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• Balloon ban unlawful, judge decides
  CHILD protection group Bravehearts has permission to fly its white balloons as it likes.
  
  
• Anti-'sexting' video makes teens think twice
  A VIDEO to make teens think twice before they "sext" prompts the question - how would you feel if the picture was sent to your teacher?
  
  
• House searched for missing woman
  POLICE have wrapped plastic sheets around the home of a missing Perth mother while carry out further forensic investigations into her disappearance.
  
  
• Prime Minister leaves Government House
  PRIME Minister Julia Gillard has left Government House after calling on Governor-General Quentin Bryce to formally advise her Labor has the numbers to form a minority government.
  
  
• Mother 'drugged, slashed kids': court
  A MOTHER accused of drugging her two young children before cutting their throats and wrists with razor blades has been committed to stand trial.
  
  
• Abbott disappointed with poll result
  OPPOSITION Leader Tony Abbott says he is disappointed with the decision of independents to support a minority Labor government.
  
  
• Labor prepared to govern: Gillard
  PRIME Minister Julia Gillard says Labor is prepared to deliver stable and effective government for the next three years after winning the support of two key rural independents.
  
  
• Canteen lady with OCD stole for skincare
  A PERTH hospital canteen lady who stole $1300 a week to feed her obsessive compulsion for using skin care products has been handed a two-year suspended sentence.
  
  
• Aborigines recognised as 'first people'
  PREMIER Kristina Keneally is seeking to amend the NSW constitution to recognise Aborigines as the state's first people.
  
  
• Labor will work against regions: Joyce
  A MINORITY Labor Government will work against the interests of regional Australia, Nationals Senate leader Barnaby Joyce says.