WA: Main stories in The West Australian

AAP General News (Australia)
04-06-2006
WA: Main stories in The West Australian

PERTH, April 6 AAP - Main stories in The West Australian newspaper today:

Page 1: The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has warned West Australians
about rushing in to the booming stock and housing markets, saying some were borrowing
too heavily in a bid to cash in on the good times. One of the world's most feared organised
crime cartels, Sicily's infamous La Cosa Nostra, has been caught operating in Perth.

Page 3: A Perth man jailed for helping a Malaysian prince abduct his two children in
Melbourne in 1992 in one of Australia's most dramatic custody battles was stunned to learn
one of the children had been reunited with her mother. Gene Pitney has died in a hotel
in Cardiff, Wales. Australia and Holland will recognise WA craftsmanship today when the
replica of the Duyfken sets sail to mark 400 years since its namesake first brought Europeans
to Australia.

Page 5: WA children as young as five want help to cope with frequent bullying and harassment,
according to a report into a children's help line released yesterday.

World: A senior official of the Irish Sinn Fein political party who admitted last year
he was a paid British spy for 20 years has been murdered (Belfast).

Business: American diversified giant GE yesterday dramatically escalated its push into
the Perth property market by snapping up more than $200 million in real estate in WA's
biggest property deal in a decade.

Sport: Besieged coach Chris Connolly has promised Dockers fans they won't see a repeat
of the possession-heavy game that led to their insipid round one loss to Hawthorn.

AAP den/cjh

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