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1+ hour, 43+ min ago (276+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs. A man has been charged over a shocking stabbing inside a popular shopping centre, in a brazen daylight altercation Emergency services were called to Bankstown Central on Saturday 2.30pm after a man was stabbed The 55-year-old-man was found with a stab wound to his torso A short time later, a 27-year-old man was arrested nearby and taken to Bankstown Police Station He was charged with wound person with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and custody of knife in public place The 27-year-old was refused bail to appear before Parramatta Local Court on Sunday The 55-year-old was treated by paramedics before being taken to hospital in a stable condition His injuries are not considered life…...

3+ hour, 5+ min ago (206+ words) TACOMA, Wash " A national nonprofit is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction after a 14-year-old boy was shot inside a vehicle that later crashed in south Tacoma Friday afternoon. The Youth Peace and Justice Foundation said Saturday it activated its national Crimes Against Students Initiative following the shooting, which left the teen in critical condition. "The violence that left this young person critically injured is unacceptable, and we are committed to supporting both the investigation and the Tacoma community," said Maria Vasquez, spokesperson for the Foundation. "We hope this reward encourages anyone with knowledge, no matter how small, to come forward immediately and help bring those responsible to justice." Tacoma police said the shooting happened Friday just before 3 p.m. near 64th Street and East McKinley Avenue. A witness told KING 5 the boy was the…...

4+ hour, 20+ min ago (258+ words) Two Australian Metallica fans have been banned from a venue for life after climbing up a speaker tower during a gig last month. Beau William Loch Rollings, 20, and Rory Hugh Culbert, 23, were arrested after they scaled the tower during the thrash giants' performance at Optus Stadium in Perth on November 1. They clung to the scaffolding, at heights ranging from 10m to 50m, for around 20 minutes after jumping over safety fencing designed to prevent fans from doing exactly what the pair did. Perth Now reports that Perth Magistrate Ruth Dineen said "something that seemed funny at the time" resulted in both men being charged with trespassing. They both pleaded guilty at the first opportunity. The pair gave no explanation for their actions and their mobile phones, which contained footage of their stunt, were seized by police. Defence lawyer Rachael Gemmell described the antics as…...

6+ hour, 4+ min ago (1384+ words) Some say Australia still has not tackled racism, and fear social media is a more powerful tool than text messages and talkback radio that stirred up rioters in 2005 Julie Cutbush noticed the chanting first. At home in Cronulla, in Sydney's south, on 11 December 2005, the then high school teacher could hear shouting in the nearby beachside park. "So I took a walk," she says. "I turned the corner at the surf life saving club and I saw this mass of young males." It was a hot afternoon and hundreds of young people " mostly men, many bare-chested, some with Australian flags draped over their shoulders " were streaming from the train station across Monro park and into Cronulla park. They ran, carrying eskies full of beer, and as the alcohol flowed the hundreds swelled to thousands and the chants grew louder and more…...

6+ hour, 5+ min ago (206+ words) TACOMA, Wash " A national nonprofit is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction after a 14-year-old boy was shot inside a vehicle that later crashed in south Tacoma Friday afternoon. The Youth Peace and Justice Foundation said Saturday it activated its national Crimes Against Students Initiative following the shooting, which left the teen in critical condition. "The violence that left this young person critically injured is unacceptable, and we are committed to supporting both the investigation and the Tacoma community," said Maria Vasquez, spokesperson for the Foundation. "We hope this reward encourages anyone with knowledge, no matter how small, to come forward immediately and help bring those responsible to justice." Tacoma police said the shooting happened Friday just before 3 p.m. near 64th Street and East McKinley Avenue. A witness told KING 5 the boy was the…...

6+ hour, 46+ min ago (1164+ words) Shopping malls might be much better for dining these days, but not all are equal. We rank Brisbane's largest from one to five. The dodgy shopping centre food court is a thing of the past. Or, if it still exists, it's at least usually complemented by some quality alternative eateries, maybe in one of those la-di-da outdoor dining precincts with a playground, a water feature and those cool timber lounge chairs. But not all shopping centres are equal " particularly the big dogs: your Garden Cities, Indooroopillys and Chermsides " which is odd when so much else of the experience tends to be pretty consistent. Which is best? We wanted to find out, so over the past 12 months or so, we've spent more time than we probably should hanging around the city's biggest suburban shopping centres to trial their eateries. Before you…...

7+ hour, 4+ min ago (400+ words) Jade Jurewicz is the Deputy Editor of STM. She started her career in sunny Dunsborough before moving back to Perth to write for The Sunday Times Home Magazine and STM. She then worked with the Seven West Media MINT native content studio before moving into a Lifestyle Editor role. She's now with the small but mighty STM team, covering culture, entertainment, women's issues and lifestyle....

8+ hour, 44+ min ago (278+ words) Two police officers on the Isle of Wight have been served with gross misconduct notices as part of an investigation into contact that police had with a woman before her death. The development follows an enquiry made by the County Press after Patricia Rosie Butcher's inquest was formally opened on Friday (December 5). Ms Butcher, 23, from Ryde, died at a property on Elm Grove in Cowes in the early hours of August 20. Hampshire and IW Constabulary confirmed at the time of her death that a referral had been made to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) due to prior contact with Ms Butcher before her death. An IOPC spokesperson has told the County Press that notices have been served in relation to the officers' decision-making around Ms Butcher's medical needs when they attended an address on August 19, after police received…...

11+ hour, 34+ min ago (491+ words) Danie Mellor's work Forever at State Library station.Credit: Wayne Taylor On Wednesday morning I set off to view the public art installed in Melbourne's new Metro Tunnel with a great sense of anticipation and even old-fashioned civic pride. Having recently returned to Melbourne after six years of living in Hobart, where public transport is virtually non-existent and the debt-ridden Tasmanian government is about to splurge more than $1 billion on a stadium for the AFL, the thought of the Victorian government investing in trains, and embedding public art in the new rail project to boot, cheered me immensely. A bronze carrier pigeon by artist Fiona Hall at Anzac Station.Credit: Paul Jeffers The six selected artists are an impressive and accomplished bunch, well worthy of the exercise. Three of them " Maree Clarke, Raafat Ishak and Patricia Piccinini " live and work…...

12+ hour, 4+ min ago (541+ words) The pedestrian crossing button design sampled by Billie Eilish. The buttons are used in both Melbourne and Sydney but have different sounds.Credit: Lucy Stone Though Melbourne has the same crossing buttons, ours have a more mechanical, retro sound of clacks and clicks that is more soothing and less hurried. Melburnians, on the other hand, speak more quietly and routinely throw out the kinds of quirky non sequiturs that make you want to carry a notepad in your back pocket at all times. I once observed two uni students on the City Loop passionately debate the structural consistency of different kinds of cheese. Weird, amusing conversations like this are a staple of Melbourne's overcrowded and frequently delayed public transport service, where people love a natter, it seems. For all the sleek, spacious efficiency commuters enjoy in the double-decker trains of…...