Parents Caught in Truants Trap
by Trent Pattison

Up to $1000 could be coming out of Western Australian parents’ pay packets if they fail to get their children to school.....full story

Less Landfill Fuels Higher Levy
by Peter Brennan

The Carpenter Government has announced plans to reduce waste going to landfill by increasing the landfill levy, and using the funds to improve incentives for recycling in Western Australia.....full story

P Platers Mixed Reactions to New Laws
by Brooke Dunnell

The State Government’s tough new laws for young drivers have received a mixed response from teachers, parents and students.....full story

Perth Singaporeans Speak Up On Elections At Home
by Tamana Ramchandani

The People’s Action Party (PAP), under the leadership of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong won Singapore’s 12th consecutive term in office with 66.6% of Singapore’s votes during the general parliamentary elections held on May 6th 2006.....full story

Over-60s winners of new super proposal
by Sharna Paterson

Baby boomers may be retiring later than they hoped after Treasurer Peter Costello last night unveiled sweeping changes to superannuation in a bid to encourage senior Australians to remain in the workforce.....full story

Social Services High on Carpenter Agenda
by Jessamy Perriam

Social services are high on the agenda for the State government, with plans to give funding to the areas of early childhood, mental health and indigenous issues in the State budget to be announced next week.....full story

Australian mortgage interest rates climb
by Rekha Indiran

The Reserve Bank’s decision to increase its cash rate by 0.25 per cent is likely to cause Australian mortgagees to despair.....full story

Check your receipts, warns Consumer Dept
by Jonathan Seaman

Consumer Protection Minister Michelle Roberts today urged WA shoppers to check their receipts for errors, after ‘disturbing’ audit results showed 13% of item prices were scanned incorrectly.....full story

Green Light for Hope Downs
by Erin Gray

Premier Alan Carpenter has today approved a $1.3 billion world-scale resource project for Western Australia.....full story

Don't Call Me Baby
by Lyn Sillitto

Workplace relations in Australia are being argued this week, after a ruling by the New South Wales Administrative Tribunal has found that workers using the terms 'baby' and 'honey' in reference to female colleagues could be found guilty of sexual harassment.....full story

News Laws hit Apprentices
by Trent Pattison

The new Industrial Relations laws appear to have found yet another victim. The scrapping of unfair dismissal laws has aided contractors in putting apprentices in a predicament as they face pay cuts of up to 30%.....full story

Sydney Search Funds Boost
by John Delany

The 63 year old mystery surrounding the ship at the centre of Australia’s worst naval disaster has moved one step closer to being solved, with a much needed financial boost from the WA State Government.....full story

WA Buddhists question Dalai Lama
by Asha Dyson

The holy Dalai Lama is under scrutiny by West Australians over a comment made in relation to homosexuals.....full story

Perth cleaners rally over pay
by Jessamy Perriam

About 100 cleaners rallied in Perth today as part of an international industrial campaign over poor pay and working conditions.....full story

Australian Italian’s voices heard
by Haley Vardy

Italian voters living abroad, including as many as 100, 000 in Australia, helped push centre-left leader Romano Prodi to victory this week in the closest election in Italy’s modern history.....full story

New IR Laws Hidden Problems
by David Settelmaier

New industrial relations legislation may be creating problems for businesses, despite being advertised as business-friendly by the Federal Government.....full story

Jenson advocate for Nuclear Power
by Libby Hocking

Dr Dennis Jenson, the Federal Member for Tangney has advocated the future development of the nuclear power industry in Australia.....full story

Unions March on New Laws
by Joseph Sapienza

Hundreds of workers belonging to the WA branch of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) took to the city streets of Perth today to protest against the Federal Government's controversial new industrial relations laws.....full story

Power of Bill of rights limited, says academic
by Brooke Dunnell

The idea of a state Bill of rights, covering free speech and privacy, would not necessarily protect individuals from new measures under federal anti-terror laws, according to a local academic.....full story