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  • Safe sleep rule a must for all

    Concern has been raised over the number of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome fatalities occurring when a baby is being cared for by a secondary carer such as a grandparent, friend or babysitter.SIDS and Kids WA neonatal nurse and education officer Monnia Volpi-Wise estimated that a quarter of SIDS deaths in Australia happened when parents left someone else in charge.She questioned whether protective ...

  • Recycled sewage to water Perth parks

    The Water Corporation has flagged using recycled sewage to irrigate Perth's parks and gardens as dwindling rainfall forces the utility to adopt increasingly drastic measures to keep the city lush.As Perth endures another dry start to winter, the corporation will this morning release a report outlining a major increase in the way and extent to which water in the metropolitan area is ...

  • Top cop blasts booze industry

    Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan is expected to launch an extraordinary attack today on the liquor industry and politicians who baulk at a stand against WA's culture of youth alcohol abuse.Mr O'Callaghan is a keynote speaker at a National Alliance for Action on Alcohol forum in Canberra that is expected to attract the major political parties.Yesterday, he said he simply wants ...

  • Offenders rounded up in parole blitz

    A killer and a violent rapist who was jailed indefinitely are among a growing number of criminals returned to jail after breaching parole conditions as part of a police effort to clear long-term warrants.The regional investigation unit enforces return to prison warrants issued against convicted criminals who have breached their parole, for example, for failing drug tests, committing new crimes ...

  • Taxpayers left hefty travel tab

    Taxpayers are footing a quarterly travel bill of almost $10,000 so a Sydney-based Insurance Commission of WA board member can fly to and from meetings.Travel records tabled in Parliament show ICWA deputy chairman Ainslie van Onselen has flown to Perth for monthly board meetings since her appointment in late 2011.In a six-month period covered by the two most recent quarterly reports to June 30 ...


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It's Complicated

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  • Pregnant woman abused on Perth train

    This video taken on a train from Perth to Clarkson, shows a girl who refused to move her things from the nearby seats, even when asked by a seven month pregnant ...

  • Police investigate if stabbing and gunshot incident linked

    Wanneroo 6065 Police are investigating if two serious incidents in Perth this morning are linked.St John Ambulance was called to a Salzburg Way home in Wanneroo about 06:30 am where a 33-year-old man had suffered serious abdominal wounds.He was rushed to Royal Perth hospital where he has undergone emergency surgery and is now in a stable condition.About an hour later, a second man presented to ...

  • Police probe stabbing shooting

    Police are investigating two violent incidents across Perth where one man was stabbed and another shot.Both men were being treated at Royal Perth Hospital for their injuries, which were not regarded as life threatening.It is understood the 26-year-old man presented at the hospital with a gunshot wound to his leg.Police were last night trying to identify the scene of the shooting.A 33-year-old ...

  • Man with brick holds up TAB

    Police are looking for man who held up a TAB in Mindarie this morning.Officers were called at about 10.20am after a distress alarm at the TAB at the corner of Bergen Way and Mulgrave Loop.Police say a man threatened staff members with a brick, before stealing a quantity of cash and fleeing the premises.No one was injured.Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 ...

  • Arrest over Mt Richon weapons raid

    A woman is facing a string or drugs and weapons charges after a raid on a Mount Richon property earlier this year.Detectives executed a search warrant on the property in May, but only apprehended the woman yesterday at a house in Bremer Place, Thornlie.She was allegedly found with jewellery, more than $40,000 cash and about 5g of what police believe was methylamphetamine.The woman has been ...

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