WA: Main stories in the West Australian

AAP General News (Australia)
02-01-2006
WA: Main stories in the West Australian

PERTH, Feb 1 AAP - Main stories in the West Australian newspaper today:

Page 1: Perth households are slugged with the biggest water charges in Australia but
are the most dissatisfied with their water quality, a report by the national water utility
association has revealed; A Victorian criminal with a history of assaulting police and
drug offences was shot dead by a Karratha policeman yesterday after a violent roadside
fight on the North West Highway; The Real Men who work at Western Power's generation business
aren't happy, they say the outfit's new name Verve Energy is for sheilas and rhymes with
perv.

Page 3: The election of two more south-of-the-river MPs to the state labor cabinet
was a disaster for the city's populous north metropolitan areas, maverick Labor MLA John
Quigley said yesterday.

Page 5: A top Hamas official said the group would not be blackmailed by international
threats to cut off aid to the Palestinians and said the militant group is searching for
alternative sources of funding.

World: US president George Bush was the "butcher of Washington" but God would forgive
all his sins if he became a Muslim, the second in command of the al-Qaeda organisation
said yesterday in a videotape that taunted America for trying to kill him.

Business: Construction group Multiplex has virtually ruled out chasing big contracts
for the 2012 Olympics in London as it conceded for the first time that it is fighting
a losing battle to have its showpiece Wembley Stadium finished on time; Australia's biggest
listed education provider, IBT Education, yesterday forecast strong earnings growth in
the second half of the year after its net profit slipped five per cent to $14.1 million
for the six months to December 31.

Sport: Outspoken Sydney boxer Anthony Mundine kept up the taunts on his fierce rival
Danny Green yesterday after the pair finalised the date for the most mouthwatering bout
in Australian boxing history.

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