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Month: March 2018
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A HORDE of drummers in garish outfits were looking for somewhere to satisfy their taste buds after a gig at the WA Deaf Society. No it’s not a scene from a new Zucker brothers’ comedy, but another episode from my wacky life, and we ended up at Hawker’s Cuisine in Northbridge. The food is great, the…
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A FIVE-minute pitch with Penguin books in Sydney turned two years of rejection around for Perth author Anthea Hodgson. The Romance Writers of Australia conference was swarming with hopeful novelists when the Mt Hawthorn resident spruiked her first book The Drifter. When a letter arrived four weeks later offering a two book contract, “I said yes…
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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 20) The Scorpio Moon provides you with the kind of emotional intensity that often derails you, but this time you turn befuddlement into creativity. You have been a little starved for creativity of late, so it comes as a welcome change to have the capacity to find new solutions to…
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A MIX-up in viewing times to see this Perth apartment sparked a love affair with fantasy author Terry Pratchett. Rather than while away the time in the lobby, I went to the bookshop across the road, where a delightful young shop assistant steered me towards Mort. The novel is screamingly funny and I can’t put it…
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EMMA JACK knows firsthand the impact dementia can have on a family. Her mother was only 58 when she was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s. The news was devastating and Jack, a keen dancer, began to look at ways she could communicate “non-verbally” with her mother as her speech deteriorated. Jack discovered that Aussie ballet dancer…
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UWA’s School of Medicine and Pharmacology at Fremantle Hospital is conducting a research project for people with diabetes who experience very low blood sugars. The project is testing a new device for monitoring blood sugar levels that does away with the daily prick of the finger. This device has federal government approval and is widely…
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BELGRAVIA Leisure took over managing Vincent’s Loftus Recreation Centre a decade ago, but continues to look for new opportunities to improve the experience for seniors. Recently it brought in three new groups aimed at getting seniors up and moving; a critical factor in living longer and happier. Prime Movers is a community based non-profit organisation…
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A GROUP of 22 cyclists ditched their skid lids on Saturday to ride from Maylands to the CBD as part of a national protest against helmet laws. Australia was the first country to introduce mandatory helmets in 1990 and there’s been ongoing debate about whether they make cyclists safer or simply put people off a…
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MORE paid parking in Mt Lawley could be the final straw for struggling businesses, say local traders. Recently Stirling councillors voted to abolish free parking on Field Street and in more sections of Beaufort Street. Motorists parking on Field Street or at 679/680 Beaufort Street will now get the first 60 minutes for free, but…
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THE Mount Lawley Society has delivered a letter to planning minister Rita Saffioti imploring her to preserve the character of Beaufort Street. Stirling council created a local development plan for the street, following a consultation process so thorough and collaborative it won an award from the Planning Institute of Australia. Character But before the plan…
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