Perth Voice Interactive
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Month: November 2019
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BEAUX LANE in Mt Lawley has a great mix of eateries to suit all tastes. Pax & Co is one of my favourties and has the best nasi goreng ($15.50) I’ve ever eaten. Brown rice gave the dish a pleasant chewiness, and the flavours were simple but layered, creating a complex tang. The Asian eatery…
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HE introduced American automobiles to WA, sold the state’s first petrol-driven car and helped found what is now the RAC, but not many people will have heard of Claude Deane. Inglewood author Graeme Cocks’ new biography Claude Deane: Western Australia’s Motor Dealer Extraordinaire, shines an overdue light on the man who was WA’s biggest car…
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THIS Mt Lawley home is the epitome of modern living with sleek lines and gorgeous fittings. There’s even a funky, post-modern chandelier in the gorgeous entry. But this four-bedroom/four-bathroom home is not just a looker; it has the highest energy rating available, making it easy on the eye and the environment. In the kitchen there’s…
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THE closure of UWA’s publishing arm is a severe blow to local Indigenous writing, says Miles Franklin Award winner Kim Scott. The Noongar author, who grew up in Menang country around Albany on the South Coast but now lives in the Perth suburb of Beaconsfield, has added his signature to a letter calling on UWA…
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REPAIR work along the Swan River foreshore in Bayswater needs a tenfold increase in funding to cope with climate change, says the local council’s environmental team. Bayswater is sending a submission to the McGowan government following the release of a discussion paper on climate change that paints a grim picture of the Swan turning even…
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THE Inglewood span of Beaufort Street could soon be dropped to a 40kmh zone. Stirling council’s proposal to lower the limit would affect the strip between Central Avenue and Crawford Road and would apply from 7.30am to 10pm Sunday to Thursday, and til 1am on Fridays and Saturdays. The council says it’s been getting a…
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PROTECTING Perth’s Christmas lights and making families feel safer could cost an extra $100,000 this year. Perth council staff have asked for the extra money to try and boost attendance along the city’s Christmas light trail, saying “bored families” might be encouraged back for some Christmas shopping if they felt safer. It would also help…
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PIG Stable, Beehive Town or Hamlet Where We Melt Things: The true origin of the word Meltham is lost to history. Landgate presumes Meltham is named for a West Yorkshire parish that’s been occupied since prehistory. Its name was recorded in William the Conquerer’s 1086 great survey as Melthā, with no final m, but that…
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BITS of Bayswater, Bedford and a sliver of Maylands could become a new suburb dubbed Meltham. During Bayswater council’s consultation on what locals would like to see around the Meltham train station earlier this year, a panel noted it was odd not to have a suburb with the same name and recommended it be applied…
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GLYPHOSATE will continue to be sprayed on Bayswater’s weeds, with instant death at the end of a 1000C flame deemed too risky. Bayswater staffers have been reviewing the city’s weed control program after council Lorna Clarke earlier this year questioned the use of glyphosate, which has been linked to cancer during a couple of high-profile…
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