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MADNESS frontman Suggs is bringing his new one-man show to Perth. Suggs: My Life Story in Words and Music will feature loads of his trademark comedy, but also includes poignant segments about growing up in London and his quest to discover more about his estranged father, William. Suggs was three when his father walked out,…
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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 20) The Sun shifts into Taurus. The existential blowtorch is off you. Soothe your nerves and relax. This might take a little while. The stakes have been high for some time. The more you relax, the more life will flow. Annoying practical matters are less likely to get the better…
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WEST Perth has been overrun by an infestation of “giant” rats which locals say are running wild and wreaking havoc. In January Vincent council issued a notice warning residents about a rodent “epidemic” plaguing the areas surrounding Carr Place, Leederville and Kingston Avenue, West Perth. The flyer urged people to bait their premises and to…
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PERTH councillor Reece Harley has requested CEO Martin Mileham investigate why the city has instigated a lengthy media blackout against the Perth Voice and Post Newspapers. The city has a well-funded PR department, but senior media officer Michael Holland stopped answering questions from the Voice around 18 months ago. The final communication in January last…
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PREMIER Mark McGowan has written to Lisa Scaffidi urging the embattled lord mayor to stand down, but she is refusing to quit and has branded the move “extremely unprofessional”. Mr McGowan has pledged to sack Mrs Scaffidi, but it’s a lengthy process under the Local Government Act and he’d have to form a three-member enquiry…
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THE developers of a troubled Leederville apartment block — including lord mayor Lisa Scaffidi’s husband — are contesting charges over excessive noise. Last year, neighbours living beside 275 Vincent Street complained to council about work being done outside approved hours (7am to 7pm, Mondays to Saturdays) and the council issued a $250 fine for excessive…
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A 43-YEAR-OLD North Perth man has been swept up in a police operation that resulted in a $12.7 million drug seizure. On Monday last week, WA Police and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission raided three properties, including one in North Perth where an unlicensed firearm and $60,000 cash was seized. A property in Alexander Heights…
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SURESH RAJAN was not the first president of the Ethnic Communities Council as we recently claimed on a Speaker’s Corner contribution. He was the ninth pres, with Sam Piantadosi taking honours as the first. No harmony in massacre
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A NEW microbrewery is on the cards for East Perth but several locals, a homeless shelter and the Housing Authority are all opposed to the development. Perth council on Tuesday approved Bright Tank Brewing’s plan for a microbrewery at 98-100 Brown Street, to be run by husband and wife team Gemma Sampson and Matthew Moore.…
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PERTH councillor Jemma Green wants Perth council to help fund a plan to rejuvenate the “Historic Heart” of the east end CBD. On August 12, 1829, a tree was felled next to where the town hall now sits, marking the beginning of the colony’s history. “The city first grew out of this area, between Barrack…
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