Perth student shot in 'botched drug deal' in New Orleans released ... and other top stories.

• Perth student shot in 'botched drug deal' in New Orleans released ...

  

  Australians Jake Rovacsek and Toben Clements were shot in New Orleans. A Perth student shot in New Orleans has been released from hospital and is expected to return home soon. Toben Clements, 21, and his friend Jake Rovacsek, 23, were shot in the chest and stomach in a suburb of New Orleans earlier this month in what police believe was a botched drug deal. They were on a holiday following the Intercollegiate Mining Games in Montana.Curtin University vice-chancellor Deborah Terry said on Friday ..

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• Perth student shot in New Orleans leaves hospital

  

  Australians Jake Rovacsek and Toben Clements were shot in New Orleans.ONE of the Perth students shot in New Orleans has been released from a US hospital and is expected to return home soon.Toben Clements, 21, and his friend Jake Rovacsek, 23, were shot in the chest and stomach in a suburb of New Orleans earlier this month in what police believe was a botched drug deal.Curtin University vice-chancellor Deborah Terry said on Friday one of the students had been discharged from hospital, but did not..

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• Hundreds to Step Up to beat MS

  

  Fitness blogger Ania Kalbarczyk at the launch of the campaign.PERTH’S tallest building has four times as many steps as the leaning tower of Pisa, nearly double the steps up the Eiffel Tower and just shy of the number up Sydney Harbour Bridge. And next Sunday hundreds of West Australians will be making the trek to help those living with multiple sclerosis in the Shadforth Financial Group Step Up for MS challenge.Organisers are calling on more people to sign up for the 1103-step climb up the Centr..

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• Man charged over Perth baby's death

  

  Man charged over Perth baby's death AAP on April 23, 2016, 9:34 am A man is due to face court charged over the death of a seven-month-old baby in Rockingham.The 20-year-old will face Perth Magistrates Court on Saturday charged with grievous bodily harm.The charge is connected to an incident in Rockingham, south of Perth, on April 8 and the death of a seven-month-old boy.

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• Man's cheek fractured in car park attack

  

  A 19-year-old man suffered a fractured cheek bone during an assault last month.POLICE are seeking witnesses to an unprovoked attack in a Perth car park that left a 19-year-old man with a fractured cheekbone last month.The 19-year-old victim received a broken cheekbone as a result of the attack in a Perth car park.The attack happened in the Wilson car park opposite a Murray Street nightclub about 3.30am on Sunday, March 27.Perth detectives say the victim was standing in the car park with his brot..

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• Instagram's @idrinkmilkshakes lists Perth's top 5 best extreme ...

  

  It is one of the most recognised scenes in the 1994 film, Pulp Fiction:Vincent Vega: Did you just order a five-dollar shake? (L-R) Cafe 2 Twenty Four's choc-mint shake and the Krispy Kreme and Choc-coated Bacon Shake from Babooshka. Photo: @idrinkmilkshakes Mia Wallace: Sure didVega: A shake? Milk and ice cream? (L-R) Varsity's Salted Caramel and Bacon shake and Tarts Cafe's chocolate shake. Photo: @idrinkmilkshakes Wallace: Uh-huhVega: It cost five dollars? Advertisement Wallace..

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• Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi defends Houston trip as travel report ...

  

  Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi defends Houston trip as travel report looms Updated April 22, 2016 21:10:20 Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi is jetting off to the United States for a major conference as the Department of Local Government prepares to release what is expected to be a damning report into her failure to declare tens of thousands of dollars worth of travel and accommodation gifts. Key points:Lisa Scaffidi to visit Texas for World Energy Cities Partnership meet..

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• Inquiry underway into Perth out-of-school care centre after children ...

  

  Inquiry underway into Perth out-of-school care centre after children allegedly sexually assaulted Posted April 22, 2016 19:59:20 An investigation has been launched by the West Australian Government into the Perth care program from where two children were allegedly lured away and sexually abused. Key points:Two children allegedly lured from care and sexually assaulted, police sayInvestigation launched into North Perth care programOpposition wants independent inquiry i..

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• Police investigate Perth man's death

  

  Police investigate Perth man's deathThe death of a man in Perth's north is being treated as suspicious.Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a man, believed to be in his 30s, in Girrawheen, WA Police said on Saturday.Police were called to scene on Friday afternoon.Originally published as Police investigate Perth man's death

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• Northbridge food tour: Perth's surprising dining hub

  

  All tastes are catered for on this tour of a bustling Perth dining hub. Northbridge food tour: Perth's surprising dining hub Food Loose Tours "treat you more like a mate on a night out than a sheep to be herded from bar to bar". Photo: Food Loose Tours, WAThe bar scene in Perth. Photo: Food Loose Tours, WACafes in Northbridge. Photo: Tourism WAVietnamese pork roll. Photo: Food Loose Tours, WAexitIn the past, if you walked through the Perth suburb of Northbri..

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