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SINCE moving from Brisbane to Perth, I’ve been captivated by Mt Lawley’s charming federation cottages, which are in stark contrast to the old Queenslanders back home. I adore the classic chimneys and red brick facade and can’t help picturing the families that must have lived here down through the years. This Wasley Street cottage is…
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Quality Education & Training Courses Nationally registered training organisation Education Training and Employment Australia (ETEA) opened its doors in WA three years ago. Within this short period of time, it has gained an excellent reputation for delivering quality education and training courses. Whether you are looking at starting a new career, furthering your skills in your current field, or…
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Ready to go: Traditional Easter Feast Chocolate, eggs and lamb…they’re the usual foods we think of at Easter. Eating lamb at this time of year is a tradition fifteen times older than European Australia. It dates back to Passover, and Christians carried on the tradition. Lamb is eaten on Easter Sunday, the most important day on the Christian calendar. Why…
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LORD mayor Lisa Scaffidi and longtime allies Janet Davidson and Judy McEvoy have been censured by a standards panel over an attack on deputy lord mayor James Limnios. Cr Davidson had moved a motion of no confidence in Cr Limnios as a matter of urgent business in May last year, claiming he hadn’t gone to…
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THE future of Maylands Waterland is hanging in the balance, with Bayswater councillors rejecting a $5.8 million rescue plan put forward by the community. The quaint water park on Clarkson Road is popular with parents of young children (when its sunny), but is in urgent need of essential maintenance and renovation, so Bayswater council undertook…
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THE Maylands Easy Retro Ride took a step back in time with a tour of historical places last Sunday. Part of Bike Week, Local Arts and Community Events teamed up with the Maylands Historical and Peninsula Association to provide vintage bikes for the ride around town that wound up at the Maylands foreshore. Even though…
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ANGRY Mt Hawthorn residents have pleaded with the Supreme Court to reinstate a bus route they say is “vital” for disabled and elderly residents. Transperth’s route 15 runs from the Perth CBD to Glendalough, but was amended mid-2015 to miss out stops in and around Tasman Street. It prompted Tad Krysiak to form the Senior…
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PEOPLE with disabilities are being continually denied access to Acrod parking bays by selfish able-bodied drivers. North Perth resident Mark Fletcher, who has multiple sclerosis, says he’s sick and tired of turning up to do his shopping only to find the allocated bays taken up by a tradie or time-poor clod hoping their quick trip…
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REDLANDS STREET residents in Bayswater have discovered almost half of a 3 to 3.8-metre wall designed to block out truck noise from the new NorthLink highway upgrade will be below road level. The $1.12 billion upgrade runs north from Collier Road to Muchea, and it’s intended to improve freight capacity, reduce urban congestion, and reduce…
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BAYSWATER council has appointed Andrew Brien as its new CEO with a $319,625 salary package. Cr Brent Fleeton was the only councillor to vote against the appointment, saying the yearly wage was “obscene” and at the top end of the advertised $250,000 to $325,000 range. “My vote against was related to the salary as I…
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