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WINKEL is Dutch for shop and Koffie Winkel literally means coffee shop, but don’t worry, there’s no jazz cigarettes on sale at this Northbridge cafe. It’s borderline heresy to admit you prefer a cup of tea in coffee-obsessed Perth, but give me an Earl Grey any day of the week. In saying that Winkel might…
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AN audience of one for a hip hop or dance performance? Or a filmed interview where the interviewer is the sole audience member and the interviewee the actor. Proximity Festival is a one-on-one theatre experience that’s not always comfortable, but promises to be entertaining and thought-provoking. “It’s about looking at a form of intimacy and…
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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 20) The Moon passes through your sign early in the week. This always adds an emotional tone. You will be more aware of your needs than usual. This is an open place. It is a vulnerable place. Life is mutable, changeable at the moment. It can easily add a certain…
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IT’S not easy being green, but it is beautiful according to Kermit the Frog. And I couldn’t agree more after stepping into the lush courtyard of this Harold Street, Mt Lawley home. Tall trees, shrubs and flower beds are framed by high spearmint-coloured walls and a dark green lawn, giving this alfresco a misty, dream-like…
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At the end of this year, Hamilton Senior High School will close, making way for the exciting new Fremantle College. To treasure the past, celebrate the present and look to the future, we invite the school community of the past 56 years to our campus on Sunday 10 September from 10.00am to 4.00pm. As we…
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Where style doesn’t cost a fortune As the old saying goes: “You get what you pay for” and to some extent, this is true. However, it’s also true that paying a high price doesn’t necessarily equal high quality. The trick is to find that balance between quality and good value. This balance is precisely the philosophy Andy Lau used when…
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A FREE parking trial in East Perth to help ailing businesses has been kyboshed by Perth councillors. Chief concern was the the loss of $45,000 revenue. Cr Reece Harley asked colleagues to support a half-hour free period on Royal Street when the city installs new parking machines early next year. He got support from councillors…
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TEN DOGS, one pheasant and a goat were impounded by Vincent council in the first half of this year, according to the latest ranger report. Non-canine impounding is so rare that the bird and goat were lumped under the “Dog Impounding” section of the report. “The goat was returned to its owner but it could…
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LONG-time Bayswater council watcher Tony Green says mayor Barry McKenna should resign over his role in the unsuccessful fight against a concrete batching plant that cost the city at least $282,000. Mr Green is president of the Bayswater City Residents and Ratepayers Association but stressed he wasn’t calling for the resignation in his official capacity,…
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BAYSWATER Deserves Better says a town centre structure plan proposed by the council needs beefing up to preserve heritage buildings and ensure future developments are sympathetic to the area. The draft plan is out for comment until September 27 and will set the stage for future developments, proposing up to five-storey buildings in the King…
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