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STIRLING residents are installing fewer solar panels than residents in any other Perth council area, prompting the city to develop a new Community Energy Plan. Stirling mayor Mark Irwin said he was shocked by the low solar take-up, which was revealed in the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics report. He says the city’s proposed energy…
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THERE have been growing calls to bring back the Beaufort Street Festival to revive the street, but festival co-founder John Carey says it’s not the answer. “A one-off event, in my view, doesn’t answer or address the key challenge of rents and a mix [of shop types],” Mr Carey said. “A booze and food fest…
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PERTH startup Inova Medical is set to do a pilot trial of its innovative “Abcease” device with Royal Perth Hospital. Most patients referred to hospital with an abscess need a general anaesthetic and have to go under the knife. They often end up taking up a valuable hospital bed for two or three days as…
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What now for Bill? HOW do Labor Bill Shorten’s feelings now compare with those that Hillary Clinton endured more than two years ago? On approaching the final straight of the Australian federal election race Shorten seemed assured of elevation to prime minister only to have Liberal Scott Morrison burst past him – propelled to some…
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IT was only 11.30am but lunch-goers were already starting to file into the Chu Bakery in Highgate. Clutching one of their tuna baguettes ($7.50) I made the most of a gloriously sunny autumn day and headed across the road to Hyde Park. The in-house bread was wonderfully crunchy and the tuna and mayonnaise had a…
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IF you like black humour, A World of Dark Comedy will be right up your sardonic alley. Now in its second year, the Perth festival screens comedy shorts from around the world that were deemed a bit too confronting for the more-established Over the Fence Comedy Film Festival. Founder Greg Coffey says they have 13…
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RESTORING an old bank in North Perth was a labour of love for its owner, award-winning photographer Denise Teo. The Fitzgerald Street branch of the The Bank of New South Wales was opened in 1938, but when Teo bought it in the 1990s it was being leased by ANZ. Ceilings had been lowered, unattractive fluoro…
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A DOZEN protestors gathered outside the Perth office of Norwegian energy company Equinor last week as the company ramps up its bid to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight. Equinor recently released its response to public submissions on its environmental plan, ignoring all but 1039 of the 31,772 submissions, most being rejected as…
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A CYBERATTACK on Bayswater council has prompted it to consider hiring a cybersecurity officer and spending up to $165,000 on safety upgrades. City staff advised councillors that the cost of “not undertaking essential cybersecurity protection is immeasurable and has not been contemplated”. Last year the city’s website was caught up in a clever hack that…
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WHILE the national election result shocked the pollsters, there were no surprises locally with Labor’s Patrick Gorman winning Perth and Liberal candidate Vince Connelly taking out Stirling. There’s a number of votes still to be counted as we go to print so the final results may vary slightly, but the overall outcome won’t change. PERTH…
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