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THE carpet cleaner didn’t bat an eyelid when I rocked up early to the otherwise empty house on Salisbury Street, Bayswater. He simply requested that I didn’t walk on the carpets, then regaled me with his travel stories as I waited for the agent. Avoiding the damp carpets was easy as I stuck to the…
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AN anonymous email in 2014 warned numerous staff at community radio station RTRFM about predatory behaviour by influential presenter Dave Cutbush, but it went nowhere. Cutbush, RTR’s director of music until 2010 and presenter until 2015, was this week stripped of his 2012 Golden WA Music Industry award as a result of long-running sexual misconduct…
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THE Corruption and Crime Commission says conflicting evidence makes it impossible to determine whether Perth councillor James Limnios attempted to bribe colleague Reece Harley not to run for deputy lord mayor. The CCC also dismissed an allegation of misconduct against Cr Harley, with Cr Limnios’s complaint being described as “selective and misleading”. Cr Harley gave…
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THE latest CCC report into Perth city council reveals a culture of distrust, “mischief,” and bullying tactics. The report reveals that someone provided “mischievous” information to the press, leading to “media publicity affecting” the outcome of the committee and deputy mayoral elections in October. The week of the council meeting to decide committee positions, several…
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PERTH’S Immigration Centre was forced to close for six hours on Tuesday, when a woman dressed as Santa locked her hand into a concrete barrel in the foyer. Santa was joined by up to 30 helpers protesting against the treatment of refugees on Manus Island. Refugee Rights Action Network spokesperson Michelle Bui says the Australian…
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A PET cat is recovering after being shot by a bow and arrow in Bayswater on Sunday. Fable Goldsmith found her injured cat, Vincent, in the back yard of their Percy Street house, and rushed him to the vet where he was given antibiotics. Ms Goldsmith told the Voice on Tuesday that Vincent was convalescing…
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ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD Isobel Lippiatt will help feed the hungry over the school holidays. For the past three years the Inglewood primary student has been volunteering for Food Rescue, which collects unsold food from cafes and restaurants and donates it to refuges and charities like Shopfront, St Bartholomew’s and Uniting Care West’s Tranby Day centre. Her mum…
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Bayswater 1 Vincent 0 AFTER criticising the city of Vincent in the past on their stalling tactics in renewing the lease and helping the multi cultural association in Farmer Street, North Perth—I must now thank them. The centre, run by Home and Community Care Services, now has a new home in Morley (which they now…
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BALI resort and garage grunge combine in delicious harmony at Chinta Cafe in North Perth. The old inspection pit is surrounded by a communal bench seating, and there’s plenty of raw brick work, corrugated iron, and steel girders to enhance the urban funk atmosphere. Next door is furnished like a resort, with colourful umbrellas, a…
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SIMON Taylor took his dad to see the new Star Wars on Monday night, flipping the family tradition that saw father take son to see the original trilogy back in the day. Now all grown-up and a major player in the Aussie comedy scene, Taylor wants to give something back to his dad, who talked…
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