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THE Friends of Anzac Cottage are putting on a free concert to mark the 102nd anniversary of construction of the little Mt Hawthorn cottage that was donated to Private John Porter when he returned from the Great War in 1916. The cottage was constructed in one day by 200 volunteers, and it’s been kept going…
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MOUNT LAWLEY senior high school students grilled local pollies at a panel discussion on Monday. The 100 students from year 10 to 12 served up questions to Mt Lawley Labor MP Simon Millman, Perth Labor MP John Carey, Stirling mayor Mark Irwin and Liberal party federal VP Fay Duda. “I’m thrilled that so many young…
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THE call’s gone out again for Vincent residents to help the local council decide how to spend its budget. Back in 2016 the council ditched the old “here’s the budget, what do you think” method of consultation, which mayor Emma Cole says didn’t deliver a great deal of community feedback. Instead the council asked for…
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IN last week’s story (“Historic Letter,” Perth Voice, March 24, 2018) we incorrectly described Mount Lawley MP Simon Millman as being in the Liberal party. He’s definitely Labor, having said in his inaugural parliamentary speech that he’d voted Labor his whole life.
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THE Palm Sunday Walk for Justice for Refugees had its best-ever turnout in Perth over the weekend, with 1500 people marching in the CBD. Uniting Church social justice officer Kate Leaney said the turnout demonstrated the community’s growing concern over the Turnbull government’s treatment of asylum seekers. “I really just think it’s telling of how…
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Unconventional treatment THE Sydney Opera House is magnificent with its creativity of lighting. It’s time Perth had an artist paint the rooftop of the bland Perth Convention Centre with either colourful Aboriginal art work or an array of West Australian wildflowers. Not only would it enhance the beauty of the city, but also entice tourism.…
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A HORDE of drummers in garish outfits were looking for somewhere to satisfy their taste buds after a gig at the WA Deaf Society. No it’s not a scene from a new Zucker brothers’ comedy, but another episode from my wacky life, and we ended up at Hawker’s Cuisine in Northbridge. The food is great, the…
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A FIVE-minute pitch with Penguin books in Sydney turned two years of rejection around for Perth author Anthea Hodgson. The Romance Writers of Australia conference was swarming with hopeful novelists when the Mt Hawthorn resident spruiked her first book The Drifter. When a letter arrived four weeks later offering a two book contract, “I said yes…
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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 20) The Scorpio Moon provides you with the kind of emotional intensity that often derails you, but this time you turn befuddlement into creativity. You have been a little starved for creativity of late, so it comes as a welcome change to have the capacity to find new solutions to…
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A MIX-up in viewing times to see this Perth apartment sparked a love affair with fantasy author Terry Pratchett. Rather than while away the time in the lobby, I went to the bookshop across the road, where a delightful young shop assistant steered me towards Mort. The novel is screamingly funny and I can’t put it…
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