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  • Senior doctors face inquiry

    Medical authorities are investigating senior WA health officials over alleged breaches of infection control procedures involving single-use anaesthetic equipment being used in multiple patients in public hospitals.Documents from the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency obtained by The Weekend West show the Medical Board is investigating the role of at least six doctors, including ...

  • The $600000 job no one wants

    WA's Health Department has been without a director-general for almost six months after Kim Snowball quit in December, blaming the relentless nature of the job and health problems that forced him to take months off.The recruitment bill for a new health boss has now cost taxpayers almost $100,000 without a result. And it's not through lack of trying, with the Public Sector Commission ...

  • Maccas fine for roaches

    Stirling environmental officers had inspected the store on September 5 last year.City of Stirling lawyer David Nadebaum said conditions were so bad that inspectors even saw cockroaches in the building in broad daylight indicating a "substantial infestation" of the pests.He also said since June 2011, McDonalds had been fined four times in circumstances similar to the Innaloo breach, ...

  • Perth climbers historic Mt Everest double

    MARGARET Watroba has revealed she had to overcome injuries from a cycling accident that left her fearing she might not walk again properly - before she could climb to the top of Mt Everest this ...

  • Fashion guns blaze Outback shoot

    WITH the WA Outback as a prop and one of the country's most beautiful women as a model, you would think it would be hard to go ...


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Movie Review

The Mikado [Blu-Ray]

The Mikado [Blu-Ray]

Made just before the outbreak of World War II, Victor Schertzingers film version of The Mikado marked the first cinematic rendition of one of Gilbert and Sullivans lively operettas. It is not surprising that the newly formed British production company behind the film, which was funded l ... ...

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  • Perth actress nervy ahead of ABC role

    SHE may be a household name as Rhonda from the car insurance TV ads, but local actress Mandy McElhinney said she was nervous about making the jump to a starring role in mini-series Paper Giants: Magazine ...

  • The young soldier whose legacy is a lesson

    But principal Matthew Hughes wants the memory of James to have a longer legacy. So the school has made a decision to fund his siblings' tuition and the money raised by the soldiers will start the James Martin Memorial Trust to allow disadvantaged children to go to JSR."The school would put (his siblings) Holly and Angus through it's the bursary the school will provide in order ...

  • WA ice cream parlour among worlds best

    Simmo's Ice Creamery in Dunsborough has been ranked one of the best dessert destinations on the planet and certainly the tastiest in Australia.This week, national American newspaper USA Today listed the South-West favourite among ice-cream parlours in Florence, Nice, Sao Paulo and New York, along with cafes in Ireland, Denmark and South Africa.It said the 20-year-old family business boasted ...

  • Super Rugby Brumbies secure away win over Blues Western Force edge Highlanders

    New Zealand The Brumbies made sure they held onto the lead on the Australian conference standings following a 20-13 triumph over the Blues at a wet and slippery Eden ...

  • Cocaine is party drug of choice

    A FLOOD of imports has made cocaine WA's party drug of choice as the nation's top drug researcher warns of a rising number of "intense" users who need a hit "five, six, seven, eight, nine or 10 times a ...

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