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The tendency to turn to social media in the wake of fatal accidents can also be a "conduit" for grief says a NSW professor.
Topics: grief, social-media, crime, capel-6271, essendon-3040
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Police are investigating a crash near the South West town of Capel that left one person dead. Mobile phone footage appears to show the driver of a green 4WD deliberately crossing to the wrong side of the road into the path of oncoming vehicles before crashing into a white SUV.
Topics: accidents, police, capel-6271, busselton-6280
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Police are investigating a crash near the South West town of Capel that left one person dead. Mobile phone footage appears to show the driver of a green 4WD deliberately crossing to the wrong side of the road into the path of oncoming vehicles before crashing into a white SUV.
Topics: accidents, police, capel-6271, busselton-6280
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| UpdatedA crash that left a woman dead after her car was hit head-on by a vehicle driven on the wrong side of the road in Western Australia's South West is investigated by detectives from the Major Crime Squad.
Topics: accidents---other, police, suicide, crime, capel-6271, busselton-6280, wa
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| UpdatedCuts to an after-hours nurse service for people in Western Australia's south-west living with life-threatening illnesses have come under fire.
Topics: doctors-and-medical-professionals, health-administration, health-policy, bunbury-6230, capel-6271
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| UpdatedMain Roads says it will begin pre-construction works later this year for the first stage of a long-awaited upgrade of Bussell Highway between Capel and Busselton in south-west Western Australia.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, states-and-territories, busselton-6280, capel-6271
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| UpdatedVasse MP Libby Mettam vows to take the issue of a highway upgrade between Capel and Busselton to the next state election.
Topics: road, government-and-politics, busselton-6280, capel-6271
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Carbon Conscious executive director Andrew McBain says his company has signed a deal with Chinese-Australian group Green Lake to help them expand their West Australian dairy production for a Chinese market.
Topics: dairy-production, business-economics-and-finance, trade, capel-6271
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Fresh West Australian milk will soon hit the shelves in up to 300 new retail stores in China under a deal signed this week
Topics: dairy-production, business-economics-and-finance, agribusiness, capel-6271
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| UpdatedThe WA Government rules out the possibility of hydraulic fracking being undertaken on a large parcel of agricultural land in WA's south-west.
Topics: oil-and-gas, rural, bunbury-6230, capel-6271, donnybrook-6239
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The Hang Gliding Federation of Australia says it will assist a coronial inquiry into the death of a hang-glider, south of Yallingup, in south-west Western Australia.
Topics: air-and-space, wilyabrup-6280, capel-6271, yallingup-6282
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| UpdatedA West Australian dairy farmer says solar panels have helped reduced his power bill by more than 40 per cent in peak periods, saving thousands of dollars.
Topics: solar-energy, dairy-production, energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, capel-6271
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Greg Norton says solar panels have reduced the power bill on his Capel farm and he says they have helped him look more closely at his overall energy efficiency.
Topics: solar-energy, dairy-production, energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, capel-6271
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Topics: solar-energy, dairy-production, capel-6271
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Mike Norton, of Farmsafe WA, says tough new penalties should encourage farmers to take safety procedures on their properties more seriously.
Topics: occupational-health-and-safety, capel-6271
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| UpdatedThe WA Government downplays the likelihood of fracking in the state's south west in the near future saying it could be years before any mining companies conduct drilling.
Topics: oil-and-gas, mining-rural, environment, bunbury-6230, busselton-6280, capel-6271, dardanup-6236, donnybrook-6239
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| UpdatedMore West Australians missing in the weekend's devastating Nepal earthquake make contact with their families, while others still face an anxious wait for news of their loved ones.
Topics: earthquake, perth-6000, nepal, canberra-2600, bunbury-6230, capel-6271
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Topics: multiculturalism, islam, capel-6271
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| UpdatedA ministerial task force set up to improve the management of waterways near Busselton has held its first meeting.
Topics: water-management, environmental-management, water, programs-and-initiatives, rivers, busselton-6280, capel-6271, bunbury-6230
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A survey of Western Australia's roads suggests there are a number of trouble spots which are putting drivers at risk in the state's south.
Topics: road-transport, road, wa, albany-6330, capel-6271, manjimup-6258
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A 32-year-old Capel man is due to appear in court next month charged over a serious crash in Elgin.
Topics: courts-and-trials, road, crime, traffic-offences, elgin-6237, capel-6271, bunbury-6230
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Police say they are frustrated and concerned by the spate of serious accidents on roads in regional Western Australia over the holiday break.
Topics: road, wa, capel-6271, collie-6225, margaret-river-6285, carnarvon-6701, geraldton-6530, karratha-6714, bruce-rock-6418
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| UpdatedA 61-year-old driver was killed when he veered off the Bussell Highway and crashed into a bridge barrier near Capel in WA's South West.
Topics: road, capel-6271
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South-west Western Australian sport and recreation clubs are among those set to benefit from an expanded development program.
Topics: clubs-and-associations, states-and-territories, programs-and-initiatives, bunbury-6230, capel-6271, harvey-6220
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South-west Western Australian stakeholders have met a representative of the Federal Government to discuss areas in need of improved mobile phone coverage.
Topics: mobile-phones, information-and-communication, programs-and-initiatives, federal-government, capel-6271, bunbury-6230