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  • Horses for disabled move to new home

    BAKERS Hill Carriage Driving Centre will move to the local Equestrian Centre. The Shire of Northam has given in-principle approval of the move for the centre, which provides a service to the disabled who want to benefit from therapeutic and recreational equestrian activities, but are unable to ride a horse. Den Stanley, who runs the centre from her property, said she started planning the move ...

  • $80000 poll yields a mixed message

    DESPITE more than half of the ballots for the Shire of Kalamunda's council amalgamation community poll not being returned, the shire is claiming it as a victory for the people, with an "overwhelming no vote". The exercise, which was openly opposed by Member for Kalamunda John Day and cost the Shire about $80,000, saw ballots posted to 37,305 eligible ratepayers to seek public ...

  • Rates set to rise by 5pc

    CITY of Swan rates are forecast to rise by 5 per cent in the 2013-2014 financial year, down from a 6.5 per cent increase last year. A report tabled at last Tuesday's city council meeting said proposed differential rates, minimum payments, and interest charges, together with interim rates due to growth, are expected to yield a total rate revenue of about $90 million in 2013-14. Three per ...

  • YORK’s Carly Veitch is...

    YORK's Carly Veitch is terrified of flying. However, it paled into insignificance when she went into labour at Northam Hospital and haemorrhaged so badly she needed life-saving emergency surgery. The hospital contacted the Royal Flying Doctor Service and spoke to Dr Andrew Barnes, who was on duty that evening. He mobilised the RAC rescue helicopter, collected several units of blood from ...

  • A Referendum Will Be...

    A REFERENDUM will be conducted during the September 14 Federal election to decide whether or not local councils and shires should be recognised under the Australian Constitution. Local governments were created by State legislation and, as such, the Constitution does not recognise their existence, despite the fact that their role has expanded considerably since federation. Local councils and ...


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Dune

Dune

After reading the novel, it should have been immediately apparent to writer/director David Lynch that Frank Herbert's epic "Dune" could not make a successful move from page to screen in anything less than four or five hours. At the least. Instead, Lynch tried to condense the novel, keeping the main plot intact, but leaving out certain characters and squeezing events together. For those who have re ... ...

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  • Finalist a happy loser to legend

    NORTHAM local Den Scheer is celebrating her success as a finalist in the prestigious Aurealis Awards. The 20-year-old Curtin University student's debut picture book, In the Beech Forest, did not win the top prize in the Best Children's Fiction (told primarily through pictures) category - that honour went to Graeme Base's Little Elephants - but Ms Scheer said she was happy to lose ...

  • Students to learn about failure

    One of Perth's most prestigious and academically successful schools is cutting back on praise and rewards for students.It has concerns that society's focus on boosting self-esteem leaves many struggling to cope with failure on leaving school.St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls wrote to parents explaining why it introduced strategies this year to minimise praise, reduce reward ...

  • Party antics shock mother

    A mother has used her son's Facebook account to berate revellers she says trashed her family home during his 18th birthday party.Edith Lauk's son, whom she did not want to name, initially bragged on the social networking site that damage from last Saturday night was the mark of a great party.But he was quickly forced to write a second message."From my parents: Thanks to the kids ...

  • Bureaucrats scuttle boat plan

    A push to save an asylum seeker boat as a museum piece is being stymied by Federal bureaucrats who say they are under orders to destroy all refugee boats.But Christmas Island administrator Jon Stanhope says government officials should make an exception and save one or two boats for display, warning a major part of Australia's history is being trashed.Mr Stanhope and the WA Museum have said ...

  • Man charged over $2.75m Broome fires

    A 46-year-old man has been charged over three fires in Broome that caused more than $1 million damage.The three buildings set alight overnight were a business in the light industrial area, a home under construction in Roebuck Estate and a private residence in Old Broome, where nearby houses were evacuated because of the severity of the ...

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