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STIRLING council is set to open the largest outdoor lap in the southern hemisphere on Monday. Stirling Leisure – Inglewood will have a 2.5 million litre lap pool heated to 27.5 degrees and featuring 10 50-metre lanes and four 25-metre lanes. It will also have WA’s first AI-powered anti-drowning CCT, which analyses patterns of distress…
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BAYSWATER council won’t bring forward funding for an arts studio at Ellis House despite entreaties from the organisation’s chair that they’ve had to cancel exhibitions in order to meet demand for art classes. Councillor Dan Bull had moved a motion at this week’s council meeting to add $300,000 into next year’s capital works program, a…
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VINCENT council has knocked back proposed alterations aimed at re-sparking a derelict service station on Angove Street (“A fuel station with priors?” Voice, August 17, 2024) The proposal included a new shopfront, replacement of windows, repainting of the walls and roof, replacement of fuel bowsers and underground fuel tanks, installation of a 2.1m high refuse…
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NESTLING a pint of lager while contemplating the ills of the world might sound a little like drowning your sorrows at the bar, but the Perth Philosophy Circle has a different take on things. They’ve been running wildly successful Pub Philosophy lectures at Clancy’s Fish Pub in Fremantle. PhD candidate and event organiser Kyle Gleadell…
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IF you have ever read US romance and young teen author Colleen Hoover, you would know that she writes beautiful but hard-hitting stories. It Ends with Us is the unfolding of Lily Bloom’s life from her teenage years, through her first love with Atlas, a homeless boy, to the birth of her child and taking…
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GET you feather boa and fishnet tights at the ready, the International Burlesque Festival is coming to Perth. Now in its 11th year, the festival is a showcase for some of the best burlesque, cabaret and variety performers in the world. Hosted by hilarious drag queen BeBe Gunn, the festival will feature worldwide debuts, the…
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IT’S one of WA’s longest running artist-run initiatives, but many folk will have never heard of Gotham Studios. Situated on James Street in the heart of Perth, it’s essentially a working space for artists in the inner-city. It sounds like something that should be common place and a no-brainer, but with more and more CBD…
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The Voice loves the historic precinct tucked behind the Perth Mosque in the heart of the city. One minute you’re in the hustle and bustle of William Street, then suddenly your walking down quiet, narrow streets and admiring quaint federation cottages with gorgeous tuckpointing, bullnose verandahs and chocolate-box gardens. It’s like you’ve stumbled through a…
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ONE of Perth’s biggest water polo clubs says its 60-year association with Beatty Park is under threat because a Vincent council revamp of its playing pool has left it too shallow to host official games. Triton Water Polo Club president Glenn Townsend says the “debacle” also affects a second water polo team and the West…
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FEW people can understand the value of a good working dog more than Ryan Wilson. The former SAS dog handler was on patrol in Afghanistan in 2013 when his combat assault dog Fax sensed a nearby presence and leapt into action. Tragically Fax was killed in the encounter, but Mr Wilson has no doubts that…
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