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New hope for derelict motel site

By WI Reporters on August 31, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

Locals hope eyesore will soon be demolished. GIAN DE POLONI reports.

Shops, market plan for Guildford Hotel

By WI Reporters on August 31, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

Three years after it burnt down, the Guildford Hotel can come back bigger and better say its owners. HANNAH JENKINS reports.

'Ecstasy lab' shut down

By WI Reporters on August 30, 2011

Lab at ‘serious risk’ of exploding say Victorian police. KYLE BROWN reports.

Wine in decline

By WI Reporters on August 24, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

But there is light at the end of the tunnel reports JEREMY COLE.

Buying craze sweeps the web

By WI Reporters on August 24, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

Group buying sites spread like wildfire as more Australians seek to snap up a bargain. ANNA FLANAGAN reports.

Union backs BlueScope lifeline

By WI Reporters on August 24, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

Construction union backs BHP Billiton’s offer to employ 600 sacked workers. LUCY CLIFFORD reports.

1000-person CHOGM march

By WI Reporters on August 24, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

Lawful, respectful protests condoned. JESSICA DREIER reports.

Disability insurance set for overhaul

By WI Reporters on August 24, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

A new National Disability Insurance Scheme is to be debated at the COAG meeting in Canberra. MARISSA WILLIAMS reports.

Wolves salivate after 18-year wait

By WI Reporters on August 24, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

Men’s State Basketball League final set to sell out. HANNAH COLEMAN reports.

In Search of Investor

By WI Reporters on August 22, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

A Kimberley Aboriginal community is looking for an investor to develop a traditional herbal medicine. GEOFF VIVIAN reports.

A fresh take on Singapore

By WI Reporters on August 21, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

SHANE CHANDRAN examines an alternative perspective of the news in the Asian city-state.

AFL slur

By WI Reporters on August 17, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

A women’s group has labelled a footballer’s threat to rape an opponent’s mother as ‘typical’. LUCY CLIFFORD reports.

Convoy of No Confidence

By WI Reporters on August 17, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

The last of the anti-tax truckies left Perth for Canberra today in a nationwide convoy aimed at bringing on an early election. ANNA FLANAGAN reports.

Live cattle exports back on

By WI Reporters on August 16, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

Australia’s largest livestock exporter is about to ship live cattle to Indonesia again. DEMI WRIGHT reports.

Anti-Cannabis campaign

By WI Reporters on August 16, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

WA Mental Health minister Helen Morton says a new anti-cannabis campaign will inform people of the drug’s dangers. THOMAS KITSON reports.

Ignored Tower Concerns

By WI Reporters on August 16, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

Despite protests, a controversial Optus mobile tower will be built 200 metres from a primary school. KATE DRINKWATER reports.

What's the best national news website?

By WI Reporters on August 16, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

GIAN DE POLONI contrasts Sky News’ brilliant design with the ABC’s trustworthy approach – and finds both sites rate highly on his most watched list.

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