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  • Rio signs Pilbara land-use deal

    Mining giant Rio Tinto has inked a major land use deal with traditional owners in Roebourne, in a move that has shone a light on a related messy native title dispute involving its rival Fortescue Metals Group.Rio and the Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation (YAC) signed the deal yesterday covering 13,000sqkm of land between Tom Price and Karratha, including the mining giant's major rail ...

  • Indon swim camp taps talent pool

    Indonesia may still be considered a developing nation but the archipelago has produced a talented pool of swimmers determined to compete at an elite level.Perth-born Olympic champion Bill Kirby can vouch for their efforts after setting up a pioneering swimming camp in Jakarta to help Indonesia's budding champions reach for the stars."There are more than 10 million people in Jakarta, so ...

  • Champion gives kids a leg-up

    The blood and sweat spilt by Peter Hadfield as a champion decathlete washes away in comparison with the tears he cries for the underprivileged Australian children he wants to help through the power of music.Hadfield caused an uproar when, competing at Perry Lakes in 1979, he wore a pioneering type of the skin-tight black leggings that have become fashionable among elite athletes.But he now hopes ...

  • Logging quotas blamed for mill job cuts

    One of WA's biggest timber mills is preparing to close its doors and sack half its workers, sparking a stoush between industry players and the State Government over logging quotas.Whittakers Timber Products confirmed yesterday it would shut the green mill and half of its dry mill at its primary production facility in Greenbushes.Whittakers director Trevor Richardson said staff at the mill ...

  • Branching out for a fresh start

    Refugee Hawa Hassan, holding Ruwayda and Blessing, now works for Save the Children helping refugee and migrant women and children adjust to life in Australia. Picture: Dione Davidson/The West ...


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The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolans grim, brooding, and very nearly brilliant sequel to his 2005 reboot Batman Begins, is perhaps the most scintillating and incisive film about our current state of affairs to hit the big screen since the war on terror began. While numero ... ...

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  • Power station losses could hit $250m

    The Barnett Government is refusing to come clean about the extent of losses to taxpayers flowing from a disastrous decision to refurbish the 47-year-old Muja A and B coal-fired power plants in Collie.Taxpayers have been forced to inject at least $75 million into a venture that Premier Colin Barnett declared would not cost them a cent when he announced it in 2009.Taxpayer-owned Verve Energy, ...

  • Health may need $150m Budget boost

    WA health chiefs say they have yet to work through the impact of the State Government's salary cap directive on its workforce while refusing to rule out the prospect of needing a $150 million Budget top-up.During a parliamentary committee hearing yesterday into the health budget, it also emerged the Government faced paying private facilities manager Serco for 29 separate services affected ...

  • Forrest urges support for arts

    Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest has urged companies and wealthy individuals to hold their nerve and maintain their support for the arts through tighter economic times.As the new chairman of the fundraising foundation of the Art Gallery of WA, Mr Forrest has taken on a key role in promoting philanthropy.The art gallery yesterday unveiled the most diverse and glittering array of modern ...

  • Millions lost as thieves target timber

    Criminal gangs are illegally harvesting WA sandalwood, making millions of dollars on the black market.Amid widespread upheaval in WA's timber industry, the Forest Products Commission has warned its bottom line is being eroded by the theft of sandalwood, a key ingredient in perfumes and cosmetics.It came as the Department of Environment and Conservation, which regulates the sandalwood trade, ...

  • Parents surveyed about child sex offender register

    ECU Joondalup researchers are investigating whether the online child sex offender register website has made parents feel their children are safer. The website allows people to request information about serious child sex offenders living in their suburb. The website, which was launched by the State Government in October, is the first of its kind in Australia. Lead researcher Caroline Taylor ...

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