Perth Voice Interactive
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Month: May 2023
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BEATTY Park Swim School has been nationally recognised with team leader Rebecca Ross taking home the top award for emerging talent. Ms Ross started as a swim teacher there in 2010 and is now a team leader. She won the award at the Australian Swim Schools Association excellence awards in Adelaide, and the Beatty Park…
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THE Leederville town centre is set to have a new biggest building with the approval of 12-storey apartments on Leederville that are double the height of any existing builds. The block at 200 Carr Place was originally going to host the triple-building, eight-storey, 52-unit “Locale” project by owner Hanrise (“Locale on the up,” Voice, February…
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THE councillor who drove Vincent’s crackdown on smoke and vape shops has welcomed the federal government’s plan to stamp out vaping. Federal health minister Mark Butler announced a week ago increased efforts to stop illegal importation of non-prescription vapes, restrictions on flavours, colouring and fancy packaging, and a ban on disposable vapes. Councillor Jonathan…
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AFTER seven years in storage a Northbridge memorial has been restored and re-dedicated to people who spent their childhoods in institutional care. Unfolding Lives by Judith Forrest featured text by poet Terri-ann White reflecting experiences of care leavers: former child migrants, foster children, stolen generation members, and those who grew up in residential camps. It…
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Fair cop? I AM writing in regard to a parking fine I received from the City Of Perth after attending a sporting event two Saturdays ago. I parked at a parking spot with a sign adjacent to my car. At the time people parked behind me and we chatted about the parking sign. It was…
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A TROOP of radical performers are bringing magical realism to Perth this May. The future-focussed and unique approach to the arts will be on full display as Crash Theatre Company shares its newest show, Sisterhood of The Travelling Lighter. Crash had its genesis in a Notre Dame University common room in 2018 when young theatre…
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IT doesn’t get much better than a six bedroom house on a mammoth block beside the river in Bicton. Situated on Point Walter Road, this home is on a 978sqm lot and a stone’s throw from Blackwall Reach and all the delights of the Swan River. And when you get tired of the river,…
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The Chook’s Natalie Hug recently attend a high tea fundraiser in Wattle Grove for the charity Breast Cancer Care WA. She was so moved during a speech by Lisa (above) about her cancer battle and the invaluable support from Breast Cancer Care WA, she asked for a transcript, which forms the basis of this…
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THE abandoned Russell Street Bunnings is holding back the Morley town centre according to Bayswater councillors who want the hardware giant to secure and spruce up the site. Bunnings closed the site in 2020, save for the carpark which was briefly used as a drive-thru Covid testing point and later as a polling location in…
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Vaping crackdown welcomed THE federal government’s crackdown on vaping has been welcomed by a Bayswater councillor pushing to get vape shops away from schools. Vapes containing nicotine currently require a prescription, but the law is poorly enforced. Federal health minister Mark Butler announced a crackdown on the vape black market by stopping import of non-prescription…
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