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Author: Your Herald
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COUNCILLORS, guests and staff have been able to enjoy dine-in meals together at council civic centres without having to provide proof of vaccination. While the rest of WA has been forced to fumble with phones to prove their vaccination status before sitting down in a cafe or restaurant, the Voice has confirmed that a “loophole”…
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DESIGN works are underway for a $52.4 million redevelopment of the Perth Concert Hall, with Perth based With_Architecture Studio and international firm Office for Metropolitan Architecture appointed lead architects. The hall was built in 1973 and is one of Perth’s last surviving brutalist behemoths. But as it nears 50 it’s in need of some TLC…
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IF you chucked Glenn Miller and Led Zeppelin into a blender, you’d probably get something close to the jazz odyssey Astonishing Device. It’s the latest album from Perth jazz guitarist Joshua Nicholls, who started out shredding in his bedroom to axe deities like Dave Mustaine (Megadeth), John Petrucci (Dream Theater) and Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin). “I’ve…
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The inside of this Mt Lawley villa is impeccably presented. There are numerous highlights including the stylish wooden floors, modern kitchen with chic tiles, and a bathroom with double shower. The hub of this two bedroom one bathroom home is the open plan living/dining/kitchen area; a bright and airy space with classy French doors letting…
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A LAST-GASP bid to keep food trucks in Hyde Park has flopped. In December most of Vincent council voted to lease out the park’s western storage shed to the owners of Veggie Mama to set up a food kiosk. One proviso was the existing Hyde Park food trucks would have to move out and not…
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THE choice of location for a February protest hosted by conservation groups may have seemed like an oddly remote one. Members of the Jarrahdale Forest Protectors and WA Forest Alliance, along with community members and their families, met at a quiet stand of trees in the forest near Serpentine Dam, an hour’s drive from Perth’s…
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ARANMORE Catholic Primary School fears kids will be left with a dire shortage of playspace if Vincent council sells off a playground neighbouring the Leederville school. ACPS principal Jonnine Lamborne told this week’s council meeting “the school would be losing a well-utilised area that means a lot to our community”. She said the playground is…
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AFTER three years working in the wings, women have a workshop to call their own in Stirling. In 2019 Stirling councillor Elizabeth Re moved that the council set up a workshop space for women similar to the council’s successful Men’s Shed. In 2020 a pilot program offering female classes in skills like car maintenance, basic…
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A BOLD plan to turn roads into parks is being touted as the solution to Vincent council’s lack of public open space. The inner city council has a chronic lack of parkland and passive spaces, especially in packed suburbs like parts of Highgate and Mount Hawthorn where it can be more than a 400m walk…
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A DEMENTIA-THEMED park is one potential option for the Brentham Street land, if interested buyer Rosewood Aged Care purchases the block. Rosewood CEO Mario Zulberti told last week’s council briefing they’re keen to buy the land for an Australia-first “dementia theme park”, set up as a park where residents could enjoy gardens and activities. He…
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