Thursday, June 16, 2016

Rental Affordability Index: Boost for Perth as Sydney continues to ... and other top stories.

  • Rental Affordability Index: Boost for Perth as Sydney continues to ...

    Rental Affordability Index: Boost for Perth as Sydney continues to ...
    Rental Affordability Index: Boost for Perth as Sydney continues to struggle Posted June 16, 2016 07:18:24 Rental affordability has improved across Perth, and the city is performing better than other Australian state capitals, particularly Sydney and Brisbane, a new report has suggested.The latest Rental Affordability Index puts Greater Perth's rating at 126, up from 108 in December 2013, meaning affordability has increased markedly.The index rates Perth as "acceptable..
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  • Kids psych 'had 420 child porn photos, videos'

    Kids psych 'had 420 child porn photos, videos'
    Bail granted1:56Perth child psychologist Aaron Voon allegedly recorded young boys in toilet cubicles more than 400 times A PERTH child psychiatrist, facing child porn charges in WA and Canada, had more than 400 images and a dozen videos on devices that were classified as “child exploitation” material, a Perth court was told.Some of them allegedly involved well-known child psychiatrist Dr Aaron Szen Yang Voon, 41, filming young boys’ genitals in public toilets.Dr Voon was granted bail on Wednesd..
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  • Perth Facebook group's frantic search for mystery job seeker

    Perth Facebook group's frantic search for mystery job seeker
    Perth's famed generous online community spirit has struck again after a picture of an apparently homeless man desperately looking for work was posted on social media on Wednesday.The only problem is, no one can find the man. Have you seen this man? Photo: Facebook One compassionate social media-user posted a picture of the man in the Jull Street Mall in Armadale on the Facebook group Perth Have a Whinge, to see if anyone could get him a job.The man, flanked by a shopping trolley with all..
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  • meth seized in Sydney, Perth trafficking probe

    meth seized in Sydney, Perth trafficking probe
    Four men charged over 21kg of meth seized in Sydney, Perth trafficking probe Posted June 16, 2016 18:24:28 More than 21 kilograms of methamphetamine has been seized by police as part of an investigation into an Asian-organised crime syndicate allegedly trafficking drugs from Sydney to Perth.Four men in Perth have been charged with drug-related offences after police found drugs at a property in the suburb of Woodlands.Police allege the crime syndicate sent two separate..
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  • WA Health Department brushes off latest construction woe at $1.2b ...

    WA Health Department brushes off latest construction woe at $1.2b ...
    WA Health Department brushes off latest construction woe at $1.2b Perth Children's Hospital Posted June 16, 2016 14:25:51 West Australian Health Department officials have brushed off the latest construction problem at the Perth Children's Hospital, saying a burst water pipe has caused only minor damage.Health Department officials told a parliamentary hearing the flooding in the basement of the $1.2 billion hospital would not delay its opening, or come at any cost to..
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  • Meeting that enraged 1.3b people

    Meeting that enraged 1.3b people
    President Obama and the Dalai Lama met in the White House despite China’s protests.CHINA is pretty pissed off right now.Barack Obama just met up with the 14th Dalai Lama at the White House, despite China’s vehement insistence that they call it off.The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader met the US President to discuss a range of issues, from the relationship between Tibet and China and the human rights of the Tibetan people to climate change.Just another casual day in the White House.China had a fur..
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  • Candlelight vigil draws hundreds of Perth mourners

    Candlelight vigil draws hundreds of Perth mourners
    A cold, dark winter night did not stop hundreds of Western Australians from paying their respects to the victims of the Orlando nightclub massacre in a candlelight vigil at the Perth Cultural Centre.Over seven hundred people attended the event on Wednesday night, with many prominent members of the Perth LGBTIQ community offering their support. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide Perth's tribute to Orlando Facebook Messenger soccer game Sofa hi..
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  • Perth three-year-old rings triple-0 to save unconscious mum

    Perth three-year-old rings triple-0 to save unconscious mum
    A Perth three-year-old is the hero of the hour after calling triple-0 when her mother fell and knocked herself unconscious."It was about 8.30 and I had just fed my one-year-old breakfast," northern suburbs mum Katelyn Drozd said. Quick-thinking Darcy-Pippa looked out for her little brother Brodie-Robert and mother Katelyn in a crisis.  Photo: Supplied "As I got him out of his high chair I miscalculated my step and lost my footing."Normally when you do that you put out your hands to stop ..
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  • Domestic terminals at Perth Airport evacuated

    Domestic terminals at Perth Airport evacuated
    Hundreds of passengers were evacuated from Perth Airport on Thursday morning in what has since been confirmed as a false alarm. A spokeswoman for Perth Airport said terminals three and four were evacuated at 9.42am as a precaution - but could not confirm what had triggered the false alarm. Passengers wait at the emergency evacuation area after an alarm went off at Perth Airport on Thursday morning.  One passenger, who contacted the Bunbury Mail, said he and his wife were about to board a ..
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  • Search underway for fisherman missing off Mindarie coast north of ...

    Search underway for fisherman missing off Mindarie coast north of ...
    An image of the missing vessel. (WA Police) A search is underway for a fisherman who went missing off the Mindarie coast, north of Perth.The 38-year-old man had gone fishing on a 6.4m boat, and failed to return to shore by the expected time of 8pm yesterday, after setting off for his trip about 8.30am. Whitfords Volunteer Sea Rescue members will participate in the search. (Twitter/Scott Cunningham) He was reported missing about 9.30pm after his partner raised the alarm.A search for the man will..
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$100m in budget for Westmead Hosp upgrade .NSW coroner probes liposuction death .
Replicating psychiatrists' expertise to prevent inpatient suicide .Here comes the rain again for Perth .

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