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CLEAVER STREET between Newcastle and Carr will continue its transition towards a medium-density, inner-city precinct, despite the objections of some of its residents. At this week’s full council meeting, Vincent approved the construction of four three-storey dwellings which will break with the tradition of deep setbacks along the street. The development at number 34, which…
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Royal let-down THOUSANDS of kids around the world are starving and living in poverty and hardly get a mention in the media. All we get is that another royal baby is born. The royals are living in luxury and seem to have only one talent, which is to breed like rabbits at the taxpayers’ expense.…
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SALLY McMANUS is secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions. In this week’s SPEAKER’S CORNER, she calls on people to attend a May Day rally for Change the Rules, a campaign fighting for more secure work and fairer pay for Aussie workers. THERE’S a conservative government in Canberra that’s walking hand-in-hand with big business…
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IT’S spritza time!” shouts Mario Tolardo as he glides around tables, squirting soda into huge glasses of bright orange aperol. The theatrical service from the co-owner of Spritz Spizzicheria and the occasional honking of horns on the busy Scarborough Beach Road, lent an air of Rome to our recent lunch. And the food lived up…
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AS a teenager Ruby Boots didn’t run away, but she did walk at a brisk pace to distance herself from her “conflicted” Girrawheen home. “I left home early,” she tells the Voice, but refuses to elaborate, as she sips coffee in Melbourne airport. The 36-year-old singer-songwriter—aka Bex Chilcot—now lives in the US and is back…
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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 20) Everything that has happened over the last few years has ultimately opened you up to a whole change in outlook. As Chiron moves in and Uranus moves out, so upheaval mellows out and healing begins. With Mercury also in your sign, this is a time of contemplation, of insight.…
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THIS federation-style home in Inglewood is warm and welcoming. At the heart of the three-bedroom house is the gorgeous light-filled open plan. With a nod in the direction of the tiled fireplace, the owner says: “The family room is where we spend most of our time. In winter I love the fire.” Inglewood primary school…
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ABOUT two in three Australians will be diagnosed with skin cancer by the time they are 70 years old. And each year more than 750,000 people across the nation are treated for one or more non-melanoma skin cancers, including basal and squamous cell. The statistics are alarming, but there is some comfort to be taken from…
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THE weather’s cooled but some kids at Mt Hawthorn primary school aren’t looking forward to next summer. The reason? The school’s centerpiece 75-year-old Port Jackson fig tree has been axed. A large grassy area once shaded by the mighty tree is now a giant sandpit as trucks dump sand for the foundations of a new…
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CONCEPT images for a planned redevelopment of the heritage listed East Perth girls school, and surrounding sites, have been released. But first, hundreds of bodies in the old graveyard will need to be exhumed before work can start. Sold by the state government mid-2017 for $5million the school was bought by local investor syndicate “Australian…
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