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Month: March 2018
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LOCALS fought hard to save the 75-year-old tree at Mt Hawthorn Primary School, but the old Port Jackson Fig is now gone. The group Trees4Vincent petitioned education minister Sue Ellery to alter plans for a $3.5 million early learning centre at the primary school so the tree wouldn’t have to be removed. But despite a…
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A CON MAN pretending to be collecting for a wildlife charity is door knocking in Mt Lawley, says WA ScamNet. The organisation received a report that a 12-year-old boy answered the door to a man holding an iPad, who claimed to be either from Wilde Life or The Wilderness Society. The man asked the child…
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THERE was a huge turnout for the first meeting of new precinct group Northbridge Common, with about 180 people attending the sundowner at Stuart Street Reserve on Monday night. The group, similar to Beaufort Street Network and Leederville Connect, is comprised of residents and business owners who want to improve the inner suburb. The business…
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A PLAN to charge residents near the Maylands lakes an extra $4000 in rates has been axed by Bayswater councillors this week. The ailing lakes are expensive to maintain and the council has budgeted about $1.25 million for improvements in the near future. Bayswater council staff proposed charging the 313 residences near the lakes an…
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RICHARD OFFEN says he is busier than ever since stepping down as executive director of Heritage Perth. The English ex-pat was in the role for 12 years, but is now doing a lot of heritage talks and is flat-out working on the follow-up to his hit book, Perth: Then and Now. On March 26 he’ll…
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So, what’s the plan? THE Rethink the Link campaign worked really well. There was only one major flaw—they didn’t have a viable transport solution instead of the Roe 8/9 project. Their campaign was emotive not factual: “Save our wetlands and our animals”. Building a bridge over the area and closing Hope Road would have done…
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DR TOM VOSMER is a maritime archaeologist who lived and worked in the Middle East for decades. Grappling with a refugee crisis of boat people after the end of Vietnam War, the Fraser government was offered some options for dealing with it: 1.Reprovision and refuel all boats, tow them beyond the three-mile limit and encourage…
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MY burgeoning love affair with Beaufort Street grew stronger over the weekend thanks to the friendly service, great cocktails and phenomenal food at Dainty Dowager in Mount Lawley. Dainty is Perth’s first Asian roasting house, according to the restaurant’s website, and while it’s not fine dining, the food is fresh, smart, well-presented and packed with…
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THE camaraderie and valour of diggers in World War I is seen as the beginnings of what it means to be Australian. But that’s not the story for the first Australians. Aboriginal service personnel were whited-out of the “heroic” narrative when they returned home after the war, author Rachel Bin Salleh says. The indigenous soldiers…
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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 20) There are way too many pragmatic influences coming down the highway from Capricorn for you to get too carried away. This is even though the Sun, Mercury, Venus and Uranus are all in Aries. Though you have energy and power to burn, your feet are planted firmly on solid…
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