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  • Ban alcohol ads in sports broadcasts Council

    Perth 6000 The Youth Affairs Council is calling for a ban on alcohol advertising during sports broadcasts in Western Australia.In its submission to a government commissioned review of WA's Liquor Control Act, the council says it is concerned young children are being exposed to too much alcohol advertising. The review committee is expected to provide a report to the Racing and Gaming ...

  • Three charged over alleged hit and run

    Beckenham 6107 Three teenagers have been charged after an alleged hit and run incident involving a Perth policeman last week.The Senior Constable was operating a speed camera on Albany Highway in Beckenham last Thursday morning when he was knocked to the ground by a scooter carrying three people.The scooter rider and his two passengers then ran away.The police officer was treated for cuts and ...

  • One word win worth millions to Palmer

    Resources billionaire Clive Palmer has won a multimillion dollar court battle over a single word in a contract which defined the timing of royalty payments due from an $8 billion iron ore mine. In a West Australian Supreme Court ruling, Justice James Edelman found in favour of Mr Palmer's Mineralogy. It was battling with contractors Sino Iron and Korean Steel over when royalties from iron ...

  • Water main erupts on Flinders Street

    The main burst on Flinders Street near Morley Drive, about 11.30am.The burst water main is yet another drama for Main Roads and the Water Corporation after repeated burst mains in Wellington Street in recent ...

  • Cane toad app to save harmless frogs

    Cane toads have infiltrated the north of WA and can't be eradicated but the state government hopes the free app for mobile phones will help monitor the alarming situation.Environment Minister Albert Jacob says the app, developed by his department and the University of WA, is designed to identify hitchhiker toads across the state and help minimise the number of native frogs that are mistaken ...


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Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

Melvin Van Peebles' "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" was a watershed moment in the history of American cinema and the black movement. It was released less than a decade after the Civil Rights Movement had begun and almost twenty years before the Rodney King incident. Its violent and highly sexualized revenge tale of a macho black hustler fighting back against white oppression and winning ... ...

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  • Water main bursts in Dianella

    Water is spraying metres into the air on a Dianella street after a water main burst this morning.It is understood the main burst on the side of the road on Flinders Street near Morley Drive about 11.30am.Last month, a water main caused severe traffic disruptions in West Perth when it burst three times in about a week.The Water Corporation was forced to replace the Wellington Street pipe 50 years ...

  • App separates cane toads from frog princes

    infiltrated the north of WA and can't be eradicated but the state government hopes the free app for mobile phones will help monitor the alarming ...

  • Pedestrian killed on Tonkin Highway

    A pedestrian was killed when she was hit by a car on Tonkin Highway in Ascot this morning.The woman was struck near the Great Eastern Highway ramp just before 10am.Sergeant Adrian Doulis from the major crash squad said the deceased woman was spotted on the verge on the northbound lanes near the Great Eastern Highway exit just before 10am when she stepped out onto the road and was hit by a ...

  • McGowan defends inner workings of Labor Party

    Perth 6000 The Opposition Leader Mark McGowan has defended the inner workings of the Labor Party, saying all political parties have factions.Former WA Labor parliamentary secretary Linda Savage, who finished her upper house term last night, says there is a need for reform within the party.She has described factional membership as 'Labor's most powerful unwritten rule'.Mr McGowan ...

  • Barnett denies breaking election promises

    Perth 6000 The Premier Colin Barnett has conceded a number of election promises could take longer than intended while the results of others may not be what was expected.The State Opposition has accused the government of reneging on several commitments, including keeping electricity prices at or around the rate of inflation and completing its light rail network by 2018.Mr Barnett maintains he ...

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