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  • Man dies after his vehicle crashes into a tree

    WA A man has died after a crash in Perth's southern suburbs overnight.Police say two men were travelling on Soldiers Road in Cardup when their car left the road hit a tree in the early hours of this morning.One man is being treated in hospital for his injuries.It is the second serious crash in three days.A man and a woman are in a serious but stable condition in Royal Perth Hospital after ...

  • Man missing from Derby aged care home

    Police are concerned about a 68-year-old Derby man, Charles Maurice Murphy, who has been missing since last night.Mr Murphy was last seen at the Numbala Nunga Residential Aged Care facility on Sutherland Street in Derby about 9.20pm last night.He requires medication and there are concerns for his welfare.Mr Murphy is described as of Aboriginal descent, approximately 180cm tall and of slim build. ...

  • Minister pans Barnett over disabled scare tactic

    The number of disabled West Australians qualifying for support services would almost double under Julia Gillard's national disability insurance scheme, the Federal Government claims.Federal Disability Reform Minister Jenny Macklin has released new figures to _The Weekend West _to hit back at Colin Barnett's suggestion this week some people would be worse off if WA signed up to the ...

  • Nic Nats net worth is soaring

    Before Nic Naitanui even played his first game this season supplies of West Coast Eagles merchandise dedicated to the star were running out.Such is ...

  • WA book wins gong

    WA author M. L. Stedman has taken out the Book of the Year at the Australian Book Industry Awards for her novel The Light Between Oceans.Stedman's debut novel was also awarded Literary Fiction Book of the Year and Newcomer of the Year at the awards, held in Sydney last night.The book's film rights were recently snapped up by Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks Studios.Brisbane-based ...


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The Corporation [DVD]

The Corporation [DVD]

Like Michael Moores Fahrenheit 9/11, a film with which is its inevitably compared because of their temporal proximity and similar political stances, The Corporation probably wont tell you anything terribly new. But, it does compact a great deal of complex information into ... ...

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  • New baby hope for couples

    For three years, Perth couple Kellee and Craig Butterworth faced the monthly rollercoaster of getting their hopes up that their latest IVF attempt would "take", only to be disappointed.But a single attempt to conceive a baby using revolutionary time-lapse imaging to find the healthiest embryo has finally delivered the words they wanted to hear -"you're pregnant".Mrs ...

  • WA Nationals announce new candidate for OConnor

    Perth 6000 The National Party's new candidate for the federal seat of O'Connor says he is thrilled to have been selected. It was announced yesterday that William Witham, who is a mining geologist, will contest the seat for the Nationals in the September election.The current member Tony Crook resigned last month.Mr Witham says he is ready for the prospect of being a politician. ...

  • Maccas fine for roaches

    Stirling environmental officers had inspected the store on September 5 last year.City of Stirling lawyer David Nadebaum said conditions were so bad that inspectors even saw cockroaches in the building in broad daylight indicating a "substantial infestation" of the pests.He also said since June 2011, McDonalds had been fined four times in circumstances similar to the Innaloo breach, ...

  • HBF Run for a Reason raises $1.2m

    More than 29,500 runners took part in the HBF Run for a Reason this morning, raising more than $1.2 million.First across the line in the 12km race was Neil Berry in 37 minutes and 2 seconds. First woman to cross the line was Linda ...

  • Witnesses to fatal crash sought

    Major Crash investigators are seeking information about a crash in Ashendon on May 23 that killed a 69-year-old man.It is understood that between 12pm and 1.30pm the man was driving a white Great Wall Utility on Brookton Highway when it swerved off the road and rolled onto its roof.The man died at the scene.The crash was exactly 32 kilometres south from the intersection of Albany Highway and ...

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