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  • OCallaghan Ban booze ads on TV sport

    AUSTRALIA'S alcohol industry is raising a ``one-fingered salute'' to society by continuing to push its product onto youngsters, Western Australia's top cop Karl O'Callaghan ...

  • Man 5x over limit with girl 7 in 4WD

    A 42-YEAR-old Geographe man has been charged with drunk-driving -- more than five times over the limit -- after crashing his 4-wheel-drive with his young daughter on ...

  • Crash dad alleged five times over limit

    A 42-year-old man allegedly blew more than five times the legal limit after crashing his car, which was carrying his six-year-old daughter, in West Busselton last night.About 5.30pm, police received a report of a white Toyota Landcruiser being driven dangerously on Layman Road in Geographe.Minutes later, they were told the same vehicle had crashed on Bussell Highway in West Busselton.Police will ...

  • Royalties-funded pool library may close

    A Pilbara council could be forced to close a public swimming pool and library over concern it cannot afford to maintain projects delivered by the State Government's Royalties for Regions program.The Town of Port Hedland, which will this week seek ministerial approval for a $3.1 million budget deficit, says it needs an extra $11 million to maintain its community assets for this financial ...

  • Police say drunk driver had daughter in car when he crashed

    Busselton 6280 Police say a man who crashed a four-wheel-drive while five times over the legal alcohol limit near Busselton had his six-year-old daughter in the vehicle.Other drivers reported the white Landcruiser was being driven in an erratic manner shortly before it crashed on Bussell Highway late yesterday afternoon.The 42-year-old man was taken to hospital and breath-tested.Police say he ...


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Michael Collins

It took Irish director Neil Jordan ("The Crying Game," "Interview With the Vampire") twelve years to get his romantic biopic "Michael Collins" to the screen. It went through a number of other hands, but through persistence and a bit of luck, Jordan finally secured $28 million from producer mogul David Geffen. Geffen allowed him complete artistic freedom to paint his own portrait of this mythical ... ...

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  • Push to extend smoking bans to all public places

    Perth 6000 A health lobby group is campaigning to toughen WA's existing laws by pushing for an extension on a ban on smoking to all public places.In 2011, the state introduced laws which made smoking on patrolled beaches and in cars carrying children illegal.Not a single person has been fined for smoking at the beach since the laws were implemented while 25 people have been fined for ...

  • Man suffers serious burns after starting fire

    Cooloongup 6168 A man has suffered serious burns while using an accelerant to start a fire inside his rental property in the southern Perth suburb of Cooloongup.It is understood the young man was having trouble starting a wood fire in the property last night when he threw petrol on it.He has been treated in hospital for burns to both his arms.Damage to the house in Clennett Close is estimated ...

  • Quiz night raises money for school camp to Broome

    Port Hedland Primary School's Year 7 students are that bit closer to zooming to Broome for their camp following a stellar quiz night last Saturday evening. The event, remarkably organised within the space of a month, was particularly successful given that the goal of raising $3,000 was more than doubled. Year 7 parent Tirrena Byrnes and school mum Lauren Cairns put their heads together to ...

  • 6PR investigates second presenter

    ONLY five days after 6PR presenter Howard Sattler was sacked for asking Prime Minister Julia Gillard a series of bizarre questions, the station is investigating the conduct of another of its presenters Jason ...

  • Watchdog chief wrong to release police video

    The head of WA's corruption watchdog was wrong in deciding to grant the release of CCTV footage of two incidents in the Broome police station, the lawyer for a former policeman has told the Supreme Court.A former first-class constable at the centre of a Corruption and Crime Commission inquiry into the incidents has launched Supreme Court action in a bid to overturn Commissioner Roger ...

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