‘No robotic takeover’

‘No robotic takeover’

Workplaces won’t be filled with terminator robots standing around the office water cooler speaking in binary code about their weekends anytime soon according to a Curtin University computing professor. Artificial intelligence expert Associate Professor Mihai Lazarescu...
Call out for scout leaders in Byford

Call out for scout leaders in Byford

Byford Scout Group is calling for volunteers as the joey pack faces closure because of a lack of leaders, according to group leader Taryn Chaytor. “We need leaders for every group but the joeys is a big one because if we don’t have one by the end of term one we won’t...
Shock for L-plater: electrical fault turns car into fireball

Shock for L-plater: electrical fault turns car into fireball

A learner driver and instructor narrowly escaped injury in Kelmscott after an electrical fault turned the Holden Astra they were driving into a fireball. The driver reported the car was on fire at 11.12am on Albany Highway near Page Road, Kelmscott on January 20. The...
Flags, fireworks and worthy winners

Flags, fireworks and worthy winners

Drug Aware Ignite Basketball featured heavily in this year’s prestigious Premier’s Australia Day Active Citizenship Awards presented by the City of Armadale. Ignite’s Nicole Elliot and Javeena Miller won the over 25s and under 25s categories respectively while former...
More charges for firefighter impersonator

More charges for firefighter impersonator

A 23-year-old Kelmscott man who allegedly impersonated a firefighter at a blaze in Hopeland earlier this month has been handed additional charges following a police investigation. The man was initially charged after firefighters attending the Hopeland fire on January...