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THE City of Perth has abolished alfresco fees for restauranteurs and publicans. Perth councillor Reece Harley has been pushing for the fee to be dropped since 2015, but says he was met with “fierce resistance” from the council and senior staff. Back then the annual alfresco fee was an average of $140/sqm, plus application charges.…
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TWO bands have cancelled appearances at Perth’s Amplifier Capitol in the wake of a public backlash over female staff being forced to wear low-cut tops. This week a staffer at the inner-city club posted on Instagram the shirt that male staff wear and the one the owner wanted its women workers to wear. Amplifier Capitol’s…
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More glory THE graphic content in the Voice article “WA’S glorious history”, seems to be the focus of Angelika White’s complaint (“No glory for whole story”, Voice Letters, January 19, 2019). Other museums have emailed the WA Museum and myself for more information about the door with the glory hole in it. While Ms White may not see…
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Short story excerpt by MARY HOLLIDAY LET me introduce you to “One Wing Willie”. He was a thin dark haired long term Irish bachelor of average height, well-spoken to the point of deferential as though he had been high born or had been used to being around such people. Nobody was ever told, least of…
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HISTORY buff RICHARD OFFEN is the author of Lost Perth, and the former executive director of Heritage Perth. In this week’s HERITAGE CORNER he tells us about “Dumas’ Folly”, a towering sewer ventilation stack in Highgate which caused a stink with locals. STANDING high over the surrounding area of Highgate, many assume the noble art…
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Bayswater and Vincent win waterways survey THE City of Perth has been ranked third bottom in a survey of how councils protect their waterways, while neighbours Bayswater and Vincent were joint first. The 2018 survey, carried out by the independent South East Regional Centre for Urban Landcare, gave Perth council a “best management practice” score…
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THE Perth Voice has discovered more Victorian bias in the allocation of federal government small media development funds. As reported last week most of the $3.6 million stage one, first round innovation fund for small publishers went to Victoria, the Senate electorate of federal communications minister Mitch Fifield (‘Big Victorian bias in media funding’, Perth…
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THE first sods will be turned on the North Perth Common town square this Monday (January 21). It’s hoped the square, on the corner of Fitzgerald and View Streets, will become the “heart” of the North Perth strip and used by locals for events or just as a nice spot to hang out. Fill the…
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STREETSCAPE upgrades are underway at the northern stretch of Oxford Street to brighten up the Mount Hawthorn town centre. On Monday (January 14) Vincent council started works on the section between Anzac and Scarborough Beach Roads. The works include 38 new street trees, low profile speed humps and a red asphalt shared space to slow…
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WHAT started as an idea at the Perth City Summit in 2017 has partly come to fruition, with nighttime CAT buses operating during the Fringe festival. The free buses will run every 15 minutes, shuttling Fringegoers to the Girls School venue in East Perth. Buses leave from Perth bus port between 7pm and 9.45pm, and…
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