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Month: November 2019
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WITH modern families increasingly disappearing behind computer screens, the US Civil War classic Little Women has lessons about the importance of meaningful human interaction, says the director of a new version of the stage adaptation. Little Women is dramatised from the famous Loise May Alcott story of the same name and will be presented by…
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ROSLYN” is emblazoned across the front of this art deco complex in Mt Lawley. Was she the daughter of the developer? A long lost love? Or perhaps one of the “bright young things” of the 1930s? Outside, a path lined with gorgeous flowers leads to an arched portico that wouldn’t look out of place in…
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Ministerial portfolios to tackle social media pressure CABINET-STYLE portfolios may be allocated to Bayswater councillors. As part of a suite of measures pushed by CEO Andrew Brien, the proposed two-year portfolios are aimed at ensuring councillors aren’t tripping over each other to help on populist issues while neglecting important but mundane problems. Disunity Mr Brien’s…
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THE usually greyscale greyhounds of Perth got all rainbowed to support Pride on Fairday, November 2. Greyhound lover Tiffany Cole said the upcoming Pride parade on November 30 made her reflect on whether the speedy pooches might want to support gay rights. “We have gay members in our greyhound community, and greyhounds are really a…
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NORTH PERTH’S local fetish bar is being strangled by social media censorship. Akademi Small Bar, a pansexual, gay and trans-friendly venue, opened up in the old Classroom building on Charles Street last month. Owners David Jardine, Sara White and Kat Henderson say consent is at the forefront of their concept and they run workshops on…
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NORTH PERTH’S Rosemount Hotel refused to screen the Melbourne Cup this year after overwhelming feedback from online fans. The pub put the moral question to its Facebook followers on November 1 following headlines of horse mistreatment in recent weeks. Of more than 300 comments, the mood was near 100 per cent against the cup. Cool…
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PERTH council is planning to send a delegation of Whadjuk Noongar elders to meet a tribe of casino-owning first nation Americans in 2021 under a new indigenous cultural exchange program. The Sycuans are a small band of about 130 people who form part of the Kumeyaay Nation, which straddles the US and Mexico border. They…
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THE ad-happy commissioners running Perth council have set a precedent allowing more giant billboards in the city. On October 29 commissioners Len Kosova and Andrew Hammond approved an 11.5-metre LED sign on Hay Street facing the Mitchell Freeway, ignoring a recommendation from planning staff it would blot views of the Parliament House district, and concerns…
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INDEPENDENT bookshops are thriving in Perth and won’t be heavily impacted by internet giant Amazon’s new Perth distribution centre, says Elizabeth’s Bookshops co-owner Harry Schmitz. The Amazon “fulfilment centre” in Belmont will open by the end of the year and mean faster book deliveries for WA customers, but Mr Schmitz says it will mostly affect…
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THE demolition of two old buildings on King William Street was refused by Bayswater council on November 5. Yolk Property wanted to work with a clean slate at 9 and 11 King William Street, but Bayswater council staff listed four reasons why they thought councillors should refuse the demolition: • It would have an “undue…
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