WA: Main stories in today's The West Australian

AAP General News (Australia)
12-21-2009
WA: Main stories in today's The West Australian

PERTH, Dec 21 AAP - Main stories in Monday's The West Australian newspaper:

Page 1: Power-guzzling households may be forced to pay higher electricity prices next
year under an overhaul being considered by the state government.

Page 3: The distraught family of a Perth musician who died of a suspected drug overdose
is believed to have flown to Hong Kong to collect his body.

Page 4/5: The WA chapter of the Sisters of St Joseph are jubilant the woman who founded
their religious institute will become Australia's first saint; Church bells have resounded
across the country with the news of Mary MacKillop's upcoming sainthood.

World: One of the worst storms in decades blanketed much of the eastern US, with more
than 30 centimetres of snow on Saturday (Washington).

Business: Less than a year after choosing Perth as its headquarters, US mining company
Cliffs Natural Resources is expanding in Australia with plans to move beyond its traditional
iron ore and coal focus.

Sport: West Indian captain Chris Gayle's hot streak with the bat is set to deliver
WACA officials a bumper Twenty20 crowd next week.

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