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The company behind WA's huge gas explosion admits it has no idea when supplies will resume

The fire that broke out at a WA North West Shelf gas plant has been extinguished, the plant owner says. US-based Apache Energy Limited says

Fong escapes prosecution

Neale Fong will not be prosecuted over his dealings with disgraced former Premier Brian Burke. Director of Public Prosecutions Robert Cock said today that Dr

Compulsory interstate vehicle checks dropped

Vehicles travelling into Western Australia will no longer face compulsory inspections under a new State Government policy aimed at cutting red tape. Light

Premier says OK for lobbyists to become MPs
Alan Carpenter insisted yesterday that he saw nothing wrong with the ALP running lobbyists as candidates at the next State election while at the same time banning lobbyists from managing or directing Labor campaigns. The Premier said he had banned lobbyists from running ... More >>

Bonuses, child-care help in plan to retain nurses
The State Government is considering plans to offer $250,000 performance rewards to hospitals and pay nurses child-care rebates and special bonuses to retain them in a bid to ease congestion in emergency departments. Internal documents from a task force set up by Health Minister Jim ... More >>

Pubs reject police lockout plan
Perth’s pub and nightclub licensees have set themselves on a collision course with Police Commissioner Karl O’Callaghan, voting yesterday to ignore the police proposal for socalled venue lockouts for a year. Of about 60 liquor accord members at yesterday’s meeting in ... More >>

SW wilderness area dam 'too long coming'
The Water Corporation wants to build a dam in a high-value wilderness area in a bid to solve a long-running supply shortage in one of the wettest parts of the State. After years of carting water into Walpole, the corporation wants to build a $35 million dam on Samuels ... More >>

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