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IF it wasn’t for the 100-watt smile and warm greeting from the owner at Infinity Cafe, I would have probably left after a quick look around. On a cold wet day the East Perth cafe was hardly salubrious and the alfresco looked forlorn and the interior spartan. They don’t make everything in-house and the delightfully…
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MUSICIANS are a hardy breed if jazz drummer Michael Pignéguy is anything to go by. Not only has he been liaising with musicians across the globe to form The Awakenings Ensemble for an international tour, he’s also been preparing to move back to Perth after living in Qatar for 10 years. The Ensemble is an…
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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 20) There’s a lot of love around for Ram people this week. Slow down. Notice it. Take it in. It’s time to consider alternative ideas, strategies and pathways ahead. Mars is in Aquarius. He is opening up the envelope for you; making you aware that there is an open sky…
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CRYSTAL clear water sparkles either side of a timber boardwalk as you approach the auspicious front door of this elegant townhouse in East Perth. A red door is good feng shui and this one adds to the calming zen ambience as you step inside this Wittenoom Street home. The entry is backlit by a flood…
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AFTER a two-year heritage battle the last in a series of 16 murals has been finished in Maylands town centre. Leo Flavel from Studio 281 curated the 16-mural project in 2016 in a bid to revitalise and beautify the town centre. The murals were so impressive Lonely Planet mentioned them when it rated Maylands as…
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HERITAGE PERTH could be history after commissioners at Perth council voted to stop funding the not-for-profit organisation at the end of this month. The council created the organisation in 2006 to be an advocate for the city’s history, and under the infectious enthusiasm of executive director Richard Offen it’s achieved just that – running the…
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PLANNING minister Rita Saffioti has blanked the Mt Lawley Society after they wrote to her to preserve Beaufort Street’s historic streetscape. The state government is currently evaluating a set of new planning rules for the Walcott-Salisbury Street stretch of Beaufort, submitted by Stirling council after an exhaustive and award-winning consultation process. Nearly three months ago…
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NORTHBRIDGE live music bar Jack Rabbit Slim’s has joined venues across the country in cancelling their scheduled performance of musician “Riff Raff”, after rape allegations against the US rapper. On Thursday April 31 Melbourne-based Eliza Stafford posted her account on Facebook stating: “In 2013 I was raped by a man whose stage name is “Riff…
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LAST week the Voice reported on Vincent council’s new verge rules that’ll let you stick a swing or a cubby in a verge tree (“Swing and a roundabout”, June 2, 2018). The article incorrectly stated council approval was needed, but as long as rope ladders, swings, cubbies, seats, logs or rocks meet the city’s criteria…
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HUGE overhauls are underway at the City of Perth as commissioners clean up the messy aftermath of a long-running civil war. Commissioner Andrew Hammond tabled a raft of motions at the last meeting, saying “these motions are very pivotal to our role as commissioners in being charged with restoring the City of Perth to good…
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