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RENTERS’ rights in WA remain flimsy despite home ownership increasingly out of reach. Many tenants are reluctant to complain about glaring maintenance issues worried rents will be hiked up or they’ll be given a bad reference. With the WA Residential Tenancy Act up for review this year, WA Greens housing spokesperson Tim Clifford recently held…
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OFTEN eaten by cats and foxes and forced out of their habitat by urbanisation, a population of quendas still manages to survive in Lightning Swamp in Noranda. Bayswater council is currently in the midst of a four week study of the little marsupial to ensure the population’s health. Nocturnal and solitary critters who like to…
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COUNTRY folk are well acquainted with states of emergency, but with 200,000 people in the city on an average day the City of Perth is focusing on emergency planning in the big smoke. Last year the council compiled an emergency management strategic plan to coordinate a response in the case of a disaster–natural or man-made.…
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TAKING a break from the pressures of exams and assignments, 45 teens came down to Morley Library to de-stress with the combination of cats and yoga, with a litter of kitties on loan from Cat Haven.
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Dutton: he’s no dud I WAS astonished that the letter “Dutton’s a dud” (Voice, April 14, 2018) could be published as it contains a lot of fake news about immigration. Let me point out: • In relation to allegations of news suppression by the government: The writer should be aware that there is never a day…
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THE hip young architect whose home I was reviewing was quick to recommend Satchmo Cafe in North Perth for lunch. It dawned on me that I had enjoyed a great meal there, shortly after it opened, about three years ago. Satchmo is run by mother and son team Benedikte and Nathan Karnovsky, “With a seasonal…
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WHEN the Eastwinds blow, strum and pluck they whip up a storm of world music The band is truly global and features musicians from Estonia, Iran, Japan and Australia. They’ll be be in town next week for the launch of their second album Confluence, which fuses Persian and Balkan music to “create something new and…
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Riley Lee performs on Shakuhachi in Freo! Internationally renowned shakuhachi player (bamboo flute) Riley Lee will perform in Fremantle at St John’s Anglican Church on 31 May. During his tours throughout the world, Riley has introduced the shakuhachi to diverse audiences as both a soloist and with other performers across all musical genres. His performances…
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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 20) As Chiron settles down into his new position in Aries, so your journey takes a completely different tone to the one it has been singing for years. This is a period of deep self-reflection. It’s time to figure out what is healthy and what is unhealthy in a now…
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THIS drop-dead gorgeous home in North Perth is what good architecture is all about—making the most of space without creating fussy unnecessary areas. Perth architect Julian Tan says that when he sat down to design his own house he knew exactly where to start. “The kitchen is the heart of a home. I started there…
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