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QUEEN ELIZABETH II will be recognised by having a Stirling council meeting lounge named after her, a firm sign the council’s intent on returning to its Commonwealth naming tradition after a brief push to use more Aboriginal names. Last week councillor Suzanne Migdale put up a motion calling on the council to name a facility…
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HYDE PARK hosts a free music gig with local musos jamming against the growth of fracking projects in the Kimberley on April 23 at 1pm. Campaigners Lock the Gate are bringing in local musos Anna Schneider, Georga Rath, and Broome’s Tanya Ransom, along with Banjo Lucia, who’s following in the musical and activist path of…
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A BID to get more trees on Bayswater’s barren verges has been shut down by a knife-edge vote by council. Currently the council’s policy states “generally” one tree gets planted on the verge per property. Sometimes council staff decide a property is long enough to warrant a second tree, or if a resident thinks to…
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For women I JUST want to correct the record, in the article “Some Dicks don’t get it”(Voice, April 1, 2023). In this article the UK women’s rights activist Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull (AKA Posie Parker) is falsely referred to as an “anti-trans” activist. Keen visited Perth last month, holding an event where women were given a chance…
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WITH the Development Assessment Panel soon to decide on a five-storey block of units opposed by neighbours and the local council, Coolbinia resident JAN RAVET argues there are little-considered social costs to these projects. IN regard to the proposed development on the corner of Adair and Walcott street, I need to express my concerns about…
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TWO fat blokes came to my rescue on Easter Monday. The majority of restaurants in Mt Lawley were shut, including the new Mexican I had planned to visit, so with the wife and hungry kids in tow, the pressure was on. Thankfully 2 Fat Indians were open for business, although there was a 10 per…
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DESPITE Covid and the stuttering Aussie economy, Perth Comedy Lounge has enjoyed the last laugh by opening a new venue in Fremantle. Situated upstairs in the Sailing For Oranges restaurant on the Cappuccino Strip, Comedy Lounge Fremantle opened its doors in late February with Saturday night shows. Over the years the Perth venue has played…
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IF you’re after a move-in ready apartment in a great suburb, check out this two bedroom number in Mt Lawley. Situated on leafy Fourth Avenue, just off Beaufort Street, you are tucked away from the daily hustle-and-bustle but close enough to all the action when you feel like going out. This feeling of living in…
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LAKE MONGER may be officially known by its traditional name Galup in recognition of the site’s significance to Whadjuk Noongars. Noongar elders Liz Hayden, Glenda Kickett, Lois May and Ted Wilkes recently met with Cambridge town councillors and staff to make the case for calling the lake Galup, which means a place of home fires. …
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CORRECTION: The initial version of this article incorrectly stated the JDAP voted to approve the development, but they’ve voted to defer it for now. THE state government’s Joint Development Assessment Panel has deferred plans for a five-storey apartment building on a Coolbinia site that’s only meant to have three. Local residents had hoped the JDAP…
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