WA: Main stories in Perth's daily newspaper

AAP General News (Australia)
04-20-2009
WA: Main stories in Perth's daily newspaper

PERTH, April 20 AAP - Main stories in The West Australian newspaper on Monday:

Page 1: Dramatic images of the deadly boat explosion off the WA coast that killed five
Afghan asylum seekers and injured at least 31 others were released by the Department of
Defence last night as allegations emerged of an official cover-up of the tragedy.

Page 3: Statistics reveal 19 billion litres of water were wasted due to an increase
in leaks from Perth's drinking supplies last financial year.

Page 5: Calls for automatic jail terms after more than 1800 violence restraining orders
were breached in cases heard by the State's magistrates courts last year.

World: US missiles aimed at Taliban and al-Qaida rebels were believed to be responsible
for the deaths of three suspected militants killed yesterday in Pakistan's tribal area
(Islamabad).

Business: A rejuvenated Westfarmers will host tomorrow's key investor briefing with
its shares trading near five-month highs and amid expectations that the WA conglomerate's
turnaround of the Coles supermarket business is gathering momentum.

Sport: John Worsfold had predicted a six-day break won't stop West Coast reproducing
the effort that yesterday inflicted the Western Bulldogs' first defeat of the season,
when they hit the road for an ANZAC Day assignment against Hawthorne.

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