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  • Aboriginal advocates warn of youth suicide spike

    Perth 6000 Aboriginal health advocates will hold a crisis meeting in Perth today to address what they have described as an alarming spike in the youth suicide rate. The Dumbartung Aboriginal Corporation director, Robert Eggington, says children as young as 11 are taking their own lives. "There's been just an incredible spate," he said. "One of the units we're inviting ...

  • Ex-WA man jailed over Dubai fraud

    Former WA businessman Matthew Joyce has been jailed for 10 years in Dubai and fined $25 million for his part in a fraudulent land deal.Foreign Affairs Minister Bob Carr said Australia would support Joyce and his family and has urged the United Arab Emirates to deal with an appeal quickly.The Dubai court yesterday cleared Melbourne man Marcus Lee of wrongdoing, paving the way for him to return to ...

  • New era for old pub site

    Slim Dusty sang about nothing being so lonesome, morbid or dreary than a pub with no beer. This doesn't bode well for Roebourne's Victoria Hotel, which hasn't had a patron - let alone beer - for years.Abandoned after its licence was suspended in 2006, the Vic is a forlorn figure of smashed windows, graffiti and weeds on the main street.It's hardly an appealing look for one of ...

  • Hunt for copter crash hoaxer

    Authorities are searching for a caller who sparked an extensive air search yesterday afternoon after making two hoax mayday radio calls claiming a helicopter had crashed north-west of Gingin.Australian Maritime Safety Authority spokeswoman Jo Meehan said the ...

  • Executives take on Gibb River challenge

    A team of Perth businessmen are mixing fitness and fundraising with a sense of adventure as they ride mountain bikes across the Kimberley in the tough 2013 Gibb River Road Challenge.The team relay event run over 700km on some of the Kimberley's toughest terrain started in Derby on Sunday.It has attracted hundreds of competitors who, depending on their team size, ride between 20km and 120km ...


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Encounters at the End of the World

Encounters at the End of the World

It should surprise no one who is even casually familiar with the films of Werner Herzog that Encounters at the End of the World, his documentary about Antarctica and the colorful people who choose to live and work there, is the anti-March of the Pe ... ...

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  • Surge in women selling drugs

    The number of women selling illegal drugs in WA has soared 78 per cent in a year, according to a report into Australia's drug trade.The Australian Crime Commission report shows 626 women were "providers" of illicit drugs in WA in 2011-12.The women represented more than 22 per cent of those arrested for importing, trafficking, selling, growing and manufacturing illicit drugs in the ...

  • High tea hope for Regan

    Amanda Smolic never ceases to be amazed by the resilience and fighting spirit of her five-year-old son Regan.The cherubic Dianella boy has spent 14 months in a titanic battle for one so young.But rather than light at the end of a long, black tunnel, his brain cancer has grown back and he faces another three months of chemotherapy.Regan also now has cancer in his spine."He's just such a ...

  • Massive tornado strikes Oklahoma City

    Children are trapped inside a school and areas of metropolitan Oklahoma City are in shreds after a massive tornado."The houses are destroyed completely levelled," a helicopter pilot for CNN affiliate KFOR said.The massive twister struck just south of Oklahoma City about 4.30am (Perth time).Buildings are on fire and people are starting to emerge from the rubble. There are no reports ...

  • Wolf pack finds the Magic formula

    SEB Salinas shot 34 points to continue his rich vein of State Basketball League form as the Wanneroo Wolves triumphed over the Mandurah Magic on Saturday. It was a victorious night all round in Mandurah for the Wolves camp, with the women's side back on the winner's list after a 64-42 win over the Magic. In the men's game, fifth-placed Mandurah took it up to the visitors early ...

  • In 2011 a test...

    THE Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) has questioned if bird faeces should be held responsible for high bacteria levels at Champion Lakes Regatta Centre. In 2011, a test organised by the original managers of the centre, the Armadale Redevelopment Authority, found waterbird faeces was the cause of spikes in thermophilic amoebae. Manager VenuesWest, which now manages the centre, ...

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