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FAMED children’s author James Foley has another award label to stick on his latest book Stellarphant, after it was named an ‘honour book’ in the picture book of the year category of the Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards last week. Perhaps even more tellingly, this year the CBCA organised for 2000 kids across the…
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THIS Maylands property definitely has the wow factor. From the stylish facade to the swish bathrooms, everything has been done with a great sense of style. But it’s not some cold clinical show home, it’s a family nest that has seen plenty of life and love with a nice feeling of warmth about the place.…
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BEATTY Park Leisure Centre has reached its diamond jubilee 60th year, a little creaky and a little leaky, but still working where it counts with nearly a million people a year coming through the gates. The centre was purpose-built for the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, and after three days of events it spent…
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STIRLING councillor Keith Sargent has stepped down after being charged with possessing child exploitation material. Police seized electronic devices during a search of his Mirrabooka house on September 1 and after a preliminary examination of two devices police alleged “material consistent with child exploitation material was located”. Mr Sargent fronted Perth Magistrates Court the day…
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INGLEWOOD local Katherine Azzam holds the distinction of being Perth’s only aerial violinist. “There’s a few in the world,” Azzam tells us. “Circus is hard, and violin is really hard as well. But it’s really fun for me. Playing in a classical orchestra, it’s very cut and dry, whereas in circus I can choose the music,…
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ANYONE needing the toilet in a hurry at Dianella Library has been out of luck with constant blockages and unacceptably long delays to get them fixed, library-goer Adrian Davies says. Mr Davies tells us “there’s been an ongoing problem with the fact that the public toilets have been unavailable, caused by backflow of sewage not…
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PERTH has its first street dance studio aiming to inject some authenticity back into street styles and pay due respect to the cultures that created them. Street styles are often divorced from their cultural context when they’re taught here, so dance teachers Isabella Boladeras and RHung wanted to ensure the teaching was true to the…
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AFTER reading our recent histories of the Pickle District, Voice reader Marie Slyth got in touch to offer her piece ‘Memories of Golding Street, Newcastle Street and Strathcona Street’ from her book “A Heritage Walk”, reminiscing on how the district got its new name. [KIT] Woods mentions Sandovers — the furniture and hardware factory which occupied…
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LYNDON DADSWELL’S sculpture The Wildflower State is coming home after two WA bidders determined to see it return smashed the auction record for the artist’s works. The successful bid was $81,000, but with the buyer’s premium and GST the final cost will be $94,365, Lloyds Auctioneers head of fine art and luxury Amanda Benson told…
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THE Rottnest Island Authority refuses to say whether it jumped the gun and gave a developer approval to clear native vegetation before it checked with the state’s environmental watchdog. The Prendiville Group has applied to build private accommodation for 211 staff from the Samphire Rottnest hotel (“Outrage over Rotto units,” Voice, August 27, 2022) and…
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