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A RECENT funding boost has allowed PICA to take over the box office risk from performers, freeing them up to push their experimental works to greater limits. “We are no longer a venue for hire; we provide space, staff and marketing,” brags PICA director Amy Barrett-Lennard. The extra funding comes from WA’s arts and culture department…
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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 20) Expect events to proceed quietly for a while. You do have momentum. There are no obstacles in your way. It’s just that the spotlight has shifted away from you. With the right attitude in place, this could work well for you. Too much attention just causes distractions and pointless…
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IT’S hard to imagine the towering palm trees flanking this Clifton Crescent home as tiny saplings. What a story these giants could tell of generations of living, loving, and no doubt at times arguing, in this beautifully elegant Mt Lawley residence. Sitting on a whopping 1518sqm the expansive front garden forms a veritable parkland, with…
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Experience the Öopenspace difference. Original designs from top furniture makers – made affordable! Guided by the idea that designer furniture should be approachable and ‘öopen’ to all, Öopenspace offers beautifully designed products made by reputable long-standing brands without the exorbitant price tags. It’s the inside that really counts – 7 year structural warranty! Solid pine frames – not plywood or reconstituted wood. Corner blocked, bolted reinforced joints – not staples. Duck feather in…
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THE developers call it the future face of Inglewood but locals reckon seven storeys is too high for their Beaufort Street strip. Doepel Marsh Architects and Planners say their design for a mix of 66 apartments, shops, consulting rooms and a restaurant on the corner of Beaufort and Eighth Avenue ”responds appropriately” to Stirling council’s…
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SOME councillors have been offering to support mayoral candidates in exchange for well-paid roles, says Bayswater councillor Catherine Ehrhardt. Cr Ehrhardt says she hadn’t been aware of the backroom deals at councils where mayors are voted in by their colleagues, prior to her election in 2015, and says they should be stamped out by putting…
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LAKE STREET resident Mai Nguyen is the first candidate to put her hand up for the by-election to replace outgoing Vincent councillor Laine McDonald. Ms Nguyen has the backing of former mayor Alannah MacTiernan, though she’s not a Labor party member. The two crossed paths when Ms Nguyen was in the Vietnamese Community Association and…
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WITH Fremantle axing its Australia Day fireworks as “culturally insensitive” to indigenous people, councillor Brent Fleeton reckons Bayswater should step up and hold its own show. Freo is planning to hold a culturally inclusive celebration on January 28 after the council consulted with elders who supported the move. Herbert Bropho told Freo councillors the crack…
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THIS Friday December 9 the WA Planning Commission will decide whether to purchase the privately-owned Carter wetland in Bayswater to prevent further clearing on the site. Bayswater councillors have agreed to spend up to $1.5million on the purchase of the site, contingent on the state government funding the balance. The total purchase price is confidential.…
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THE newly upgraded Supreme Court Gardens have officially reopened. “Another great example of the City of Perth and the state government combining expertise and resources, which has resulted in a complete makeover and has reinvigorated the Supreme Court Gardens,” says lord mayor Lisa Scaffidi. But it wasn’t all plain sailing, with the Barnett government unhappy…
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