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MELISSA PARKE was appointed by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in December 2017 as a member of the Group of Eminent Experts on Yemen. Despite strong opposition from the Saudi-led coalition, the Group’s mandate was renewed for a further 12 months by the UN Human Rights Council in September 2018. I DON’T want…
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SOMETHING rare happened after I ate dessert at the Measure Bar – I didn’t hate myself and feel like a bloated Baron Harkonnen. That’s because the dishes at this specialist dessert bar are perfectly balanced by chef Karmen Lu, making you feel decadent but not gluttonous. The atmosphere at this Beaufort Street haunt is very…
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THE title of Aminah Hughes’ new album, Blue Wooden Boat, harks back to a raucous New Year’s eve party in Fremantle. Things were getting feral at the hootenanny bash and the frantic drumming to welcome in the new year was annoying Hughes, so she wandered outside. “There was a beautiful blue wooden boat in the…
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A HERALD PROMOTIONAL FEATURE To promote your upcoming gig email advertising@perthvoice.com BUSBY MAROU are flying high after an amazing couple of years. Their latest album Postcards From The Shellhouse debuted at #1 on the National ARIA charts and they sold 3,000 tickets to their first annual One Hot Night festival in Rockhampton. This year, after wrapping up a number of sold out shows down…
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GOLDEN orbs hang like exotic ear rings from an angel trumpet tree, its fragrant scent enhancing a vine-covered alfresco. There’s many delights at this Mt Lawley home, from a front courtyard protected by high hedges – creating a tranquil, sun-filled nook – to the numerous art deco features. Federation tiles add to the genteel elegance…
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A PERTH VOICE PROMOTIONAL FEATURE To promote you business in an upcoming Health feature email advertising@perthvoice.com NOTORIOUS as the world’s deadliest spider after notching up 13 fatalities, Sydney’s funnel web spider is getting a make-over as a potential life-saver. Researchers in Queensland have discovered that a compound extracted from the spider is highly effective in…
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BUGLERS, trumpeters, cornetists and flugelhorn players have responded with a virtual army to the RSL’s call to horns to help celebrate the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day. This year while the big Remembrance Day ceremony is being held at Kings Park, about 180 horn players around the state will mark the minute’s silence with The…
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AUSTRALIANS have served their country, when called on by the British Empire, as far back as the Crimea War in Europe and the Maori Wars in New Zealand. Australians were also involved in The Boer War in South Africa and the little-known Boxer Rebellion in China. A lot of Australians lost their lives in these…
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A CONCERT of evocative poetry and music will commemorate this year’s Remembrance Day in Fremantle’s St Patrick’s Basilica at 2.30pm. For the Fallen will feature James Hagan reciting war poems while accompanied by musicians Eva-Marie Middleton (soprano), Michael Heap (baritone), Brent Grapes (trumpet) and Dominic Perissinotto (pipe organ). Following a wreath laying ceremony and The…
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YOKINE primary school will get $25,000 to convert one of their classrooms into a science lab. The lab is part of the McGowan government’s $17 million program to improve science facilities at 200 schools across WA. Yokine primary school will put the cash towards lab and science equipment like renewable energy kits, digital microscopes, 3D…
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