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GREENERY has mostly been restored to plans for the Beaufort Street block that’ll replace the old laundromat. The plan first floated in 2019 was a verdant oasis featuring large trees sprouting from balconies. Vincent council loved it and approved it, but recently the applicant Baltinas Architecture came back and said it might be too heavy…
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THE rate in the dollar Vincent council collects from homeowners will have to go up nearly 16 per cent to keep the rates income “frozen” at last year’s level. On average homeowners will have the same rates bill as last year, but any lucky homeowner whose rental value has bucked the downward trend will face…
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THE depressingly stark dog pound run by Bayswater council is set to get a $41,000 upgrade to meet “community expectations”. In December mayor Dan Bull asked for the state of the council’s Wright Street pound to be reconsidered in light of new animal welfare standards currently working their way through WA parliament. A new report from…
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NINETEEN trees are on the chopping block because residents near Embleton Golf Course don’t like mulching being done near them. The City of Bayswater is planning to remove the trees at Lightning Park trees so their main mulching operations can be moved from the golf course to the park. The golf course is an ideal…
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THE coronavirus lockdown might see a small WA-made film get a far wider audience than anticipated. The locally produced feature-length comedy/horror/sci-fi film An Ideal Host was going to screen at this year’s Revelation Film Festival, which usually starts in July. The physical festival’s been delayed until September/October, but the replacement online film festival “Couched” could…
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JESSE NOAKES is an advocate for homeless people who helps those who’ve reached the end of the road elsewhere. In this week’s SPEAKER’S CORNER he says Perth’s homeless people were let down during the Covid pandemic – and they won’t forget it. AS the pubs and gyms open up and the freeway returns to its…
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IF Angove Street is anything to go by, Perth foodies are keen to get back out there for meals. On a cold Tuesday night, the cafes and restaurants opposite the Rosemount Hotel were crammed with people reading menus and sipping oversized glasses of wine. We decided to try our luck at Tommasinos, a relatively new…
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The Strays (above), Fiona Heath (right) and John McNair (bottom) will be back in action at the The Perth Folk and Roots Club. THANK goodness live music is back as the return of Big Brother could have pushed us over the cultural cliff face. If folk is your bag them make sure you check out…
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THIS Mt Lawley home has the wow factor. As you walk up the front garden path you pass a tiered stone water fountain and a Victorian rotunda, dappled with shade from the leafy courtyard trees. It’s all very Mt Lawley; a feeling enhanced by the cute verandah and stained glass front door. The magic continues…
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Public left out in Hyde Park path plan A CYCLE route dissecting Hyde Park is among some questionable paths in a new WA government bike plan. The WA Department of Transport’s draft Long Term Cycle Network for Perth and Peel up for endorsement by Vincent council next week. While some councils have asked for input from…
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