Three tornadoes hit coastal towns: 17 hurt

A badly damaged house and downed power lines are seen after a tornado ripped through Bargara on Queensland's coast. YouTube/nikkogsxr WARNING signals will be broadcast for the Wide Bay area as tornado activity continues throughout the...

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WA celebrates Australia Day

Thousands flocked to Cottesloe Beach for the Havaianas Thong Challenge. Picture: Thomas Davidson Source: PerthNow WEST Australians revelled in all the colours of the flag for Australia Day - from swimming in the blue waters of Broome to kicking...

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Oz Day: Small steps to reconciliation

As Australia Day is celebrated at home, troops overseas send messages to family and friends. IT was a small step, but a significant one. At around 8am (AEDT) on Saturday, before the obligatory family barbecues and citizenship...

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Birnie waits for election to learn fate

Serial killer Catherine Birnie's life sentence will be reviewed on Friday, January 25 2013. Source: PerthNow A SENTENCE review for serial killer Catherine Birnie is expected to be completed in early March but a decision can't be made until...

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Sex victims scoff at McKenna apology

NOTORIOUS: Dennis John McKenna - pictured leaving court in 2010 - claims to be sorry for the hurt he has caused, his defence lawyer told a court today. Source: PerthNow NOTORIOUS serial pedophile Dennis McKenna has apologised to his victims...

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Mum's own loss prompts candlelight fund-raiser

LENDING SUPPORT: UnitingCare volunteers drop off a teddy bear and flowers at the home of Nate Dunbar. Picture: Kaitlyn Offer Source: PerthNow WHEN Tamika Hinkley heard about the death of Nate Dunbar this morning, she knew she had to help. ...

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Rioting juveniles given TVs at Hakea

Juvenile detainees have been moved to Hakea Prison and supplied with their own television sets. Source: PerthNow JUVENILES who caused extensive damage to Banksia Hill detention centre have been supplied with their own televisions at Hakea Prison....

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No cane and able to return home to Perth

THE Perth-based maritime worker arrested by Singaporean authorities for swearing on a Tiger Airways flight out of Perth has had his passport returned and been told he faces no further action. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade confirmed...

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Parched towns soaked by Peta onslaught

Cyclone Peta as seen from the PerthNow car on the North West Coastal Highway, 70km west of Karratha. PICTURES: Theo Fakos Source: PerthNow ASTONISHING rainfall in the Pilbara region of Western Australia has doubled the water in one of the...

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Bushfire contained in Trigg

Amateur footage of bushfires in the suburb of Trigg in northern Perth. Trigg resident 'Snakey' hoses down his home as a fire burns in nearby Trigg Bushland Reserve. Picture: Thomas Roy Photography. Source: PerthNow Trigg...

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The Hottest 100: What the bands think

Hottest of the hot: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Birds of Tokyo and the boys from The Rubens. Picture: Supplied Source: news.com.au THE votes are in and the day is nearly upon us where we all crank up the volume and settle in to enjoy the...

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Aussie 'bikie links' in Thai shooting

This gun was photographed on a police desk as the Australians were interviewed. Picture: Phuketwan.com Source: Supplied TWO Australian men with alleged links to an outlaw motorcycle gang have been arrested in Phuket over the shooting of two...

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Deep shock on death row in Bali

Lindsay June Sandiford in the cell she now refuses to leave. Source: AFP BRITISH woman Lindsay Sandiford is in shock and tears after being sentenced to death in Bali and won't leave her jail cell, refusing to even see her sister. Guards...

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Mayor stuck after Pilbara cyclone fury

Cyclone Peta as seen from the PerthNow car on the North West Coastal Highway, 70km west of Karratha. PICTURES: Theo Fakos Source: PerthNow Cyclone Peta as seen from the PerthNow car on the North West Coastal Highway, 70km west of Karratha....

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Perth prepares for big bang at Skyworks

PERTH CELEBRATES: Fireworks from the South Perth foreshore on Australia Day last year. Picture: Bohdan Warchomij Source: PerthNow IT will begin with bouncy castles and a circus and end with several big bangs when Perth celebrates Australia...

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Lucky escape after plane crash lands

TWO people are in a satisfactory condition in hospital after their light plane crash landed at Kununurra Airport in Western Australia's far north early today. A Health Department spokesman said the pair received minor injuries in the incident,...

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Barnett defends record on police funding

WA Premier Colin Barnett. Picture: Marie Nirme Source: The Australian Police Union boss George Tilbury. Source: PerthNow WESTERN Australia's Premier Colin Barnett has stoutly defended his government's record on police funding, as the...

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Message in bottle reaches Perth after 76 years

A message in a bottle found 76 years after it was thrown into the sea has been reunited with the family of the Perth man who wrote it. A message in a bottle, written by a Perth man in 1936, has been reunited with the man's family....

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WA ports close for cyclone threat

The latest tracking map for a tropical low near the Pilbara coast that may develop into a cyclone. Picture: Bureau of Meterology Source: PerthNow RIO Tinto is closing its Cape Lambert and Dampier ports in WA's Pilbara region to prepare for...

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Burning smell on flight prompts evacuation

A Skywest aircraft arriving at Perth Domestic Airport. Source: PerthNow PASSENGERS aboard a Perth-bound Skywest flight were forced to disembark in a southern town after burning smell was noticed in the cabin. The flight on the turboprop...

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Hero cops tell of river plunge rescue

EVERYDAY HEROES: Senior Constable Mal Lee and Senior Constable Nick Harlin, who rescued a man in the Swan River. Picture: Kerris Berrington Source: PerthNow GOOD JOB: Senior Constable Mal Lee and Senior Constable Nick Harlin. Picture: Kerris...

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Bushfire threatens homes in Harvey

A BUSHFIRE 11km south-west of Harvey is threatening lives and homes. The fire, which has already burnt 300ha, has entered private property and is moving in a west-north-westerly direction away from South Western Highway.A bushfire emergency...

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Housing pressure could dwell on voters

WA Treasurer Troy Buswell Source: PerthNow THE strength of Western Australia's economy is no surprise given the level of business investment, Treasurer Troy Buswell says. A report by equities trader CommSec says that WA's economy is expected...

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Smoky bushland fires north of Perth

Water bombers have been called to assist at two fires north of Perth. Source: PerthNow FIRE crews are working to control two large fires burning north of Perth, which are causing a lot of smoke but not posing a risk to lives or homes. ...

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Pilot praised after TV chopper crash

A Channel 10 cameraman is in hospital after a helicopter crashed east of Perth. The wreckage of the Channel 10 news helicopter. Source: PerthNow THE TV cameraman who had a lucky escape when the helicopter he was filming from...

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Driver critical after Swan River car plunge

A car is removed from the Swan River near Barrack Street Jetty by police and emergency services. Picture: Kerris Berrington Source: PerthNow A car is removed from the Swan River near Barrack Street Jetty by police and emergency services....

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Shots heard, spent cartridge found

POLICE have launched an investigation after shots were heard in South Perth overnight. About 10pm last night police were called to an address in Garden Street, South Perth after reports of gunshots. It's been confirmed at least one spent cartridge...

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