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ABC News: Western Australia
| 06/26/2007 02:22 PM |
| Airlines slow to act on climate change: report |
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An aviation think tank says airlines should be compelled to offset their carbon emissions because they have been slow to act on climate change.
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| 06/26/2007 07:14 AM |
| WA failing Indigenous children: task force chief |
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The head of a federal task force into child sexual abuse in Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory has been critical of Western Australia's response to the crisis.
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| 06/26/2007 04:00 AM |
| Moody preparing for Warriors' season |
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New Western Australian cricket coach Tom Moody says he is looking forward to getting to know his squad as it prepares for the domestic cricket season.
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| 06/26/2007 02:04 AM |
| Two powerful unions to form alliance |
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The Australian Workers union says forming an alliance with the Maritime Union to campaign for better safety conditions is not a smokescreen to recruit more members. |
| 06/26/2007 01:38 AM |
| Fong sought advice on how to deal with media |
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The Health Minister Jim McGinty says he'll be providing a statement to Perth Barrister Ken Pettit, as part of his inquiry into the Director General of Health Neale Fong. |
| 06/26/2007 01:06 AM |
| PM urged to protect Aborigines in WA |
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The West Australian Premier Alan Carpenter has called on the Prime Minister to guarantee by the end of the day that he will reinstate funding for Aboriginal programs which are due to expire on Saturday.
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| 06/26/2007 12:41 AM |
| Premier delighted Grill expelled from ALP |
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The Premier Alan Carpenter says he is delighted that the lobbyist Julian Grill has been expelled from the Labor Party.
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| 06/26/2007 12:00 AM |
| Volunteer firefigther to stand trial for arson |
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A volunteer firefighter accused of lighting several bushfires in the hills east of Perth will face trial in December. |
| 06/25/2007 11:57 PM |
| Lobbyist Grill expelled from ALP |
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Former Labor minister turned lobbyist, Julian Grill, has been expelled from the Australian Labor Party, but not for being found in contempt of the Western Australian Parliament.
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| 06/25/2007 11:21 PM |
| Mine worker to stand trial for unlawful killing |
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A 21-year-old man accused of killing a worker at a Pilbara mine site has been ordered to stand trial later this year.
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| 06/25/2007 11:00 PM |
| Geraldton, Greenough to hold final council meetings |
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The final council meetings will be held tonight for the Shire of Greenough and the City of Geraldton.
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| 06/25/2007 07:10 PM |
| Opposition wants Burke, Fong inquiry widened |
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The Leader of the Opposition says an inquiry into the Director General of Health Neale Fong must also investigate his boss - the Health Minister Jim McGinty.
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| 06/24/2007 09:48 PM |
| WA Govt encourages info day attendance |
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The Western Australian Government Minister overseeing the response to the lead contamination issue in Esperance is encouraging residents to attend the information open day this week.
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| 06/25/2007 10:08 PM |
| Another man charged with Kalumburu child sex offences |
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Detectives have charged another man with child sex offences at the remote largely Indigenous community of Kalumburu, in northern Western Australia, bringing to 13 the number who have been arrested since April.
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| 06/25/2007 10:00 PM |
| Student tests positive to tuberculosis |
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Students at Rossmoyne Senior High School in Perth are being offered screening for tuberculosis after a student tested positive to the disease.
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