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If you’re looking for something unique to do this summer, Howard Park and MadFish Wines have you covered. Home to many great events, their Margaret River Cellar Door is a must visit. On 14 & 15 January 2017, their annual Oysters and Riesling event will take place. Pack a picnic, bring your friends and chill…
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Aranmore Catholic Primary School is firmly committed to building a strong culture of sustainability within its school community. “As a Waste Wise school, we implement educational strategies across all learning areas that promote the ‘reduce, reuse and recycle’ concept,” said Principal Margaret Williamson. “We encourage our students each day to look for new ways to…
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Cinema Australia proudly presents the Perth premiere of director Matthew Holmes’ new Australian bushranger epic The Legend of Ben Hall on Wednesday, 1 February 2017 at Event Cinemas, Innaloo. After two years running from the law, Ben Hall is soon drawn back into bushranging by the reappearance of his old friend, John Gilbert. Reforming the gang and taking on…
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ROSEWOOD Care Group will triple the number of beds at it’s Cleaver Street aged care complex in West Perth under a $65-million redevelopment. The six-storey redevelopment will bring the number of beds at the old folks’ home to more than 150, and also see a $500,000 restoration of the heritage-listed Florence Hummerston Lodge. Rosewood says…
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A CONTROVERSIAL concrete batching plant planned for Collier Road in Bayswater has been given approval by the state administrative tribunal. Senior SAT member Maurice Spillane made a final order on the drawn out saga on December 14, setting aside a September 2015 refusal by Bayswater council and giving Ransberg Pty Ltd the go-ahead to start…
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A LARGE development planned for Wright Street in Highgate (“Too high for Highgate Folk”, Voice, November 5, 2016) has been rejected by the state government’s development assessment panel. Applicant Scanlan Architects offered modifications to make it more acceptable but the DAP wouldn’t budge. It was a four-to-one vote with Vincent councillors Matt Buckels and Josh…
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PERTH council staff have been ordered to “dress suitably and modestly” with bans on revealing “too much cleavage, back, chest, legs, stomach or undergarments”. The Voice has been forwarded a staff newsletter from a bemused insider showing the ban extends to midriff tops, hoodies, t-shirts and spaghetti strap and strapless dresses. In a fairly Soviet…
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THERE are fears two geese and a ducky friend have been kidnapped from the Maylands Peninsula. Local resident Carolyn Tretheway says it’s unusual for all three to disappear together just before Christmas, particularly as their usual haunt isn’t a regular thoroughfare. “They are friendly birds who actually hang out as ‘friends’ together,” Ms Tretheway says.…
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UPGRADES worth $3.5 million dollars will add five classrooms to Mt Hawthorn primary school. The school is expected to grow from 850 to more than 950 students by 2025, and with enrolments at most inner suburb schools surging, the government is under pressure to spend money on squeezing them in. A similar expansion has upset…
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COLOURFUL councillor Matt Buckels was first elected in 2009, adding a cheeky turn of phrase to debates along with a libertarian leaning which set him apart from other councillors more susceptible to NIMBYist complaints. His early days were characterised by clashes with then-mayor Nick Catania, though he gets along more smoothly with the current mayor.…
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