Perth Voice Interactive
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Month: May 2023
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GERRY WESTENBERG has been hand-crafting scale model ships for more than half a century, and now has 120 in his exquisitely detailed fleet. Mr Westenberg’s models are now on display at the WA Shipwrecks Museum on Cliff Street, Fremantle. The Naval Sea Power in Miniature exhibition was opened by WA defence industry minister Paul Papalia earlier…
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FIRST-time voters and other young people wanting to know more about the Voice to Parliament are invited to ask hard questions and have honest conversations in a safe space hosted by Reconciliation WA. On May 27 they’re holding an afternoon of “yarning” with WA Uluru Youth Dialogue members Sophie Coffin who’s a Nyangumarta Yindjibarndi woman, Ngarluma …
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FENCES have gone up around a chunk of Hyde Park to cordon off trees affected by the invasive polyphagous shothole borer as a new emergency chemical trial aims to eradicate the pest. Several trees have already had limbs removed as they were compromised by the tiny beetles. The borer excavates extensive tunnels through trees to…
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THE unpopular diagonal diversion cutting a North Perth neighbourhood in half will be removed early after it pushed traffic into quiet streets and nearby laneways. Vincent council installed the road block in February for a six-month trial to stop traffic diagonally at the Alma Road and Leake Street intersection, following requests from nearby residents to…
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THIRTEEN WA-based game developers have been given a financial leg up through Screenwest’s new Digital Games Production Fund. Screenwest’s digital games manager Mark Smith said the fund, which was launched in December last year, aimed to help smaller developers and studios turn their dreams into a reality. Since the last funding available for game developers…
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IT was survival of the fittest at Tsuke-Ba in Leederville. A throng of well-dressed office workers quickly regressed to snarling maniacs; elbowing and pushing to get to the front of the display counter at the busy Japanese takeaway. I soon joined the white-collar feeding frenzy, using some well timed shoulder barges to reach the…
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THE little-known and persecuted Bahá’í Faith was the inspiration for a stunning portrait by Iranian-born Khashayar Salmanzadeh in this year’s Hatched exhibition at PICA. Featuring 26 graduates from 21 art schools across Australia, the annual exhibition is an opportunity for Sandgropers to enjoy some of the nation’s best young artistic talent all under one roof. …
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THERE’S always a buzz when an Iwan Iwanoff property hits the market. The iconic Perth architect is famous for his minimalist style which combined “brutalist” modernism with classical elements of Rococo. His mid-century homes can be found in suburbs scattered across Greater Perth, and are so revered an exhibition of his work was held at…
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WA’S only arts precinct has called for greater protection as developers eye off the prime land in the West Perth wedge south of Newcastle Street. The area’s been redubbed “the Pickle District” in recent years as arts and cultural uses have reinhabited the old warehouses and dormant factories. But its rejuvenation has started attracting developers,…
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A YOUNG brother and sister business duo have found a way to turn hard-to-recycle bottle lids into a sustainable craft business. Morley kids Toby, 11, and Maddie, 9, have spent months crafting more than a hundred artistic pots for small succulent plants and have now started selling them. “We got the idea from our nannie,”…
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