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HOMEOWNERS who paid for underground power years ago have lost a bid to stop Vincent council double-dipping by forcing them to contribute to rolling it out across the rest of the city. In June 2022 councillors voted to add an extra 2.1 per cent to rates bills to help fund the planning of a Vincent-wide…
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AFTER 23 years calling Halverson Hall home, Robertson Park Artists Studio has relocated to the North Perth Community Centre and redubbed themselves “The Farmer Street Studio”. Vincent council had been leasing them Halverson Hall in Robertson Park but the building’s in need of repairs and upgrades to make it universally accessible, so they’ve moved into…
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REVISED plans for a locally loathed petrol station on Angove Street haven’t convinced the “Stop the Station” community group to drop their campaign. Nearby residents and Angove Street cafe strip users are chiefly concerned about the negative health effects of petrol emissions being so close to homes and alfresco areas (Voice, November 19, 2022). Vincent…
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AFTER a three-year hiaitus due to unluckily timed Covid lockdowns, Leederville’s St Patrick’s Day Parade came back with a bumper turnout for 2023. St Patrick’s Day WA committee chair Olan Healy tells us the crowds were so massive it made them tricky to count, but the estimate was “probably between 5,000 and 6,500”. Turnout in…
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IT’S the summer that refuses to pack its bags. On Tuesday lunchtime it was a balmy 32 degrees celsius and Royal Street in East Perth was teeming with office workers and students grabbing something to eat. I don’t know if it was the sunny weather, but I’ve never seen the little stretch between Plain and…
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16-YEAR-OLD violinist Aaron Ooi is one of the gifted musicians taking to the stage next month when the Australian Youth Orchestra play Perth for the first time in more than a decade. Featuring some of the best classical musicians aged 12 to 25 from across Australia, the orchestra is a hotbed of future stars and…
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ALICE DALE is living proof you can keep the creative juices flowing well into “retirement”. At the age of 92 the former actress has just released her third novel Double Diagnosis, a psychological thriller touching on depression, amnesia, the argument for and against abortion, and whether it’s all connected to two murders. Dale enjoyed a…
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IF you want an apartment with cracking views and a snazzy kitchen, this could be the one. The glossy, bright red cupboard doors in the u-shaped kitchen are sure to be an instant talking point when people come to visit. In the wrong hands it could be garish or a bit naff, but it contrasts…
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A NOT-FOR-PROFIT organisation providing free, expedited mental health services in Fremantle is expanding after receiving a community grant. Bluebird cut through the health system red tape by allowing people aged 25 or older with anxiety or depression to attend its free peer-support group, run by a registered psychologist, without a doctor’s referral or going on…
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FREMANTLE’S iconic Spare Parts Puppet Theatre is sending its finest marionettes to take over Forrest Place. The puppets are having their big day out this April 12, and Spare Parts’ artistic director Philip Mitchell says Puppets in the City is an exciting ‘choose-your-own-adventure’ that has something for everyone: “You can go on a puppet treasure…
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