A backyard car dealer has been fined $6,500 and ordered to pay costs of $1,500 by the Joondalup Magistrates Court for buying and selling vehicles without a licence. Mashari Abdulh Al Shamari of Mirrabooka pleaded guilty on 4 December 2013 to charges of buying and selling vehicles between January 2011 and August 2012 without a licence, in breach of the Motor Vehicle Dealers Act. During this period...

Fill up today if you want to pay less for your petrol – that’s the advice from FuelWatch. On Thursday, 5 December 2013, most Coles Express sites are hiking their ULP price by 15 cents per litre (cpl) up to 158.9 cpl. Most Caltex and Caltex Woolworths sites are increasing their ULP price up to 157.9 cpl, most Gull sites to 156.9 cpl and most Peak sites to 155.9 cpl.. Tomorrow's metropolitan...

Home owners and tenants are reminded that pool fences and other safety barriers need to be properly maintained to ensure safety for children this summer. The joint warning from Consumer Protection and the Building Commission comes after a recent Coroner’s Court hearing highlighted a situation where there were delays in repairing a self-closing pool security door at a rental property which may...

WorkSafe will soon target aged care facilities as part of a nationwide proactive compliance program focused on hazardous manual tasks. The workplace visits will commence in January, with inspectors visiting random aged care facilities to ensure they are adequately controlling the risks associated with patient handling. Inspectors in Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern...