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  • Child hit by car in Perth

    A police spokeswoman said a car hit the child, who was sitting in a pram, and a pedestrian at about 9am this morning at the Irwin Street crossing on St Georges Terrace.The child, whose age is unknown, was taken to PMH with minor injuries.It is not known if the pedestrian received any injuries.Police are investigating the ...

  • Students on the path to safety

    ON Friday, students from Pinjarra Primary School will join thousands of students around Australia pounding the pavements on National Walk Safely to School Day. They will be walking towards a healthier childhood by joining the ranks of kids walking to school. In its 14th year, the objective of Walk Safely to School Day is to encourage each Australian child to achieve at least 60 minutes of ...

  • Search for man over suspicious Narrogin death

    Narrogin 6312 Police are appealing for information to find a 48-year-old man they want to speak to about the suspicious death of a woman in Narrogin.Charmaine Louise Winmar, 36, was found dead in a house in Narrogin on Saturday morning.Major Crime Detectives are looking for Kevin James Corbett who they believe to be in the Perth metropolitan area.Mr Corbett is described as 174 centimetres ...

  • Barnett refuses to budge on disability scheme

    Perth 6000 The Premier Colin Barnett says some disabled Western Australians will be worse off if he agrees to the DisabilityCare scheme in its current form.Both the Federal Treasurer, Wayne Swan, and the WA Labor Senator, Louise Pratt, have criticised WA for being the only jurisdiction that hasn't signed up.Mr Barnett says he is deeply concerned about the level of Commonwealth control ...

  • Investigation into iron ore train derailment

    Salmon Gums 6445 An investigation will be conducted into what caused an iron ore train to derail near Salmon Gums. The locomotive was headed for Esperance from Kalgoorlie-Boulder when 32 wagons derailed around 7:00 pm on Monday. No-one was injured but the railway line between Esperance and Kalgoorlie has been closed. Brookfield Rail and Aurizon say their working together to clear the track. ...


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Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

Melvin Van Peebles' "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" was a watershed moment in the history of American cinema and the black movement. It was released less than a decade after the Civil Rights Movement had begun and almost twenty years before the Rodney King incident. Its violent and highly sexualized revenge tale of a macho black hustler fighting back against white oppression and winning ... ...

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  • Teens charged over alleged cop hit-run

    Police have charged three teenagers after they allegedly knocked over a Senior Constable who was trying to stop them while carrying out speed detection duties on Albany Highway in Beckenham last week.The Senior Constable was allegedly struck and knocked to the ground and the scooter rider and his two pillion passengers ran from the scene on Thursday May 16 about 6.45am.The officer was treated in ...

  • Pro-life supporters hold annual rally at parliament

    Perth 6000 More than 850 people gathered on the front steps of State Parliament last night as part of an annual protest against Western Australia's abortion laws. Men, women and children held candles as they listened to a range of speakers, including Labor frontbenchers Margaret Quirk and Michelle Roberts and Liberal MP Peter Abetz. The protest was organised by the Coalition for Defence ...

  • Police hunt smash-grab gang

    POLICE are investigating a string of burglaries and break-ins on businesses in Perth's northern suburbs overnight that may be ...

  • Government on track to recruit extra police Harvey

    Perth 6000 The WA Police Minister Liza Harvey says the government is on track to recruit an extra 720 police officers over four years despite demands for government departments to reduce expenditure. In the lead-up to the last election, Ms Harvey promised to bolster police numbers by recruiting 550 police and auxiliary officers, in addition to the balance of 170 officers left over from a 2008 ...

  • MP Norman Moore retires with call for WA to secede

    Perth 6000 The retiring West Australian MP Norman Moore has used his final speech to Parliament to argue once again the case for the state breaking away from the Commonwealth. The Liberal veteran yesterday officially retired after more than 36 years in Parliament. He has been a long time advocate of secession, previously saying WA would be one of the most successful countries in the world if ...

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