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Author: Your Herald
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THE front of this home is quintessential Mt Lawley. There’s a leafy verge tree, a white picket fence, and a cute 1920s cottage with a gorgeous verandah and lead light front door. But inside this three bedroom, one bathroom home has all the mod cons. As you walk down the wide central hallway you enter…
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A “VERY disappointing” Health Department response over a coronavirus case at the Terry Tyzack Aquatic Centre in March hasn’t convinced Stirling council to take responsibility for notifying patrons if another case is discovered. Internal emails obtained through a Freedom of Information request show Stirling staff butted up against non-answers from the department’s Communicable Disease Control Unit…
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THE fate of the 2021 Skyworks remains up in the air, with City of Perth commissioners to make a decision at the end of June. They were scheduled to decide whether to go ahead with the Skyworks at the May 26 meeting as this is usually the time of year when they lock in the…
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THE East Perth Cemeteries have been given a permanent entry into the state heritage register. It sets in stone a process started back in 1992 when the cemeteries were given an “interim entry” on the register after former Liberal MP Phil Pendal raised concerns gravestones were being vandalised and ghouls were interfering with remains in some…
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THE Forrest Park Croquet Club says its future is in jeopardy under a proposed lease policy being considered by Vincent council. The draft policy replaces individual agreements and will see small sporting clubs pay for minor maintenance and capital upgrades. The council would pay for main structure maintenance and “capital renewal”. It says the aim…
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That’s not all YOUR article “Staff Cuts Revealed” (Voice, May 16, 2020) did not fully portray the work the City of Vincent has done to support staff and the community during the pandemic. The city has maintained full employment for all permanent employees which is consistent with many other local governments. We were heavily impacted by the closure of Beatty…
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DYING ALONE is an entry to the Museum of Perth’s Covid-19 Digital Archive written by JULIE McCLYMONT, about her father James Clarko who was unable to see his wife Edith and their children in his last days. THIS story describes the loss of our elderly father, affected by hospital and aged care restrictions on visiting…
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CHINATOWN has always been there in a food emergency. There’s always something open in the Northbridge square, whether it’s 4am on a Saturday or on a public holiday (it’s become a tradition for many American Jews to eat at Chinese restaurants on Christmas Day). So it was a grim picture when City Garden Chinese had…
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AWARD-WINNING Perth muso Siobhan Cotchin played a rip-snorting gig at Mojo’s in Fremantle last weekend. But before you call the self-isolation police, there was no audience there and the performance was streamed live. It’s just one of the innovative ways artists are getting live music out to the public while social gatherings are restricted. Cotchin says…
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THIS luxurious Wembley home is perfect for those who like being close to nature and the city. Located just a few streets from the tranquil Lake Monger and near to West Leederville and Subiaco, you have the best of both worlds on your doorstep. The front of this three-level home is dominated by large sweeping…
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