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  • Spending freeze affects tourism promotion

    Perth 6000 The State Opposition is calling for the Government to overturn an advertising ban which is stopping Tourism WA from promoting the State. The Treasurer Troy Buswell announced a freeze on non-essential government spending last week, in an effort to improve the state's finances. Labor's tourism spokesman Paul Papalia says the decision's impact on Tourism WA was quickly ...

  • Bunbury a model port Buswell

    Transport Minister Troy Buswell has pointed to grain heavyweight Bunge's $40 million investment in the Bunbury Port as an example of what WA's other port authorities should be aiming to achieve.Mr Buswell last week flagged the possibility WA's ports could transfer the control of assets to the private sector but denied it was a process of privatisation.Bunge is investing up to $40 ...

  • Man charged over Narrogin murder

    Narrogin 6312 Police have charged a man with the murder of a woman in Narrogin.The body of Charmaine Louise Winmar, 36, was found at a house in Ensign Street just before midday on Saturday.Police from the Major Crime Squad have charged a 48-year-old man over the murder. He is due to appear in the Perth Magistrate's Court ...

  • Man arrested over womans death in Narrogin

    Narrogin 6312 Police have arrested a 48-year-old man over the death of a woman in Narrogin.Charmaine Louise Winmar, 36, was found dead in a house in the Wheatbelt town on Saturday morning.Police identified a person of interest and called for help from the public to locate him.He is now in custody but no charges have been ...

  • 14 suffer caustic burns at Bunbury store

    CUSTOMERS at a fast food outlet in Western Australia have been treated for burns, and two are in hospital, after a restaurant worker apparently mistook caustic soda for ...


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Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin) [DVD]

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  • Fiery double fatal Fifth death in 14 hours

    TWO men have been killed in an horrific fiery truck and car collision near Wubin, 300km north-east of Perth - making five deaths inside 14 hours on WA ...

  • Costly search for new health department boss

    Perth 6000 The Public Sector Commission has conceded it has spent almost $100,000 in just two months trying to find a new Director General of Health. The position became vacant when Kim Snowball quit in December. According to a government tender document, the Commission had planned to spend $82,000 finding a suitable candidate between March and October of this year. But the ABC has learned ...

  • Water Corporation defends sewage dump at lake

    Joondalup 6027 The Water Corporation has defended its clean up of Lake Joondalup after 750,000 litres of sewage was discharged at the site. The incident occurred five months ago when a private contractor's pump failed and authorities used nearby bushland to contain the overflow. Labor MP Dave Kelly yesterday presented Parliament with a plastic bag filled with human waste and nappies he ...

  • WA man driving six times over limit

    A HIGHGATE man will face court next month after he was allegedly caught driving yesterday with a blood alcohol reading more than six times the legal ...

  • Fun house big help in dire days

    By the age of three, Danielle Fleer had spent more than a third of her life in hospital.Diagnosed with cancer at just two, she had 12 months of chemotherapy, flying between Perth and her home in Albany to get treatment. Doctors had found a 1kg tumour in her abdomen and the toddler had to have risky surgery. Vital blood vessels had tangled around the tumour and only a portion of it could be ...

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