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  • WA teen exercise rates alarming

    Exercise rates among high school children in WA are declining to alarming levels, fuelling health concerns, an academic says.Louise Naylor from University of WA's School of Sport Science Exercise and Health said she expected inactivity had worsened among teenagers since a 2008 study revealed less than 10 per cent of girls did enough exercise to maintain health.That study showed boys were ...

  • Traffic banks up due to burst water main

    Claremont 6010 Main Roads is advising drivers to avoid Stirling Highway in Claremont near Methodist Ladies College because of a burst water main.There is heavy traffic near the corner of Cliff Road and Stirling ...

  • WA police officers awarded medals for quake work

    A police officer accepts a medal from New Zealand's High Commissioner retired Major General Martyn Dunne alongside Commissioner Karl ...

  • Barnett defends massive pay rise for staffer

    Perth 6000 The Premier Colin Barnett has defended a huge post-election pay increase to the head of his media team, despite flagging "belt-tightening" measures ahead of the state's budget. A report tabled in Parliament last week revealed government staffer Dixie Marshall's salary has jumped $84,000 since October. In Parliament today, the Opposition Leader Mark McGowan asked ...

  • Crisis meeting called on Aboriginal suicide

    Indigenous leaders in Western Australia are holding a crisis meeting with senior bureaucrats to discuss high suicide rates among the Noongar community.Dumbartung Aboriginal Corporation executive officer Robert Eggington will present a list of outcomes from the meeting with the Commissioner for Mental Health Eddie Bartnik and others to Premier Colin Barnett later today.Concerns to be raised at ...


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Movie Review

That Obscure Object of Desire (Cet obscur objet du désir) [DVD]

That Obscure Object of Desire (Cet obscur objet du désir) [DVD]

There are times when major dilemmas during the production of a film result in some inspired artistic decisions. For instance, Brian De Palma's brilliant reimagining of Sergei Eisenstein's Odessa Steps sequence in The Untouchables (1987) was improvised on-set when De Palma decided he didn't like the scene as scripted by David Mamet. Another of the most famous "happy accidents" is the ending ... ...

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  • Strategy to boost immunisation launched

    A strategy has been launched by the State Government to boost immunisation rates in WA and prevent the outbreak of diseases like measles, rubella and meningitis.According to Health Minister Kim Hames, WA has lower immunisation rates than other jurisdictions.Dr Hames said the WA Immunisation Strategy 2013-15 would target key groups, including four-year-olds entering the education system, high ...

  • Police investigate possible drug lab in Busselton

    Busselton 6280 Police are investigating a possible clandestine drug laboratory in West Busselton.Detectives raided the Peake Street property earlier today and found items they say may be consistent with the manufacture of drugs.Officers from the Organised Crime Squad and ChemCentre are processing several items of interest at the scene.One person has been taken into custody while the items are ...

  • Man jailed over crashed that killed his cousin

    Keysbrook 6126 A 30-year-old man has been sentenced to ten months jail for causing a crash in Keysbrook that claimed the life of his cousin and then fleeing the scene.Razak Simon Bin Saad pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing the death of Dwain Lawrence in January.Bin Saad's partner was also in the car and was injured.The District Court was told the pair did not report the crash to ...

  • Mix on top as Sattler takes a hit

    6PR's Sattler was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease last year and since then his ratings have been varied.He enjoyed a spike during the previous radio survey, but was again down 1.1 points in the latest Nielsen results released today, to hold 8.4 per cent of the audience.Nova 937 continue to dominate the drive timeslot gaining another 1.4 points, bringing its audience share to 15.2 ...

  • Ban unvaccinated kids - Hames

    Health Minister Dr Kim Hames says he has no problem with individual child care centres banning unvaccinated kids, but won't be legislating on ...

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