Month: October 2021

  • Getting in early

    HOT cross buns, Easter eggs and Christmas jingles all seem to come earlier each year, now Perth federal Labor MP Patrick Gorman has joined in by officially launching his campaign for the next federal election before it’s even been called.  Prime minister Scott Morrison can call an election any time between now and May with…

  • Perth ‘safe’ from Chinese property woes

    PERTH’S booming real estate market will be safe from any jitters being felt in China’s housing market, says one of its most successful estate agents. Harcourts Applecross principal and licensee Eric Hartanto, who recently ticked over $1 billion worth of sales and was awarded the REIWA grand master award for the ninth year in a…

  • Sisters in-step against domestic violence

    A WOMEN’S community dance against violence is seeking dancers for the Chorus 2022 project – and you don’t need to know how to dance already.  Chorus 2020 is the second incarnation of choreographer Annette Carmichael’s project, which first united 200 women to dance in solidarity against violence in Denmark in 2020. This new iteration is…

  • Good ole taste from home – somewhere 

    I LOVE a good whinge as much as the next American, and I have to thank the dearth of quality Mexican food in Perth for ensuring material is never in short supply. Then, on September 29, who should roll into Mildland but el caballero de mis sueños, who from his steed extends a white-gloved hand which,…

  • Not just trotting through a classic

    BLACK SWAN has done a great job re-imagining Animal Farm for the Trump era, though I came away feeling his lightweight authoritarianism was entertaining, but not really a worthy contender for the orchestrated tyranny of Stalin so chillingly captured by Orwell. After all, Trump’s purges were little more than an abusive tweet and “DCM”, while…

  • Jazzing things up

    LOCAL talent mixes with global greats at this year’s Perth International Jazz Festival, with foreign acts phoning it in remotely since the pandemic’s still harshing travel plans. Dutch trio Tin Men can’t make it here physically, but on Yagan Square and Northbridge Piazza screens they’ll beam in via live stream from Amsterdam, performing their ‘Global…

  • A real humdinger

    AOME reviewers dream of properties like these. All I really have to do is show you the pictures and then hum along until my word count is up.  In the case of 180/181 Adelaide Terrace in East Perth, however, there are some particularly enticing features that benefit from a bit of editorialising. This massive 212sqm…