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AFTER years of relentless suicide bombings in his hometown of Kabul in Afghanistan, Aziz Hazara decided to honour the city’s resilient children in his exhibition Bow Echo at John Curtin Gallery. Originally born in Wardak in Afghanistan, Hazara now divides his time between Ghent in Belgium and Afghanistan’s capital city Kabul, where suicide bombings have…
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THIS Perth penthouse has an amazing wraparound-balcony that is bigger than most apartments. It’s so big, the 12-seater table out there looks tiny with seemingly acres of space around it. The views aren’t too bad either with stunning panoramas of the Swan River, Kings Park, Elizabeth Quay and beyond. With about 212sqm of space, an…
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THE City of Perth logo is to be stripped from signs advertising the construction of a new pedestrian bridge beside the causeway with lord mayor Basil Zempilas blaming increasing frostiness between the McGowan government and his council. At the February 28 council meeting Mr Zempilas said the McGowan state government has shown an emerging pattern…
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SMITH STREET residents have informally marked the start of the eighth year of the Stirling Towers lying empty. Nearby resident Raymond Clarke told the Voice he was annoyed the derelict former public housing towers now hosted rats, bats, squatters, vandals, and interlopers who snuck in to look around. Even the security measures intended to keep…
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THE Safe Night Space for women in East Perth has been granted another six months’ funding from Perth council to keep operating until November 30. A split council also voted to look into continuing the service in other locations after it vacates the Rod Evans Centre, a proposal that was described by Cr Brent Fleeton…
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FILM fans lured by signs promising a free movie and a sausage sizzle in local parks have instead been confronted by evangelical flicks followed by a sermon and recruitment ceremony. In recent weeks the film offerings have popped up at Gibbney Reserve in Maylands, McKenzie Reserve in Embleton, and Mills Avenue Park in Bayswater. There’s…
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A LINEUP of formidable local women gather for a panel discussion in Bayswater for International Women’s Day. Keynote speaker is 2023 Bayswater Community Citizen of the Year Sue Fletcher, a medical researcher who developed three drugs to treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. She’s joined by a panel discussion on breakthroughs and barriers women have faced in…
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THE Rebound WA Para Sport Festival returns to Yagan Square Friday March 10. Athletes from a bevy of professional and amateur sports organisations will be along, featuring exhibition matches of wheelchair football and basketball. The public can also try out goal ball, archery, lawn bowls and wheelchair basketball. Rebound WA CEO Simon Mead said: “For…
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OUR story about Perth ratepayer Adin Lang’s attempts to get the City moving on cat containment laws, and particularly local government minister John Carey’s letter in response that said stray moggies weren’t a big problem at Kings Park, certainly put the cat amongst the pigeons. We couldn’t fit all the letters and submissions we received…
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Dr MIKE BAMFORD’S principle area of work is in population ecology of vertebrates (amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals) and he has been an environmental consultant since 1987. Dr Bamford was chairman of Birdlife Australia WA and on its national council. IN Australia, there are only three domestic animals that owners are not required by…
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