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Tourism initiative SOME months ago your paper published an edict from my favourite source of local amusement, Vincent council, stating that any public function supported with funds from ratepayers would have to include a “welcome to country” ceremony or similar acknowledgement of our Aboriginal heritage. As a 10-year resident of the city I wondered about…
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SALLY BURTON is a former patron of Black Swan Theatre Company, runs her own production company Onward Production, and was the last wife of Hollywood great Richard Burton. In this week’s SPEAKER’S CORNER she ponders whether the state’s premier theatre company’s new season has missed the mark and whether there’s enough old favourites to get…
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IT’S Scotto to locals, not to be confused with new prime minister Scomo, who’d be lucky to be around as long as the Flying Scotsman, or even as long as it takes the chefs to whip up a great meal if our revolving-door politics continues. This dark old-style pub in Mt Lawley has a lively…
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TRASH is treasure for artist Susan Flavell. Her Hamilton Hill studio is crammed with broken crockery and a mind boggling assortment of bric-a-brac, including the bust of an oriental woman she discovered on a vacant lot in China. Op-shops are another rich vein of inspiration and Flavell is more than happy to accept other people’s…
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THIS lovely character home in North Perth is pretty much close to everything, including shops, cafes and schools. From the leafy, quiet street you’d never know you’re a mere block away from a great pizza shop or that it’s a 10-minute walk to some terrific eateries. Built around 1940, there’s plenty of art deco features…
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A PERTH VOICE PROMOTIONAL FEATURE The Provedores Market is back on the first Saturday of each month leading up to Christmas: 6th October, 3rd November & 1st December 2018. Reminiscent of the markets in old Italy in the centre of the town piazza, The Provedores Market provides a relaxed and friendly setting where people can gather and bond…
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A PERTH VOICE PROMOTIONAL FEATURE Orbit World Travel are the cruising specialists and have been selling cruises for over 25 years. All consultants are Cruise Accredited or have attained a Masters in Cruising, with more than 15 cruises experienced between them. Whether it be sailing on small boutique cruise lines, to the five-star Crystal Cruises…
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NOONGAR elder Herbert Bropho says the dire relationship between WA police and Aboriginal people is to blame for the death of two teenagers who drowned in the Swan River on Monday. Just after 3pm, two policemen pursued five boys on foot after reports of them jumping fences nearby Tranby and Clarkson Roads in Maylands, with…
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Parents threaten walkout over falling grades A CRISIS meeting has been called after parents threatened to pull their kids out of North Perth Primary School over bad grades. Parents hit the roof after a scathing education department inquiry found the school’s youngest students were under-performing because of a raft of internal problems, including confusion over…
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BAYSWATER councillor Catherine Ehrhardt is getting red in the face trying to get a bit of colour in the Maylands town centre. Cr Ehrhardt has come up against a wall of regulations demanding any structures in the centre are restricted to shades of grey with the odd splash of municipal brown. Having long been involved…
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