`city Of Lights' Prepares To Turn It On Again

Homes, offices and sports fields across Perth will flick on their lights early on Saturday to welcome back John Glenn, who put the city on the map 36 years ago. The astronaut called Perth the "City of Lights" after residents turned on their lights as his space capsule, Friendship 7, passed

Conquered But Not Conceding

The coalition had survived a bigger voter swing against it than the swing that ousted Paul Keating in 1996, the Opposition Leader, Mr Kim Beazley, said yesterday. Mr Beazley told a news conference at his home in South Perth that he still could not say how many seats Labor would win and he was sti