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FREE parking has been scrapped at Scitech – just in time for the school holidays. From Friday December 14, Scitech ticket holders will need to pay $5 to park for more than an hour at the City West car park, after centre management cancelled the freebie. There’s still one hour-free parking, but that leaves you…
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THE new Beaufort Street Christmas Festival kicks off this Sunday (December 16), with the first Christmas Parade to follow next Saturday. The reinvigorated Beaufort Street Network has teamed up with St Alban’s Church and Vincent council to put on a week of Christmas events to get the Street back on peoples’ “to-do” list. The street’s…
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CONCERNED about the urban heat island effect in Bayswater? Become a “citizen scientist” and help measure the microclimate of your city. The study – a collaboration between Bayswater council and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology – will help scientists understand and mitigate extreme heat. Participants need to be available for two hours on a…
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IN the land of the rising sun an izakaya is an informal pub where work-weary Japanese stop for a drink on their way home. Contemporary izakaya style is what you’ll find at The Bonsai Restaurant and Cafe Lounge in Northbridge, but the venue is too stylish and funky to be really labelled informal. The decor…
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FRINGE World is just over the horizon and there’s a whopping 700 acts with something for everyone. Last year’s festival was the biggest yet with close to a million people flocking to venues around Perth. “We were so overjoyed at how much people loved going on a Fringe binge,” says festival director Amber Hasler. For…
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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 20) The Sun moves into Capricorn. You come to ground with a thump. Capricorn is host to the reality principle. With Mars sailing across the wide-open waters of Pisces, you have become prone to fantasy. Life pops your dream bubble and brings you back to the wonders of the here…
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ART deco and Bali combine in perfect harmony at this grand old Mt Lawley home – strange though that may sound. Art deco sums up the original dwelling with its sweeping verandah, glowing jarrah floors and decorative ceilings. The formal lounge has a natural stone fireplace and is an elegant space that flows into the…
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STIRLING council will continue to use the controversial weedkiller glyphosate, but only as a last resort. This month the city approved its weed management policy after five weeks of community consultation in September. The Council received 42 responses including concerns about its use of glyphosate and why it hadn’t completely phased out using herbicides and…
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VINCENT residents could get a third bin for organic waste like food scraps and garden cuttings. There’s still details and a business case to be worked out before councillors decide whether to go ahead, but this week they voted to support “in principle” the three-bin FOGO system (Food Organics/Garden Organics), as about 55 per cent…
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‘TIS the season for giving – except in Stirling where a donation biffo is brewing. Councillor Andrew Guilfoyle wants to stop councillors making donations to clubs and groups that are not in their ward. “Recently one councillor used their funds to donate to a club in my ward,” he told the Voice. “This then precluded…
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