Perth Voice Interactive
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Month: September 2019
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LAWLEY A FORMER soldier who served in the Middle East and a director at the WA Cricket Association are just some of the interesting candidates locking horns at the Stirling council election next month: • PAUL COLLINS was Lawley ward councillor from 2007-11 and is a former president of the Mount Lawley Society. He was born…
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FOR the first time in Stirling’s history the mayor will be elected by popular vote at next month’s council elections. Previously the mayor was voted in by councillors, but this time residents will decided who presides over the largest council in WA. The move is part of Stirling’s push to get more people voting; at…
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A BUS load of Japanese tourists had descended on Ischia Restaurant and I surreptitiously checked out what they’d ordered. Pizza of course, its universal, but they were also tucking into bowls of mussels. Since my Japanese is limited to sayonara and saki, communication was difficult, but they seemed happy with sunny Perth and in particular the…
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THE title Two Canaries doesn’t conjure up images of melting glaciers, rising sea levels or sinking islands. But this farcical play is proof that you can tackle climate change in an entertaining and frivolous manner. Two friendly canaries (Jess Nanda Moyle and Zoe Street) travel from the Arctic to the streets of Perth, where they…
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I HAVE an amazing house you might like to review,” the agent texted me. Luckily I was having lunch nearby and was happy to pop around to Cavendish Street in Highgate. The minute I saw the interesting raw brick work and staggered skillion roof lines, I was hooked. Heading inside confirmed just how amazing this home…
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A GROUP of Mt Lawley residents have refused to pay a rates charge for underground power after discovering nine enormous transmission poles will not be sunk along Learoyd Street. Residents across Menora and Mt Lawley are paying on average $8000 for underground power, but some of the Learoyd Street residents have rejected a 20 per…
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PUBLIC drinking still seems to be okay if you’re white. Bruce Campbell, the former chair of the WA Deaths in Custody Watch Committee, lives near Hyde Park and is tired of seeing picnickers boozing near the kids’ playground. Mr Campbell says he’d prefer to see a ban on public drinking scrapped since it often leads…
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A “FOGO” bin system that recycles food scraps is set to be rolled out through Bayswater next year. The council has voted in a new waste management plan and will ask the community for feedback on the Food Organics Garden Organics (FOGO) bins in November. Bayswater was one of the first councils to adopt a…
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SEXIST jokes, derogatory names and even groping still persist in local government, but the new president of the Australian Local Government Women’s Association WA branch says the sector is changing. Melville councillor Karen Wheatland was recently appointed to head up the branch and says there have been some positive signs of breaking down the blokey…
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A TEARY-EYED Lisa Baker has shared heart-breaking tales from her Maylands constituents during debate on WA’s proposed euthanasia laws. Pausing to regain her composure several times, the Labor MP read out a moving letter from Inglewood resident Carol. “Many years ago I worked as a young registered nurse in a world-class, award-winning medical unit for…
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