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VINCENT council is set to spend $200,000 on a major new public artwork. The city is looking for expressions of interest from artists, and prominent sites for the artwork have already been earmarked: • Birdwood Square on the corner of Beaufort and Brisbane Streets; • The corner of Bulwer and Vincent Streets; • Ivy Park…
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A THUNDEROUS hose has led to a spray of complaints from neighbours of a Charles Street car wash, but Vincent council is letting it run later. Vincent council staff found Eco Spray Carwash had been operating the high-pressure hose outside its approved 8.30am-5.30pm trading hours, but will rein in Friday and weekend spraying to give…
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ILLICT watering holes or ‘sly-grogs’ were built on Australian shores as soon as the First Fleet arrived in 1788. Almost a decade later the first legal pub was opened in Parramatta in Sydney, serving thirsty patrons rum and brandy and the occasional batch of beer. Once a 5 o’clock destination for the working class to…
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POETS from around the world will be in town for the launch of the 15th Perth Poetry Festival next Friday (August 9). The two-week festival includes slam and anti-slam poetry, wellness poetry and a host of fascinating workshops. South Fremantle poet Carolyn Abbs will do readings from her new collection The Tiny Museums, which flits…
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THE state government is encouraging organ and tissue donors to find a “plus one” to tackle the state’s low participation rate. Only 37 per cent of Sandgropers are registered donors, and it’s hoped more can be recruited during this week’s DonateLife community awareness campaign (July 28-August 4). Even if people don’t register straight away, having…
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UPDATE: The City of Perth commissioners have approved the ATP Cup’s grant at the July 30 council meeting. THE City of Perth is considering a $120,000 sponsorship of the men-only tennis tournament slated to replace the Hopman Cup in WA. The mixed-gender Hopman Cup was held for the last time in Perth in January this…
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VINCENT council has introduced a “12 month amnesty” on change of use applications for the main Beaufort Street strip in a bid to fill vacant shopfronts. Currently a business must apply for a change of use if they want to open a different type of business from the one previously there, which can take 90…
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A POIGNANT game of snakes and ladders will be held in Perth during homelessness week to raise awareness of how people who can quickly go back to square one in life. The theme of this year’s homelessness week is “Home Safe Home”, and organisers Grief Centre WA hope the board game will be a light-hearted…
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ARTIST, anthropologist and philanthropist Sagitte Yom-Tov, who died in 2013 aged 36, may soon have a laneway named in her honour. Vincent council is considering naming the laneway between Irene and William Streets after her. Yomtov means “good day” in Hebrew. The lane is near her home and beside Hyde Park, one of her favourite…
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A RENT-A-CUP start-up is hoping to dramatically reduce landfill by doing away with single use, takeaway coffee cups. With an estimated one billion plastic-infused cups going to landfill in Australia every year, it’s time for lateral thinking, says Northbridge resident Laurence Hellmuth. “[They] are causing environmental problems that will last for generations, for a product…
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