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  • Police investigate Ocean Reef ATM theft

    Ocean Reef 6027 Police are investigating the theft of an Automated Teller Machine from a grocery store in Perth's north.Officers were called to the Farmer Jacks store on Marina Boulevard, ocean Reef just after 4:00am Sunday morning after nearby residents reported loud noises and something being dragged down the road.Police discovered the rear doors to the shopping complex had been smashed ...

  • Police investigate Narrogin death

    Narrogin 6312 Police are investigating the death of a woman in the Wheatbelt town of Narrogin.Officers were called to a property in Ensign Street on Saturday morning to carry out a welfare check on a resident inside.When they arrived, they found the body of the woman, who was believed to be 36-years-old. A 43-year-old man is in custody and assisting police.Forensic officers remain at the ...

  • Balloons reveal love is in the air

    Thinking of dropping an engagement ring into a glass of champagne or hiding it in a dessert? Stop right there.When Perth youth pastor Dave Hack proposed to fiancee Sarah Clifford this year, he enlisted dozens of cheering friends and family, numerous red balloons and a choreographed human billboard.He also had video cameras capture the moment to turn it into a short film set to romantic music.Mr ...

  • Ill Gibb River cyclist airlifted

    A 49 year-old woman is to be airlifted to Perth after suffering a heart attack while competing in the gruelling Gibb River Challenge cycling event in northern WA.She collapsed and received life saving CPR from bystanders before being rushed to Derby Hospital.The Royal Flying Doctor Service and the Rio Tinto Light Flight Jet will help bring the woman to intensive care in Perth. The five-day Gibb ...

  • New push for sex work decriminalisation

    Perth 6000 An organisation representing sex workers has renewed calls for prostitution to be decriminalised in Western Australia.Workers gathered outside state parliament on Saturday over fears the government would reintroduce a bill from 2011, which attempted to ban brothels in suburbs. The Premier Colin Barnett said earlier this month any new bill would be written from scratch and the laws ...


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  • Stolen ATM dragged down road

    Ocean Reef residents were awoken early this morning by the thumping, crashing sounds of a stolen ATM being towed down the road by not-so-stealthy thieves.At 4.15am this morning, police were called to Farmer Jacks in Marina Boulevard, Ocean Reef as people nearby heard banging and crashing noises and believed something was being dragged down the road.One resident even chased the thieves in his ...

  • Narrogin death adds to weeks toll

    Police are investigating the death of a woman, as yet to be positively identified but believed to be 36 years old, at a residence in Ensign St, Narrogin yesterday.Police were called to the address at 11.30am yesterday to conduct a welfare check and found the woman dead.A 43-year-old man is in custody, assisting with inquiries.Local Detectives assisted by Major Crime Squad are investigating.That ...

  • Plea for life-saving drug

    A PERTH mother, who was diagnosed with cancer just after she lost her husband to the disease, has made a desperate plea to the Government to subsidise a $50,000 drug which will help to save her ...

  • Warning to young drivers

    That has prompted the RAC to deliver a warning to P-platers that they will continue to be massively overrepresented in crashes.The WA Government's Safe Driver Reward Scheme aims to encourage P-platers to behave behind the wheel by giving them a year's free licence renewal if they lose no demerit points in their two-year probation period.But the latest figures to March 31 reveal just ...

  • Heats off for renters

    "I think we're past the peak of the rental boom, which is good news for renters," Mr Hegney said. "Twelve months ago the vacancy rate was at critically low levels; this year won't be like that."Population growth has slowed and more people are investing, so the number of rentals has increased and the demand has been reduced."Mr Hegney said people had decided the ...

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