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  • Dolphins take spin to help good cause

    Robin Russell and Heather Gale (past and current Rotary club presidents respectively) dress the dolphins for the occasion. Picture: Emma ...

  • Concerns of an over-supply of city offices

    Perth 6000 A Perth property analyst is predicting an over-supply of city offices and a delay in the development of Elizabeth Quay if the resources sector continues to slow. The $2.6 billion dollar project on Perth's waterfront is due to be finished in 2015.But Damian Stone of Y Research says it's unlikely the 200,000 square metres of office space will be completed on time. He says ...

  • Police investigate arson attack in Rockingham

    Rockingham 6168 Police are investigating an arson attack on a shop in Rockingham.A brick was thrown through the window of the shop on Railway Terrace about 2:30 am today before an accelerant was used to start a fire.Damage has been estimated at ...

  • Graylands patients treated by unauthorised doctor

    Claremont 6010 More than 200 patients at the state's largest mental health facility may have been treated by an unauthorised doctor who was not fully qualified. The doctor at Graylands Hospital was authorised to treat psychiatric patients until 2010, when the Mental Health Act was amended and his application to be registered as a psychiatrist was refused.However, earlier this week it ...

  • Taxi driver stabbed in hand

    The taxi driver was attacked shortly after he arrived at a car park just off Flinders Street about 8pm.Police say the driver was approached by a dark skinned man, wearing dark clothing wielding a knife who demanded money.The man then lent through the taxi and struck the driver on the hand with the knife.He then fled the scene, jumping into a white Holden Commodore which had several other men and ...


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Pitch Black

"Pitch Black" doesn't waste much time getting started. After a few brief credits and a standard establishing shot of a giant space cruiser moving slowly through the vast reaches of outer space, we are immediately hurled into a maniacally paced action sequence where said space cruiser is damaged by a rogue comet, the captain is killed by flying debris, and the second-in-command, Fry (Radha Mitchel ... ...

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  • WA cop charged over computer access

    The 49-year-old senior constable will appear in the Rockingham Magistrates Court today charged with six counts of unlawful computer use which is alleged to have occurred between December 2011 and November 2012 at a metropolitan police station.The officer remains in an operational capacity at a Perth ...

  • Search for missing yabby fisherman 61

    The 61-year-old man fell into the dam near the Fernhook Falls camp area, about 30km north-west of Walpole. It’s believed the man and his friend were setting up "yabby nets" when he fell into the dam about 10pm last night.However, due to the remote location and lack of mobile phone coverage, the man's friend could not raise the alarm till about 1am.Yabbies are a small ...

  • Expert supports water recycling

    A leading water expert has backed the Water Corporation's plans to boost water recycling amid debate about whether it would push up household bills.Chris Davis, a former head of the National Water Commission who is the technical editor of industry journal Water, said the corporation's plans were excellent given WA's increasingly drying climate.As foreshadowed by _The West ...

  • Taxi driver robbed at knifepoint

    A taxi driver was robbed at knifepoint in Yokine last night.The driver had pulled into a carpark on Flinders Street about 8pm when he was approached by a man who pulled out a knife and demanded money.A police spokesman said the offender then leaned through the car window and struck the taxi driver, cutting his hand.The man got into a white Commodore with several other passengers that was last ...

  • Molotoc cocktail thrown in Rockingham

    The police arson squad is investigating a fire at a vacant commercial property in Rockingham overnight.About 2.40am, firefighters were called to a building on Rockingham Beach Road, near Churchill Park.The target of the arson attack was formerly a clothing store called Atika Boutique.A police spokeswoman said someone threw a rock through the front window, followed by a Molotov cocktail.The blaze ...

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