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  • Crute has key Falcons role

    And the former Fremantle Dockers community development manager has hit the ground running since taking over as chief executive of the Falcons in early April."I have thoroughly enjoyed it, it is really exciting," he said. "I knew what I was getting myself into."But the level of complexity across all aspects of the club has been a little bit surprising in terms of the depth of ...

  • City names its price

    Joondalup Mayor Troy Pickard said the City's $4 million contribution to upgrades at Arena Joondalup, announced during the State election campaign earlier this year, would likely be conditional on a name change.The State Government will provide $12 million towards the upgrades, which include a bar, function rooms, gym, physiotherapy rooms, change rooms and offices for West Perth.Mr Pickard ...

  • Rio Tino cuts iron ore staff

    Perth 6000 Rio Tinto has restructured its Western Australian iron ore division as the global miner seeks to cut costs from its business.More than 40 senior staff have been laid off including general managers.Some managers will be offered other jobs at in the company, but most will be offered redundancies.In an internal email to staff,Rio Tinto's new iron ore boss, Andrew Harding, said the ...

  • Four charged over 35kg drugs find

    Four people have been charged over the importation of more than 35kg of methylamphetamine hidden in ceramic tiles from China have appeared briefly in a Perth court.The three men and one woman allegedly attempted to bring the 17 pallets of ceramic tiles into Australia in January.The drugs have a street value of about $13 million.The Australian Federal Police, Australian Crime Commission and ...

  • Former WA premier Brian Burke and stockbroker to stand trial on insider trading charges

    Perth 6000 Former Western Australian premier Brian Burke has been committed to stand trial on insider trading charges.Burke and his co-accused, former stockbroker David Massey, appeared in the Perth Magistrates Court this morning.It is alleged the charges relate to the buying of shares in the ASX-listed IT company, Amcom.The offences are alleged to have occurred in April and May in 2006.It is ...


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Movie Review

Dodes'ka-den [DVD]

Dodes'ka-den [DVD]

The title of Akira Kurosawas Dodeska-den is not a real word, but rather an onomatopoeia for the sound of a trolley car clacking along its rails that is used by a simple-minded teenager who lives in a shanty-town slum on the outskirts of Tokyo. The film begins and ends with the boy, ... ...

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  • MoMAs best on show in Perth

    last year, said he was thrilled to return."I feel like Perth is now becoming a second home," he said.He said the exhibition presented a rare opportunity for the Perth public to view remarkable works in their hometown."This exhibition is a remarkable opportunity to see not only some of the most important works of art in the Museum of Modern Art’s collection but some of the ...

  • Buswell commits to Dry July

    But after vowing to give up the grog as part of the annual Dry July fundraising push, the controversial politician seems to have the support of the country, currently sitting number one on the national league table of fundraisers for the Cancer Council.While he struggles to balance WA's books as the state's mining boom comes off the boil, Mr Buswell has had no trouble drumming up ...

  • Image shown of boy in dryer before death

    ABOUT one year before a three-year-old boy was found unconscious in a washing machine with his dead pet cat, he was photographed sitting inside a dryer with no ...

  • WA government probes $23m in fraud

    MORE than $23 million in public sector fraud was investigated by West Australian police in just two years, a new report has revealed, and corruption within government agencies is ...

  • Sun and fun along WAs Coral Coast

    GROWING numbers of visitors are flocking to Western Australias Coral Coast each year to enjoy the year-round sunshine, get closer to nature and escape the crowds of the ...

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