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THE exterior of this Bayswater home has lovely mixed brickwork. It’s like some urban, middle class mosaic, built on a grand scale for a nuclear family. I do like the overall effect and it’s a welcome change from the prosaic renders you get on most modern abodes. Built not that long ago, this three bedroom…
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A BULK-BILLED nonprofit medical clinic in central Perth has been unable to open its doors due to WA’s shortage of doctors. The Deen Clinic, founded and run by HepatitisWA, has had to push back plans to provide primary health care to Perth’s most vulnerable residents because it can’t find a GP. Deen Clinic CEO Brent…
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THE Big Blue Head’s big rainbow headband has gone missing midway through Pride month. Vincent council had adorned the sculpture outside council HQ with a rainbow sweatband to celebrate local LGBTIQ+ sports clubs including OUTdance Perth, the Perth Rams, the Loton Park Tennis Club, and the Perth Spectres Basketball club. But it’s mysteriously disappeared, with…
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BAYSWATER councillor Catherine Ehrhardt has applied for a misconduct restraining order against local resident James Kozak over a years-long campaign targeting her. Cr Ehrhardt told the court her family felt unsafe and she was seeking an order that Mr Kozak not approach her, her children or their home. She also wants hundreds of social media…
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A PROPOSED ban on scattering ashes in Vincent has been voted down by councillors (‘Scattered policy’, Voice, November 13 2021). It’s currently allowable with permission from the council CEO, but staff recommended banning the practice altogether; “given the sensitive nature of the matter, the scattering of ashes may make some members of the general public…
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“RESPECT” and “an openminded approach” have governed Italy’s Covid vaccination campaign, with the government avoiding a strict mandate by allowing unvaccinated people a couple of days’ grace each time they do a Covid test. Italy suffered during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, but WA Italian consul Nicolo Costantini is proud of how his country…
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PERTH’S Italian community is commemorating 700 years since Dante Alighieri’s death, while using the occasion to preserve Italian culture and cuisine. Nicolo Costantini is Consul of Italy to WA, and says Dante is a giant figure in Italian culture. “He’s absolutely important because he’s the creator of modern day Italian language,” Mr Costantini says. “Dante…
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FIVE decades of activism by the local LGBTQI+ community is being celebrated in an interactive timeline project, with organisers calling out for memories, memorabilia and photos to tell the tale. Rainbow Futures WA is a consortium of LGBTQI+ groups and individuals who’ve come together to focus on the community’s long-term wellbeing. They’re collaborating with Vincent…
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Not my preference I AM totally opposed to the proposal for preferential voting for councils as it would fundamentally change the nature of local government elections. It would reflect the views of the other candidates and not the view of the electors as now with first past the post. The October election for the City of…
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ONLINE voting was a notable omission from the state government’s new reforms for councils, and it was a smart call: Online elections can’t work if we want our voting to remain private and trustworthy. Many of the proposed changes released last week were based on the 2020 report from the Local Government review panel, which…
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