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  • Government on track to recruit extra police Harvey

    Perth 6000 The WA Police Minister Liza Harvey says the government is on track to recruit an extra 720 police officers over four years despite demands for government departments to reduce expenditure. In the lead-up to the last election, Ms Harvey promised to bolster police numbers by recruiting 550 police and auxiliary officers, in addition to the balance of 170 officers left over from a 2008 ...

  • MP Norman Moore retires with call for WA to secede

    Perth 6000 The retiring West Australian MP Norman Moore has used his final speech to Parliament to argue once again the case for the state breaking away from the Commonwealth. The Liberal veteran yesterday officially retired after more than 36 years in Parliament. He has been a long time advocate of secession, previously saying WA would be one of the most successful countries in the world if ...

  • Bike riders foot amputated in crash with ute

    Neerabup 6031 A motorbike rider has had his foot amputated in a crash with a utility in the northern Perth suburb of Neerabup.His bike collided with the four wheel drive ute about 9:00 pm last night as both vehicles were travelling south on Wanneroo Road.The bike rider, 26, told ambulance officers he only realised he had lost his right foot when he tried to brake.He was flown to Royal Perth ...

  • Rio Tinto unfazed by push to unionise workforce

    Karratha 6714 Rio Tinto is unfazed by a targeted recruitment drive by two major Australian unions and says it is unlikely to cause disruption on its work sites. The Australian Workers Union announced an alliance with the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union on Monday, directly aimed at recruiting WA Rio Tinto workers. Rio's managing director David Peever says Rio has dealt with ...

  • Harley rider loses foot in crash

    Just after 9pm the man's Harley Davidson motorcycle and a gold Nissan Maxima collided on Wanneroo RoadNeerabup, about 3km south of Hester Avenue.The 26-year-old rider was seriously injured and was airlifted by the RAC Rescue helicopter to Royal Perth Hospital. The 30-year-old male driver of the Nissan was not injured.Anyone who was in the area and saw the crash or either vehicle prior to ...


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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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  • Brick and hammer may link robberies

    Police are investigating whether four robberies at Perth businesses overnight are linked.The first occurred at 11.45pm, when thieves used a brick and a hammer to break the glass door of a Balcatta tavern.They stole alcohol from the Amelia Street business before fleeing the scene.A hammer was again used to break into a supermarket on Ellen Stirling Boulevard in Innaloo about 12.40am.The thieves ...

  • Axe-wielding robber escapes with pharmacy drugs

    An axe-wielding thief threatened staff at an Armadale pharmacy before stealing over-the-counter medication yesterday.The man entered the Railway Avenue business about 3.50pm.He fled with a small amount of non-prescription medication after threatening staff with an axe.The man is described as aged 25-30 and 160-165cm tall with a slim build and fair skin.He wore a hooded jumper and long ...

  • 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 ...

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