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MORE than $10 million is needed to refurbish Bayswater Waves as yet another council grapples over an expensive aquatic centre. “Urgent roof repairs” are needed, the gantry lighting system’s busted, the pools needs refurbing, and the chlorine gas storage area doesn’t comply with new Australian standards and must be fixed by June 2021. At the next…
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A STATE government-funded cafe selling $3 coffees has been undercutting private enterprise, city cafe owners have complained. The Crew & King Cafe is run by the Perth Theatre Trust and opened in May 2020 after state-funded upgrades to His Majesty’s Theatre. Michael Ivanoff from nearby Crib Lane cafe says the Crew’s $3 coffees, available until…
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BAYSWATER council will soon begin the long process of unpicking its complex rates system after giving some homeowners a “Covid-19 concession” in last year’s budget. The strange concession, dubbed “not fair” by a minority of councillors who voted against it, effectively made sure everyone’s rates bill for 2020 was no higher than their 2019 bill.…
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NAMES are being sought for the soon-to-be revamped Leederville laneway between the Leedy Hotel and the ABN Group HQ currently under construction. The laneway’s been dingy for years but is being given a big makeover by developer FJM Properties, and rebranded as a “laneway precinct” opening onto shops in the ABN building and dining options from the hotel…
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THE National Trust WA received funding last year to run its first writer in residence program. The funding came from the Department of Culture and the Arts, which in 2019 produced a Writing Sector Review aimed at encouraging excellence in writing and foster professional development. The trust chose four writers to kick off the program;…
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MOSHE BERNSTEIN is an adjunct research fellow at Curtin University and a member of the Legalise Cannabis Western Australia Party. In this week’s Speaker’s Corner he explains why the party was founded and why they want cannabis legalised. ON December 22, Legalise Cannabis Western Australia became a political party. Coalesced around the issue of legalisation,…
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A COUPLE of Perth entrepreneurs are defying the covid odds to open a new gelateria in Leederville. Ben and Stacy Lawrence launched their first Swan River Gelato in Fremantle in 2019, and it’s done so well they’ve decided to expand during these unprecedented times and open another outlet in Perth later this month. “Fremantle really…
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THIS East Perth home has some of the best views in the city. Situated on the riverfront in Vanguard Terrace, at night you can enjoy a stunning neon light show courtesy of the Optus Stadium, Matagarup Bridge and Crown Casino. This is a contemporary feast for the eyes and unlike other Perth views it represents…
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IN a suspected arson attack, Tent City in East Perth went up in flames at 10pm last Wednesday, turning the fenced-in campsite into a potential death trap. No-one was in the section of the homeless camp under the Lord Street overpass when it caught alight, but witnesses say that if there had been campers, no…
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BURLY construction workers are apparently being “intimidated” by the protest signs of mostly elderly residents around the Bayswater train station, who fear the Metronet transformation is robbing them of their green space. Rose Avenue residents, who’ll lose the little park at the end of their road for a bus interchange, recently penned a 10-point letter…
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