#Perth in for weekend of wet weather, gusty winds. Half a month’s rain in just two days

Get the umbrellas ready — Perth is set for a weekend of wet weather.

A complex storm front on Saturday night and into Sunday will drench the state with up to 50 millimetres of rainfall, possible thunderstorms and gusty winds reaching 90 kilometres per hour.

Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster James Ashley said the storm front would cause Perth to hit the halfway mark for the average June rainfall of 173 millimetres in just two days.

“We’re going to have a pretty rainy period Saturday night until about lunchtime on Sunday,” he said.

“About 1:00pm, the wet weather will pass and it will clear up. But between 7:00 tonight and 1:00 tomorrow afternoon, the Perth area is likely to see falls of 20 to 50 millimetres or more with the passage of that system.

“I’d expect coastal parts of the metropolitan area will see winds of up to 80km an hour easing as they get further inland.”

Mr Ashley said while the rain would be heavy at times, it would not be enough to cause significant flooding.

via Perth in for weekend of wet weather, gusty winds – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Australian Dr Jihad Tareq Kamleh aka Abu Yousef al-Australie, killed in Syria fighting for ISIS, according to unverified reports

AUSTRALIA’s so-called Dr Jihad, Tareq Kamleh may have been killed in Syria.

Several Islamic State fighters are tweeting that Kamleh, who took the name Abu Yousef al-Australie when he joined IS, had been killed in the final battle of Raqqa in September and October last year.

The reports are unverified.

via Australian Dr Jihad Tareq Kamleh aka Abu Yousef al-Australie, killed in Syria fighting for ISIS, according to unverified reports | PerthNow

Melbourne plane crash: One dead after light plane comes down in street near Moorabbin Airport

One person has been killed in a small plane crash in a residential street near Moorabbin Airport, in Melbourne’s south-east.

Police said the plane crashed into Scarlet Street, Mordialloc, just after 5:00pm.

It took out power lines and caught fire.

The sole male occupant of the plane was found deceased inside the aircraft. They have yet to be formally identified, police said.

The cause of the crash, and the type of plane involved, is not yet known.

Grant, who lives nearby, told ABC Radio Melbourne that at first he thought it was a car accident.

The aircraft is on the street, its badly burnt in the fuselage behind the engine and the cockpit,” he said.

via Melbourne plane crash: One dead after light plane comes down in street near Moorabbin Airport – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Brisbane’s poo jogger resigns from corporate role. Andrew Douglas Macintosh is accused of being the ‘poo jogger’.

THE man outed as Brisbane’s alleged poo jogger has resigned from his corporate role at a leading retirement village.

Andrew Douglas Macintosh, 64, was a senior manager at one of Australia’s leading retirement village operators.

As revealed by The Courier-Mail, Mr Macintosh was charged with public nuisance after allegedly defecating on a unit block pathway in Greenslopes while on his morning run.

The alleged deed was captured on camera by a fed-up resident.

via Brisbane’s alleged poo jogger resigns from corporate role | PerthNow

Former terror suspect Zaky Mallah arrested in Singapore

FORMER terror suspect Zaky Mallah, who once threatened to kill officers of ASIO, has been arrested in Singapore.

Seven News reported the Western Sydney-based Mallah has been detained in a holding cell at Singapore airport ahead of the US-North Korea summit next week.

Seven News reported that authorities detained and questioned Mallah for more than five hours after he flew in from Sydney last night. He is to be deported back to Sydney, the network stated.

In a clip broadcast on Seven, Mallah can be heard saying: “They asked me a lot of questions about my history, about my dealings with the Australian government, ASIO, my trip to Turkey, Syria.”

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via Former terror suspect Zaky Mallah arrested in Singapore | PerthNow

Queensland police smashing windshield, pulling man free from burning car

Two police officers and a member of the public have risked life and limb to pull a man free from a burning car after it rolled in Gympie, north of Brisbane.

Senior Constable Kevin Mayo and Constable Jeremy Gardiol were called to the single-vehicle crash on Chappel Street about 7:00am on Wednesday, where they found the car on its side, with smoke billowing from the engine.

With the flames building, the two long-time Gympie patrol officers used their batons and kicked the windscreen to smash through and free the man inside and drag him to safety, with help from a passer-by.

The 73-year-old driver and sole occupant was taken to Gympie Hospital with minor head injuries.

Firefighters extinguished the blaze a short time later.

Senior Sergeant Greg Davey was full of praise for the rescuers.

“There was a heap of smoke, it was imminent that it was going to burst in to flames at any time,” Senior Sergeant Davey said.

via Video captures Queensland police smashing windshield, pulling man free from burning car – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Bali Nine member Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen dies in hospital in East Java

The Indonesian Corrections office has confirmed a member of the Bali Nine has died in hospital in East Java.

Vietnamese-Australian citizen Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen was serving a life sentence for his role in a plot to smuggle more than 8 kilograms of heroin from Bali to Australia in 2005.

Nguyen, 34, never courted the spotlight, since being arrested in Bali in 2005.

He had been serving out his life sentence at Malang prison in East Java, but according to a spokesman for Indonesian Corrections died from cancer in a Jakarta hospital.

He is the third member of the group of nine to have died. Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukamarin were executed by firing squad in 2015.

via Bali Nine member Tan Duc Thanh Nguyen dies in hospital in East Java – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Record rainfall and 40,000 without power as storm batters WA coast

MORE than 40,000 properties are without power in southern WA after damaging winds and heavy rainfall battered the coast.

A severe weather warning is in place for a second day for parts of the Pilbara and Gascoyne districts, extending to the lower South West region, due to a rain band and a separate strong cold front.

The State’s electricity utility Western Power says restoring power to customers from Kalbarri to Albany, including Perth, may be slow as bad weather hampers the clean-up process.

State Emergency Service crews have responded to 65 calls for help since Monday.

In Mandurah a houseboat was witnessed sinking at the Dawesville foreshore reserve about 9.30am this morning.

It was reported Water Police attempted to reach the vessel and a smaller yellow boat, but left about 10am as conditions became too dangerous.

via Record rainfall and thousands without power as storm batters WA coast | PerthNow

#Perth ‘dine-and-dash’, Lois Clover Loder, also linked to PayPass fraud offences. Faces jail if she is convicted of any of the dozens of charges

A magistrate has warned one half of Perth’s so-called “dine-and-dash” couple she faces jail if she is convicted of any of the dozens of charges against her, describing her as a “prolific offender”.

Lois Clover Loder was arrested in April after a restaurant in Henley Brook posted allegations on social media that she and a male companion dined and then left without paying the bill.

Ms Loder was also charged with not paying for fuel at a Glendalough service station and using false credit card details to buy alcohol and book a hotel room.

Today she appeared again in the Perth Magistrates Court where it was revealed she is also facing charges of PayPass fraud.

Her lawyer suggested that if Ms Loder was convicted of those charges, she was likely to receive fines because they involved amounts under $100.

via Perth ‘dine-and-dash’ accused also linked to PayPass fraud offences – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Fremantle captain Nat Fyfe out of Brownlow Medal contention after being suspended by AFL tribunal

Fremantle captain Nat Fyfe will be ineligible for the 2018 Brownlow Medal after his one-week suspension was upheld by the AFL tribunal.

Fyfe, the 2015 Brownlow Medal winner, was found guilty by the AFL tribunal of making intentional contact with the head of Collingwood’s Levi Greenwood.

He had been hoping to have the charge downgraded from intentional to careless.

Fyfe entered a guilty plea to careless conduct, but the jury upheld his one-match ban after a lengthy 23 minutes of deliberation.

He will miss the Dockers’ fixture with Adelaide in Perth on Sunday.

via Nat Fyfe out of Brownlow Medal contention after being suspended by AFL tribunal – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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Bureau of Meteorology issues severe storm warning for southern WA coast

THE first storm to hit Western Australia this winter is set to bring destructive winds and isolated flooding to the southern half of the state.

A severe weather warning has been issued for coastal areas between Windy Harbour and Kalbarri, including the Perth metropolitan, with residents warned to prepare for damaging wind gusts up to 100km/h late on Monday night and heavy rains developing on Tuesday.

via Bureau of Meteorology issues severe storm warning for southern WA coast | PerthNow

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Fremantle captain Nat Fyfe’s chances of winning a second Brownlow Medal this season are in serious jeopardy after an incident in the third quarter against Collingwood

Fremantle captain Nat Fyfe’s chances of winning a second Brownlow Medal this season are in serious jeopardy after an incident in the third quarter against Collingwood at the MCG.

Match Review Officer Michael Christian is certain to look at Fyfe’s late hit on Magpie Levi Greenwood.

Fyfe appears to collect Greenwood in the head with his forearm well after the Collingwood midfielder punched the ball into space, knocking him to the ground.

via Is Fremantle Dockers captain Nat Fyfe in trouble for this hit? | PerthNow

PM Malcolm Turnbull set to announce 80 cent GST floor for WA. Too Little Too Late?

PRIME Minister Malcolm Turnbull looks set to announce an 80-cent GST floor for WA, in a desperate move to hang on to shaky Liberal seats at the next Federal election.

Sources have told The Sunday Times that Mr Turnbull will soon take a “WA specific” GST solution to Cabinet, with an announcement likely to be made at the Liberal State conference in Perth on August 11.

It is understood the yearly GST top-up, which would inject an additional $5 billion into WA coffers over the next three years, would be paid out of consolidated revenue and not the annual GST multibillion-dollar pie, in a move designed to placate the must-win States of Tasmania, South Australia and Queensland.

via Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull set to announce 80 cent GST floor for WA | PerthNow

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