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THE quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog,” comes to mind every time I see an old fashioned typewriter. My girls-only class in high school was deemed typing-pool fodder and we hammered out the sentence repeatedly to improve our speed. Two of the old green machines stared back at me from the top of…
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THE photo of Perth film maker and artist Curtis Taylor dominates the gallery wall of Il Locale Cafe. Dark and brooding, the image has a pulsating and primal quality. “I wanted that particular portrait to make a bit of a statement when people walk in,” photographer Robert Simeon tells the Voice. The photo is so…
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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 20) The Sun shifts into Leo, which brings a sigh of relief to you. Finally passion and action are ok – not purely for the sake of it. Direct your movements towards self-discovery and romance. You don’t want a fight on your hands. You want creative connection and collaborative intensity.…
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IN another lifetime I would wander across to Macaulay Park in Inglewood with the intellectually disabled kids from Brighton Hostel. The multi-bed hostel closed a while back—the residents moved to more family-style group homes—making way for a boutique housing estate that includes this Macaulay Crescent abode. Sitting on 363sqm, the two-storey home is the epitome…
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While most Perth school children are heading into term 3 this week, next week at the International School of Western Australia (ISWA), a brand new school year is beginning. For the first time, the returning Year 6 students have an even more exciting year ahead, as ISWA has developed a year-long high school transition program,…
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As a child, William Hu enjoyed music and puzzle books. In between composing his own pieces and playing on the piano, he was engrossed with solving puzzles, where the patterns in numbers and shapes never failed to fascinate him. He still loves music and puzzles, but they now take him to a much larger stage.…
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BUREAUCRATS and a door that swings the wrong way have put the future of a Leederville gallery for emerging artists in jeopardy. Ink Remedy owner Rachel O’Shea has been looking at the same exhibition she hung for the Fringe World festival in January after Vincent council planners got in a tizz over her front door,…
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A MISCONDUCT finding against Stirling councillor Elizabeth Re dating back to 2015 has been overturned by the State Administrative Tribunal. At the time the Local Government Standards Panel found that Cr Re had been aggressive to a council staffer. But the press release from her lawyer about the overturned decision has been met with legal…
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ROADS will become parks as Vincent council looks to expand the amount of green space for the city’s ever increasing population. The council is consulting with locals around Hyde Street Reserve on the “Roads to Parks” project, which would see the reserve extended out onto Hyde Street between Alma Road and Forrest Street. That chunk…
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MAJOR crash investigators are seeking information about the death of a 91-year-old man on July 2 after his mobility scooter collided with a car. About 5:15pm the scooter and a white Mitsubishi Outlander collided with each other near the intersection of Yirrigan Drive and Coralberry Crescent. It is believed the Mitsubishi was being driven west…
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