Monday, September 6th, 2010

WA News

Bid to save historic cinema

Bid to save historic cinema

Como's historic Cygnet Cinema is to be refurbished and expanded to five screens, with an outdoor picture theatre, restaurants and shops added under new plans for the landmark.

  • Man charged over abduction attempt

    A 46-year-old Glendalough man has been charged by police after he allegedly dragged an eight-year-old girl into the male toilets at Glendalough train station last night.

    1 hour, 17 minutes ago
  • Ponzi warning as two charged over $10m swindle

    Major Fraud Squad officers have charged two people with more than 30 offences after they allegedly conned nearly $10 million out of more than 100 WA investors, after promising high returns for large amounts of cash.

    September 6, 2010, 8:45 am
  • Cullen's chardonnay is world's best

    Margaret River producer Cullen has won a trophy for the world's best chardonnay at the Decanter World Wine Awards 2010. The Cullen Kevin John chardonnay 2007 was one of 28 international trophy winners chosen from nearly 11,000 entries in the annual awards announced in London.

    September 6, 2010, 7:14 am
  • WA milk bank for babies leads the nation

    Australia's first human-milk bank for premature babies has been a roaring success since it started in WA four years ago, with its founders now working to set up more banks across the nation.

    September 6, 2010, 7:05 am
  • Rock lobster prices could soar

    Fishermen have warned that the price of fresh rock lobsters could soar this season, with a State Government-imposed quota possibly forcing supplies to be sold to lucrative overseas markets.

    September 6, 2010, 7:04 am
  • Greens flag blocks on NW gas hub

    The increasingly powerful Federal Greens have signalled they will make life difficult for Colin Barnett as he tries to get Commonwealth approvals for his acquisition of James Price Point.

    September 6, 2010, 7:02 am
  • Albany boy, 11, shot in duck hunt

    A boy shot by a friend in a duck hunting mishap was having surgery in Princess Margaret Hospital last night.

    September 6, 2010, 6:08 am
  • Troy and Adele join forces to fight mine

    Less than six months after confessing to an affair which caused a political furore, former treasurer Troy Buswell and independent Fremantle MP Adele Carles have joined political forces to fight plans for a coalmine near Margaret River.

    September 6, 2010, 5:58 am
  • Bash victim fears attacker's family

    A 53-year-old Cooloongup man left with brain damage after he was bashed with a star picket three years ago has taken out a restraining order against members of his jailed attacker's family.

    September 6, 2010, 5:33 am
  • Giant's knee key to purple patch of history

    First it was Polly Farmer's knee for West Australians, then it was Chris Judd's groin for Eagles fans.

    September 6, 2010, 5:31 am
  • Hopes high on the streets of Freo

    Fremantle's cafe strip was abuzz yesterday as Dockers fans faced up to their team's first final in Melbourne.

    September 6, 2010, 5:31 am
  • Club hopes to get fans more flights

    Diehard Dockers fans are preparing for a mass exodus from WA to Melbourne ahead of Friday night's final against Geelong, with Fremantle club president Steve Harris to hold talks with Qantas about putting on extra flights to cope with demand.

    September 6, 2010, 5:30 am
  • Water use over limit by billions

    Almost a quarter of bore users pumping water from the Gnangara Mound have been caught breaking the rules of their licences by taking billions of litres more than they were entitled to, new figures reveal.

    September 6, 2010, 2:45 am
  • 'Help, not jail' for killer mother

    A woman who drowned her baby twins does not pose a risk to society and should be treated for mental illness rather than punished for the killings, shadow corrective services minister Paul Papalia says.

    September 6, 2010, 2:25 am
  • City tower building to restart

    Building company Probuild will seek hundreds of tradies to restart works on the troubled Raine Square tower from this month amid revelations of new costs and a blowout in the construction timetable.

    September 6, 2010, 2:15 am
  • WAGS ready to fly high

    The boys have had their chance to shine on field all season - there's nothing they can do about it now - but this week the wives and girlfriends will take centre stage at the West Coast Eagles club championships.

    September 5, 2010, 1:00 pm
  • After the torture, it's a matter of survival

    Reinforcement A will never forget his turn to stand before the battle-hardened veterans from Australia's most elite fighting force. His fate hinged on their judgment.

    September 5, 2010, 10:24 am
  • Man injured on Perth freeway

    A 60-year-old Girrawheen man suffered serious injuries when he was hit by a taxi after he ran on to the Mitchell Freeway last night.

    September 5, 2010, 9:37 am
  • Teen crashes car into house

    Police have charged a 13-year-old boy who allegedly crashed a stolen car into a house in Perth's southern suburbs this morning.

    September 5, 2010, 9:30 am

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Opinion

  • Ben O'Shea

    September 2, 2010, 12:14 pm
    Cousins vs Newton: A tale of two pities

    Like many, I found myself glued to the TV screen over the past seven days watching the very different stories of Ben Cousins and Matthew Newton play out with echoes of synchronicity....

  • Simone McGurk

    September 3, 2010, 6:13 pm
    Pay gap continues to grow

    Women in Australia won ‘equal pay for work of equal value' in 1969. Federal legislation to ban discrimination on the basis of sex was introduced in 1984. Despite both these hard-fought for achievements the pay gap between men and women is now...

  • William Yeoman

    August 31, 2010, 11:12 am
    Performance of poetry and poetry of performance

    In her 1966 essay Against Interpretation, Susan Sontag wrote "instead of hermeneutics [ie interpretation] we need an erotics of art". This is the (in)famous American intellectual at her truth-bearing disingenuous best.A critic of a different...

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