Sunday, February 28, 2016

Vicious attack filmed at Perth festival and other top stories.

  • Vicious attack filmed at Perth festival

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  • Domestic assault, car theft up as Perth crime continues to surge

    Domestic assault, car theft up as Perth crime continues to surge
    Domestic assault, car theft up as Perth crime continues to surge Updated February 29, 2016 14:10:41 Perth's crime rate has continued to surge, with big rises recorded in domestic violence and vehicle theft.The steady increase, which began last year, was dubbed Perth's winter crime surge, but figures for January this year show it has continued through spring and summer.WA Police figures show the number of domestic assaults was 33 per cent higher in January, compared to t..
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  • Man's body found after hours-long siege with police in Perth

    Man's body found after hours-long siege with police in Perth
    Police at the scene in Brookdale. (9NEWS/@ellycormack) A man has died after an hours-long stand off with heavily armed police in Perth's outer suburbs.Police were originally called to the home in Brookdale yesterday morning after a domestic dispute, The West Australian reports.A police spokesman told the newspaper a man refused to cooperate and locked himself inside the home of an ex-partner. Heavily armed officers from the Tactical Response Group were called in as well as a BearCat armoured ve..
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  • Perth 'leapling' born in 1972 to turn 11 on February 29 leap year ...

    Perth 'leapling' born in 1972 to turn 11 on February 29 leap year ...
    Perth woman Jodie Perham may be turning 44 on Monday but there will only be 11 candles on her cake.The horticulturalist from Forrestfield is among less than one percent of people born on February 29 - a date that only comes around every four years. Jodie Perham celebrates her birthday on March 1 most years. Photo: Facebook Ms Perham refers to her birthdays in the leap-sense (as in, her last birthday was her tenth) and as a joke her older brother Barry sometimes buys her Barbie dolls as a..
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  • 'I went to some real dark places'

    'I went to some real dark places'
    A 12-month ban took its toll on Docker-turned-Bomber Ryan Crowley. Picture: DANIEL WILKINSESSENDON recruit Ryan Crowley has revealed he “went to some real dark places” while serving a 12-month ban during his time at Fremantle. Crowley, 31, signed as a “top-up” player with the Bombers last month after 12 senior players were banned by WADA for their role in the club’s 2012 supplements program, and has opened up about what he describes as the hardest period of his life.The former Dockers tagger rec..
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  • Daniell Staskos sentenced to mandatory 6 months in jail over police ...

    Daniell Staskos sentenced to mandatory 6 months in jail over police ...
    Daniell Staskos sentenced to mandatory 6 months in jail over police officer assault Updated February 29, 2016 14:44:15 A Perth woman has been sentenced to six months in jail for assaulting a police officer, with the magistrate noting he had no option as the charge carries a mandatory minimum term.Daniell Brook Staskos was found guilty of assaulting the female officer by biting her on the thigh and hitting her in the face in Fremantle in January 2013.The policewoman was ..
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  • Short and Sweet: road to success

    Short and Sweet: road to success
    Perth Lynx take no prisoners in the WNBL.IT was slam dunk for one, a wave of success for another and hopefully a road to Rio for another.Some of Australia’s leading athletes and teams have been making a mark on the waves, on the road, the basketball court and in the Olympic sporting arena over the weekend.In this week’s Short and Sweet we take a look at some of the highlights, from Tiffany Cromwell’s fighting third in a major European race to Sally Fitzgibbons’s victory over Steph Gilmore in hom..
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  • Gran attacked in freeway road rage

    Gran attacked in freeway road rage
    Cockburn road rage0:25Terrifying video footage has emerged of the moment a man punched his way into a Cockburn grandmother's car on a busy stretch of Kwinana Freeway, showering her with glass. THIS is the terrifying moment a WA grandmother was attacked during a road rage incident on Kwinana Freeway.Footage of the man throwing an item at the woman’s windscreen then punching his arm through the driver’s window, showering her in glass emerged this week.The Cockburn woman, who only wants to be know..
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  • What would it take to trigger a house price crash?

    What would it take to trigger a house price crash?
    Foreign hedge funds and other observers have consistently warned of an Australian property bubble that could burst, reducing prices by up to 50 per cent. What would need to happen for that scenario to eventuate? Sheryle Bagwell takes a look.Could an Australian property price crash really happen?Of course it could happen. I imagine many Australians locked out of the housing market would be hoping it does—such is the wealth divide between the property haves and property have-nots. In Sydney and..
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Oosthuizen hits back in Perth .Man, 18, charged with murder over death of Perth teenager Kuol Akut .
NSW Gen Blue U20s named for clash against Queensland U20s .City of Perth bill set to pass WA Parliament soon; Government ... .

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