Big council mayors slam State Government merger plans | Breaking National News and Australian News | The Advertiser

Big council mayors slam State Government merger plans | Breaking National News and Australian News | The Advertiser: "MAYORS from across the metropolitan area have slammed the State Government's council amalgamation plans announced by the Premier this morning"

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Council reps mum on merger - inMyCommunity - Perth, Western Australia

Council reps mum on merger - inMyCommunity - Perth, Western Australia: "COUNCIL representatives refused to comment on weekend media reports that the State Government had plans to merge the cities of Gosnells and Canning."

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Cop shoots dog at Maddington house - The West Australian

Cop shoots dog at Maddington house - The West Australian: "Police are investigating an incident during which an officer shot an attacking dog in Maddington."

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Thornlie burglar bashes victim

Thornlie burglar bashes victim: "A 27-year-old Thornlie man has been bashed over the head after he confronted intruders in his Hargrave Drive property in the early hours of Sunday morning."

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Police dog nabs alleged drug dealer in Maddington | The Australian

Police dog nabs alleged drug dealer in Maddington | The Australian: "A POLICE dog helped catch a suspected drug dealer after he ran away from police in Maddington on Friday night."

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Taser disguised as torch in alleged haul - The West Australian

Taser disguised as torch in alleged haul - The West Australian: "A Gosnells man and woman have been charged after police allegedly discovered illegal items during a vehicle stop."

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Failed trip to Centrelink ... No Human Service given

After almost 2 hour wait I had to walk out of the Gosnells Centrelink (Dept of Humans), we were there to complete an online application for my daughter's Youth Assistant (or whatever they label it now) after enduring the heat within the building and repeatedly watching some people skip in front of the que, when we were finally called it was by the woman who had greeted us (triage), she had just finished a break, called someone else, met a friend who she directed to a seat near her, her first task was to show my daughter where she could find her CRnumber, then she turned to her friend? and started a conversation (after apologising to my daughter) I commented "well it won't matter we have been waiting long enough", she then had a look at the forms and said that they had to be filled in, I then commented that we had only to bring in two items to complete the online application, she wanted the forms filled in, so  I got up and walked out. They encourage you to use the online set up and they have recently down graded the Gosnells site, so the waiting time seems to have gone up slightly, the most annoying thing is that the information they required, they all ready have. Whilst we were waiting a guy had his name called out he went to the desk and received a form he then came back and filled it in with his partner, he then went back to hand the form in, but was told that he had to wait in line again, so that he could then wait for some one to hand the form in, he had already been waiting for five hours (as he commented, during a loud heated argument with one of the "workers" ... frankly I saw no Human Service.

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