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  • New vaccination strategy launched as rates lag

    Perth 6000 The Health Minister Kim Hames says WA is lagging behind the rest of Australia when it comes to immunisation.A report from the National Health Performance Authority found 90 per cent of WA children are fully immunised at one, three and five years of age.In parts of Victoria and New South Wales, the average rate is around 94 per cent. Dr Hames says WA parents need to be made more ...

  • Lombadina under water after 180mm deluge

    THE remote Aboriginal community of Lombadina in the Kimberley would be under water today after a massive 180mm was dumped on it late ...

  • On the lookout for feral fish

    THE SWAN River Trust is urging people to report all sightings of feral fish in the river. Populations of koi carp, goldfish, pearl cichlids, swordtails, guppies, silver perch and spangled perch have been detected in the Swan-Canning catchment. Swan River Trust senior environmental manager Jeff Cosgrove said the feral fish likely entered the Riverpark by people dumping unwanted fish. "The ...

  • Students turn out in force against cuts

    CURTIN University hosted its biggest protest in more than 20 years last week, with hundreds of students taking part in a nationwide strike against cuts to higher education. About 700 students took to Curtin's Stadium Oval on May 14 in protest against the government plans to cut funding to Australian universities by $2.3 billion - and Guild President Jess McLeod said the word on campus was ...

  • Residents in loo blue

    HOBART Street resident and mother-of-two Kerryn Doyle is one of many North Perth locals disappointed by Vincent council's decision to install a toilet in the popular Auckland/Hobart Street Reserve. Despite several objections to installing a unisex facility, at last week's meeting, councillors voted in favour of trialling a toilet for 12 months. "My main concern is anti-social ...


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Movie Review

The Omen (2006)

The Omen (2006)

The opening scene of John Moore's remake of 1976's The Omen presents us with a series of uneasy recent news images--the space shuttle exploding, the Twin Towers falling, the tsunami in Thailand, violence in the Middle East--that are meant to be interpreted as the fulfillment of signs in Bi ... ...

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  • Police resources tied up with weekend parties

    OUT-of-control parties continue to drain police resources on weekends, with local police called out to three parties on Friday evening. During a ride-along, the Melville Times witnessed first hand the time and effort spent controlling parties in Bull Creek, Coolbellup and East Fremantle. The night began slowly with a few house visits and alarm reports but the focus soon turned to parties once ...

  • Questions over bird faeces

    THE Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) has questioned if bird faeces should be held responsible for high bacteria levels at Champion Lakes Regatta Centre. In 2011, a test organised by the original managers of the centre, the Armadale Redevelopment Authority, found waterbird faeces was the cause of spikes in thermophilic amoebae. Manager VenuesWest, which now manages the centre, ...

  • Girrawheen residents shaken by two deaths

    THEY milled in the street, for a killing had shaken "little Danbury" in Girrawheen. Kids arriving home from school, the elderly, young adults, mums and dads all chatted nervously as police blocked Danbury Crescent about 5.30pm last Wednesday where officers had found a 37-yearp-old man dead in his home two hours earlier. The residents were unaware that police had also found a ...

  • Around the clock random breath testing

    DRINK drivers now risk random breath tests around the clock, says Southeast Metropolitan Acting Senior Sergeant Ben Macfarlane. Police said the number of motorists tested in the district was up 17.5 percent compared to last year, because of "any time, anywhere" RBT operations. The Canning Times recently attended a morning RBT operation with Southeast Metropolitan officers. Thirty ...

  • All quiet on the warehouse front

    A COMMERCIAL warehouse used as a clubhouse for motorcycle club associates in Clarkson has gone quiet in the past five months, according to authorities. City of Wanneroo planning and sustainability director Len Kosova said there was no evidence the Rebels Motorcycle Club was still using a unit at 19 Caloundra Road, a sentiment echoed by the district police chief Charlie Carver. Last December, ...

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