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Author: Your Herald
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ANTI-NUCLEAR groups banded together early Wednesday morning to protest outside an international defence meeting in the Perth CBD, with a strong police presence standing ready. Stop AUKUS WA, Nuclear Free WA, Friends of Palestine WA along with many student and union groups rallied outside of Perth Convention Centre at 7.30am to protest negotiations being made…
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IS the winter weather getting you down? Are you sick of staying in and watching inane game shows like Tipping Point and the brain-dead Farmer wants a wife, wants a cow, wants a lobotomy? Maybe it’s time to do some soul searching and get a new hobby. Situated in the heart of all things hippy-dippy…
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THIS year’s Revealed could be one of the best yet. It’s a vibrant, fun explosion of colour with the vast majority of artworks already snapped up by eagle-eyed buyers (that’s usually a good sign the exhibition has been a hit). First held in 2008, the annual exhibition at the Fremantle Arts Centre showcases contemporary Aboriginal…
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A CONSTRUCTION site is the perfect metaphor for our body always being a work-in-progress as we try in vain to become the human version of the Taj Mahal. Cosmetic surgery, big bums, fitness fanatics, body shamers, skinny models, manscaping, buff sportspeople, anal bleaching – the list goes on and on – and in one way…
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ATTENTION all developers – there is a Bayswater beauty on your doorstep. Situated on a 694sqm elevated block near the town centre, this piece of land is zoned R60 and is in the Metronet East Redevelopment Area. There are endless opportunities to build something special and the potential is huge. Or home owners could move…
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WA’S peak cycling body has joined a call for the Albanese government to rethink its new fuel efficiency standards and aim for net zero emissions by 2035. Although the government has already passed legislation establishing the standards, with the aim of pushing car companies into selling more fuel efficient vehicles, it’s currently consulting on a…
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INDEPENDENT pharmacies are questioning hastily-drafted legislation aimed at curbing Australia’s vaping epidemic, saying they could be forced into selling products they’d rather be kept behind the counter. As the Albanese government raced against a looming July 1 deadline for new anti-vaping laws to come into effect, it struck a deal with the Greens to allow…
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DUAL Olympian and groundbreaking politician Nova Peris will give the 2024 Brigadier Arnold Potts Oration at the 16th Battalions’ Foundation at the Anzac Club in Perth on August 2. Ms Peris’ great grandfather John (Jack) Marquis Charles Knox was a member of the 2/16th Battalion and saw action on the Kokoda Track. Australia’s first female…
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VINCENT council looks set to adopt Verge Valet permanently, despite a low participation rate from residents and “confusion” in apartment blocks. Although the pre-ordered bulk rubbish collection has been popular with those who’ve used it, a survey found that 58 per cent of people who hadn’t weren’t interested. Less than 20 per cent of Vincent…
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A ROUSING version of the Dutch folk song All Who Want to be Privateers at a shanty night last week helped mark the 25th anniversary of the first sail of the Duyfken replica off WA’s shores. Susie Vandermark was captain of the 100-tonne Duyfken on its final WA voyage before it was press-ganged into service…
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