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VOTES for businesses in local elections would be scrapped under a recommendation of the panel reviewing the rules around local government in WA. The panel, headed by Balcatta Labor MLA David Michael, released its final report on Wednesday. The report recommends advisory panels be used to help businesses get their voices heard in councils rather…
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A COUPLE of Covid-19 grants have helped Beaufort Street radio station RTRFM fill the gap of cancelled fundraising events. The pandemic’s impact on the economy meant RTR was facing down what could’ve been a tough Radiothon, its annual August subscription drive. The station’s biggest fundraising event, In the Pines, was cancelled in April, along with…
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THE Mt Lawley Society has launched a petition to save two century-old Beaufort Street homes from demolition. The two homes are just on the periphery of Mt Lawley’s historic town centre and according to society president Tracey King are in excellent condition. Number 690 was built for the Schruth family in 1903 and 692 for…
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THE word “treaty” has been mysteriously scrubbed from Perth city council’s treaty with traditional owners. Answers as to who asked for the word to be removed have been difficult to get out of the council. The “Danjoo-Treaty” to symbolically acknowledge Whadjuk Nyoongars as traditional owners of the Perth area was supposed to be passed at the…
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AFTER a corona-related delay Bayswater’s new FOGO three-bin system is back on the to-do list. The new bins are due on verges around March 2021. The “Food Organics, Garden Organics” system was originally scheduled to be in place by now but was delayed because the “community education program” couldn’t go ahead under the pandemic restrictions.…
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ROYAL STREET in East Perth resembled a ghost town on Tuesday night. Virtually everything was closed, and the neon lights in the distance cast an eerie glow over the deserted Claisebrook Cove. Thankfully Fuku Sushi was a culinary beacon, and I headed towards its glowing sign like a slightly overweight moth. I last visited the eatery…
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DJANGO REINHARDT is best known as the founding father of gypsy jazz on the acoustic guitar, but a Perth band is shining a light on his lesser-known electric recordings. The Electric Django Quintet focus on Reinhardt’s later years in the 1940s and 1950s, when he was inspired by be-bop and replaced his conventional string quartet…
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IN this week’s storytime edition of Speaker’s Corner, North Perth sustainability and community gardening advocate Colin Scott tells us a parable about root vegetables and root causes. THE regional village was doing quite well for itself selling potatoes. Many people were employed growing them and local kids had a pathway to earn income and then…
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Sometimes a home has one or two great talking points – but this Mt Lawley abode has loads. There’s a dining room with a hung sliding door, a beautiful vintage fireplace in the lounge, and black hexagonal tiles in the ensuite. I could gone on, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves and start outside. …
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A PLAN to investigate a merger between Bayswater and Bassendean councils has been promptly knocked on the head. But the debate has highlighted divisions at Bayswater, and a communication breakdown that left some councillors with no idea staff were already being sent across the border to work in Bassendean. Discussions At last week’s meeting Bayswater councillor…
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