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  • Police operation nabs nine men seeking prostitutes

    The alleged offenders include a 72-year-old Karrinyup man, a 60-year-old Bassendean man, a 58-year-old Maylands man, a 53-year-old High Wycombe man, a 46-year-old Connolly man, a 39-year-old Hillarys man, a 38-year-old Clarkson man, a 33-year-old Mount Lawley man and 20-year-old Northbridge man.All were charged with seeking a prostitute in a public place and are expected to appear in Perth ...

  • Turning the tables on traditional job search approach

    LOCAL employment agency Bridging the Gap will target Kwinana's high unemployment rate in an innovative way after it was granted funding by the Ministry for Human Services through the Local Solutions Fund. Bridging the Gap will launch its Academy for Community Employment (A4CE) based on the identified needs of employers. The academy will be the first of its kind in WA. Bridging the ...

  • All in the family

    SECRET Harbour Surf Life Saving Club (SHSLC) has always been a family affair and now the club has three married couples as finalists in the prestigious 2013 Surf Life Saving WA (SLSWA) Awards of Excellence tomorrow night. Couples Digby and Carolyn Wilson, Megan and Garry Williams and Sharee and Garry Hart are all finalists for the annual awards at Crown Perth that celebrate the contributions ...

  • Territory crucial to success of Ord sugar project

    Kununurra 6743 Pressure is mounting on the Northern Territory Government to make land available so a Chinese company can create a major sugar industry in the Ord Irrigation Scheme.The Chinese owned Kimberley Agricultural Investment (KAI), was named the preferred developer of Ord Stage 2 in Western Australia last year, giving it access to over 13,000 hectares.The company plans to invest $700 ...

  • WA parents of Saudi detainee meet DFAT

    THE parents of a Perth-born man jailed in Saudi Arabia on accusations of terrorist-related offences have met with Australian government officials in a bid to assist their ...


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The Burning [DVD]

The Burning [DVD]

Everybody has to start somewhere, and for Harvey and Bob Weinstein, the independent producer/distributors who founded Miramax Pictures and helped reignite the fire of American independent cinema in the early 1990s, it was a cheap Friday the 13th-knockoff called The Burning. Pro ... ...

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  • Floating LNG threat to gas plants

    Both major West Australian political parties fear Shell's Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) project will trigger a departure from onshore processing, slashing state royalties and denying local ...

  • Guns drugs found during Baldivis raid

    Five people were charged yesterday after firearms, fireworks and drugs were allegedly found during a raid on a Baldivis home.Officers questioned a number of people after the search warrant at a Baldivis Road home yesterday.The search warrant was executed as part of a police investigation after gunshots were fired at properties in Kwinana in March.Police are still looking for the person who fired ...

  • Police seize replica weapons at Baldivis search

    Baldivis 6171 Seven people will face court after an investigation into shots fired at properties in Kwinana in March.The Tactical Response Group and drug detection dogs helped search a property in Baldivis yesterday.Officers found ammunition, fireworks, replica firearms, bayonet knives, drugs, cash and stolen goods.Three men over the age of 50 have been charged with multiple offences along ...

  • NW health worker charged with stealing

    A WA public servant who allegedly used a government credit card to buy electrical goods has been charged with 19 stealing ...

  • Public servant charged with $19000 theft

    A WA public servant who allegedly used a Government credit card to buy electrical goods has been charged with 19 stealing offences.The Corruption and Crime Commission alleges Robert James Prasloski was working for the WA Country Health Service as the acting facilities manager in the Kimberley region when he allegedly committed the 19 offences.The 51-year-old was charged with 10 stealing offences ...

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