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Perth MusicDirector's suicide claim 'fiction'
1pointsMURALI Thalluri should be the toast of the Australian film industry today. The 22-year-old's first feature film 2.37 is unspooling in local cinemas this weekend after debuting as an official selection at the Cannes Film Festival in May. Yet controve…
Final serve from bank chief
1pointsTHE nation's top banker has laid blame for the housing market lockout on Labor state governments. Reserve Bank chief Ian Macfarlane yesterday said the slow release of new land across Australia was falsely driving up house prices.
Jihad Jack conviction quashed creating obstacles to security
1pointsTHE quashing of Jack Thomas's terror conviction is a disaster for the Australian Federal Police and the Government's war on homegrown terror. The AFP has stumbled in its attempt to secure its first conviction under the nation's new anti-terror law…
Woman Urinated on Plane Floor
1pointsJust how secure are the new security measures being introduced on transatlantic flights? This disturbing report indicates that some serious loopholes remain unchecked and resulted in a flight being escorted by fighter jets in and emergency landing.
Ethnic childcare unit's closure 'a blow'
1pointsThe WA Government claims the closure of an ethnic childcare unit in central Perth is a major blow to the community.
Our troops too busy for Lebanon
1pointsAUSTRALIA has told the United Nations it is unlikely to send troops to help monitor the Lebanon ceasefire. The United States and France have both suggested that Australian troops might be part of the force of up to 15,000 troops with the task of sep…
PM puts our history back in classroom
1pointsEVERY year 9 and 10 student would be taught Australian history under a new national blueprint. In a back-to-basics approach, the subject would be a compulsory, stand-alone course about the events that shaped the nation. The plan, endorsed by the Fe…
Albany Port fights Govt over WWII bombs
1pointsA SMALL port in Western Australia's south-west is pitted in a David and Goliath-type legal battle with the Federal Government on just who should clean up World War II bombs in its harbour. The Albany Port Authority has racked up legal bills of $750…
What country people think about road safety
1pointsA regional road safety forum has had some surprising and disturbing results. Like most country areas, the Wagin district in southern Western Australia has lost its fair share of people on the roads. In the past couple of years, 10 to 15 people from…
Bus seatbelt installation timeline criticised
1pointsThe West Australian Government has been criticised for taking too long to install seatbelts on school buses. The issue came to head when nearly 30 Mandurah students wearing seatbelts escaped injury when their school bus crashed in late 2005.
Undiplomatic diplomacy on display
1pointsIn a dramatic interview on the BBC last night Perth time, a senior Chinese diplomat has blasted the US, telling it to “shut up” over Chinese military spending amid growing criticism.
World water demand 'will double'
1pointsWORLD demand for water will double by 2050, with a third of the globe's population already facing shortages of the precious resource, an international expert has warned. That will also send the cost of the "blue gold" through the roof, but it is unl…
Dog-dumping biker a new breed of thief
1pointsA Perth thief is taking expensive motorbikes for test rides and never coming back, abandoning dogs he leaves behind as security. Police believe the same man is responsible for stealing two bikes and abandoning two dogs in separate scams this month.
Fury at Fuel Prices Fuels Rebate?
1pointsWith rebates at State and Federal level, it seems that motorists who convert to Autogas could end up with a net profit. But is that really the case? What sorts of hidden gotchas lurk behind the LPG filler cap?
Perth becoming unaffordable
1pointsAnyone looking for a house and crunching the numbers may have realised this already, but Perth is pushing the boundaries of affordability. On average our mortgages now make-up close to 30 per cent of our incomes.
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