Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Hawks out to end Perth hoodoo in semi-final and other top stories.

  • Hawks out to end Perth hoodoo in semi-final

    Hawks out to end Perth hoodoo in semi-final
    THE Illawarra Hawks are aiming to crash through the 100-point barrier in an attempt to end their horror Perth hoodoo in Friday night’s NBL semi-final against the Wildcats. The Hawks will start the best-of-three series as clear underdogs after losing all four of their matches against Perth this season. Even more worrying has been their record in Perth, with Illawarra losing their past 22 games there — the worst losing streak at a particular city in NBL history.Hawks coach Rob Beveridge knows firs..
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  • Hawks out to end Perth hoodoo in semi-final

    Hawks out to end Perth hoodoo in semi-final
    THE Illawarra Hawks are aiming to crash through the 100-point barrier in an attempt to end their horror Perth hoodoo in Friday night’s NBL semi-final against the Wildcats. The Hawks will start the best-of-three series as clear underdogs after losing all four of their matches against Perth this season. Even more worrying has been their record in Perth, with Illawarra losing their past 22 games there — the worst losing streak at a particular city in NBL history.Hawks coach Rob Beveridge knows firs..
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  • Prostitute arrested for allegedly infecting Perth man with HIV

    Prostitute arrested for allegedly infecting Perth man with HIV
    Central Local Court Sydney. (AAP) A prostitute who is accused of grievous bodily harm after allegedly giving HIV to a WA client has been arrested in Sydney.It is alleged that the suspect, who police said is a man but identifies as a woman, infected a client in Western Australia with the virus last year.WA Police said in a statement the suspect had been diagnosed as HIV positive in August 2014, and had been working as a transgender sex worker in Redfern before being arrested.Police will apply to..
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  • Guards smash car windows to rescue Perth boy left inside

    Guards smash car windows to rescue Perth boy left inside
    The distressing moment Perth security guards smashed the windows of a car to rescue a child left inside on a sweltering day has been captured on video. The footage shows one of the guards carrying the three-year-old child from the car and tenderly wiping some glass from the boy’s face and hair. A passerby spotted the boy locked alone inside the vehicle at Booragoon’s Garden City shopping centre at about 4pm on Tuesday as the temperature reached more than 38 degrees. Rohan Spratt, a local schoo..
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  • Perth medical students struggle with rent as Centrelink stalls on ...

    Perth medical students struggle with rent as Centrelink stalls on ...
    Perth medical students who applied for assistance payments months ago are struggling to make ends meet as Centrelink sits on their applications.While most universities head back at the end of February, the academic year for Notre Dame students started a month ago - and are now feeling the pinch. Notre Dame University medical students struggle as Centrelink fails to process applications for youth allowance.   Medical student Peter*, who stopped full-time work two days before starting full-..
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  • Perth 'fireworks funeral' over Canning River approved by City of ...

    Perth 'fireworks funeral' over Canning River approved by City of ...
    A Perth family's request to host a fireworks display to spread their loved one's ashes over the Canning River was approved by the City of Canning on Tuesday night.It is understood the unique memorial ceremony, if given the final green light by the Department of Mines of Petroleum, will be the first of its kind to be legally carried out in Western Australia. The woman's ashes will likely be shot up into the sky during a fireworks display in March.  Photo: Fireworks Brisbane and Gold Coast ..
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  • Angry scenes as murder accused boy in court

    Angry scenes as murder accused boy in court
    Bail delayed for WA boy on murder charge1:27A Perth court has heard an 11-year-old was allegedly part of a group who attacked and killed a man. A MOB of eight people, including an 11-year-old boy, surrounded and fatally attacked a man with an arsenal of weapons, including star pickets, rocks, screwdrivers, stakes and glass bottles, a Perth court was told.Shocking details of the post-Australia Day brawl between two groups that ended in the death of Patrick Slater, 26, near the Esplanade train st..
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  • man assaulted after confronting hoon driver

    man assaulted after confronting hoon driver
    Perth man assaulted after confronting hoon driver Posted February 18, 2016 09:13:57 A man has been assaulted after allegedly confronting a hoon driver and his passengers in Camillo, in Perth's south east.Police said the resident on Amanda Drive confronted the group around 11:15pm last night after they had been driving up and down the street for several hours.He was allegedly attacked by the group and officers arrived to find him bloodied and injured.He was taken to Ar..
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  • Olympic gold medallist to race in WA

    Olympic gold medallist to race in WA
    David Rudisha shows off the gold medal he won in the 800m at the World Championships last year. Pic: Getty Images Kenyan running star David Rudisha will build up to his Olympic title defence by racing at the Perth Track Classic next month.The London Olympics 800m champion and world record holder will headline the event, which will also feature Australia’s premier athletes as they strive for Olympic qualifying times in the lead-up to the 2016 Games in Brazil in August. >> view original

Perth road snarls are 'a top priority' .Alert for Perth bushfire downgraded .
Victorian breeder stunned as two-headed snake slithers into our world .Karalee Katsambanis: Perth, quit your whingeing .

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