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AN innovative program which aims to combat loneliness amongst LGBTI+ elders while opening up secure and affordable housing for their young LGBTIQA+ peers has been launched by Mt Hawthorn-based organisation GRAI. The Pride Intergenerational Housing Program will match older LGBTI+ people who’ve got a spare room, with an LGBTIQA+ student. With older lesbian, gay, bisexual…
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ARTISTS have stepped up where Extinction Rebellion were once the tour de force, taking on WA’s fossil fuel companies over their CO2 emissions. Last week art group PVI Collective delivered giant “invoices” to five of WA’s biggest energy companies under the guise of satirical debt collectors The Social Licence Watchdogs. They took the name from…
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FIVE of Vincent’s largest parks will be prohibited to cats as part of new laws that come into effect this year. The local law provides for the management, control and regulation of dogs, cats, poultry, bees and other animals and was adopted by Council in October 2023. Cats will now be prohibited from Britannia Road…
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EAST PERTH resident GLEN MORGAN is donating his father’s war medals to the Army Museum of WA, and in honour of the occasion penned the following, “in memory of Ronald Spencer Morgan, 2/11th Battalion, Crete veteran; and all Allied soldiers and Germans who fought valiantly for the fate at Crete during WWII”. The 2/11th was…
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THIS North Perth butcher shop has a great pedigree. Originally M Princi Butchers, it was owned by Michele Princi who emigrated from Italy to Perth in the 1970s. The Princis clearly know a thing or two about meat with eleven generations of butchers in the family. After more than five decades in the trade, Michele…
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THERE’S still time to catch the tail end of the Lyric Lane Jazz Festival in Maylands. The three-day festival wraps up on Saturday with a great bill that has a little bit of everything. Kicking off at 7pm is the Ray Walker Trio. A veteran of countless sessions for TV and radio, Walker is a…
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THE outside of this 4×2 Embleton home has lovely clean architectural lines. Its minimalist look is enhanced by the cool colours on the stylish facade. The inside is just as uncluttered with the open plan dining/kitchen/living area a masterclass in less-is-more. It’s almost futuristic-looking with the sleek black benchtops in the kitchen contrasting with the…
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PERTH lord mayor Basil Zempilas has stepped up his fight with the Cook government over a site earmarked for a new primary school, accusing the state of “stealing” the land from council ratepayers. Earlier this week education minister minister Tony Buti announced legislation would be introduced to Parliament to free the Queens Garden carpark behind…
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THE Department of Communities says it has stepped up security patrols at an inner-city housing complex residents claim is beset by druggies and anti-social behaviour (“Like living in hell,” Perth Voice, August 10, 2024). A spokesperson for the department said it hadn’t received any complaints about one of the units other residents had pointed the…
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THE City of Vincent says it has no plans to follow Melbourne council’s lead and cancel e-scooter contracts over safety and amenity concerns, but is considering dedicated parking to prevent footpath clutter. On Tuesday Melbourne’s lord mayor Nicholas Reece dramatically derailed plans for its providers Neuron and Lime to present new safety features and instead…
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