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| UpdatedA Hong Kong man caught with 315 kilograms of methylamphetamine in Perth was recruited in a billiards hall and sent "over the trenches first" by a "sophisticated" drug ring most likely run out of China, a court hears.
Topics: drug-offences, drugs-and-substance-abuse, courts-and-trials, police, perth-6000, wa, canning-vale-6155, south-hedland-6722
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| UpdatedFarmers from Western Australia's south-west timber region band together to try to sell more of what they grow to buyers looking for high quality local produce.
Topics: agricultural-crops, agribusiness, vegetables, people, small-business, canning-vale-6155, perth-6000, manjimup-6258, pemberton-6260
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| UpdatedA quokka has inadvertently escaped Rottnest Island on a waste barge and is now believed lost in Perth.
Topics: animals, national-parks, offbeat, rottnest-island-6161, canning-vale-6155, perth-6000
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| UpdatedThe worst juvenile offenders in WA would be targeted under an Opposition election promise to revive a program supporting dysfunctional families, amid ongoing problems at Banksia Hill Detention Centre.
Topics: youth, crime, prisons-and-punishment, states-and-territories, perth-6000, canning-vale-6155, wa
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| UpdatedThere has been more trouble at the Banksia Hill Detention Centre, with three juvenile inmates causing damage to the facility before climbing on the roof and allegedly throwing concrete at officers.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, prisons-and-punishment, youth, canning-vale-6155
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| UpdatedMum and dad investors fund a half-a-million-dollar solar energy project at one of Australia's largest companies, saying the returns are almost double that offered by the banks.
Topics: solar-energy, alternative-energy, environment, ethical-investment, business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, canning-vale-6155, sydney-2000, university-of-technology-sydney-2007, nsw, wa
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The first inmates move into WA's new women's jail, where the private operators are being offered cash incentives by the Government to ensure prisoners are rehabilitated and do not reoffend.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, government-and-politics, wa, perth-6000, canning-vale-6155
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| UpdatedJuvenile offenders are overwhelmingly from dysfunctional families, the WA Children's Commissioner finds, after interviewing 92 young offenders.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, youth, canning-vale-6155
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| UpdatedSix detainees lock themselves in their cells and three others pelt rocks at prison officers from the roof during more unrest at Perth's Banksia Hill juvenile detention centre.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, youth, canning-vale-6155, perth-6000, wa
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Flash bombs and chemical spray are used to subdue a group of detainees in the latest incident at Banksia Hill juvenile detention centre in Perth.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, canning-vale-6155
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Three prison officers are injured after they were allegedly assaulted by a juvenile detainee at the Banksia Hill detention centre in Perth's south, the third violent incident at the facility in less than two months.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, youth, canning-vale-6155
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| UpdatedJuvenile detainees at Perth's Banksia Hill detention centre are involved in a disturbance at the facility for the third time in five weeks, damaging part of the facility and causing Special Operations Group staff to be deployed.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, canning-vale-6155
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| UpdatedAuthorities defend the handling of a disturbance at the Banksia Hill juvenile detention facility in Perth after flash bombs and pepper spray were used to subdue detainees who were damaging a building.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, canning-vale-6155
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| UpdatedJuvenile detainees armed with makeshift weapons cause extensive damage to a wing of Perth's Banksia Hill juvenile detention centre, with staff using flash bombs and pepper spray to bring the situation under control.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, canning-vale-6155
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Strip searches of youths in Perth's Banksia Hill detention centre are being wound back as a part of an overhaul of the way detainees are treated, in an effort to put the focus on rehabilitation.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, canning-vale-6155
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| UpdatedA Liberal Party smear campaign may have backfired in the race for the crucial Perth-based seat of Cowan, Labor's candidate Anne Aly suggests, as the outcome remains in doubt.
Topics: federal-election, federal-elections, alp, states-and-territories, elections, government-and-politics, perth-6000, wa, madeley-6065, armadale-6112, canning-vale-6155, kelmscott-6111
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The Liberal candidate for the new WA seat of Burt is "very, very hopeful" of winning, despite marginal seat polling showing it is the most likely electorate in the state to go to Labor.
Topics: federal-elections, political-parties, government-and-politics, elections, armadale-6112, canning-vale-6155, thornlie-6108, kelmscott-6111, forrestdale-6112
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The West Australian Prison Officers' Union says staff at Perth's Hakea Prison are doing everything possible to try to reduce drug use by prisoners.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, canning-vale-6155
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| UpdatedTwo men accused of dealing $320 million worth of ice - the biggest seizure of the drug in Western Australia - are rearrested after a magistrate dismisses the original charges against them over a technicality.
Topics: drug-offences, courts-and-trials, perth-6000, canning-vale-6155
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| UpdatedEmergency crews will spend the day mopping up and monitoring several bushfires in Perth's south-east and foothills areas after a blaze destroyed a house and a shed yesterday.
Topics: fires, bushfire, wattle-grove-6107, forrestfield-6058, kenwick-6107, kalamunda-6076, canning-vale-6155
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| UpdatedAfter a marathon 18-hour Upper House session ending just before dawn, the West Australian Parliament passes legislation allowing for the sale of Perth Market City.
Topics: retail, food-and-beverage, state-parliament, states-and-territories, perth-6000, canning-vale-6155
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| UpdatedAgriculture Minister Ken Baston insists he followed the advice of the independent probity adviser in his handling of a conflict of interest, amid heavy criticism.
Topics: government-and-politics, perth-6000, canning-vale-6155
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| UpdatedWA's Agriculture Minister admits he has a conflict of interest over the sale of a major state asset, with Labor branding him a "disgrace" for not publicly revealing it earlier.
Topics: government-and-politics, agribusiness, fruit, canning-vale-6155
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| UpdatedSix prisoners at Greenough Regional Prison in Geraldton end a rooftop protest after prison officers negotiate to bring them down.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, law-crime-and-justice, geraldton-6530, wa, canning-vale-6155
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Three Hong Kong men charged over the seizure of 320 kilograms of the drug ice make no application for bail while appearing in the Perth Magistrates Court via video link.
Topics: courts-and-trials, drug-offences, drugs-and-substance-abuse, perth-6000, canning-vale-6155