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CHAKRA RESTAURANT on Beaufort Street had to adapt pretty quickly when restaurants were ordered to close their dining spaces. It’s a family business, and there’s a good chance your order will be delivered by the cheerful part-owner Kumar, who started the restaurant with his wife Sonia and his brother Ashish. He says even before the shut…
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THE owners of this Bedford home clearly have good taste. There’s no obnoxious colour scheme or in-your-face wallpaper and this four-bedroom, two-bathroom home exudes class and restraint. It’s been extended and renovated to a high standard with loads of beautiful features including polished jarrah floorboards, picture rails and an original brick fireplace in one of…
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It’s sending us broke carpark. CITY businesses are calling for the McGowan government to hold off collecting the annual Perth Parking Levy. Activate Perth chair Di Bain says the city’s retail sector has been hammered during the Covid-19 shutdown, and 30 to 40 per cent of business are unlikely to reopen unless last year’s levy…
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MOUNT LAWLEY primary school is among 80 institutions selected for coronavirus testing. The WA government and Telethon Kids Institute will carry out the voluntary tests, which involve a throat and a nasal swab. Education minister Sue Ellery says there’s been no Covid-19 transmissions in WA schools. “However, this study will play an important role in…
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MANY Aussies are missing the pub right now, but few long for their local like Lego-smith Sonia Hills. The North Perth resident’s blocky recreation of the Rosemount Hotel has won first place in the grown-up category of a boredom-busting Lego competition run by state Perth MP John Carey. With the Rosie closed, Ms Hills recreated…
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VINCENT’S public art reserve is being opened up to support artists suffering through the Covid-19 shutdown. The reserve’s been built up over years by contributions from developers, who have to set aside one per cent of their budget for public art, and the council’s now given the ok to use the entire $500,000 for an…
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THE North Perth Post Office has closed again. On April 30 the doors were closed and a sign put up saying the store had “ceased trading” but expected parcels could be picked up from a temporary counter Australia Post had set up down the road. For other post office services, the sign directed people to Mt…
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BOTTLENOSE dolphins could benefit from the reduced number of boats in the Swan River during the COVID-19 pandemic. Marine mammal scientist Chandra Salgado Kent has been studying bottlenose dolphins in the river for more than a decade, and says a noisy river full of boats can make it difficult for the animals to communicate with…
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CORONAVIRUS has been blamed for another delay in the release of the City of Perth inquiry report. The WA government-initiated inquiry was meant to be out April 30 and the Voice heard even key witnesses only heard of the new delay through the media. Local government minister David Templeman, who’d already approved two earlier extensions,…
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New normal? MANY countries are responding to the resurgence of people walking and riding due to Covid-19, by increasing the road space for them. This includes New Zealand, the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Canada and even the epicentre of car culture, the United States. The City of Vincent has long prided itself on its…
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