Call for detention overhaul
A LOOMING federal election and echoes from Christchurch helped push up numbers at this year’s Palm Sunday Walk for Refugees in Perth. More than 15 church and community groups took […]
Monthly Archives: April 2019
Crimp and save
ONE man’s vigilance has hopefully ended untold litres of drinking water being wasted at Robertson Park in Vincent. Over the last few months leaks have been mysteriously springing up in […]
Working the system
UNDERPAYMENT by 7-Eleven franchisees to its employees has revealed widespread workplace exploitation of temporary migrant and working holiday visa holders in Australia. A new report by the Migrant Workers Taskforce […]
Nearly crossed off
A PERMANENT green light crossing is on the way for busy Charles Street near Kyilla Primary School, following a push for better safety from parents. Perth MP John Carey held […]
Art hub pledge
LABOR has pledged to create a $1 million “music hub” in Leederville if it wins the federal election on May 18. The hub would be located at the YMCA headquarters, […]
Art off the beaten track
THE public toilet is art in a new Perth exhibition focusing on gay ‘beats’ – public areas frequented by men seeking sex with men. Looking now anyone here? by artists […]
The signature that felled our forests
ANITA DOWNING is a member of the WA Forest Alliance and so passionate about WA’s forest and their wildlife she’s promising to get a Cocky tattoo. But she’s concerned about […]
Everything’s rosy at the Rosemount
I have fond memories of the Rosemount Hotel. In the early 2000s I caught one of Sunk Loto’s final shows there, before the band became a casualty of the ephemeral […]
Burb busters
A FEW decades ago there were cinemas in most suburbs and you could walk down the street to watch Jaws or E.T. But the Internet and huge wide-screen TV’s have […]
Cool abode
THIS warehouse conversion in Coolbinia is a hidden gem and greater than the sum of its parts. Warehouse-style apartments with their colonial charm are perennial West Aussie favourites, with Fremantle […]
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