AUSTRALIAN landscape artist, Leon Homes of Fremantle, judge of the Newdegate Field Days art competition, said the standard overall was excellent. [more]
THE closure of Walker Ford, Wagin, announced this week has added to the toll of local businesses closing due to loss of staff to the booming mining industry. [more]
WESTERN Australian Governor Ken Michael included Kukerin in a recent tour of the Wheatbelt, facilitated by the Wheatbelt Development Commission. [more]
FORM filling, fund raising and hard work culminated this week in the completion of the resurfacing of two of the tennis courts at the Arthur River Country Club. [more]
PHILLIP Sprigg continued his fine year with a sensational 43 points in the Duncan and Crosby Stableford event at the Wagin golf course last Saturday. [more]
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CANBERRA: Drought assistance was climbing towards $3 billion but Australia must use its prosperity to fight the crisis until the rains return, Deputy PM Mark Vaile said. [more]
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SYDNEY: The RailCorp drugs scandal has deepened with the emergence of internet videos showing drunk NSW rail workers apparently smoking drugs while in uniform. [more]
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MELBOURNE: Geelong's Jimmy Bartel has walked away from the his first night at the Brownlow Medal count as a winner of the game's highest individual award. [more]
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BRISBANE: The Queensland racing industry has been plunged into crisis with two cases of suspected horse flu in racehorses trained at Doomben. [more]
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KANDAHAR: Two tour buses travelling at high speed have collided head-on on a southern Afghan highway, killing about 40 people on board, a highway police commander said. [more]
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NEW DELHI: Indian PM Manmohan Singh led a rapturous nation in showering praise on their cricket team after clinching the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup. [more]
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JAKARTA: An Airbus airliner operated by an Indonesian carrier has been forced to land after losing cabin pressure, a spokesman says. [more]
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BOURNEMOUTH: Gordon Brown will promise new policies to create a "fairer, stronger Britain" when he addresses his Labour party's annual conference. [more]
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistani police detained opposition activists as the Supreme Court resumed hearing petitions against President Pervez Musharraf's plans for re-election. [more]
In eight albums over 15 years, the writer and singer PJ Harvey has given us not just the bride stripped bare but the murderess laid out, the temptress set free, the wounded in agony and the mother left childless. [more]
Pizzaiola style meat dishes will evoke fond memories of Italian cafes and restaurants of a decade or two back before they became ultra cool joints devoted to rucola, prosciutto and tartufo. [more]
