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PERTH restaurant Garum is a collaboration between the ritzy hotel Westin Perth and celebrated Aussie chef Guy Grossi. The My Kitchen Rules judge is the brains behind Garum’s Roman-inspired menu, but the real star is head chef Stefano Pingue. If you sit back and watch Pingue work the pass, you’ll see a serious chef dedicated…
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MADDIE is the sort of protagonist you can’t help but love–caring, loyal and lots of fun. But she loses her way and ends up in all sorts of trouble in Julia Lawrinson’s new book Maddie In The Middle. The year six pupil starts to feel lost and lonely when her best friend Katy becomes busy…
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THE inaugural Perth Greek Festival kicks off 10 days of celebration on Saturday October 19. Along with democracy, we owe many of our delis, fruit and veg stores and fish and chip shops to Greek migrants arriving in the 50s and 60s, while many more worked in forestry, farming and on the wharves. They settled…
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This roomy Californian-style bungalow would make a great family home. Located in Mount Hawthorn, there’s plenty of living space, a garden with a lawn (which the owner says is unusual for the suburb) and many quaint features from the 1930s. In between the kitchen/dining area and the third bedroom/living area there is an original servery.…
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THE benefits of a community garden are endless, and to list them all would take more space than we have. That being said, some key bonuses are: 1. A sense of community Community gardens are a great way to make friends and to meet people with similar interests, as they tend to attract people who…
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A 91-YEAR-OLD man has been forced to sleep in a shed after residents of a run-down hostel in Murray Street were evicted to make way for a 35-storey hotel redevelopment. The lodgers and the keeper of Hostel Milligan, some who’ve been there for more than 30 years, were told to leave the ageing property by…
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CLIMATE change activists Extinction Rebellion have vowed to take on Perth’s monopoly daily The West Australian during a week of disruption they’re expecting will lead to “dozens” of arrests. On Tuesday representatives of the group delivered a letter to SevenWest Media with a list of three demands, which were that the company: • Had to…
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HIDDEN behind the now-tatty 1930s exterior of the Hostel Milligan lies one of Perth’s hidden historic gems. Built somewhere between 1874 and 1886 by pearler Joseph Clarkson, Pearl Villa’s brick walls and chimneys are still visible from Murray Street, a reminder of the wealth that came to some from the colony’s early pearling industry. And…
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A PILOT project encouraging Highgate primary and Mount Lawley high school students to get creative has helped improve their academic learning while giving teachers back their “mojo”, says a UWA researcher. Mathilda Joubert has been evaluating WA non-profit creative agency FORM’s Creative Learning program, which was rolled out across 16 state schools last year and…
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NEXT year’s Australia Day celebrations will feature the first aerial show since the death of two people in a plane crash on the Swan River in 2017. Pilot Peter Lynch and partner Endah Cakrawati were killed when their seaplane crashed into the water, leading to the mothballing of the event. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau’s…
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