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PAUL COLLINS has been a WACA member since 1986 and is a former WACA board member. While there’s been a lot of focus on whether the WACA pool is a good deal for Perth city council, Mr Collins questions whether it’s a prudent move for the WACA to hand over a chunk of its land…
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THIS week marks 30 years since the release of the findings of the 1991 Royal Commission Into Indigenous Deaths in Custody. The Deaths in Custody Watch Committee was due to mark the day with a rally in Forrest Place on Thursday April 15, calling on the full implementation of the recommendations, many of which have…
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WHEN my family and I arrived at The Royal on Sunday evening, the place was awash with Dockers fans. They were in good mood after beating Hawthorn 96-81 at the Optus Stadium, and the East Perth eatery had a lively feel-good buzz. But it wasn’t just a macho love-in with men enjoying a simian embrace,…
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LUCKY OCEANS will be joined by a who’s who of the Fremantle music scene at his 70th birthday bash later this month. In an amazing career spanning Nashville to North Fremantle, the talented guitarist has played with the likes of Eric Clapton, Willie Nelson and Jerry Lee Lewis. Originally from Philadelphia, Oceans enjoyed his first…
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THIS petite and charming two-bedroom home is already nestled in the enviable Golden Triangle around Hyde Park, but while snooping about courtesy of Google Maps’ satellite imagery, I noticed it had a big advantage over most of its neighbours. The ubiquitous extension has pushed the building envelope of many of the triangle’s character homes right to…
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Locals divided as tea house set to disappear A TUSSLE is brewing at Maylands Peninsula, with locals divided over plans to turn the old Tranby tea gardens into a pizza bar. The WA National Trust owns Peninsula Farms, co-named Wu-ru Woorat, where an operator ran a tea room in the smaller caretaker building west of…
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JOHN KEENE is used to raising the bar (youngest Sydney Symphony Orchestra Fellow, Australian Chamber Orchestra emerging artist), and this weekend he’ll hit new heights by juggling the roles of soloist and conductor with the Fremantle Chamber Orchestra. The young double bassist has already stamped his mark on the national classical music scene and when borders…
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PERTH council workers won’t be surveyed about their job satisfaction this year, despite a recommendation from the state inquiry for a survey within three months of the October 2020 council elections. The inquiry wanted a close eye kept on cultural improvements, noting only 44 per cent of Perth council employees in the 2017 survey thought their workplace was “free…
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FREE THE BEARS is holding a quiz to raise funds for their rescue efforts after Covid cut off a funding source. The group was founded by Stirling resident Mary Sutton after a 1993 tv program about bears being farmed for bile. About 1000 have since been rescued, earning Dr Sutton an Order of Australia medal…
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AN archaeological survey is underway at Peninsula Farms April 4 to 10. The National Trust brought in UWA archaeology students and staff to document the landscape and plan future conservation and interpretive works. They were assisted by the uni’s Centre for Forensic Anthropology, bringing in ground penetrating radar last week trying to identify the original building…
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