Perth Voice Interactive
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Month: August 2023
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A NEW player in town has gone all in and is reaping the rewards. Situated on Beaufort Street in the heart of Mt Lawley, Ribs Lane is open seven days a week (11am to 10pm Sunday-Wednesday and to 4am on Thursday-Saturday). It’s quite big as well – a 60-seater venue – so the owners haven’t…
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GREEN lasers crisscrossing the wetlands at Lake Sutherland is one of the atmospheric highlights of this year’s After Dark festival. For the past four years the annual festival has shone a light on the Pickle District, a light industrial zone in West Perth that has become a burgeoning arts hub. The festival is a night-time…
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ACCLAIMED children’s books will get a new musical lease of life at six unique concerts in Fremantle. The Sound of Picture Books combines music, visual images and narration to completely immerse kids in the world unfolding on the page. The concerts were the brainchild of artist and musician Matt Ottley, who illustrated How To Make…
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IN terms of location, it doesn’t get much better than this Mt Lawley apartment. It’s just down from the Astor Theatre in the heart of the restaurant precinct on Beaufort Street. Going to The Elford will be as easy as crossing the road and then toddling back home after a few drinky poos. Although in…
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“INCLUSIVITY” will see urinals go the way of underarm bowling in the massive upgrade of the WACA. The WACA Ground Improvement Project will see the Inverarity and Prindiville stands replaced by one large central stand across the northern end, with construction tipped to start in September. WACA board member Paul Collins, who was elected as…
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THE e-scooter share craze is coming to Vincent, with a 12-month trial pegged to start in November or December. Vincent council originally wanted to sign up to a five-way inner-city council e-scooter share trial but Perth council dove in early and started its own scheme early in March, before the other councils were ready. The…
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ALL councillors and staff should have mandatory police clearance, a working with children card, and undergo mandatory “safeguarding” training to prevent abuse and neglect, Stirling councillor Elizabeth Re reckons. Cr Re says the raft of measures is to “improve transparency and the culture across the organisation. “You’ve got to clean up the sector,” Cr Re…
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BANKS Reserve could return to its traditional Noongar name “Warndoolier” after a prolonged renaming process. This week Vincent councillors voted to ask the public whether to rename Banks Reserve entirely to Warndoolier or to use a dual-name. Back in 2012 a group of traditional owners, local elders and Noongar consultants agreed that the area was…
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PERTH councillor Di Bain has resigned two months ahead of her term expiring. Ms Bain was elected in 2020 with a strong showing in a crowded field, taking a council seat after coming in a close second in the lord mayoral race won by Basil Zempilas, who got 29.44 per cent of the vote to…
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STIRLING council has voted to investigate a 12-month moratorium on developer contributions towards artwork or park upgrades. Mayor Mark Irwin penned the motion calling for the moratorium because he says developers are being put off by the cost of having to pay extras, including: • paying 1 per cent of the cost of a development…
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