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  • Former WA premier Brian Burke and stockbroker to stand trial on insider trading charges

    Perth 6000 Former Western Australian premier Brian Burke has been committed to stand trial on insider trading charges.Burke and his co-accused, former stockbroker David Massey, appeared in the Perth Magistrates Court this morning.It is alleged the charges relate to the buying of shares in the ASX-listed IT company, Amcom.The offences are alleged to have occurred in April and May in 2006.It is ...

  • MoMAs best on show in Perth

    last year, said he was thrilled to return."I feel like Perth is now becoming a second home," he said.He said the exhibition presented a rare opportunity for the Perth public to view remarkable works in their hometown."This exhibition is a remarkable opportunity to see not only some of the most important works of art in the Museum of Modern Art’s collection but some of the ...

  • Buswell commits to Dry July

    But after vowing to give up the grog as part of the annual Dry July fundraising push, the controversial politician seems to have the support of the country, currently sitting number one on the national league table of fundraisers for the Cancer Council.While he struggles to balance WA's books as the state's mining boom comes off the boil, Mr Buswell has had no trouble drumming up ...

  • Image shown of boy in dryer before death

    ABOUT one year before a three-year-old boy was found unconscious in a washing machine with his dead pet cat, he was photographed sitting inside a dryer with no ...

  • WA government probes $23m in fraud

    MORE than $23 million in public sector fraud was investigated by West Australian police in just two years, a new report has revealed, and corruption within government agencies is ...


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Movie Review

Dodes'ka-den [DVD]

Dodes'ka-den [DVD]

The title of Akira Kurosawas Dodeska-den is not a real word, but rather an onomatopoeia for the sound of a trolley car clacking along its rails that is used by a simple-minded teenager who lives in a shanty-town slum on the outskirts of Tokyo. The film begins and ends with the boy, ... ...

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  • Sun and fun along WAs Coral Coast

    GROWING numbers of visitors are flocking to Western Australias Coral Coast each year to enjoy the year-round sunshine, get closer to nature and escape the crowds of the ...

  • Buswell tops Dry July charts

    But after vowing to give up the grog as part of the annual Dry July fundraising push, the controversial politician seems to have the support of the country, currently sitting number one on the national league table of fundraisers for the Cancer Council.While he struggles to balance WA's books as the state's mining boom comes off the boil, Mr Buswell has had no trouble drumming up ...

  • State Govt probed $23m in fraud

    More than $23 million in public sector fraud was investigated by West Australian police in just two years, a new report has revealed, and corruption within government agencies is increasing.After WA police raised concerns about the level of corruption within government departments being probed in 2011 and 2012, State auditor general Colin Murphy was asked to look into what various agencies were ...

  • Toddlers home not fit for animals inquest

    The mother of a toddler who died after being found inside a washing machine regularly tied the boy's bedroom door shut for "time out", with an inquest into the puzzling death told the home had been so "appalling" that it wasn't fit for animals.The Perth Coroner's Court was today shown "panoramas" of the state of the Hilton home in which three-year-old ...

  • Traffic drama on Perth roads

    A crane is at the scene of a truck rollover in Hope Valley this afternoon.About 11.15am, a truck was travelling along Anketell Road when it rolled near Abercrombie Road.St John Ambulance took the driver to Fremantle Hospital with suspected minor injuries.A crane and a tow truck have been called in to clear the truck.A police spokesman said Anketell Road was closed and traffic was being diverted ...

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