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MUST be a South Fremantle supporter,” I thought as I clocked the white walls and bold red stairs in this Inglewood home. With four-bedrooms and two bathroom there’s room for a junior team, and plenty of grass on this 562sqm block for a kick-about. Leadlight windows, ornate cornices and and aged chocolate-brown jarrah floorboards reflect…
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Justin Stahl has been selling heirloom seeds and seedlings at Perth farmers markets for over five years, and loves encouraging people to grow their own food. An admittedly average gardener, his interests lie in promoting food security and a decentralised, resilient food supply, while raising awareness of the fragility of the current system. A graduate…
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A YOUNG renter has turned her experiences of being screwed by stingy landlords into a game highlighting WA’s unfair tenancy laws. Megan Neal (24) has been criticised by landlords for breakfast crumbs in an otherwise spotless house or owning too many things, while she’s been sick from mould. But like most renters she was scared…
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A NEW era of tightened purse strings has taken hold at Perth council. The city’s commissioners have suspended all heritage and business grants until they get a complete picture of the city’s finances. At Tuesday’s meeting they turned down a staff recommendation to spend $90,000 on six “business improvement grants” to upgrade venues in the…
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PERTH lord mayor Lisa Scaffidi has announced she won’t return once her suspension is over, in a roundabout response to a Voice letter writer. Last week Scaffidi-supporter Winsley Hurst wrote a letter to the editor saying “what’s desperately needed is the return of our cruelly suspended lord mayor”. On Tuesday July 30 Ms Scaffidi tweeted…
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A RALLY in support of press freedom saw fewer than 50 people turn out in Forrest Place last Sunday (July 28). There are about 300 WA journalists and 150 student journos in WA, but they stayed away in droves. Organised by the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance, the rally was protesting against changes to “war…
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CITY of Perth chair commissioner Eric Lumdsen (pictured) is stepping down August 9 due to ill health. Cmm’r Lumsden made an emotional announcement at the July 30 council meeting, saying it was in the best interests of his health and the city. “It’s something I’ve been contemplating for some time as there’s been some conjecture…
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FOR the third year running there will be no standalone Carols by Candlelight at Langley Park. Perth council staff said a standalone event was “not viable”, with not enough time to organise it and too many existing commitments. Like last year, carols will instead be included in the Christmas Symphony at Langley Park. Cost-effective At…
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SIXTEEN-year-old climate crisis activist Makaela Rowe-Fox runs a free discussion panel on “How do we save the world?” at the Art Gallery of WA today (Saturday August 3). Ms Rowe-Fox is one of the organisers behind the national school strike for climate movement, and has protested, marched and chanted at the March 15 and May…
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PERTH’S Belinda Teh is on the last leg of her 3500km walk across Australia inspired by her mum Mareia’s painful death. After a 70-day walk, the voluntary assisted dying advocate is due to reach parliament house at 1pm on Tuesday August 6. She hopes to share her story and present white roses – her mum’s…
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