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  • Refugee advocates says housing shortage worsening

    Perth 6000 Housing advocates say the critical shortage of rental accommodation in Perth is worsening, particularly for refugees struggling to establish a new life in Western Australia.Last November, the state's Housing Crisis Committee staged a rally in Mirrabooka to highlight the plight of refugees and other disadvantaged groups.Three hundred people signed a petition presented to State ...

  • Scitech outshines rest with light show

    An exhibition that lets people dodge laser beams, freeze their shadow, see things in slow motion and paint a wall in infra-red has won Scitech an international award.The Playing with Light exhibition, which bombards visitors with more than 20,000 LED lights that react to their movements at the entrance, took Scitech staff 18 months to create and is based on the idea of open-ended experimentation ...

  • Couple grateful to RFDS

    Paul Collins and Emma Doust know the value of the Royal Flying Doctor Service all too well.The Redcliffe couple's son Noah was born four weeks early at King Edward Memorial Hospital after Ms Doust, 23, had complications with her pregnancy while visiting her parents in Walpole over the Easter break.On Easter Day, Ms Doust woke up in pain and fiance Mr Collins, 24, rushed her to hospital in ...

  • Schoolgirls told to skip social media

    Penrhos College students have been warned not to use social media to discuss circumstances surrounding their principal suddenly taking leave.Meg Melville went on annual leave yesterday after it was revealed her brother-in-law, a convicted child-sex offender, had been living at her home after his release from jail in August.Acting college council chairman David Macey said in an email to parents ...

  • Lucky escape for car theft hero

    A Langford man, who was dragged on to the road as he tried to stop a knife-wielding thief stealing his student boarder's car, says he feels lucky to have escaped with his life.Mark, who did not want his surname published, was alerted by his wife about 11.30pm on Monday that their boarder had been threatened with a knife as he smoked a cigarette on the family's front lawn.Mark went ...


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Movie Review

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

How do you go about topping the highest-grossing film of all time? I'm sure that was a question heavy on the minds of all those associated with "The Lost World: Jurassic Park," the $75 million sequel to 1993's mega-smash dino epic. This perplexing question was probably nagging strongest in the mind of Steven Spielberg, back in the director's chair for the first time since he won the Best Director ... ...

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  • Dumbleyung shire chief killed

    Dumbleyung shire chief executive Henry Van Der Ende has been killed in a car accident.Mr Van Der Ende's vehicle hit a tree on Great Southern Highway near Tambellup, 317km south-east of Perth, on Monday evening.He was driving north when his Ford Falcon left the road 2km north of Tambellup about 5pm, hitting the tree. It is believed he died at the scene.Police are preparing a report for the ...

  • Moores image set to live on

    Liberal Party elder Norman Moore last night gave his final speech in the Legislative Council after 36 years service - but his presence will live on in the form of a specially commissioned portrait to hang in Parliament.Council president Barry House revealed the tribute, by renowned WA artist John Garde, after a two-hour speech by Mr Moore traversing topics ranging from his disdain for the ...

  • Community seeks to end scourge of community

    "He was the most popular kid going. He had white friends and Noongar friends. The whole town is aching from it."Bev Port-Louis spoke touchingly yesterday of her 27-year-old nephew, who is the latest victim of a spate of suicides in the Wheatbelt town of Moora.The grieving aunt was among 150 people who turned out for a public meeting about the high rate of suicide among young Aboriginal ...

  • Too little sleep raises P-platers crash risk

    Young P-plater drivers are less able to cope with tiredness than older drivers and even a little sleep deprivation can cause a crash, according to an Australian study.Lead researcher Alexandra Martiniuk said yesterday that sleepiness was associated with lapses in attention, slowed reaction time and poor judgment."Young adults are less able to tolerate reductions in sleep compared with older ...

  • Golf club hunts vandals

    A Forrestfield golf club is offering a $10,000 reward after vandals broke in, damaged fairways and destroyed several greens for the third time this year.Hartfield Country Club general manager Mick Smith said the destruction overnight on Monday when three greens were destroyed would cost about $50,000 to repair and would put a massive dent in the club's operation."Our course was ...

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