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  • WA government probes $23m in fraud

    MORE than $23 million in public sector fraud was investigated by West Australian police in just two years, a new report has revealed, and corruption within government agencies is ...

  • Sun and fun along WAs Coral Coast

    GROWING numbers of visitors are flocking to Western Australias Coral Coast each year to enjoy the year-round sunshine, get closer to nature and escape the crowds of the ...

  • Buswell tops Dry July charts

    But after vowing to give up the grog as part of the annual Dry July fundraising push, the controversial politician seems to have the support of the country, currently sitting number one on the national league table of fundraisers for the Cancer Council.While he struggles to balance WA's books as the state's mining boom comes off the boil, Mr Buswell has had no trouble drumming up ...

  • State Govt probed $23m in fraud

    More than $23 million in public sector fraud was investigated by West Australian police in just two years, a new report has revealed, and corruption within government agencies is increasing.After WA police raised concerns about the level of corruption within government departments being probed in 2011 and 2012, State auditor general Colin Murphy was asked to look into what various agencies were ...

  • Toddlers home not fit for animals inquest

    The mother of a toddler who died after being found inside a washing machine regularly tied the boy's bedroom door shut for "time out", with an inquest into the puzzling death told the home had been so "appalling" that it wasn't fit for animals.The Perth Coroner's Court was today shown "panoramas" of the state of the Hilton home in which three-year-old ...


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Movie Review

Dodes'ka-den [DVD]

Dodes'ka-den [DVD]

The title of Akira Kurosawas Dodeska-den is not a real word, but rather an onomatopoeia for the sound of a trolley car clacking along its rails that is used by a simple-minded teenager who lives in a shanty-town slum on the outskirts of Tokyo. The film begins and ends with the boy, ... ...

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  • Traffic drama on Perth roads

    A crane is at the scene of a truck rollover in Hope Valley this afternoon.About 11.15am, a truck was travelling along Anketell Road when it rolled near Abercrombie Road.St John Ambulance took the driver to Fremantle Hospital with suspected minor injuries.A crane and a tow truck have been called in to clear the truck.A police spokesman said Anketell Road was closed and traffic was being diverted ...

  • Second man charged over house crash

    Police have charged a second man over a serious crash in Safety Bay on Saturday night.About 10.15pm, police were called to Georgetown Drive, where two cars had smashed into a house.One of the cars hit a tree in the front yard, while the other car ended up on its roof, wedged in the carport.Both cars were seized under hoon legislation and police were investigating whether the drivers were drag ...

  • Rider injured as police close in

    A WA Police spokesman said about 10pm Southeast Metropolitan District Crime team officers on Armadale Road saw someone ride a motorbike off a sidewalk into their path. They activated their emergency lights to try to stop the rider, but police will allege he failed to stop and accelerated away. Two minutes later, Regional Operations Group officers, also patrolling in Armadale, drove past the same ...

  • Millions spent as revival of Muja power station stalls

    Collie 6225 The State Opposition is calling on the government to explain why it has spent $250 million on a failed attempt to revive the mothballed Muja power station.In 2009, the government announced the private sector would pay to refurbish the ageing coal-fired station, by December 2011.Four years on, the facility still is not fully operational and Labor says it is taxpayers, not the ...

  • Brian Burke faces insider trading trial

    Burke, 66, entered the plea in person at Stirling Gardens Magistrates Court in Perth today.His co-accused, former Patersons Securities stockbroker David John Massey, 57, also pleaded not guilty to the same charges.The charges followed secret recordings by the Corruption and Crime Commission (CCC) of Burke's phone calls some six years ago, which were passed on to federal authorities.It is ...

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