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PERTH has a great opportunity to diversify its economy by giving arts businesses a helping hand, says the latest report from the Committee for Perth. While comparing and analysing Perth’s economic base, CfP research manager Lisa Kazalac identified the arts and recreation industry as one of the “bright lights” of the metropolitan area. “Whilst the…
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THE City of Perth has warned people not to be duped by an email demanding payment for a fake parking infringement. A city spokesperson said they’d been “notified that several people have received a fraudulent email that appears to be an infringement notice from ‘City Council’.” The scam email claims the infringement is in relation…
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BAYSWATER police are investigating why two dump trucks emptied their trailers of construction rubble onto the driveway of a home in Wyatt Street. The incident happened on Wednesday, May 30 at around 7.30pm and left the driveway and a wall damaged. There’s a big, empty wasteland just up Wyatt Road with little more than a…
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PERTH-based Greens senator Rachel Siewert will submit a bill to federal parliament in August backing Fremantle council’s call for the Newstart allowance to be increased. Two weeks ago the southern suburbs council showed it hadn’t been silenced by the ticking off it got from the Turnbull government over shelving Australia Day celebrations, delving back into…
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A NEW gallery in the old Bon Marche arcade due to open in August will help plug the gap for local emerging artists created by the closure of Moana gallery last November. Cool Change Contemporary is an artist-run initiative which will run a monthly program of exhibitions as well as performances, screenings, workshops and events.…
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This week’s SPEAKER’S CORNER is by former Stirling councillor and current president of the Mount Lawley Society Paul Collins. He asks if WA Day has lost its way and is now just another public holiday with no real meaning. AS a kid back in the ‘70s and ‘80s, the first Monday in June was known as…
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TASMANIA prides itself on its scallops and I tried lots there on holiday last year. But I reckon Six Senses Gourmet Thai could show the Taswegians a thing or two – their soft and meaty scallops are delicious; deftly balancing sweetness and saltiness. With a dash of chilli and a pleasing crunch from the roe…
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BRENDON HANSON was wonderfully repellent as special prosecutor Kenneth Starr in Clinton the Musical in 2016. And the WAAPA graduate is just as memorable in his latest role, John Wilkes Booth, in the musical Assassins. The show won a Tony Award and ponders what motivated people down the ages to try and assassinate American presidents.…
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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 20) The Moon begins her week in Aries. Add her emotive presence to the mix and you’ll find wellsprings of feeling bursting through the ground of your being. Welcome any cracks in your veneer as openings into parts of yourself that are mysterious and unknown. It’s healing time. TAURUS (Apr…
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THE estate agent was quick to mention that this 1930s Mt Lawley home was close to some lovely parks, ovals and the Beaufort Street cafe strip. But I was too busy admiring the gorgeous art deco features and stunning decorative ceilings – including a magnificent domed ceiling in the street-facing lounge room – to notice.…
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