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• Health officials warn of Bali bird flu risk

  Published: August 13, 2007, 2:25 am

  Tags: Health, Diseases Disorders, Travel Tourism, Perth 6000

  Health officials in Western Australia say people travelling to Bali should avoid visiting the island's small villages, after a suspected outbreak of the deadly bird flu virus there.

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• Policeman admits changing witness statements in murder case

  Published: September 5, 2007, 2:20 am

  Tags: Law Crime Justice, Courts Trials, Judges Legal Professionals, Police, Murder Manslaughter, Perth 6000

  The Assistant Police Commissioner Mal Shervill has been grilled at a Corruption and Crime Commission inquiry about why conflicting descriptions of a suspicious man near the scene of the 1994 murder of Pamela Lawrence were matched to Andrew Mallard.

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• Wesfarmers: It will take 4 years to turn around Coles

  Published: September 5, 2007, 8:32 pm

  Tags: Company News, Food Beverage, Hospitality, Small Business, Takeovers, Australia, Perth 6000

  Wesfarmers Managing Director, Richard Goyder, says it will take 4 years to rebuild the Coles businesses, if a bid by Wesfarmers for the retailer is successful.

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• MP embarrassed by 'hoon' son's arrest

  Published: September 8, 2007, 7:42 pm

  Tags: Government Politics, States Territories, Crime, Perth 6000

  A Western Australian Liberal MP says she is relieved no-one was hurt in an incident that saw her parliamentary vehicle seized under the state's anti-hoon legislation early yesterday morning.

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• Man charged with death threat against partner

  Published: September 9, 2007, 3:37 am

  Tags: Law Crime Justice, Crime, Australia, Kalamunda 6076, Perth 6000

  Perth police have charged a 33-year-old man after he allegedly bashed and threatened to kill his partner at their home in the eastern suburbs.

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• Bishop denies she's quitting Federal Parliament

  Published: September 10, 2007, 7:16 pm

  Tags: Education, Government Politics, Federal Government, Federal State Issues, Federal Parliament, State Parliament, Labor Party, Liberal Party, Perth 6000

  The Federal Education Minister Julie Bishop has dismissed a Labor Party advertisement asking her to reveal if she is planning to quit cabinet and lead the Liberal Party in Western Australia.

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• Call for dismissal of Bond defamation case

  Published: September 11, 2007, 11:42 pm

  Tags: Journalism, Law Crime Justice, Courts Trials, Australia, Perth 6000

  Lawyers for journalist Paul Barry have called for the defamation case against their client to be dismissed.

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• Court rules will of former Olympic star can't be changed

  Published: September 14, 2007, 1:08 am

  Tags: Courts Trials, Family Law, Olympics Summer, Perth 6000

  The Supreme Court has ruled the will of former Olympic athlete Shirley de la hunty will not be changed.

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• Concerns over cage-fighting approval

  Published: September 14, 2007, 9:41 pm

  Tags: Health, Doctors Medical Professionals, Sport, Martial Arts, Perth 6000

  The Australian Medical Association (AMA) is concerned the Western Australian Government has approved an event in Perth next month that will see competitors fight in a cage.

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• Man arrested over internet cafe frauds

  Published: September 14, 2007, 9:06 pm

  Tags: Information Communication, Internet, Law Crime Justice, Fraud Corporate Crime, Perth 6000

  Computer Crime Squad detectives have arrested a man they say has used internet cafes in Perth and Fremantle to steal and launder more than $100,000.

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• Toxic fumes force shopping centre evacuation

  Published: September 15, 2007, 3:29 am

  Tags: Disasters Accidents, Emergency Incidents, Australia, Perth 6000

  A Perth shopping centre has been reopened after toxic fumes spread through the property earlier today.

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• Police arrest man over alleged internet fraud

  Published: September 15, 2007, 1:26 am

  Tags: Information Communication, Internet, Law Crime Justice, Crime, Perth 6000

  A 35-year-old man has been granted bail in the East Perth Magistrate's Court after appearing on charges of stealing money from bank accounts via the internet.

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• Users urged to keep online banking passwords safe

  Published: September 15, 2007, 4:03 am

  Tags: Law Crime Justice, Crime, Courts Trials, Australia, Fremantle 6160, Perth 6000

  Police in Perth have warned internet banking users not to give out their passwords following the arrest of a man who allegedly stole and laundered more than $100,000.

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• 21 foreign victims of Thai crash identified

  Published: September 18, 2007, 12:13 am

  Tags: Air Space Accidents, Bundall 4217, Perth 6000, Thailand

  Forensic police have identified 21 of the foreign victims who were killed when a passenger jet crashed in southern Thailand.

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• Pilot of crashed Thai plane given wind warnings

  Published: September 18, 2007, 3:43 am

  Tags: Air Space Accidents, Bundall 4217, Perth 6000, Thailand

  Thai air traffic controllers in Phuket say the Indonesian pilot of a budget airliner that crashed on Sunday, killing 89 people, tried to land despite being warned of a wind shear threat.

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