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| UpdatedPremier Mark McGowan is confident WA has the right skilled workers to deliver on the state's Metronet public transport masterplan, despite industry concerns about competition for talent.
Topics: rail-transport, industry, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, work, perth-6000, wa, yanchep-6035, forrestdale-6112, thornlie-6108, byford-6122, bellevue-6056, karnup-6176, mandurah-6210, joondalup-6027
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A man is knocked over by a police car in mobile phone footage caught by a passerby.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, thornlie-6108
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A man is knocked over by a police car in mobile phone footage caught by a passerby.
Topics: police, thornlie-6108
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| UpdatedA senior police officer is stood down and an internal probe launched after video of a dramatic chase shows the moment a man is knocked to the ground by a patrol car before beginning to convulse.
Topics: police, law-crime-and-justice, thornlie-6108
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A police internal investigation is underway after a man was struck by a police car after fleeing officers in the Perth suburb of Thornlie.
Topics: police, thornlie-6108
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| UpdatedWest Australian Police are conducting an internal investigation into the actions of officers after a bystander filmed an 18-year-old man being hit by a police car in the south-eastern Perth suburb of Thornlie.
Topics: police, law-crime-and-justice, thornlie-6108
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| UpdatedA West Australian man will be extradited to Victoria after being charged with murder following a cold case investigation into the 1987 killing of a woman linked to Cambodia's Khmer Rouge.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, thornlie-6108, springvale-3171
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A deserted Thornlie train station was not enough to dissuade the Premier from insisting there will be enough passengers to justify a new train line to Thornlie as part of the Metronet master plan.
Topics: rail-transport, urban-development-and-planning, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, thornlie-6108, jandakot-6164, south-lake-6164, perth-6000
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| UpdatedSandy Baraiolo, a former One Nation candidate for the southern Perth seat of Thornlie, says she has been threatened over the phone after being dumped by the party.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, wa, thornlie-6108, paraburdoo-6754, cue-6640, denham-6537, tom-price-6751, meekatharra-6642, onslow-6710, exmouth-6707, carnarvon-6701
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| UpdatedPauline Hanson's One Nation officially disendorses two of its candidates for failing to reach required standards, just a fortnight out from the March poll, in what a political analyst describes as a rare move.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, wa, thornlie-6108, paraburdoo-6754, cue-6640, denham-6537, tom-price-6751, meekatharra-6642, onslow-6710, exmouth-6707, carnarvon-6701
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| UpdatedThe March state election will be the first fought under fresh electoral boundaries drawn in a 2015 redistribution — so what does it mean for the parties, their candidates and for you?
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, wa, ocean-reef-6027, albany-6330, esperance-6450, bicton-6157, thornlie-6108, baldivis-6171
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| UpdatedThe WA Government's announcement of a rail line linking Thornlie and Cockburn is a last-minute stunt to secure seats at the March election, Labor says.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, thornlie-6108, wa
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| UpdatedA man had to be pulled from the wreckage of a burning car after the vehicle hit a tree and burst into flames in the Perth suburb of Thornlie.
Topics: road, thornlie-6108
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Research to assess the route and cost of a proposed heavy rail link to Morley will take "years" to complete, Dean Nalder tells State Parliament.
Topics: rail-transport, urban-development-and-planning, state-parliament, morley-6062, thornlie-6108
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There appears to be no certainty the Barnett Government will pursue a heavy rail line to Morley as its next priority public transport project, with Treasurer Mike Nahan arguing a new line from Thornlie to Cockburn would deliver better value for money.
Topics: rail-transport, road-transport, government-and-politics, urban-development-and-planning, morley-6062, mandurah-6210, thornlie-6108, perth-6000
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| UpdatedA firebombing outside a Perth mosque and Islamic school sparks renewed calls for dedicated religious vilification legislation in Western Australia amid concerns of an increase in anti-Islam incidents.
Topics: islam, religion-and-beliefs, race-relations, vandalism, crime, perth-6000, thornlie-6108, southern-river-6110
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Commuters in Perth's eastern suburbs are being warned to allow extra travel time when the Public Transport Authority shuts down the Armadale and Thornlie lines for nine days.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, human-interest, armadale-6112, thornlie-6108, perth-6000
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| UpdatedPrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull joins Islamic leaders in condemning an attack that saw a vehicle firebombed and anti-Islam graffiti sprayed outside a mosque and school in Perth.
Topics: police, race-relations, islam, religion-and-beliefs, thornlie-6108
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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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| UpdatedA international student is sentenced to two years in a Perth jail for causing the death of his friend during a drag race in suburban Thornlie.
Topics: courts-and-trials, thornlie-6108, perth-6000
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A 25-year-old Perth man is charged with a string of offences after a police pursuit ends in a struggle with an officer over control of a police firearm.
Topics: police, crime, traffic-offences, rivervale-6103, thornlie-6108
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| UpdatedA man is charged with murder after the death of another man who was found seriously injured in a burning house in the Perth suburb of Thornlie.
Topics: assault, fires, police, thornlie-6108
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West Australian Premier Colin Barnett plays down the potential impact of a delay in the State Government's funding requests for major transport projects to Infrastructure Australia.
Topics: road-transport, rail-transport, states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, perth-6000, forrestfield-6058, mandurah-6210, thornlie-6108
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| UpdatedA man and a woman are bashed with a baseball bat and their home set on fire in the Perth suburb of Thornlie.
Topics: crime, fires, thornlie-6108
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A 17-year-old girl is charged with seven criminal offences after reports of lasers being pointed at commercial aircraft and a car in Perth.
Topics: crime, canning-vale-6155, thornlie-6108, perth-6000