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AFTER US president Joe Biden’s shaky performance on the televised CNN election debate, there have been calls for the 81-year-old to take a cognitive test and some have even lobbied for an age limit for politicians. In the wake of all this hullabaloo, Murdoch University has unveiled a new questionnaire that could transform the…
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PATRICK GORMAN is the federal assistant minister to the prime minister, assistant minister for the public service, and the federal member for Perth. HOUSING matters to Perth. I hear it everywhere I go in our community. The people of Perth want to see their suburbs thrive. They care about their neighbours, and want the next…
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IT was an eerie portent of things to come. During my dinner at Chakra in Inglewood, I was deep in discussion about Donald Trump with my American friend Lawrence, who gave me an interesting insight into rural life in the US, voting patterns, and whether he preferred Big Macs or Whoppers. The next morning, slightly…
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RIDERS of Justice, Another Round and The Worst Person in the World are some of the great Scandinavian films to hit the big screen in recent years. Known for their unique mix of black humour, quirky characters, cerebral themes and stark but beautiful cinematogrophy, the popularity of Scandinavian films and TV shows has continued to…
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THIS Bayswater home has loads of character and is full of surprises. The entrance is like a sort of Secret Garden with dense foliage and leafy trees obscuring the gate. The feeling of entering somewhere atmospheric is enhanced by the set of stairs leading to the leadlight front door. The interior of this two bedroom…
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STIRLING councillors weren’t shown the results of a survey showing overwhelming support for cat containment when voting to proceed with a local law that looks set to kick the issue down the road again. At its last meeting the council agreed to move forward with amendments to its Keeping and Control of Cats Local Law,…
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A BAYSWATER councillor has called on the landowners of two key sites in the city to clean them up, saying they’ve been left to become graffiti-covered eyesores. Elli Petersen-Pik has been raising questions about the old Williamson’s Motor House and Albany Bell Hatchery on Guildford Road for a couple of months, and says the tagging…
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A PERTH-based lobby group for seniors and people with disabilities has called for the scrapping of a proposed roundabout at the intersection of Scarborough Beach Road and Green Street. The intersection’s odd configuration has long been a bane of drivers and sees its fair share of rear-enders, but Sandbag convenor Tad Krysiak says Main Roads’…
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STIRLING’S trackless tram trial has picked up a national award for innovation. The tram project won the Productivity through Infrastructure category at the 2024 National Awards for Local Government, with Stirling CEO Stevan Rodic accepting the award from prime minister Anthony Albanese while on the annual pilgrimage to Canberra to lobby for project funding. To…
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PARLIAMENT HOUSE was filled with the voices of WA’s future leaders this week as 59 young people representing the state’s electorates presented and debated eight bills for the 2024 Y WA Youth Parliament. The bills were drafted when participants were divided into eight committees aligned with government portfolios, with half drafted into a government and…
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