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Author: Your Herald
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A “NIGHT with the blokes” conjures up images of boozy carousing and primal chest-thumping, but later this month Aussie men will get together for a fun chat about what it means to be a “modern man” in 2019. The free “Tomorrow Man” workshop will be lead by facilitators Ryder Jack and Andy Dennis. “There’ll be…
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DJILDJIT is an excellent example of sustainable housing. The two apartments in White Gum Valley are split across one block, meaning two families can share resources to live more efficiently. Martin Anda, who owns one of the apartments, said he had hoped for three apartments on the block, but couldn’t get the plans past Freo…
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FORMER City of Perth CEO Gary Stevenson’s warnings that he was duty-bound to report misconduct led to councillors giving him sour performance reviews before eventually sacking him. Lord mayor Lisa Scaffidi took the witness box at the WA government’s Perth council inquiry this week, where she was quizzed about her role in sacking Mr Stevenson…
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LEEDERVILLE’S luncheries have a big boost on the way with 750 new office workers coming to town mid-2021. Builder Dale Alcock is moving his ABN Group from Osborne Park to a proposed $36 million, seven-storey office on the carpark where the Leederville Hotel’s old drive-thru bottleshop used to be. Developer Adrian Fini will be constructing…
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ABORIGINAL reconciliation has been de-prioritised by Bayswater council. Many of the initiatives in the council’s Reconciliation Action Plan have been mothballed this year as councillors look to save money. RAPs are intended to improve relations with Aboriginal people and include actions like giving staff cultural training, hiring Aboriginal people and using Aboriginal-owned businesses. Bayswater councillors…
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VINCENT mayor Emma Cole has announced she’ll be seeking another stint in the top job come this October’s council elections. While feeling the council is “really hitting our stride”, Ms Cole says there’s still more to be done. She was elected two years and eight months ago, taking over mid-term from John Carey when he…
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WHEN retired vet Craig Challen clambered from a flooded Thai cave to replay the dramatic rescue of a young soccer team to the international media, he fell back on skills learnt at Banyandah Toastmasters in Maylands. Apart from being a seasoned cave diver, Dr Challen’s experience anaesthetising animals on the operating table made him a…
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PLANS for a large ritual bath at a Noranda synagogue have been approved by Bayswater council, with a parking shortfall excused on the basis Orthodox Jews don’t drive on the Shabbat. Council rules usually require 72 bays for a place of worship the size of Noranda’s synagogue, ensuring worshippers don’t clog up nearby streets. With…
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THE inaugural International Muslim Film Festival will premiere in Perth on September 7 and 8. It’s being organised by alternative media group Badayel House, and Festival director Joanne McKeown says the aim is to break down prejudice and misconceptions about Muslims and to humanise their stories. There’s 36 short films with some international selections and…
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Thank you THANK you for publishing Vincent Sammut’s opinion piece (“How I became an anti-Semite without trying”, Voice, August 17, 2019) regarding the emerging definition of anti-Semitism. In relation to Steve Lieblich’s response (“Defining letter”, Voice Letters, August 24, 2019), I note that he claims Mr Sammut and the leader of the UK Labour Party are…
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