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IN this week’s SPEAKER’S CORNER, St Bartholemew’s House chief executive JOHN BERGER talks about the alarming increase in the number of homeless older women, and how the WA government can do more to help them. The homeless support organisation is based in East Perth, and launched a dedicated older women’s service in 2014. HOMELESSNESS can…
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LOOKING for gold plate awards amongst the greasy spots on Little Lebanon’s walls is like searching for habitable planets in a sky full of stars. But if that makes dine in seem a little challenging, consider some take-away, or you’ll be missing out on the most awesome Lebanese tucker. “The best I have ever eaten,”…
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WHAT is the truth and how can politics and the media distort it? That is the central theme of Threshold, a play set in a Sydney newsroom in 2016. The play was inspired by journalist Chris Kenny’s first visit to Nauru in late-2015, but there’s also an “opaque reference to what’s happening in the US…
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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 20) Mars appears to be going backwards in Capricorn. It would be a good idea to rethink practical matters. There’s a very good chance that you will have to take a fresh tack. Don’t take too much heed of your wounded pride, even though it might sting a bit. You…
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THERE’S more to this Leederville home than you think, and like Dr Who’s Tardis it seems to go on forever. The neat, compact brick exterior is deceptive, and it’s not until you wander down the long hall and discover a huge open-plan kitchen/dining/family area that you realize how big this home really is. By then…
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The end of winter is the perfect time to rug up and spend your Saturday tasting wine from the Great Southern Region, with Castelli Estate’s Urban Cellar door in Myaree offering you the full wine tasting experience without the five-hour drive to their Denmark winery. Sam and Maria Castelli hail from an abundant country village…
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STIRLING council is on the verge of selling a strip of land beside the Astor Theatre in Mt Lawley, but locals say they’re missing a “magical opportunity” to make it a vibrant public space. The land, which forms part of the car park in front of the Fat Dragon Diner, is going for a song.…
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A 24-METRE blue whale skeleton will take centre stage at Perth’s new museum in 2020. Canadian company Cetacea, a specialist in “skeleton articulation”, has arrived in Perth to begin the 18-month process of designing and fabricating a frame to support the four-tonne skeleton, which will be suspended in Hackett Hall. In celebration of what would…
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MORE than 300 adrenaline seekers braved the wild weather at the choppier-than-usual Avon Descent last weekend The thrilling 124 kilometre whitewater race from Northam to Bayswater is WA’s second-longest running sporting event, and over the last 44 years more than 35,000 competitors have taken part. At this year’s event 154 canoeists, paddlers and kayakers managed…
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Mt HAWTHORN’S community composting station has helped divert 750 litres of organic waste from landfill in just its first month. Instead of the waste festering in a mountain of rubbish – turning into methane as it breaks down under anaerobic conditions – the scraps get broken down in aerobic conditions and can be used as…
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