Perth Voice Interactive
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Author: Your Herald
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BAYSWATER councillors may soon have to publicly declare their political allegiances. At Tuesday night’s (April 9) meeting, councillors agreed to amend the city’s code of conduct to create a “political interest register”, where they’d have to declare party membership or if they worked for a political party. The register would be posted on the council’s…
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BAYSWATER councillors will also have to declare membership of local clubs or associations under Cr Cornish’s transparency reforms. But there was great controversy when he tried to extend that to their involvement in social media groups such as Facebook. Cr Elli Petersen-Pik said Facebook was a great tool that could be used to reach a…
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THE new Woolworths at the old Bunnings site in Inglewood has been approved by the state government’s Development Assessment Panel. Following Woolies’ public consultation, 79 per cent of respondents supported having a supermarket, cafe and bottleshop there. But when Stirling council conducted its own consultation, only 35 per cent of people within 200 metres of…
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POLICE were digging up the backyard of a Carr Street property in West Perth on Tuesday seeking “items of interest” in a decades-old suspected murder case. Mother of two Lisa Brown was last seen on Palmerston Street in Highgate on November 10, 1998, when she was 19 years old. She was known to associate with…
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WE killed another one. A baby dolphin recently died after becoming entangled in a crab pot in the Swan River. The dead calf was found in Claremont Bay on Monday. The Department of Parks and Wildlife said: “the dead calf has since been freed from the crab pot, but remains in the water with the…
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BURNING through the latest Noam Chomsky tome might lift your IQ a few points, but the harsh reality is that it’ll do diddly for your waistline. But thanks to Stirling council, bookworms will now be able to catch up with their favourite authors while burning enough calories to keep them trim, taught and terrific. Earlier…
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WHEN I saw the headline “Vincent dumps verge pickups” in last week’s Voice, I thought it was an April Fool’s joke, but no. One asks what on earth we are supposed to do with those old, sometimes broken sofas, barbecues, tables, carpets etc. We don’t all have access to trailers or even to vehicles with…
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It’s not easy eating BBQ when you have a beard. I spent most of my time at Side Door BBQ in Highgate wiping rich espresso and blue cheese dipping sauce, sausage, gooey cheese and runny egg from my bristles – but I loved every minute of it. My fellow bearded bro Jesse recently returned from…
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WHILE Hollywood takes its time to get their adaptation of Batgirl off the ground, two local filmmakers have shot their own fan film about the Dark Knightess in Perth. Written and directed by Chloe Brown, who recently starred in Kriv Stenders’ Red Dog: True Blue, and award-winning short filmmaker Matthew W Reynolds, the gritty Batgirl Returns…
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THIS renovated Bayswater property is so fresh you can still smell the paint. Everything about this bright, white transformation is proof that a committed owner with a vision can make a huge difference. Purchased just over a year ago and now sporting a fetching off-white fibro finish, this home boasts a third bedroom and double…
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