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A PETITION over malfunctioning public toilets has seen Stirling mayor Mark Irwin call security on a former councillor at last week’s council meeting. Just before the meeting former councillor Paul Collins had presented Cr Suzanne Migdale with a petition from users of Yokine Reserve asking for automatic loos there to be fixed. Mr Collins had…
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ARTIST Sandra Hill says her Wellington Square stolen generation artwork is “the most important work I have ever done over the last 30 years”. Ms Hill, a member of the Stolen Generations, unveiled Mia Mias this week and said in a statement: “I understand what it’s like to survive that experience and the things that…
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A PLAN to reinstall a significant memorial has been welcomed by people who survived institutional care as children. The Unfolding Lives artwork by artist Judith Forrest was unveiled in 2010 and dedicated to Forgotten Australians who’d been in state institutions like the Parkerville Children’s Home or the Bindoon Boys Town. It featured a child ‘chatterbox’…
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AN application to build the state government’s Common Ground housing in East Perth has been lodged with Perth council. The design for the corner of Wellington and Hill Streets shows a 17-storey building with 112 units, up from the 70-bed facility that was originally announced. It’ll be half social housing and half supportive housing for…
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A FLY-ON-THE wall documentary set mostly in Fremantle gives viewers a pioneering view of love, life and transitioning from one gender to another. Girl Like That was shot over six years and follows the relationship of The Love Junkies’ drummer Elle Walsh and Lauren Black after the former decides the time has come to become…
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Do you know where John Gill’s piano ended up? IT’S been 10 years since the death of Perth’s piano man John Gill, and the Museum of Perth is seeking his piano and busker’s bucket for an exhibition celebrating his life. For more than 20 years he was often seen busking in the city malls with…
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MY quest for the best ramen in Perth continues. This week I decided to check out NAO Japanese Ramen on Hay Street, which in restaurant terms is a wily veteran, operating in the city for the past 18 years. NAO claims to have the most authentic ramen in Perth with the core of its dish…
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AFTER their first two launch gigs were Covid-cancelled a new brass ensemble are hoping it’ll be third time lucky for their big debut on December 5. Bulwer Street Brass member Rob Coleman says the project started when local classical and jazz musicians got together with the aim of performing the music they love but that…
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THE 1980s cult classic The NeverEnding Story is the perfect ‘MacGuffin’ for a new play about teenage dreams and friendship. Written by Sally Davies, I Met Christine James-Scott in the Shopping Centre Carpark follows a group of teens at the fag-end of their adolescence in 1988. They have no real sense of direction and are…
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DAME Judi Dench is just one of the famous people around the world who have commissioned South Freo’s Sara Drake to create a unique and stunning 3D map. Super bright and colourful, her creations are like some technicolour universe halfway between a 1960s kids TV show and a Wes Anderson film, with sculpting, painting, cartography,…
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