Perth Voice Interactive
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Month: May 2023
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‘Sad’ artists call for improperly removed works to be returned TWO German artists are seeking the return of their public artworks after they were removed in breach of Vincent council’s public art policy. In 2012 Vincent council commissioned art duo Reinigungsgesellschaft – Martin Keil and Henrik Mayer – to create a $30,000 city-wide installation. They…
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A BAYSWATER councillor was forbidden from calling the council “divided” amid a frosty meeting this week, with mayor Filomena Piffaretti ordering Cr Elli Petersen-Pik to withdraw his remark. Cr Petersen-Pik had raised a notice of motion calling on the council to change how it shared promotional activities between elected members, such as appearing in press…
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BAYSWATER’S citizenship ceremonies and barbecue breakfast may be shifted off Australia Day. Following councils like Fremantle, Vincent, and Cambridge who moved their events out of respect for Indigenous people opposed to January 26 celebration, Bayswater councillors voted at their May 23 meeting to put a change out for public comment. The ceremonies would be held within…
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AN East Perth street has been renamed “Sailani Avenue” to honour the contribution of Indian Anzacs in World War I. Private Nain Singh Sailani was a Hindu Gurkha from northern India who arrived in Asutralia in 1895 and enlisted in 1916. He was one of 12 known Indian Anzacs and was buried in Belgium. Pte…
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“MORONS” are vandalising trees and costing Perth ratepayers tens of thousands to replace them, but lord mayor Basil Zempilas says vandals won’t win. Speaking about the city’s Urban Greening Strategy that outlines the tree planting plan for the next decade, Mr Zempilas was aghast at the number of trees needing replacement. In the last year…
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Tuesday was one of those grey, damp affairs – a pre-cursor to winter – and North Perth had all the vitality of a morgue. I was trying to find the Golden Ravioli factory outlet, but somehow took a wrong turn and ended up in the Fitzgerald St car park, where stragglers from Dan Murphy’s…
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THE days of an art exhibition being a stuffy affair with socialites nibbling canapés and admiring staid 15th century paintings is largely a thing of the past. These days exhibitions tend to be lively, multimedia “events” with everything from steampunk robots to naked trapeze artists eating pâté. There will definitely be a cross-section of strange…
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FIVE conservation groups will be holding a “black umbrella” protest and presenting thousands of postcards to WA environment minister Reece Whitby this coming week calling on him to help save black cockatoos. Paddy Cullen from Save the Black Cockatoos said the black umbrellas would be used to construct a giant cockatoo for the protest. He…
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A WA government MP has urged Bayswater councillors not to accept a parliamentary committee’s rejection of a draft policy to ban cats from bush and wetlands. Bassendean MP Dave Kelly, whose electorate covers part of Bayswater, said “I don’t often make deputations to local government,” having done so just once before. He made a second…
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A PERTH bike shop filled with high-end gear has been told to remove security shutters installed to prevent thefts. Evolution Bikes is at the corner of Beaufort and Bulwer Streets, and owner Anthony Hart says he’s had his windows broken several times since opening five years ago, but Vincent council has told him his shutters…
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