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  • Teen undercover cops for liquor stings

    Police want to use teenage cadets in undercover stings on bottle shops to crack down on liquor outlets supplying juveniles with alcohol.WA Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan said police cadets were employed from age 16 and could be given limited powers to make test purchases."The problem with surveillance work at the moment is we have to have police officers sitting outside premises ...

  • Circus physio keeps dancers on their toes

    Former Cirque du Soleil physiotherapist Trevor Aung Than helps keep WA Ballet dancers on their toes.After three years with Cirque du Soleil in China, the Curtin University graduate returned home to Perth last year and now runs WA Ballet's dancer wellbeing program.Mr Aung Than has his work cut out with the current season of the romantic ballet La Sylphide putting extra stress on the ...

  • Police call centre shortage sparks concern

    Perth 6000 The Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan says he urgently needs 15 extra staff at a centre which handles calls from the public.He says a freeze on the number of public servants means he cannot hire new staff and will have to take staff from somewhere else in the police service.Mr O'Callaghan says moving the staff will have an impact."I think we are all going to have ...

  • WA joins national illegal firearms crackdown

    WA Western Australian Police have joined a nation-wide crackdown on illegal firearms.Operation Unification aims to crack down on the number of illegally imported and manufactured guns, as well as the number of registered firearms being stolen and sold on the black market.About 1,500 registered firearms were stolen across Australia last year and nearly a third of them were from WA. Acting ...

  • UWA Breastmilk fights infant infections

    BREASTMILK helps fight infections in babies and their mothers, international research led by the University of Western Australia has ...


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In recent years, the best of the superhero franchises have blazed a rather remarkable track record in which the second film in the series is the best. Starting with Bryan Singers X-Men films, whose X2 (2003) was a much stronger and more cohesive work that his initial X-Men< ... ...

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  • Barnett disappointed by protestors snub

    WEST Australian Premier Colin Barnett says he is "disappointed'' Kimberley gas hub protesters have cancelled a meeting with him despite pushing the idea during the recent election ...

  • Make old cells young again to fight cancer

    The study focussed on the immune system's ability in older people to deal with cancers.It tracked certain cells within the immune system of young and geriatric mice, finding that deterioration caused by mimicked conditions of lung cancers could be reduced by activating other cell types.Dr Connie Jackaman from the Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute said the immune system in all ...

  • On top of the world again

    PERTH engineer Margaret Watroba has become the only West Australian to reach the top of the world's highest mountain from two sides, and is likely the only woman in all Australia to have done ...

  • Inquiry to probe FLNG technology

    The politically sensitive issue of floating liquefied natural gas technology will be the subject of a 12 month inquiry by the powerful Legislative Assembly standing committee on economics and industry.Resource company bosses from Shell and Woodside will be called to give evidence to the inquiry, which will examine how FLNG impacts on sectors of the WA economy including engineering and design, ...

  • Drunk driver pleads guilty over crash death

    The family of eight-month-old Nate Dunbar who was killed when a drunk driver crashed into his Merriwa home has welcomed the start of justice today after the woman responsible pleaded guilty.Melissa Ann Waters, 35, appeared briefly in Perth Magistrate's Court today where she officially pleaded guilty to one count of dangerous driving causing death and driving under the influence to an extent ...

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