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  • Robert McClelland Tony Crook Mal Washer give valedictory speeches in Parliament

    Australia Former attorney-general Robert McClelland has called for more action to reduce the rate of Aboriginal children in custody in his valedictory speech to Federal Parliament.Prime Minister Julia Gillard dropped Mr McClelland from Cabinet in December 2011 and he moved to the back bench last year after publicly backing Kevin Rudd in a leadership challenge.In February he announced he would ...

  • $458m for city tower too low

    The Raine Square tower has sold for $458 million in a record payment for a city office, but the developer behind the skyscraper claims it was sold massively under value.Luke Saraceni, who lost control of the tower when his property empire collapsed, claims receiver KordaMentha sold the property for about $50 million under its true value in the deal with the Charter Hall Group and a fund ...

  • Cost an obstacle to seeing GP

    People living in Perth's southern corridor of Kwinana, Rockingham and Mandurah rate the worst in the country for putting off attending a GP or dentist because of cost.A review by the National Health Performance Authority found that in the Medicare Local of Perth South Coastal 34 per cent of adults avoided going to the dentist because of the expense, the highest rate in Australia.The area ...

  • Wine producer takes a hit

    Wine producer Maree Saraceni has vowed to find a new vineyard home in the South West for the Saracen Estates winemaking business after revealing yesterday it will operate from its Perth office for the foreseeable future.The family of embattled property developer Luke Saraceni has sold out of the Duckstein microbrewery operating on the 40ha Margaret River property, which also housed Saracen ...

  • Yanchep man 21 charged over online grooming

    A Yanchep man studying to become a teacher's assistant allegedly groomed a police officer posing as a 12-year-old girl using an online chat program.The 21-year-old was charged by the online child exploitation squad after a three-month covert operation in which he allegedly exposed the "girl" to indecent material and instructed her about sexual matters.Police claim the man tried to ...


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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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  • Drive test bookings go online

    In the face of ballooning waiting times and growing anger among novice drivers, the Government has attempted to streamline its driving test booking system by sending it online.From today, learner drivers and instructors will be able to book tests online up to six months in advance and at any licensing centre in the State.The arrangement will replace a system under which waiting times reached up ...

  • Big shift for welfare in Halls Creek

    The East Kimberley town of Halls Creek is facing a radical overhaul of its welfare system in what would be a WA first.The plan would allow the community to reward or punish residents on whether they met certain responsibilities such as school attendance and paying rent.The plan, dubbed Living Change and modelled on a groundbreaking program in the Queensland town of Cape York in 2008, has ...

  • Perth man apologises over Dawson tweets

    A Perth radio presenter has apologised for accusing TV personality Charlotte Dawson of faking a suicide attempt.Ms Dawson, a judge on Australia's Next Top Model, was admitted to Sydney's St Vincent hospital in the early hours of August 29 last ...

  • Storms hit Western Australias southwest

    Wind gusts have torn roofing from houses, uprooted trees, and brought down power-lines as storms hit the southwest region of Western Australia (WA) overnight, local media reported on Thursday.The southwest town of Waroona in WA has been the worst hit with at least two houses losing large parts of their roofs and downed power-lines causing power cuts, the Australian Associated Press (AAP) ...

  • Teachers assistant charged with online child sex offences

    Perth 6000 A 21-year-old man from Yanchep who was studying to be a teacher's assistant has been charged with online child sex offences. The charges follow a covert police operation across three months.A WA police officer posed as a 12-year-old girl during the operation. During that time, it is alleged the man groomed the 'child' by exposing her to indecent material and ...

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