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  • Willetton school set to expand

    WILLETTON Senior High School has embarked on an ambitious building program in a bid to boost several academic areas. Plans include a new science block and classrooms for the first intake of Year 7s. Preparation work was finished this week, with new teaching spaces created so that old ones can be knocked down during the first stage, which is expected to begin sometime this year. Principal ...

  • Proposed 20 per cent tariff increase rejected

    Perth 6000 The Economic Regulation Authority has rejected a proposal from Western Power to increase its network tariff by 20 per cent in one year.Western Power flagged the rise in its 2013-14 price list which it submitted to the ERA for approval last month.The state-owned corporation builds, maintains and operates the network in the southern half of WA but does not generate or sell ...

  • High-rise bottle thrower a Facebook hit

    POLICE are investigating a "foolish" video showing a teenager throwing a bottle at a car from the fourth storey of a Perth car ...

  • Sally Ayhans weather update

    GET the latest on what the weather's been doing today, plus the forecast for the next 24 hours and week ahead, with Channel 9's weather presenter Sally ...

  • High-rise bottle thrower could be charged

    POLICE are investigating a "foolish" video showing a teenager throwing a bottle at a car from the fourth storey of a Perth car ...


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Movie Review

That Obscure Object of Desire (Cet obscur objet du désir) [DVD]

That Obscure Object of Desire (Cet obscur objet du désir) [DVD]

There are times when major dilemmas during the production of a film result in some inspired artistic decisions. For instance, Brian De Palma's brilliant reimagining of Sergei Eisenstein's Odessa Steps sequence in The Untouchables (1987) was improvised on-set when De Palma decided he didn't like the scene as scripted by David Mamet. Another of the most famous "happy accidents" is the ending ... ...

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  • Freight train carrying iron ore derails

    The line from Kalgoorlie-Boulder to Esperance remains closed after a train derailed 17km north of Salmon Gums last night, scattering 32 carriages and about 2240 tonnes of iron ore across the track.The Aurizon train headed for Esperance Port came off Brookfield Rail's freight network about 7pm.Brookfield has confirmed 32 carriages each carrying 70t of iron ore have been derailed, but the ...

  • WA teen exercise rates alarming

    Exercise rates among high school children in WA are declining to alarming levels, fuelling health concerns, an academic says.Louise Naylor from University of WA's School of Sport Science Exercise and Health said she expected inactivity had worsened among teenagers since a 2008 study revealed less than 10 per cent of girls did enough exercise to maintain health.That study showed boys were ...

  • Traffic banks up due to burst water main

    Claremont 6010 Main Roads is advising drivers to avoid Stirling Highway in Claremont near Methodist Ladies College because of a burst water main.There is heavy traffic near the corner of Cliff Road and Stirling ...

  • WA police officers awarded medals for quake work

    A police officer accepts a medal from New Zealand's High Commissioner retired Major General Martyn Dunne alongside Commissioner Karl ...

  • Barnett defends massive pay rise for staffer

    Perth 6000 The Premier Colin Barnett has defended a huge post-election pay increase to the head of his media team, despite flagging "belt-tightening" measures ahead of the state's budget. A report tabled in Parliament last week revealed government staffer Dixie Marshall's salary has jumped $84,000 since October. In Parliament today, the Opposition Leader Mark McGowan asked ...

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