Lifeline for new year’s party in Perth
A MASSIVE New Year’s Eve party for Wellington Square has been thrown a lifeline after Perth city council staff initially opposed the event. The 15,000-person Origin NYE party’s already being […]
Monthly Archives: October 2014
The bots are coming
“I MOVE an alternative motion to support the robots.” It’s not Vincent council siding with our automaton overlords, just Cr Ros Harley showing support for artist Si Hummerston’s robot sculptures […]
Manse to meet its maker
FROM the late 1890s through the early 19th century, Methodist Manse was the home to the reverends of the old Wesleyan Church on Charles Street. Now the 116-year-old Newcastle Street […]
Council looks to hand off Mertome
BAYSWATER city council will look at handballing ownership of its Mertome retirement village to another operator. At a lively and passionate special council meeting, the council voted to investigate two […]
Letters 1.11.14
Sutherland enjoys support CONTRARY to the baseless claims about the local Liberal party in your story “Merger sparks Lib feud” (October 25, 2014), I can assure you Paul Collins’ views […]
Weekend gardening: check
PERTH’S dining scene may be catching up with the rest of the world, but our liquor laws are stuck in the 1950s. The heavy hand of the law will descend […]
Mick and Keith have fewer creations
Stones Pizza is a bit of an anomaly. For the past 9 years Stones has been producing not only some of the best gourmet pizza in Perth, but some of […]
Don’t hold your…
PERRIER for the nostrils, designer air tailored to complement the occasion—or the dinner menu—Ben Elton’s Gasp is all about corporate greed and making the suckers pay. Mining is in decline […]
Of heather and highlands
LIKE his better known Irish counterpart St Patrick, St Mirin is said to have driven all the snakes from the Scottish island of Cumbrae in the 700s. The brass plaque […]
By Joh!
Vote weighting? Don’t you worry about that! PREMIER Colin Barnett is refusing to rule out vote-weighting as part of his decision to merge the cities of Perth and Vincent. The […]
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