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WARNING: The following story contains information some readers might find distressing UPPER house Greens MP Alison Xamon has welcomed the muzzle change but wants dog racing banned, saying fatal injuries are too common. “Fantastic news… they are beautiful, gentle, gorgeous dogs that just want to have a cuddle,” Ms Xamon responded to the announcement. “But…
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A LAW condemning greyhounds to a muzzle while out in public is to be scrapped. The McGowan government is currently reviewing both the cat and dog acts, and after receiving thousands of submissions calling for the muzzle law to be revoked, has announced it’ll go in 2020. Maylands Labor MP Lisa Baker says it’s a…
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A CHUNK of West Perth has been excised from the state seat of Perth and handed back to Nedlands. The Distribution Commission reviews boundaries every four years to keep electorate numbers even; legally they can’t be more than 10 per cent above the 27,573 average. A lot of people have moved into Perth since the…
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A PUBLIC forum about the diabolical Green Street/Scarborough Beach Road pentagram intersection has drawn a bigger crowd than some test cricket matches, with a roundabout the most popular solution. Changes to the crossing have been in the pipeline for a while and there’s $3 million of government funding ready to go once a plan’s sorted.…
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“DEATH surrounded me and I was in a very dark place.” Those are the chilling words of Belinda Day, one of the many victims of domestic violence who found refuge at the Stirling Women’s Centre. For the last 40 years the centre has provided accommodation and support to women and children escaping domestic or family…
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RETIRED fisherman Don Heather launched an autobiography this month that’s packed to the gunwales with fishy tales. Of Fisheries and Islands is a rollicking read about his early seafaring days, from his appointment as a fisheries inspector in Geraldton through to his time as a canny captain outwitting the increasingly bureaucratic authorities. Pioneer Mr Heather…
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SIMON GEVERS is an artist, writer and nuclear physicalist working on a speech writing book called CELEBRANTING, from which this SPEAKER’S CORNER is taken. I’D like to welcome you all to the launch of this Top Notch Nuclear Facility; TNNF. I don’t know a lot about science, but I do know a little bit about…
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A BOWL of Sicilian olives satisfied a craving for something salty and savoury while we waited for lunch at Pappagallo in Leederville. Rich-green and wonderfully firm, we polished off the bowl of olives ($8) in record time. I’d ordered the mushroom gnocchi ($24), which on first inspection looked a bit unappealing with a gelatinous sheen.…
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YUCK CIRCUS will deconstruct male stereotypes with acrobatics and comedy at next year’s Fringe World. It’s been a great year for the all-women troupe, who were voted best emerging artist at the Adelaide Fringe, got rave reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe, and won Fringe’s highest accolade, the Martin Sims award. YUCK director Georgia Deguara says…
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When Brandon Poletti performed in front of 40,000 rabid football fans, it was the furthest thing in the world from his first open mic night as a 20-year-old wracked with stage fright. Within just a few years, the Perth musician’s journey has taken him from bedroom songwriter to consummate touring musician packing out venues across Australia. Brandon…
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