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NEW changes to payroll tax are being offered by the Liberal party in a pre-election bid to win over small businesses like Lake Street cafe owner John Vallini. He’s run Tarts cafe for 10 years and says small business is very sensitive to fluctuations in the economy. He employs a half dozen staff, but last…
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BUREAUCRATIC delays are jeopardising a key planning amendment for zoning on Beaufort Street, says The Mount Lawley Society. The amendment area, stretching between Salisbury Street and Walcott Street, will introduce new rules for subdivision, protect buildings built prior to 1960, and simplify zoning categories. The amendment received unanimous support from Stirling council in May last…
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PERTH council has voted to demolish Anzac House on St Georges Terrace and replace it with a 10-level, mixed use facility for the Returned Services League WA. The new purpose-built facility will provide RSLWA with the ability to take advocacy and welfare to a new level. The $18.5 million building will include the RSLWA club…
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THE pre-election funding pledges are bombarding schools, sports clubs and community groups in a last ditch effort to win votes, with the major parties making it rain with promises. Cash for Mt Lawley society Mt Lawley Labor candidate Simon Millman has pledged $10,000 to the Mount Lawley Society to help them archive historical documents and…
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JDAP cares I THANK the Joint Development Assessment Panel (JDAP) members, made up of three industry experts and our two councillors Joshua Topleberg and Matt Buckles for listening to our Precinct’s concerns on the proposed application submitted by Rosewood Care Group at 67 Cleaver Street. It included a 421-signature petition, 40 objections, and 5 comment…
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WITH bookies predicting his seat could go to Labor at the March 11 election, Mt Lawley’s Liberal MP MICHAEL SUTHERLAND writes a midnight lament against the wonky vagaries of the preference system and the “horse trading” that’s let bizarre microparties slip into power with a minuscule sliver of the vote. THERE has been a lot said…
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WITH Fringe World kicking off in Cathedral Square, the swish eateries at the revamped Treasury looked appealing, but unfortunately nearly all the prices dwarfed a journo’s pay. There was one exception, but that didn’t open in time to make the show, so we ventured east and ended up at City Heart on Pier Street. The…
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A NUCLEAR explosion was the first contact Martu elder Nyarri Nyarri Morgan claims to have had with the outside world. The aftershocks of colonisation were slower to infiltrate the remote desert land he calls home, so Morgan’s country remained relatively untouched by western influence until the mid 20th century. Growing up, Morgan had no knowledge of…
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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 20) It’s time to resolve internal conflicts. If you haven’t figured out to be a host to both your adventurousness and your capacity for tender delight, now is the time to do so. Where we are with all our internal guests is reflected in our relationships. They mirror our internal…
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YOU can trip the light fantastic at this Maylands home, because everywhere you look are fantastic chandeliers. Some are elegant oblongs, others are traditional, while at least one is a funky mix of light shade and chandelier. The generous main bedroom, with french doors to the rear garden, has a chandelier. As does the ensuite.…
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