US awards $5 million to BHP Billiton whistleblower and other top stories.

• US awards $5 million to BHP Billiton whistleblower

  

  The call for better whistleblower protection by Nick McKenzie, Michael Bachelard, Richard Baker The US government paid a bounty of nearly $5 million to a former employee of Australian mining giant BHP Billiton in a case that exposes the weakness of Australia's whistleblower regime.In Australia, those who flag corruption inside companies receive limited or no protection and are often sacked or mistreated, while in the United States, which paid for evi..

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• Marathon effort at City to Surf

  

  Post your images on social media with #MyCityToSurfGALLERY: Chevron City to Surf for Activ in picturesTHE Chevron City to Surf for Activ has been run and won for 2016 with an Irishman who has recently moved to Melbourne but still calls Perth home returning to claim the victory in the marathon.The 42nd running of the second largest officially timed race in the Southern Hemisphere took place on Sunday morning and despite some rain at times and a reasonably strong head wind, it was an Irishman who ..

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• McGowan unsure on freight link contracts

  

  Greg RobertsAustralian Associated PressWA Labor leader Mark McGowan has stopped short of promising to rip up any contracts the government signs for the Perth Freight Link while announcing his own alternative plan - a better freight and transport system.If elected next year, a Labor government would build a second port in Perth's south through a new outer harbour, he said on Sunday.That would kill off the Liberal Nationals' estimated $1.9 billion PFL project.Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has co..

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