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  • Ravenswood dog owner fined

    THE owner of a Pitbull cross that jumped a fence and attacked a Silky Terrier was fined $1250 when she appeared in Mandurah Magistrates Court on May ...

  • Elder praises police handling after riot

    That was the message from Aboriginal elder George Walley to participants in a riot at Pinjarra shopping centre on May 17.The riot, involving up to 20 people, resulted in the hospitalisation of a 77-year-old bystander.Senior Sergeant Ian Francis said rioters threw "anything they could get their hands on including cups and signs."Eleven adults and two juveniles have been ...

  • Housing crisis chokes refugees hope of new life

    Perth 6000 It's a measure of her desperation that Mary Deng would prefer a tent in a refugee camp in strife-torn Sudan to homelessness in Perth.Three years after arriving in Australia, Ms Deng, her four children and her brother still have no house to rent.While she's escaped the dangers and privations of a refugee camp in Sudan, she's enduring a different kind of suffering.Since ...

  • RAC chopper sent to Harvey crash

    THE RAC Rescue helicopter has been sent to the scene of car accident near Harvey where a motorist is injured after their car crashed into a ...

  • Man dies after car plunges into water in WAs south

    The pedestrian was killed early today when she was struck by a car near the corner of Tonkin and Great Eastern Highway, Ascot, just east of the city just before 10am. A man was found dead after his vehicle veered off a road and into a metre of water near Denmark on the south coast about 9am. Emergency services were called to Young's Siding, about 35km west of Albany on WA's south ...


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Movie Review

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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  • Subcontractor ruptures water main

    The main burst on Flinders Street near Morley Drive, about 11.30am.The burst water main is yet another drama for Main Roads and the Water Corporation after repeated burst mains in Wellington Street in recent weeks. It was later revealed the burst pipes were up to 100 years old.The water main was struck by a subcontractor who was operating machinery but was not doing work on behalf of the Water ...

  • Water main bursts in Nollamara

    Update, 1.15pm: A water main was burst by a subcontractor on a Nollamara street this morning, causing water to spray metres into the air.The main was damaged on Flinders Street, near Morley Drive, about 11.30am.It is understood the subcontractor was not working for the Water Corporation.The water supply has now been switched off and repairs are underway.Last month, a water main caused severe ...

  • Ban alcohol ads in sports broadcasts Council

    Perth 6000 The Youth Affairs Council is calling for a ban on alcohol advertising during sports broadcasts in Western Australia.In its submission to a government commissioned review of WA's Liquor Control Act, the council says it is concerned young children are being exposed to too much alcohol advertising. The review committee is expected to provide a report to the Racing and Gaming ...

  • Three charged over alleged hit and run

    Beckenham 6107 Three teenagers have been charged after an alleged hit and run incident involving a Perth policeman last week.The Senior Constable was operating a speed camera on Albany Highway in Beckenham last Thursday morning when he was knocked to the ground by a scooter carrying three people.The scooter rider and his two passengers then ran away.The police officer was treated for cuts and ...

  • One word win worth millions to Palmer

    Resources billionaire Clive Palmer has won a multimillion dollar court battle over a single word in a contract which defined the timing of royalty payments due from an $8 billion iron ore mine. In a West Australian Supreme Court ruling, Justice James Edelman found in favour of Mr Palmer's Mineralogy. It was battling with contractors Sino Iron and Korean Steel over when royalties from iron ...

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