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BAYSWATER council’s investment portfolio should be not be with banks found guilty of wrongdoing by the Hayne Royal Commission, Cr Brent Fleeton says. With about $85 million of ratepayers funds lodged with big banks, Cr Fleeton wants staff to investigate the implications of moving the funds to other lenders. He’s unhappy with the big 4…
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FOR almost 20 years Bayswater council hasn’t charged Maylands Tennis Club rent, and now the city’s reviewing all its lease agreements to see if there are other freeloaders on the books. In 1999 the council agreed to rent out 56 Clarkson Road to the club for $509 a year plus utilities, adjusted for CPI. It…
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IF Caroline Perks makes it to Canberra she says her priority will be reminding Parliament that climate change is still a pressing emergency. The Greens candidate for federal Perth says global warming was “one of the primary reasons why I put my hand up to run as a candidate for the Greens. “It wasn’t even…
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PERTH Labor candidate Patrick Gorman says there’ll be no change to his federal by-election campaign, despite the Liberal party deciding not to field a candidate. “It doesn’t change a thing for me,” Mr Gorman says. “This is an opportunity to stand up and represent my community. I’m going to talk to as many people as…
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By-election farce THE up coming by-elections in Perth and Fremantle are nothing short of a farce. In both electorates the Liberals are not putting up a candidate so we don’t need an election to know who is going to be elected. Okay, there will be a few minor parties that will put up candidates and they…
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IAN ALEXANDER is a geographer, town planner, community activist, former Perth state MP and former City of Perth councillor. In this week’s SPEAKER’S CORNER, Dr Alexander argues that Development Assessment Panels have led to “The Death of Local Planning”. OVER the past decade or so the WA town planning system has been gradually centralised. Today…
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AFTER reading rave reviews about Greek taverna Bikra and my mate moving in across the road, we decided to go all Nana Mouskouri and flutter on over. We opted for a late dinner and the ambience was fantastic—think small-bar buzz with restaurant-quality service and that classic Greek vibe. First out of the kitchen was the…
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UNIVERSITY of WA art student Elham Eshraghian has won this year’s $40,000 Schenberg Art Fellowship. The lucrative prize is handed out to an up-and-coming artist who makes it into PICA’s Hatched exhibition and catches the Schenberg judges’ eyes. Eshraghian’s digital work Bohran was selected from a field of 30 finalists and the folk at PICA…
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Legendary Melbourne rockers in town 1 June British India are thrilled to announce they’ll be returning to The Newport Hotel, Fremantle on the Midnight Homie Tour. With raging guitars, seriously provocative lyrics and a palpable energy that confidently struts through the track’s entirety, there is little wonder Midnight Homie has quickly become a fan favourite on the band’s new…
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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 20) Chiron is working on you to have a look at how you go about your work in the marketplace. The truth is, you won’t really get where you need to go until you integrate your derring-do with your acute underlying seam of sensitivity. Play with the idea of integration.…
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