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Author: Your Herald
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VINCENT council will officially pull out of the Leederville Gardens Retirement Village by July next year. Vincent has been managing the 66-unit village since 2002, but a restructure and staff turnover has left it so short of people qualified to run a retirement home that it’s had to call in consultants to help. Now it…
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MOHAMMAD sits quietly in Stirling Gardens near council house, scattering oats to a small crowd of pigeons before scooping one up and attaching a ring of colourful plastic to its leg. It’s to celebrate Christmas, says the Afghani refugee. The former construction worker moved to Perth 13 years ago, a peak time in the Afghanistan…
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AN environmental group say they were snubbed by environment minister Albert Jacob when they tried to deliver a petition against plastic bags earlier this week. Greenpeace-affiliated Ban the Bag campaigners spent two months trying to organise a meeting with Mr Jacob, but were told a ban on single use plastic shopping bags is not something…
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MANNA INC has been given a lifeline by Vincent council to keep feeding homeless people in Weld Square. The council has been under pressure to move the volunteer service after 90 petitioners complained it was leading to anti-social behaviour close to their homes and businesses. But a search of the city hasn’t found anywhere else…
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A LEMON scented gum has become just the seventh privately-owned entry on Vincent council’s inventory of significant trees. The gum tree (Corymbia citriodora) at 19 Dunedin Street in Mount Hawthorn was found to provide good shade cover and be of “outstanding aesthetic quality” by a council-appointed arborist. “Assessment has revealed a well-formed crown structure and…
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YOKINE resident Rae Willis has won the 2016 Bert Harris award for supporting victims of crime. The award is the attorney general’s highest honour, but Ms Willis says she received it on behalf of dozens of other volunteers who also deserved it. Families Ms Willis volunteers with the Victim Support and Child Witness Service, guiding…
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Lettuce leave IT saddens me to tell you the Station Village fruit and vegetable shop in Maylands is closing at the end of this month due to the increased pressure of a raise in rent to $7,000 a month. This highlights the difficulty you reported of shop tenants struggling to meet expenses in order to…
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MY PHILISTINIC love for instant ramen would make connoisseurs of the Japanese noodle broth cringe, so I worried the experimental flavours of Ramen Lab in Mount Lawley might be wasted on my MSG-reliant palate. I perused the menu keenly but was discouraged to see there were only two choices of broth; rich pork or creamy…
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Did you hear what The Urban List said about Perth’s Best Seafood Platters? “The seafood platter at A Fish Called Inglewood may just be one of Perth’s best.” Did you hear what Sunday Times Magazine said about Perth’s Top 100? “Fan favourites include, crispy whitebait, barramundi & voluptuous seafood plate” Sample menu. AFCI recommendation tonight…
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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 20) It might seem like you are being called to mitigate your behaviour on a regular basis. The simple fact is that the Aries journey does require the adding of sensitivity and awareness to rambunctiousness. There’s no getting out of it. In general, the road is all clear at this…
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