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Solar Dwellings’ bus tours As part of Sustainable House Day 2017, state sponsor and local building design company Solar Dwellings will be conducting bus tours to view a selection of sustainable Perth homes. The tours will discuss how to live sustainably through good home design and the latest technology with Solar Dwellings sustainability expert Griff Morris. The tour…
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Does your air conditioner need a service or upgrade? With the warmer weather approaching it’s time to ensure your system is working efficiently. Often the first sign that your air conditioner needs a service is that your electricity bills start to rise. Another more worrying problem is harmful mould and bacteria that can build up…
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‘Come Ye, Come Ye’ to the Medieval Fayre on Sunday 24 September. Held once again in York’s beautiful Avon Park, this year’s event is set to be the best one yet, with something for the whole family to enjoy. Hosted by the York Friendship Club, part of the fayre’s proceeds go towards helping Perth’s homeless.…
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HAPPY birthday, Perth Voice! This week’s paper is our 1000th edition. It’s been a bumpy old ride for the media industry over the last decade, but despite the tumult, the Voice has continued to serve up its fiercely independent brand of journalism with aplomb. We may have turned 1000 but don’t worry, despite a few…
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THE State Administrative Tribunal says lord mayor Lisa Scaffidi “learnt very little from her experience” and “continues to be careless in preparing documents”, when it handed down her 18-month disqualification from council on Monday. The lengthy ban was for 45 breaches of the Local Government Act, stemming from her failure to declare travel contributions and…
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YOU’RE reading edition 1000 of the Perth Voice, still going strong after the first paper hit your letterbox 20 years ago on June 5, 1997. At that point the paper was still under the dual mastheads “Vincent Voice” and “Lawley Voice”, but a few years later it became The Perth Voice and adopted the iconic…
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A CONTRACTOR “error” is behind the severe over-pruning of five iconic Mary Street trees in Vincent. Former councillor Ian Ker contacted the Voice after finding the Hill’s weeping figs had been “butchered”, despite them being on Vincent’s significant tree inventory. He said there was no evidence of the trees being diseased and removing nearly half…
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THERE was a huge turnout for the opening of the Baysie Community Garden with about 120 people coming down to the Bayswater Bowling and Recreation Club last Thursday. The opening was a happy rebirth for the garden, founded by community elder Pat Lim, after a divided Bayswater council narrowly voted not to extend the lease…
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Building ageism COMMENTING on “Homeless Gem” (Voice, September 2, 2017). The article was about Jewell House to be considered for short-term housing. A WA health department spokesman said the YMCA’s lease was terminated because “the building was more than 40 years old and had reached the end of its useful life”. Or reading between the…
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NATASHA KEPERT is a town planner who is currently recovering from a nasty trampoline accident. Her injury prompted this SPEAKER’S CORNER on the provision of disabled parking bays. ONCE I would have been highly critical of people who parked in disabled bays, without an ACROD sticker. Not any more. I don’t believe we should allow…
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