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A POLICY adviser for the Australian Retailers Association has been endorsed as the Liberal candidate for the state seat of Mt Lawley. Dianella’s Ben Cornel beat out Inglewood real estate director Eric David and motivational author James Fairbairn, while ending the hopes of former Stirling councillor Joe Ferrante to be a face in the March…
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THE Binar Space Program, a pioneering initiative led by Curtin University’s Space Science Technology Centre, is set to make history again this weekend with the launch of Binar-2, 3, and 4 satellites. Scheduled for launch today (Saturday August 3) from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre aboard the SpaceX NG-21 rocket, the satellites will follow the groundbreaking…
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THE International Transport Workers FederaÅtion (ITF) says it recovered around $60 million in “stolen wages” from ports around Western Australia in one week. The ITWF has been running a Nowhere to Hide campaign and at the conclusion of a week of action on WA ports on Friday, Australian coordinator Ian Bray said conditions for international…
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THE local fishmonger is a bit of a dying breed these days. People are buying their fish at supermarkets or at larger fish market-style stores, forcing the tiny high street trader to pull down their shutters. But there are a few small ones left, including the family-run Angelo’s Seafood in South Perth. It’s situated in…
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IT looks a bit like something out of Dr Moreau’s laboratory, but Tineke Van der Eecken’s “corrosion casting” is her unique way of honouring marine life and showing they are under-threat. The gruesome process involves injecting a synthetic resin into the blood vessels of dead animals via the heart. “It’s followed by the dissolving of…
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SHE’S done a psychic reading for a famous West Coast Eagles player, been heckled by religious zealots for doing the “devil’s work”, and overcome two major tragedies in her life. Say hello to Catherine Faulds, one of Fremantle’s best-known mediums and tarot readers. Every weekend you’ll find her in Fremantle Markets, contacting the spirit world…
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AFTER 14 beloved years in the Mount Lawley and Highgate neighbourhood, Beaufort Street Books has moved just 50 meters up the road to the corner of Vincent and Beaufort Street. In a feat worthy of a record, 14,000 books — or countless hours of quality reading — were transported with the help of a “community…
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A COMPANY which paid for a $3300 brunch, lunch, wine and dinner trip to Busselton by Bayswater mayor Filomena Piffaretti appears linked to a possible redevelopment of the historic Maylands Brickworks site. Ms Piffaretti declared the gift back in March, but she faced a grilling from unhappy council colleagues and ratepayers about the lack of…
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PERTH is once again preparing to rally the state and federal government to address the “growing epidemic” of domestic, family, and sexual violence against women in Australia. Organised by advocacy group What Were You Wearing as part of their National Rally Collective, the No More: National Rally Against Violence will be held around Australia this…
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A WA conservation group has appealed plans to carve a road corridor through a 96-hectare woodland along Anketell Road for Kwinana’s new port. The Wildflower Society of WA lodged the appeal with the federal climate, energy, environment and water department following a proposal from Main Roads WA to “widen” Anketell Road for vehicles going into…
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