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IMAGINE mooring at your own jetty, then wandering up a swathe of green lawn to enjoy a gin and tonic on a terrace overlooking the river before heading inside for supper. It’s a privilege enjoyed by a mere handful of Maylands residents, as there’s only a dozen private jetties along the Swan River’s 60 kilometres.…
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MENTAL HEALTH WEEK 8-15 OCTOBER 2016 A BLACK dog on your back as a metaphor for depression was popularised by Britain’s war-time prime minister Winston Churchill. Now Fremantle local Massimo Iusitini is helping people take the black dog off their back and onto a leash with his Black Dog on a Lead walk around Bibra…
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MENTAL HEALTH WEEK 8-15 OCTOBER 2016 A sobering 45 per cent of Australians will experience mental health problems at some stage in their lives, whether depression, eating disorders, substance abuse and bipolar disorder, to name a few. And not-for-profit group HelpingMinds (formerly Arafmi) is there to help with a swag of services and programs: “Mental…
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MENTAL HEALTH WEEK 8-15 OCTOBER 2016 SOX appeal will go through the roof as West Australians everywhere pull on odd socks for Odd Sock Day, October 7 October as part of Mental Health Week. Money raised by wearing clashing socks goes to Grow’s free mental health programs which have been helping adults and at-risk youths…
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We’re Perth’s only 24 hour chemist Beaufort Street 24 Hour Chemist is pleased to announce that it now offers Perth’s first after hours Urgent Care Nurse Clinic. It is staffed by caring, fully qualified nurses, who are trained to diagnose and treat a wide variety of illnesses and injuries. Services include treating wounds, changing dressings,…
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IN a bid to reduce garbage being sent to landfill Vincent council is considering offering bigger recycling bins to residents who accept a smaller rubbish bin. Mayor John Carey says a $20,000 trial will start in November. “There’s no extra cost. What we’re trying to do is offer it as an environmental incentive; if you’re…
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THE head of strings at UWA, Shaun Lee, will be soloist for the Fremantle Chamber Orchestra’s first concert at North Perth’s Redemptorist Monastery today (Saturday September 24). Lee will head a program featuring Mozart’s Violin Concerto 3, Respighi’s Ancient Airs and Dances and Haydn’s Hen symphony. The new venue will see ample parking for concert-goers…
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WHO keeps killing trees? Seven more have been snapped along Oxford Street, discovered Wednesday morning this week. They were part of Vincent council’s Greening Oxford Street and in death they join a number of more mature trees that have been trashed around town of late. Mayor John Carey sounded at his wit’s end about the…
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THE WA Opposition has linked a billboard promoting Perth Liberal MLA Eleni Evangel to an investigation into lord mayor Lisa Scaffidi’s failure to declare gifts and travel. Using Parliamentary privilege, Girrawheen Labor MLA Margaret Quirk queried whether the billboard space, provided free of charge on an East Perth building part owned by Ms Scaffidi, created…
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BAYSWATER council has started rolling out a policy which mandates its 10 biggest playgrounds must be user-friendly for kids with disabilities. This month the council installed a roller table at Bardon Park, which lets kids with mobility problems pull themselves along. But as deputy mayor Stephanie Coates’ kids discovered this week, it’s pretty cool for…
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