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  • Italian tourist charged over hit and run

    Subiaco 6008 Police have charged an Italian tourist over a hit and run crash in the Perth suburb of Subiaco.A 25-year-old man was taken to hospital in a critical condition in the early hours of Sunday morning after being hit by a car on Thomas Street.Police say a 29-year-old man from Italy has been charged with several offences including failing to stop and render assistance after an accident ...

  • Carles petitions for developers inclusion in defamation case

    Perth 6000 The WA Supreme Court has heard that former MP Adele Carles wants to include a millionaire property developer in the defamation action being taken against her by her former partner, Treasurer Troy Buswell.Ms Carles is the former member for Fremantle and is being sued by Mr Buswell over claims she made about his behaviour in December last year.At a directions hearing this morning, the ...

  • Producer wants new venue for musicals

    International stage producer John Frost has bemoaned the lack of a lyric theatre in Perth, saying major musicals are not staged in the city because of this missing link in performing arts venues.Mr Frost, in Perth with his production of Driving Miss Daisy, said Perth would miss out on two of his other shows, Legally Blonde and Grease.He urged the State Government to act on a recent report that ...

  • Shutdown eased by new CAT

    A FREE green CAT service operating between Leederville and Perth CBD will start running in time for next month's planned train disruptions. The 19-stop service will start operations on Monday, July 1, running every 7-8 minutes from 6.30am to 7.30pm on weekdays. Buses will also run at 6am and 6.15am. Public Transport Authority (PTA) spokesman David Hynes said the service would help ...

  • Alarm as tree roots spread

    TAPPING residents are concerned for the safety of their homes saying they have noticed big tree roots encroaching on their properties. Geoff Newman said his street Nankeen Circle was lined with London plane trees and he had noticed damage to the street's footpaths and his retaining wall. He said the City of Wanneroo had been called to fix sections of the footpaths on many occasions and ...


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Movie Review

Point Break [DVD]

Point Break [DVD]

In one way or another, cops-and-robbers movies have always been about the relationship between the two. Even if they don't actually meet face-to-face until the last act, the cop and the robber engage in a complicated relationship throughout the movie, although that relationship is often mediated through tracking clues, chasing, and running. The best movies of this sort make us realize that, w ... ...

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  • Sex industry myths refuted

    Rebecca Davies challenges the perceptions that the sex industry and its workers are some kind of threat to public health. In fact, when it comes to safer sex they are the ...

  • 106 boarders apply for sex abuse compo

    More than 100 former WA hostel boarders have applied for sex abuse compensation after the Blaxell inquiry examined a litany of abuse across WA ...

  • Airport dispute drags into fourth week

    SECURITY screening staff at Perth Airport's Qantas terminal have dug in for a fourth week of industrial action as they remain embroiled in a wage dispute with employer MSS ...

  • Man charged over ATM robbery

    A 33-year-old man has been charged with robbery, fraud and stealing after an alleged attempting mugging in Kardinya last week.Police will allege the man tried to mug someone at an ATM in Kardinya about 4.15pm on Monday, June 10.He has been charged with attempted robbery and stealing, as well as six counts of fraud and three counts of stealing related to other incidents.The Yangebup man is due to ...

  • River water quality improves

    THE Department of Water (DoW) says water quality in the Canning River has improved over the past two decades despite a two-year ecosystem study finding a small number of contaminants still lurking. The study assessed the ecological health of the Canning River above Kent Street Weir in Wilson during December 2009 to September 2011. No health risks towards residents were identified in the ...

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