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...There's a swagger among miners from Mount Isa to Perth, and it's largely thanks to China. Last year, exports to the country soared: nickel by 88%, coal 72%, copper 35%. No longer do miners feel outdated and outsmarted by the dotcom people. China's growing metal consumption is pushing up prices across the board, giving companies the upside they need to commit to exploration and mining projects. Comalco, owned by Rio Tinto, recently commissioned an alumina refinery at Gladstone in central Queensland, the first plant of its kind to be built in the world for 20 years...
...most common childhood cancer - illustrate the point. Some 80% of child all patients will be cured; but the same disease will be beaten in only about 40% of cases involving 15- to 25-year-olds. Says Dr. Catherine Cole, a cancer specialist at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children in Perth: "We desperately need to learn more about how to treat (adolescents) effectively...
...convince government and health officials that dialysis at Kintore was possible. The then Federal Health Minister, Michael Wooldridge, was skeptical. "It's something that no one in the world has been able to make work in the desert," he said. Undeterred, Rivalland had his "kidney committee" visit the Royal Perth Hospital's remote dialysis center in Broome, which helps around 50 Aboriginal patients in the bush. "You can do it anywhere," he insists. "Osama bin Laden is on renal dialysis. If he could do it in the caves, we can do it in Kintore...
...were four Queensland police officers, one of whom killed himself after being served with a summons. A New South Wales teacher allegedly set up a video camera behind a mirror in a children's changing room; in Victoria the owner of three child-care centers was charged; and in Perth detectives discovered more than 350,000 images and hundreds of videotapes of child pornography in the home of a self-employed computer expert. The man, Raymond John Belcher, 36, has pleaded guilty to the charges and will be sentenced early next year. Despite the success of Operation Auxin, detectives like...
...deceptive spin that most batsmen aren't aware of until it's too late. Critics have accused the 32-year-old of throwing rather than bowling, in which no more than a slight flexing of the elbow is permitted. In April, Murali was made to undergo tests in Perth, Australia, using the same biomechanical and video technology used to make the Lord of the Rings trilogy. The result: when bowling the doosra Murali was guilty of bending his arm at least five degrees more than the legal limit...