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  • Crackdown on fake online product reviews

    WA consumers who rely on web reviews for everything from where to go for dinner to weight loss treatment are being urged to be sceptical, with research suggesting as many as 30 per cent of online reviews could be fake.As part of a national crackdown on misleading online reviews, WA Commissioner for Consumer Protection Anne Driscoll said the agency had been looking into companies promoting weight ...

  • Killer virus alert for travellers

    Australians travelling to the Middle East could need a health check when they return if infections caused by a SARS-like virus continue to rise, a WA disease expert warns.Curtin University professor of health science Charles Watson said a new viral agent from the same family of viruses that caused an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome 10 years ago had emerged in the Middle East a few ...

  • Ministers rebel over cuts edict

    Treasurer Troy Buswell is staring down a Cabinet revolt as ministers in charge of big spending portfolios refuse to heed his call for voluntary spending cuts to protect the Budget surplus.Mr Buswell had asked ministers to submit lists of programs no longer delivering value for money to his office by last Friday.But Education Minister Peter Collier has not done so, Health Minister Kim Hames has ...

  • Opposition taps into water rates rise

    The Barnett Government has been accused of gouging households to prop up its Budget after ignoring the advice of WA's economic watchdog and lifting water tariffs 6 per cent from July.In a report to Treasurer Troy Buswell in November, the Economic Regulation Authority recommended water rates were high enough and should fall by 8 per cent, or $100, next financial year.Explaining the ...

  • Swan takes GST swipe at Barnett

    Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan has accused Colin Barnett of understating the true extent of Commonwealth payments to WA as he pledged not to lift the GST or broaden its base.Amid the Premier's continuing campaign for a bigger share of the national GST pool than the 45c in the dollar WA will receive in 2013-14, Mr Swan declared WA got back 79c in the dollar once all Commonwealth payments were ...


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Encounters at the End of the World

Encounters at the End of the World

It should surprise no one who is even casually familiar with the films of Werner Herzog that Encounters at the End of the World, his documentary about Antarctica and the colorful people who choose to live and work there, is the anti-March of the Pe ... ...

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  • Witness heard crack saw unconscious man

    A teenager on a Saturday night out with his mates heard a "loud crack" before he noticed a man lying unconscious on the ground, the trial of a man accused of a one-punch assault in Northbridge has been told.Kevin John Knapp, who went on trial in the District Court today, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of causing grievous bodily harm to 24-year-old German tourist Yannik Schmidt on ...

  • Chopper crash call a hoax

    Claims that a helicopter crashed near Gingin today are understood to have been a hoax.A police spokeswoman told The West Australian that it was believed that the call was a hoax.It is understood that authorities received an emergency call for help from a helicopter pilot about 1pm.A search for the chopper began shortly after the call in an area north-west of Gingin, which is about 90km ...

  • Six years jail for leader of Thai sex ring plot

    A FORMER teacher will serve more than six years in prison for plotting to start a doll making business in Thailand as a front for a sex ring involving fellow convicted ...

  • Friends struggle to cope with disappearance

    Friends and family of a father missing off the coast of Coral Bay were this evening struggling to come to grips with their grief after authorities ended a five-day search.Rob Shugg, 48, is believed to have drowned at the same location as his wife Kathreen Ricketson, 41, when they were swimming at Elle's beach, about 5.5km north of Warroora Station, on Wednesday afternoon.Long-time family ...

  • Wallaby selection a dream for Cummins

    Perth 6000 Western Force winger Nick Cummins was shocked to learn of his Wallaby squad selection for the series against the British and Irish Lions, but says he is desperate to make the most of the opportunity now that it has come his way.Cummins' chances of earning a gig for the series looked slim earlier this season when he was grounded for seven games due to a lingering knee ...

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