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The Western Australian Cricket Association appears unlikely to get its wish of nearly $200 million in State Government funding to redevelop the WACA Ground, with both sides of politics indicating reluctance to provide the money.
Topics: cricket, sport, wa, east-perth-6004
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| UpdatedA letter sent to the family of a German woman suggesting her spirit would apologise for letting people down after she died on a Perth worksite is branded "a disgrace" by the CFMEU.
Topics: death, workplace, unions, east-perth-6004, perth-6000
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| UpdatedA 27-year-old female construction worker believed to be a German national is killed in a fall 13 floors down a ventilation shaft at an East Perth building site.
Topics: accidents---other, east-perth-6004
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The sale and redevelopment of the East Perth power station site appears to be on hold indefinitely, with the WA Government struggling to find a company willing to bankroll the relocation of the Western Power station switchyard.
Topics: state-parliament, government-and-politics, east-perth-6004
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| UpdatedBillionaire Kerry Stokes' private investment company is one of five being considered to develop the East Perth power station site for the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority.
Topics: privatisation-and-deregulation, urban-development-and-planning, east-perth-6004
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Fresh charges are laid against a 65-year-old Perth chef alleged to have abused more than 11 children over a 45-year period.
Topics: child-abuse, sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, wa, belmont-6104, mandurah-6210, east-perth-6004, northbridge-6003, kalamunda-6076
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| UpdatedWAFL reserves player Mitchell Antonio will not appeal against a 10-game suspension he received over a tackle that left Royals player Beau Chatley with serious spinal injuries.
Topics: wafl, sport, accidents, west-perth-6005, east-perth-6004
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West Australian Football League player Beau Chatley is taken off a respirator machine and breathing unassisted after suffering a severe spinal injury in a reserves match.
Topics: sport, australian-football-league, perth-6000, wa, leederville-6007, east-perth-6004
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Loton Park was once a lake, then a paddock and is now the home of Perth Glory and Australia's only gay and lesbian tennis club.
Topics: history, east-perth-6004
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A man who allegedly made threats while armed with a knife is taken into custody after a five-hour stand-off with police at his East Perth unit.
Topics: crime, east-perth-6004
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The disappearance of a 53-year-old Rockingham man is being treated by West Australian police as a suspected homicide.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, missing-person, rockingham-6168, east-perth-6004
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The National Trust launches a project that aims to bring the stories of the East Perth cemeteries to life through music.
Topics: history, 19th-century, music, death, east-perth-6004, perth-6000
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East Perth Cemeteries
Topics: history, east-perth-6004
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| UpdatedThe chief executive of Jaxon Construction visits the building site where two workers from Northern Ireland were killed by a falling panel of concrete in East Perth.
Topics: workplace, building-and-construction, east-perth-6004
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| UpdatedThe deaths of two construction workers at a site in East Perth yesterday highlights the need for greater on-site safety scrutiny, the Master Builders Association says.
Topics: workplace, death, east-perth-6004
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| UpdatedThree men die in two separate workplace accidents in Perth, including two who were crushed to death by a falling concrete panel in East Perth.
Topics: accidents---other, workplace, east-perth-6004
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A prototype of the drop-in cricket pitch that will be used at the new Perth Stadium is unveiled, as cricket in Western Australia counts down to the biggest move in its history.
Topics: cricket, perth-6000, east-perth-6004
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| UpdatedA 400-square-metre pocket of land in inner-city Perth becomes a productive urban farm, supplying high-end restaurants and providing jobs fore the long-term unemployed.
Topics: agribusiness, gardening, unemployment, environment, east-perth-6004, perth-6000
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A man is charged after police discover a two-year-old child left locked in a car in East Perth in temperatures reaching 32 degrees Celsius.
Topics: police, courts-and-trials, east-perth-6004, bassendean-6054
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The WA Major Crime Squad is appealing for the public's help in finding a car that was seen near the scene of a suspicious death in East Perth last month.
Topics: police, death, crime, east-perth-6004
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| UpdatedA man driving on the wrong side of a Perth freeway is killed after crashing into another vehicle.
Topics: accidents, police, east-perth-6004
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| UpdatedPolice treat the death of a man in East Perth at the weekend as suspicious and urge witnesses to come forward as family members appeal for help.
Topics: death, police, crime, east-perth-6004
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| UpdatedPrivate sector investment in major Perth city projects is on track, despite a number of key performance targets not being met, the redevelopment authority says.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, perth-6000, east-perth-6004
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| UpdatedA man in his 40s is left with serious injuries after an apparent fall from a building in Perth.
Topics: emergency-incidents, police, east-perth-6004
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The WA Police Commissioner is unable to explain the "risk-based decision" he believes justified the strip search and aggressive physical restraint of a woman at the East Perth Watch House.
Topics: corruption, police, east-perth-6004