australia since the first shipment commenced in December 2012 and expects further reductions soon.It plans to recommence exploration in the third quarter of this year to expand its existing Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves.The ...

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