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BAYSWATER council is set to appoint an independent investigator to look into minor complaints against councillors. Earlier this week the council voted on a complaints policy to go with its new Code of Conduct, with the investigator to report to full council on whether a breach has occurred and if any recalcitrant councillor needs to…
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A NEW charity which was due to launch at City Farm Thursday (October 27) aims to give terminally ill people the chance to fulfil their dying wish. Ambulance Wish Western Australia is part of an international movement which had its genesis in the Netherlands, and while Covid put a hold on its local launch last…
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OVER 55s learning how to blow up Creepers with TNT is one of the quirky events held in the lead up to WA Seniors Week from November 7 – 14. Melville council hosted the Minecraft tutorials for the over 55s so they could bond with their grandkids in the virtual gaming world, where you build…
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A FIRE breathing drag queen, flamenco and waacking feature in the breathless and highly entertaining dance-meets-cabaret show The Underground. Set in an underground Latin dance club, we follow the upheaval as a bunch of new performers join the stage show, causing rifts, affairs and all manner of steamy melodrama. The ‘telenovela’ narrative – based on the overwroughtsoap…
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THEY call it the “Castle on Capri”. Situated on an elevated block in Dianella, the two “turrets” flanking the stylish balcony certainly have the air of a suburban castle; perhaps a remnant of when architecture took chances and everything wasn’t a cookie-cutter 4×2. I imagine the owners enjoyed sitting on the balcony, gazing at the…
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ARTIST Margarita Leon, or The Gypsy Goddess as she is known professionally, has had a very busy year. She has dressed performers for festivals, created custom headpieces for weddings, hosted her first solo exhibition ‘Goddess Rising’ in May, and had four of her headdresses included in an exhibition raising funds for mental health. The Spanish-born artist has been…
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ONE vote saw candidate Ross Ioppolo elected in Vincent’s south ward, with a formal challenge of the results now underway from nearest contender Joshua O’Keefe. There were two spots going in south ward and incumbent Jonathan Hallett eased back in with 1,437 votes, followed by Cr Ioppolo with 979 and Joshua O’Keefe with 978. Two weeks…
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BAYSWATER has a new mayor following a significant upheaval that saw Dan Bull replaced by his former deputy mayor Filomena Piffaretti, the first female mayor in the council’s history. Bayswater is one of the few remaining city councils where the mayor is chosen by councillors after the election, rather than being directly elected by voters. On…
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VETERANS of the war in Afghanistan and the Gulf War are being sought by the Friends of Anzac Cottage to be included in this year’s Remembrance Day commemorations. The cottage has strong links to Anzacs from Australia’s other major conflicts: The community built the cottage for wounded veteran John Cuthbert Porter. His daughter Marjorie Williams…
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THE CBD’s Workzone Eastbuilding has become the first carbon neutral commercial building in the state. Building owners RF Corval and Cundall got experts from property consulting giants Knight Frank to fine-tune the operations over the past fewyears to run as energy-efficiently as possible. Changes in light schedules, adding sensor lighting, upgrading to LEDs, and keeping…
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