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MORE Noongar culture is coming to Northbridge this weekend, at least virtually. Perth film production company Periscope Pictures has crafted a virtual reality experience “Virtual Whadjuk,” sending a viewer back in time to see the natural landscape along the Derbal Yerrigan (Swan River) and interact with the original people. It builds off a concept by…
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A BAYSWATER councillor who booked a $3542 training course that starts just two weeks before council elections says she’ll repay the money if she’s not re-elected. Catherine Ehrhardt dipped into her $15,000 councillor training allowance to book into the Australian Institution of Company Directors’ three-day Foundations of Directorship Certificate, which is being held in Perth…
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MOUNT LAWLEY MP Simon Millman has called for the WA Academy of Performing Arts to stay in Mt Lawley. Talk of WAAPA moving into Perth’s CBD has been building over the past six weeks, and on September 17 Edith Cowan University vice chancellor Steve Chapman acknowledged to staff in an email he was looking at…
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THE revival of the East Perth power station is a step closer with the McGowan government inviting five developers to submit detailed plans. The five were the same shortlisted in 2016 after an expression of interest process: Mirvac, Frasers Property, Lendlease Development, Australian Capital Equity (the Kerry Strokes investment company wanting an art gallery there),…
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BOOKWORMS will be wriggling for joy at Stirling libraries next month. As part of the Garage Sale Trail, libraries in Inglewood and Dianella will be holding special book sales on Saturday October 19, 9am-11.30am. “For sellers it’s a great opportunity to find new homes for those unwanted items and make a bit of extra money,”…
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Gas and oil insider speaks out AS 10,000 protestors in Forrest Place demanded the end of fossil fuel use, a manager at a multinational oil and gas company blended in among the students, politicians, activists and greenies calling for the death of his industry. Speaking anonymously, the company man, who has experience in climate change…
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A WOOLLY mammoth, a dodo and a dinosaur enter a church. What sounds like an opening line from a joke is actually a scene in the new, satirical climate change play I Feel Fine by playwright Zachary Sheridan. “I’m not going to lie … it’s pretty strange,” admits Sheridan, adding it’s “experimental and immersive”. The…
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WHILE fastidious gardeners were blowing autumn leaves into the gutter, Tafe fashion student Aimee-Lee Verrier took a different view and saw some potential. “The colours were so vibrant and orange and I just thought how beautiful those would look preserved into a dress,” the Coolbinia resident said. “I also had been wanting to make a…
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PETER MORGAN is onto something special with his new Leederville restaurant Rusty Pig. Inside it’s quite tight and narrow, but there is ample dining space including a long bar where punters can enjoy a meal and a drink while watching Morgan, the head chef and owner, in action. The MasterChef alumni has nailed the KISS…
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THERE’S a serious message behind the infectious, funky music of Randa and the Soul Kingdom. Lead singer Randa Khamis says their latest single Put Your Hands Up is is all about “bringing people together regardless of their age, race, class and gender. “This song is celebrating that right to express yourself in any way you…
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