Perth

A90 closed after fatal accident

A 45-year-old woman has died after being hit by a lorry on the A90 between Perth and Dundee. Tayside police said the accident happened about 2050 GMT on Friday night near to the junction with Star Inn Road after the woman got...

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BigPond 300 – Race results (1)

BigPond 300 – Race results (1) Points leader Jamie Whincup extends advantage with victory in race one in Perth 1. Jamie Whincup 888/Vodafone Ford 42 laps 41mins 33.5350secs 2. Todd Kelly Kelly/Jack Daniel's Holden 42 laps 3....

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Whincup wins race one (Newstalk ZB)

Newstalk ZB November 21, 2009, 6:58 pm Championship leader Jamie Whincup has won race one of the penultimate V8 Supercar round at Barbagallo Raceway in Perth. The Triple Eight Racing driver has won in commanding fashion ahead...

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Further charges over funeral shooting

POLICE have laid further charges after two people shot into a crowd that had gathered for a funeral in a West Australian town. A long-running feud between two Aboriginal families escalated after members gathered following the...

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Be in the running for a good cause (The West Australian)

DANIEL EMERSON, The West Australian November 21, 2009, 1:03 pm The leaders of WA's six chronic disease charities joined forces yesterday in an unprecedented united front against ill health to launch the hottest new event on the...

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'Bad signals' From Fiji's TV and Radio Takeover, Says Smith

PERTH—The Fiji military regime's seizure of broadcast licences is a "very bad signal" for international investment and freedom of speech in the Pacific nation, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says. Mr Smith said on Saturday that...

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Newest zoo cutie gets kiss for a cause (The West Australian)

JOSEPH CATANZARO, The West Australian November 21, 2009, 12:51 pm The baby orang-utan awakened slowly, her liquid brown eyes full of innocent curiosity as she looked up at the older primate cradling her in its powerful arms....

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Whale carcass warning to abalone fishers

Abalone fishers are being warned to stay away from one of Perth's northern beaches which has been closed because of a shark hazard. A rotting whale carcass is lodged on a reef 50 metres offshore from Iluka, south of Burns...

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Australian court sentences Malaysian who posed as taxi driver

MELBOURNE: A Malaysian-born sexual predator who posed as a taxi driver and sexually assaulted more than 20 young men he picked up in a state of drunken stupor has been jailed a minimum of 18 years by a Perth judge.

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Aboriginal kidney sufferers opt to die at home

Aborigines needing renal dialysis are choosing to die in central Australia rather than travel to Adelaide or Perth for treatment, a medical advocacy group says.Stephanie Bell, from the Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance of...

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