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AUSTRALIAN playwright Suzie Miller’s one-woman play, Prima Facie has taken world stages by storm from Sydney to London’s West End and to Broadway. The British National Theatre’s video version is its best-selling production and is compulsory viewing for trainee judges in at least one UK jurisdiction. Now, in this new Black Swan Theatre production it…
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A UNIQUE concert dedicated to Australia’s birdlife will raise funds for the Kaarakin Black Cockatoo Conservation Centre in Perth. Where Song Began is the brainchild of the Bowerbird Collective, a classical duo who perform music inspired by birdlife and raise awareness of conservation and environmental issues. At Where Song Began they will play pieces from…
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WEEK two of the school holidays. Skies as grey as porridge and biblical rain. My two kids needed a break from the screens and I needed a break from them squabbling over the screens, so we decided to jump in the Voice jalopy and head to the Inglewood Hotel for lunch. Over the years,…
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THERE’S a Mediterranean air to this two-bedroom Maylands villa. Situated on the first floor of a well-presented complex on the Inglewood border, you have elevated views of the leafy suburb. With new floors and a fresh lick of paint, the apartment looks fresh and inviting. The open plan is particularly stylish with the arched doorway…
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A GROUP of WA-based conservation groups have banded together to launch an AI-generated advertising campaign to push the Cook government into introducing stronger conservation laws. Defend WA’s Nature comprises the Australian Marine Conservation Society, Environs Kimberley, the WA Forest Alliance, and the Conservation Council of WA. The “highly realistic” campaign photos depict native WA species…
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TWO controversial Claisebrooke concrete batching plants have been given another extension to operate for 3.5 years, but with a firm timeline from the WA Planning Commission to move out. Holcim and Hanson were read the riot act by WAPC chairman David Caddy, who said they would have to lodge alternative site applications and commence building…
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THE WA Apiarists’ Society wants the City of Stirling to allow people to keep more beehives if they have bigger properties, and do away with a council permit. Stirling is currently reviewing a bunch of local laws, including the one regulating beekeeping, which WAAS says should be updated so it is in line with modern…
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A NOTORIOUS Homeswest high-rise tower that’s been vacant for around a decade while homelessness numbers continued to rise, is finally facing the wrecking ball. On Wednesday the Cook government announced that Brajkovich Demolition & Salvage had been appointed to demolish Stirling Towers in Smith Street, Highgate. The demolition will pave the way for the construction…
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STIRLING council has adopted its next budget with a rates increase of 2.95 per cent, aligning it with the City of Perth. Stirling mayor Mark Irwin said the current economic climate had played a hand in keeping the rates below the CPI increase. “Council discussion did involve a lot of rigour around the cost of…
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IT may be not much older than a toddler, but the Centre for Public Integrity is celebrating its fifth birthday this year. The Herald had a chat to CPI board member Michael Barker, a former federal court judge, Freo local and editor of the Fremantle Shipping News. A “pivotal force” of research into democratic integrity,…
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