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  • Pluton Resources improving operating cash costs at Western Australia iron project

    (MENAFN - ProactiveInvestors - Australia) Pluton Resources (ASX: PLV) has been steadily improving operating cash costs at its Cockatoo Island iron ore project in Western Australia since the first shipment commenced in December 2012 and expects further reductions soon.It plans to recommence exploration in the third quarter of this year to expand its existing Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves.The ...

  • Train services disrupted after reboot to network

    Midland 6056 Transperth says train services across the network were disrupted early this morning following track work on one section. Trains on the Midland line were cancelled between Perth and McIver stations after work in the area forced a reboot of the entire network.The trains are now running from Midland to Perth following the disruptions.The Public Transport Authority's David Hynes ...

  • Elderly couple die in car rollover near Denmark

    Denmark 6333 An elderly couple has died in a car rollover near Denmark on the South Coast.The crash happened when their car left South Coast Highway at Bow Bridge about 4:00 pm yesterday.Police say the 85-year-old man and his wife are from Denmark.Firefighters worked to free the pair from the wreckage.The man died at the scene and the woman was taken by ambulance to Denmark Hospital where she ...

  • Thieves raid jewellery store

    The robbers smashed their way into the jewellery store on Holmes Road about 1am.Police say they searched the inside of the premises before removing a quantity of jewellery and gem stones from the store.It’s’ believed the offenders are driving a white mid-90s Holden Commodore. Anyone with information should call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 ...

  • Three die in two crashes in horror hour

    The two crashes happened within about 10 minutes of each other, but were in very different parts of the state.The first crash happened about 3.50pm when an 89-year-old woman crashed her Daewoo hatch into a tree in Ludgate Way in Gwelup.Police said the woman had just left a house in that street before the crash occurred.The second fatality happened about 4pm near Denmark, about 420km south of ...


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Movie Review

The Grudge

The Grudge

Director Takashi Shimizu is so good at generating scenes of escalating dread and tension punctuated by sharp, nerve-rattling, jump-in-your-seat jolts that it's hard to begrudge him the fact that his English-language debut The Grudge is composed of almost nothing but such scenes, making it ... ...

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  • Search called off for missing swimmer

    THE search for Canberra man Rob Shugg has been called off, five days after he disappeared and his wife died while snorkelling in Western ...

  • Fault delays Perth train network

    Commuters are facing delays on Perth train lines after a technical fault temporarily brought all trains to a halt this morning.The entire network was closed down and rebooted earlier today due to a problem with the Midland line.Public Transport Authority spokesman David Hynes said the system was stopped for about five minutes."Over the weekend there was a closure and that was part of the ...

  • Plan to boost organ donations

    Organs would be taken from donors in regional and outer metropolitan hospitals in WA for the first time under a plan to boost the State's donations rates.It comes after a 61 per cent lift in donor rates, which DonateLife WA believes is because of increased awareness of the national organ donor register.In the first quarter this year, 18 WA people became organ donors compared with 32 all ...

  • Mums home is an Eagles nest

    When Sherryl Gardiner opened her Perth home to become a footy mum with a difference, her heart also opened more than she could have imagined.Mrs Gardiner and husband John were childless after unsuccessful IVF treatment 34 years ago.Instead, she became one of many host mums across Australia helping potential football stars make the move to foreign surroundings.The Gardiners have taken in five ...

  • Big return for Broome beach polo

    Polo came back to Cable Beach with a bang at the weekend to stamp itself as one of the Kimberley's most popular events.Marilynne Paspaley's Pinctada Cable Beach Polo was a breath of fresh air for a town suffering a downturn in tourism.Everyone who was anyone rubbed shoulders with the movers and shakers who flew in from all over Australia and the world.Four matches were played over two ...

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