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Photo Caption: Cr Elizabeth Re has been trying for years to get a women’s shed in Stirling. File photo DESPITE the overwhelming popularity of a women’s shed in Stirling, the local council has decided against setting up a permanent version for now. Councillor Elizabeth Re has been pushing for a women’s shed ever since the…
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TWO petitions calling on Vincent council to keep collecting business bins have failed to sway the council to overturn a decision to axe the service. But in a small concession, micro businesses will be allowed to pay to switch over to the council’s three bin FOGO system. In September 2020 the council decided to stop…
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Photo Caption: Fenian John Casey FREMANTLE’S Fenian Festival is back, and this year the key lecture will focus on a journalist and writer who blew the whistle on the appalling treatment of young women arriving at Fremantle, a little-known stain on the colony’s history. John Sarsfield Casey was arrested at 21-years-old for writing seditious letters to…
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A MOVE to force Stirling council to reveal more about how it spends money has been voted down. At last month’s electors’ general meeting Roland Hadley from the Ewen Street Community Group moved that “any invoice over $10,000 has more than two words in the details”. He’s made previous attempts at public question times to…
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HOODBURGER is obviously doing something right. They have outlets in Northbridge and Inglewood, and recently opened their first store south of the river in Ardross. I wanted to see what all the fuss was about, so I bungled my kids into the car and headed to their Beaufort Street outlet. Not all schools were off…
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Perth artist Jo Darvall in her studio. PERTH artist Jo Darvall left her family behind and jumped in the car to go painting in the depths of Wandoo National Park. She had been selected to create an artwork for the York Botanical Art Prize, and soon became seduced by the majestic and slightly magical wandoo…
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THIS Bayswater home is elegance personified. Each room has been tastefully designed and restored, and clearly the owners had a discerning eye when it came to style. One of the highlights of this two-storey house is the dining room, which features gorgeous timber panelling. It’s reminiscent of a Tudor manor and really adds a classy…
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Photo Caption: Neil Graham from the Beaufort Street Network and Vincent mayor Emma Cole discuss the future of Beaufort Street. A NEW plan’s in the works to get Beaufort Street back to its prime, with a round-the-clock 40kmh speed limit and a plan to pedestrianise some side streets to get people back to the strip. …
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Photo Caption Infant turtles: So small, but so brave. Bayswater councillor Catherine Ehrhardt cradles this little oblong on its release day. TEN tiny turtles grew big enough to be released into Maylands’ Lake Bungana on June 1, after nearby resident Margaret Landre found their nest had been disturbed and called in a rescue. She noticed…
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A KIOSK is looking likely for Hyde Park despite concerns about the park’s vegetation and its status as a commercial-free zone. Vincent council is seeking tenders for the fit out of a warm kitchen in a storage shed within the western toilet block. Several councillors had mixed feelings; before approving an operator they want a…
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