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A man who allegedly abducted a woman who was seriously injured after throwing herself out of a moving car in a bid to get away, is extradited from Queensland to Western Australia more than 10 years later.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, perth-6000, brisbane-4000, chittering-6084
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Elephants, lions, giraffes and rhinoceros will be among the animals roaming the Perth Hills when WA's new open range zoo is developed near Chittering in the Avon Valley.
Topics: zoos, states-and-territories, animals, chittering-6084, wa
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| UpdatedA severe fire danger and hot weather conditions force the closure of the Avon Valley and Serpentine national parks in WA, and prompt a total fire ban for parts of the state.
Topics: fires, weather, perth-6000, wa, toodyay-6566, jarrahdale-6124, waroona-6215, upper-murray-6391, gosnells-6110, gingin-6503, chittering-6084, armadale-6112, middle-swan-6056, mundaring-6073, kalamunda-6076
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| UpdatedBushfires that crews have brought under control leave a smoke haze over Perth, prompting a health warning for people with breathing problems.
Topics: bushfire, emergency-incidents, disasters-and-accidents, chittering-6084, bindoon-6502, myrup-6450, julimar-6567, wa
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Chittering Shire says residents should look at securing their rainwater tanks better, after a recent burn-off caused a contamination scare.
Topics: water-management, water, water-pollution, lower-chittering-6084, geraldton-6530, chittering-6084
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| UpdatedFive people have been killed from seperate crashes on Western Australia's roads at the weekend.
Topics: road, jerramungup-6337, red-hill-6056, chittering-6084, dwellingup-6213, geraldton-6530
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Stock agents say the recent dry spell in the eastern wheatbelt has been the main driver for 21 730 sheep and lambs being yarded at today's sale at Muchea.
Topics: sheep-production, rainfall, agricultural-prices, chittering-6084
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Topics: sheep-production, agricultural-marketing, markets, chittering-6084
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Murray French from Westcoast Livestock says sheep prices at Muchea today were comparable to the Katanning sale last week
Topics: sheep-production, agricultural-prices, chittering-6084
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Peter Boyle from York says the 650 sheep he purchased at today's sale at Muchea are destined for the live export trade
Topics: sheep-production, agricultural-prices, markets, chittering-6084
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The WA Minister for Agriculture and Food Ken Baston says he's determined to create a diversification of markets for the WA sheep industry
Topics: sheep-production, agricultural-prices, markets, chittering-6084
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Ron Dewar from Gingin was surprised at the price he got for his lambs at the Muchea sale, given the large yarding today.
Topics: sheep-production, agricultural-marketing, chittering-6084
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The police arson squad believes a fire in Chittering, north-east of Perth, was deliberately lit.
Topics: fires, arson, chittering-6084, geraldton-6530
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| UpdatedA total fire ban is in place today for Perth, surrounding shires and the central west as firefighters deal with several blazes.
Topics: bushfire, perth-6000, chittering-6084, geraldton-6530, gingin-6503
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Defence lawyers for Frank and Adam Mikhail are considering lodging an appeal against what is believed to be the longest minimum jail term ever handed down in WA .
Topics: police, murder-and-manslaughter, chittering-6084, wa
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A father and son have received one of the longest minimum sentences ever to be imposed in Western Australia for murdering a Perth couple.
Topics: police, murder-and-manslaughter, chittering-6084, wa
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| UpdatedA Perth father and son have been found guilty of murdering Kim and Frank La Rosa (pictured) and burying their bodies in a grave in Chittering.
Topics: police, murder-and-manslaughter, chittering-6084, wa
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| UpdatedA father and son, Frank and Adam Mikhail, are on trial in the Supreme Court in Perth accused of murdering a couple over a $32,000 debt.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, law-crime-and-justice, crime, chittering-6084, wa
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A 60-year-old man has been killed in a motorcycle accident in the Wheatbelt.
Topics: road, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, chittering-6084, geraldton-6530
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A bushfire warning remains in place for people close to the Gingin and Chittering shires in the Wheatbelt district.
Topics: bushfire, disasters-and-accidents, fires, chittering-6084, geraldton-6530, gingin-6503, northam-6401
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| UpdatedA fire which has destroyed 68 homes in the Perth Hills has been brought under control, but authorities say the blaze is still not considered safe.
Topics: bushfire, disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, fires, residential, roleystone-6111, australia, wa, chittering-6084, jarrahdale-6124, kelmscott-6111, perth-6000, red-hill-6056
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| UpdatedA bushfire raging out of control in Perth's south-east has destroyed more homes as winds continue to hinder firefighters' efforts.
Topics: bushfire, disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, fires, residential, roleystone-6111, australia, wa, chittering-6084, jarrahdale-6124, kelmscott-6111, perth-6000, red-hill-6056
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| UpdatedThe families of two firefighters reportedly lose their homes in bushfires that continue to burn out of control on the outskirts of Perth.
Topics: bushfire, disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, fires, residential, roleystone-6111, australia, wa, chittering-6084, jarrahdale-6124, kelmscott-6111, perth-6000, red-hill-6056
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| UpdatedFirefighters in Perth continue to work tirelessly to contain a bushfire that has destroyed at least 41 homes.
Topics: bushfire, disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, fires, residential, roleystone-6111, australia, wa, chittering-6084, jarrahdale-6124, kelmscott-6111, perth-6000, red-hill-6056
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| UpdatedA total fire ban has been declared for parts of Perth and a large swathe of Western Australia's south-west.
Topics: emergency-planning, disasters-and-accidents, fires, perth-6000, australia, wa, armadale-6112, brookton-6306, chittering-6084, toodyay-6566, wickepin-6370, williams-6391