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Author: Your Herald
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BAYSWATER has a new CEO, nabbing City of Swan chief Jeremy Edwards who finishes up there in July. Bayswater’s last CEO Andrew Brien left in February to take up the top job at Kalgoorlie-Boulder council. Bayswater mayor Filomena Piffaretti said in an announcement she was glad they’d been able to attract a high calibre CEO…
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FANCY a change of scene and a new life south of the river? Well this unique, modern eco-friendly residential development could be the answer. Nestled in the quiet suburb of White Gum Valley, “Terrace Green” is a seven-minute drive from Fremantle city centre and surrounded by leafy gumtrees in all directions. The ocean, harbour and…
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FAMILIES facing the closure of Citiplace Child Care Centre fear months of disruption as they scramble to find new places, and those needing occasional care or with younger kids may not find placements at all. The 53 families who use the centre were taken by surprise when Perth council went behind closed doors and decided…
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Picky garbos won’t take Michael’s bins STRICT rules around FOGO bins are turning some residents against the system after being punished for other people tossing the wrong rubbish in their bins. Across Bayswater and Vincent we’ve heard of rubbish going uncollected because a recycling bin has a pizza box in it that’s deemed too oily,…
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STRUGGLING global supply chains have made for delays but with a bit of luck Beatty Park’s water slides will be ready for action during the school holidays. Vincent council’s spending about $3.4 million upgrading the centre and most was finished in August last year. But the waterslides aren’t manufactured in Australia and there were lengthy…
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FEDERAL Perth Labor MP Patrick Gorman has deemed last Tuesday’s federal Budget a “cash-splash” lacking a long-term plan beyond poll day. Prime minister Scott Morrison announced a May 21 election this week, on the back of a Budget described by treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s as “responsible and targeted” assistance to help Joe Average cope with the…
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REFUGEES and supporters gathered in Perth on Palm Sunday to welcome the release of two refugees from Perth Immigration Detention Centre, and called for an end to government’s “harsh” stance keeping people in detention or on fragile temporary visas. The two refugees released last week had come from Iran and spent six years on Manus…
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HEADLINES predicting $7 cups of coffee by the end of the year – and the resultant carnage in cafe strips like Leederville or Mt Lawley – might have little more substance than the froth on a skinny cap. While there have undoubtedly been price rises forced by global supply disruption and the rising cost of…
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IF karma had an appetite, no doubt it would fill its plate at Mt Lawley’s Sunflower Cafe. Owner Ram Rajo and his business partner Alvina not only provide people heading to the Beaufort cafe strip with vegetarian meals so healthy they’re life-altering, their gold-plated hearts have touched countless other lives. “My philosophy in 2021 was…
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AFTER spending seven years trading licks with blues journeymen Dilip n the Davs, Andrew Pring and Daniel Wiggins knew each other’s chops inside out. So when their time playing with the Davs drew to an end, the pair found something was missing – like that person you’re so close to they can finish your sentence.…
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