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  • 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 ...

  • Pedestrian killed in Ascot collision

    It is understood the pedestrian was run over by a car near the corner of Tonkin and Great Eastern Highway just before 10am.Tonkin Highway northbound is closed just before Great Eastern Highway.Road users will need to exit Tonkin Highway northbound at the Great Eastern Highway off ramp and get back onto Tonkin Highway via the Great Eastern Highway on ramp.Emergency services remain on site.Traffic ...

  • Barnett Some losers in NDIS

    THERE will be "winners and losers'' under the federal government's disability insurance scheme, West Australian Premier Colin Barnett ...

  • Barnett says promises are not broken

    Two months after the State election is too soon to start claiming the State Government is breaking election promises, Premier Colin Barnett says.The premier has been widely panned in the media in the past week, accused of breaking five ...


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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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  • Child hit by car in Perth

    A police spokeswoman said a car hit the child, who was sitting in a pram, and a pedestrian at about 9am this morning at the Irwin Street crossing on St Georges Terrace.The child, whose age is unknown, was taken to PMH with minor injuries.It is not known if the pedestrian received any injuries.Police are investigating the ...

  • Students on the path to safety

    ON Friday, students from Pinjarra Primary School will join thousands of students around Australia pounding the pavements on National Walk Safely to School Day. They will be walking towards a healthier childhood by joining the ranks of kids walking to school. In its 14th year, the objective of Walk Safely to School Day is to encourage each Australian child to achieve at least 60 minutes of ...

  • Search for man over suspicious Narrogin death

    Narrogin 6312 Police are appealing for information to find a 48-year-old man they want to speak to about the suspicious death of a woman in Narrogin.Charmaine Louise Winmar, 36, was found dead in a house in Narrogin on Saturday morning.Major Crime Detectives are looking for Kevin James Corbett who they believe to be in the Perth metropolitan area.Mr Corbett is described as 174 centimetres ...

  • Barnett refuses to budge on disability scheme

    Perth 6000 The Premier Colin Barnett says some disabled Western Australians will be worse off if he agrees to the DisabilityCare scheme in its current form.Both the Federal Treasurer, Wayne Swan, and the WA Labor Senator, Louise Pratt, have criticised WA for being the only jurisdiction that hasn't signed up.Mr Barnett says he is deeply concerned about the level of Commonwealth control ...

  • Investigation into iron ore train derailment

    Salmon Gums 6445 An investigation will be conducted into what caused an iron ore train to derail near Salmon Gums. The locomotive was headed for Esperance from Kalgoorlie-Boulder when 32 wagons derailed around 7:00 pm on Monday. No-one was injured but the railway line between Esperance and Kalgoorlie has been closed. Brookfield Rail and Aurizon say their working together to clear the track. ...

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