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Top Stories: 30 September 09

Spill Crisis

There are claims an oil spill off the state's Kimberley coast has spread to an area estimated to be at least one-hundred times the size of Sydney Harbour.

Researchers from the World Wildlife Fund have found chunks of waxy substances from chemical dispersant floating on the surface.

WWF spokesman Jonat.........full story

BMX attack

A BMX club in Perth's southern suburbs has been attacked by vandals.

They caused three thousand dollars damage to the club's canteen.

Medina BMX Club president Reg Ralph says the break-in caused a lot of damage.

Money the club was planning to spend on re-doing track lights and buying a wireless PA syst.........full story

Cash Fight

A Federal Court decision last week has paved the way for the City of Melville to recover more money... from failed U-S bank Lehman Brothers.

Melville is one of several councils around Australia taking part in legal action against Lehman's Australian subsidiary.

The global financial crisis wiped millio.........full story

Freo Writer

Local writer Craig Silvey has won the fifteen-thousand-dollar Australian Indie Book Award.

He won for his third novel, Jasper Jones, which is set in a rural West Australian town in the 1960's.

He says the win comes as a surprise.

He'll begin work on his next novel in the coming weeks..........full story

Headlines

Hearing Help
Carbon Neutral
Recycling Scheme
Spill Crisis
Cash Fight
Councils Combine
Signage Fight
BMX attack
Freo Writer

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