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  • Stirling man charged over crash

    POLICE have charged a 63-year-old Stirling man with dangerous driving occasioning death after his car and a motorcycle collided in Northbridge on May ...

  • McKenna denies molesting female boarders

    Katanning 6317 A former supervisor at a country hostel in Western Australia has denied that he sexually molested two female boarders more than 30 years ago.Wayne McKenna is on trial accused of indecently dealing with two girls when they were boarders at the St Andrews Hostel in Katanning in 1980 and 1981.In a video police interview played to the District Court today, McKenna denied the ...

  • Waste-to-energy plant gets green light

    HOUSEHOLD rubbish will be converted into electricity after the final environmental approvals were made for the State's first large scale waste-to-energy ...

  • Premier flags WA public sector job cuts

    WESTERN Australia's post-election austerity mode will include a review of the public sector, with Premier Colin Barnett refusing to rule out job ...

  • Three dead in horror five hours on WA roads

    THREE people have been killed in a horror five-hour stretch on WA roads, including two men in country crashes and a woman pedestrian in the ...


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Chicken Little

Chicken Little

Exhibit A in the case of Why Disney Needs Pixar is Chicken Little, Disneys first solo computer-animated effort. Although a perfectly presentable animated comedy, it lacks any sense of magic or true innovation. Its cobbled-together story feels like Childrens Comedy 101 thrown ... ...

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  • Barnett won’t rule out job cuts

    WA's post-election austerity mode will include a review of the public sector, with Premier Colin Barnett refusing to rule out job cuts.Since the March 9 victory by the Liberal party, the re-elected Government has flagged significant budget pressures, and banned Government advertising to save money amid suggestions of a $2 billion write-down of pre-polling revenue estimates.Today, Mr Barnett ...

  • Plane flying low before crash with chopper

    The surviving pilot of a mid-air crash in the remote Gascoyne that killed the two occupants of a small plane told a coronial inquest today that he could think of no other explanation for the plane being so low other than his fellow pilot was dealing with an emergency.William Maher was the experienced helicopter pilot involved in a State Government feral goat culling operation in February 2008, ...

  • Frenchman on trial for Broome murder

    Broome 6725 Lawyers are making their final submissions to the jury in a three-week murder trial in Broome.23-year-old Frenchman Thomas Camus is on trial in the Supreme Court in Broome accused of fatally stabbing 32-year-old Pilbara man Kristopher Dixon on Christmas morning in 2011.Both men had been drinking with friends at the town's only nightclub.The jury has been shown graphic mobile ...

  • Rescue helicopter sent to fatal country crash

    Quindanning 6391 The rescue helicopter has been sent to the scene of a fatal car crash in Western Australia's South West.A man died after his vehicle hit a tree on the Harvey-Quindanning Road, about five kilometres from Quindanning near Harvey.Police say the accident occurred about 12:30 pm. (WST)Fire crews from Williams and Boddington worked to free the man from the car but he died at ...

  • Streets evacuated after gas main ruptures

    Busselton 6280 Authorities are at the scene of a ruptured gas main in Busselton.Police have closed off Bussell Highway between Queen Elizabeth Avenue and Carter Street. The Department of Fire and Emergency Services is at the scene and says it is considering evacuating a local ...

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