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LEEDERVILLE has joined the ‘Jane’s Walk’ movement. The neighbourhood walking tours are named after late urban activist Jane Jacobs, who advocated people-first, city planning. Local volunteer town team, Leederville Connect, is hosting the free walks and held the inaugural stroll on November 25. Ms Jacobs died in 2006 and the first Jane’s Walk was held…
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THERE will be more Aboriginal tourist attractions in Kings Park under a new government plan to entice more overseas and interstate visitors to Perth. The plan will see the WA Tourism Commission collaborate with the Rottnest Island Authority, the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority and Perth Zoo. The state government has called for Aboriginal tourism…
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They no longer serve the poor I READ with utter dismay and disgust the Speaker’s Corner “An opportunity wasted” (Voice, November 10, 2018), regarding charity shops reckless waste of donated goods. The lame excuses proffered by one so-called manager beggared belief. He/she should have been supervising the sorting being done by the the work for…
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I’VE been intrigued by No Mafia for a few years now as it’s the sort of restaurant name that not so long ago could earn the owner a horse’s head on his doona. Upon walking through the restaurant’s narrow entrance you enter a long, enticing alleyway that debouches into a cavernous space with an open…
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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 20) The breakneck shifts and changes brought in by the planet Uranus are tempered by a constant reminder to maintain some degree of sensitivity. This is coming from a hard aspect to the North Node of the Moon in Cancer. There are no other real constraints on you expressing yourself.…
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A HUGE peppermint tree on the verge casts shade over this delightful semi-detached, timber cottage in Mt Lawley. Built at the turn of the century this Ebsworth Street home oozes quaint charm, from the wrought iron lace trim on the bullnosed verandah, with its graceful turned posts, to the lovely pressed-tin dado walls inside. Beautiful jarrah…
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TO get you in the Christmas spirit, there’s a stocking-full of events and activities around Voiceland. St Patrick’s Mt Lawley kicks it off with the return of the Mt Lawley Christmas Festival tomorrow, Sunday December 9. There’s an array of Christmas festivities along Beaufort Street with a visit from Santa, kids’ activities, artisan stalls, local…
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Woolies profits as A Current Affair stokes racism A Voice Exclusive investigation A BIT of dodgy tabloid journalism by one of Australia’s flagship current affairs programs has led to Chinese-Australians being unfairly demonised and subjected to racist attacks. Viewers of Channel 9’s A Current Affair would be well familiar with its stories about Asian shoppers…
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BAYSWATER’S mission to become a hip suburb continued last weekend when council unveiled the first “parklet” in the town centre. By transforming on-street parking bays into a community space for the public, parklets have become a popular feature in cities like Vincent and Fremantle. Baysy’s first parklet is outside the .tbsp café on King William…
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BAYSWATER is the first metropolitan council to let the community have a say on how its entire budget should be spent. Until January 31 residents can use an online budget tool to recommend how much is spent on different city services. A community panel will be formed to look at residents’ changes, and the panel…
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