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  • Barnett under pressure to abandon processing gas onshore

    Broome 6725 The Premier Colin Barnett says the Federal Government has urged him to "roll over" and allow the development of gas reserves in the Browse Basin with no conditions attached. Woodside Petroleum shelved plans to develop a $45 billion onshore gas hub at James Price Point earlier this year and is now looking at using floating LNG technology.Mr Barnett says he is involved in ...

  • Alternative method proves popular

    As Australia compares its education system with other countries to find better ways of teaching our students, more parents are also looking at alternative education philosophies within WA.Beehive Montessori school principal Rhonda Sheehan said while the Mosman Park school had grown to 240 students, 160 were still on the waiting list.Ms Sheehan said many mainstream schools were now using teaching ...

  • Schooling system can learn from top nations

    Australia's goal of making it into the top five schooling systems in the world by 2025 has turned the spotlight on education practices in those countries that have already made it to the top of international league tables.They include Finland, which has ranked at or near the top of the Program for International Student Assessment tests since they were first conducted by the OECD in 2000, ...

  • Retailer ready to deliver on PMH plea

    Harvey Norman lead franchisee WA Stephen Hauville says the retailer can deliver much-needed furniture and electrical goods to Princess Margaret Hospital within a week.The commitment came yesterday after Mr Hauville earlier this month responded to a call from Northern Star Resources managing director Bill Beament, who pledged $150,000 to Telethon to be spent on furniture and electrical goods for ...

  • Mother struggled to raise toddler alone

    The grandmother of a toddler killed when trapped in a washing machine has told his inquest her daughter had a troubled childhood and struggled as a single parent.Dianne Murphy fought back tears yesterday as she described seeing her daughter's Hilton home on the news on September 20, 2010, and rushing there to be told her grandson Sean, three, had died.Sean's mother Kerry Murphy told ...


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It's Complicated

It's Complicated

Its Complicated, Nancy Meyers posh new entry in her cottage industry of middle-age romantic comedies, suffers a particularly intense form of conspicuous consumption, a common malady that strikes many mainstream studio films of all genres, but especially Meyers films, inc ... ...

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  • Carles bids to sue over jilted claim

    Millionaire property developer Nigel Satterley could become embroiled in the defamation case against former MP Adele Carles by her former lover and Treasurer Troy Buswell, it was revealed in the Supreme Court yesterday.Ms Carles has lodged an application for Mr Satterley to be joined as a third party to the case, alleging he defamed her in comments published in two articles in _The West ...

  • Gift of organs from the boy with smiling eyes

    Dorine Prince looked at the world through constantly smiling, enthusiastic eyes and his distraught parents hope the gift of organ donation will give someone else the same outlook.As family, friends and schoolmates gathered at the scene yesterday, laying flowers and remembering the 11-year-old in prayer, his mother Mary Prince said she did not believe her son suffered when he was knocked off his ...

  • Bosses brave cold for homeless

    More than 100 of Perth's high-flyers will dust off their sleeping bags and pull out their thermals tomorrow in preparation for a night under the stars at the WACA Ground.As part of the annual Vinnies CEO Sleepout, community and business leaders will brave the cold in an attempt to better understand the issues facing homeless people.Five-star hotels and fancy restaurants will become the ...

  • Minister overrules council on Subiaco tower

    Planning Minister John Day has overruled the City of Subiaco, ordering the council to initiate a planning scheme amendment that would allow a 16-storey tower at the derelict Pavilion Markets site.The move sets the Government on a collision course with Subiaco council, which 18 months ago refused to advertise a similar scheme amendment sought by the site's Sydney-based developer D2 ...

  • Leaders snared in private eye denial row

    The State Government has tried to smear Opposition Leader Mark McGowan over Labor's past use of private investigators, claiming yesterday that as environment minister he oversaw the removal of a public servant after such a probe.After heavily criticising the Government for contracting private investigators to probe departmental human resources matters, Mr McGowan told 6PR radio that he had ...

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