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  • WA-first operation on heart

    A WEST Australian-first operation at Princess Margaret Hospital has helped save the life of a 7-year-old girl with heart ...

  • WA-first operation on heart

    A WEST Australian-first operation at Princess Margaret Hospital has helped save the life of a 7-year-old girl with heart ...

  • Plea for life-saving drug

    A PERTH mother, who was diagnosed with cancer just after she lost her husband to the disease, has made a desperate plea to the Government to subsidise a $50,000 drug which will help to save her ...

  • Jessica targeted by racist bullies

    THE same luscious dark curls, creamy olive skin and entrancing almond eyes that made Jessica Gomes the target of bullies at school have just landed her the biggest role of her career - being the face of David ...

  • Perth CBD doubles in size

    Less than 11,500 people lived in central Perth in 2005 but the number of residents grew to more than 28,000 in 2011, according to the latest census data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The number of residents under 15 years old more than tripled in that time, from 523 to 1720.RP Data figures for the past two years show Perth city is becoming increasingly popular with buyers with the ...


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The Day of the Locust [DVD]

The Day of the Locust [DVD]

The 1970s was a period of great artistic freedom in Hollywood, when the major studios, in dire financial straits after a string of big-budget flops in the late 1960s, turned over the reins to young auteurs and foreign directors. For the first time in Hollywoods history, major films were being produced by filmmakers who were not craftsmen who had worked their way up through the industry ala John F ... ...

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  • Jersey Boys make a whole-lotta meatball

    The lead actors of the musical "Jersey Boys" Declan Egan, Jeff Madden, Anthony Harkin and Glaston Toft cooking up a storm with Merrywell head chef Robert Ryan. Picture: Marie ...

  • Kyries plan to be the greatest

    But there is so much more that needs to be done.This 21-year-old is far from content.Anything less than taking to the court at next season’s NBA Playoffs, he says, would be a failure."My ultimate goal is just to be one of the best point guards to ever play the game," Irving says."And win an NBA championship and win an MVP. Those goals are something that I see in the ...

  • Ad ban will cripple tourism

    WA's tourism sector is up in arms over a Government advertising freeze it says will lead to wide job losses and cripple an industry already reeling.Tourism Minister Kim Hames also attracted Opposition fire yesterday for flying to Bali to present a sailing trophy three days after the Treasurer ordered a Government-wide ban on non-essential travel.Tourism WA, whose role is to attract visitors ...

  • Smoke alert for Perth

    A smoke alert has been issued for people in the Perth metropolitan area after a prescribed burn was carried out yesterday.The Department of Environment and Conservation has issued the alert after the burn in the south-east of Sawyers Valley.North-easterly winds pushed the smoke into the area, however it is expected to clear this afternoon because of westerly winds.The DEC has urged motorists to ...

  • Woman appears in court over stabbing

    A WOMAN appeared at East Perth Magistrate's Court today charged in relation to the fatal stabbing of her defacto partner in St ...

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