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  • Parents surveyed about child sex offender register

    ECU Joondalup researchers are investigating whether the online child sex offender register website has made parents feel their children are safer. The website allows people to request information about serious child sex offenders living in their suburb. The website, which was launched by the State Government in October, is the first of its kind in Australia. Lead researcher Caroline Taylor ...

  • Photos tell stories of hope restored

    BUTLER resident Akudut Manuer (pictured right) found hope in Australia, a sentiment reflected in a photograph she took during art workshops last month. The 14-year-old Aranmore Catholic College student's work is part of the Restoring Hope Art Exhibition, which features art created by young refugees in a Northbridge gallery this week. "The little girl and boy were playing," ...

  • Main Roads WA invited...

    ALMOST 20 people nominated to join a community reference group for the Mitchell Freeway extension before yesterday's deadline. Main Roads WA invited residents from Joondalup, Currambine, Kinross, Clarkson, Merriwa, Ridgewood, Butler and Alkimos to nominate for the non-decision-making group, which will give input to the preliminary design of the extension to Hester Avenue. Project director ...

  • The statue of the...

    ILL-fated dolphins Mila, Rajah and Echo - immortalised in bronze at Hillarys Boat Harbour - will do a "good turn" for Breast Cancer Care WA on Saturday. The statue of the much-loved trio, that sits atop a wishing well at the northern end of the complex, rotates 360 degrees with the insertion of a $2 coin, and all proceeds from its Saturday spins will help breast cancer sufferers and ...

  • DAVID Crute has been...

    DAVID Crute has been charged with overseeing the rise of WA Football League club West Perth into a financial powerhouse at Arena Joondalup. And the former Fremantle Dockers community development manager has hit the ground running since taking over as chief executive of the Falcons in early April. "I have thoroughly enjoyed it, it is really exciting," he said. "I knew what I was ...


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The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolans grim, brooding, and very nearly brilliant sequel to his 2005 reboot Batman Begins, is perhaps the most scintillating and incisive film about our current state of affairs to hit the big screen since the war on terror began. While numero ... ...

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  • In the wake of Dutch...

    THE Dutch tall ships Tecla, Europa and Oosterschelde are on their way to our coast. In the wake of Dutch explorers such as Abel Tasman and Cornelis de Houtman, they will pass the three notorious Dutch-named capes - Good Hope, Leeuwin and Horn. They are sailing from South Africa to Mauritius and on to WA to join the Tall Ships events in different ports of Australia and in Auckland, New ...

  • Robert McClelland Tony Crook Mal Washer give valedictory speeches in Parliament

    Australia Former attorney-general Robert McClelland has called for more action to reduce the rate of Aboriginal children in custody in his valedictory speech to Federal Parliament.Prime Minister Julia Gillard dropped Mr McClelland from Cabinet in December 2011 and he moved to the back bench last year after publicly backing Kevin Rudd in a leadership challenge.In February he announced he would ...

  • $458m for city tower too low

    The Raine Square tower has sold for $458 million in a record payment for a city office, but the developer behind the skyscraper claims it was sold massively under value.Luke Saraceni, who lost control of the tower when his property empire collapsed, claims receiver KordaMentha sold the property for about $50 million under its true value in the deal with the Charter Hall Group and a fund ...

  • Cost an obstacle to seeing GP

    People living in Perth's southern corridor of Kwinana, Rockingham and Mandurah rate the worst in the country for putting off attending a GP or dentist because of cost.A review by the National Health Performance Authority found that in the Medicare Local of Perth South Coastal 34 per cent of adults avoided going to the dentist because of the expense, the highest rate in Australia.The area ...

  • Wine producer takes a hit

    Wine producer Maree Saraceni has vowed to find a new vineyard home in the South West for the Saracen Estates winemaking business after revealing yesterday it will operate from its Perth office for the foreseeable future.The family of embattled property developer Luke Saraceni has sold out of the Duckstein microbrewery operating on the 40ha Margaret River property, which also housed Saracen ...

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