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LORD mayor Lisa Scaffidi and her allies have voted to keep a “gag” policy preventing Perth councillors from speaking their mind. Most councils take their lead from the local government act which says councillors can offer personal opinions, but can’t speak on behalf of the city, undermine a council decision or slag off their colleagues.…
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PERTH should take a leaf out of Stirling’s book and make its citizenship ceremonies a little more “personal” and welcoming, says councillor Lily Chen. A guest at one of Stirling’s recent ceremonies, Cr Chen says she was was touched by how deputy mayor Keith Sargent built a rapport with the audience by sharing his family’s…
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BAYSWATER councillor John Rifici has been called out by a ratepayer group for not putting enough effort into his ward, a claim the councillor rejects. Cr Rifici represents Maylands but the president of the local ratepayers’ association Elli Petersen-Pik has described him as a “close-to-absent” councillor because he’s on no council committees and has missed…
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NINETY TIMES in one day – we don’t know if it’s a Perth record for Jacob’s Ladder summits but Rob Coyle’s effort definitely tops anything in the Chook’s record books. Incredibly, the Cockburn gym owner’s Sunday morning stepathlon isn’t even his main achievement; dubbed ‘Perth’s man of steel’, he’s preparing to climb the ladder 120…
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THE Organ Donation and Transplant Foundation of WA has warned it may have to close its office in Bayswater because it’s running short of money. ODATWA owes Bayswater council about $1500 for three months’ rent at the Rise community centre and feared it would have to cancel its annual Star to Remember event, which brings…
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THE WA art gallery’s latest exhibition treats visitors to a glimpse of Western Australia as seen by European settlers. It’s a vision of a pristine landscape around the Swan River; unadorned, but not uninhabited as the exhibition’s title Unknown Land suggests. Curator Melissa Harpley says that the title was drawn from a rough translation of…
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ONE of the ugliest blights on Perth’s skyline and social fabric will be demolished with the state government asking for tenders to knock down Stirling Towers in Highgate. The Homeswest block on Smith Street, also known as “Suicide Towers” for the depressive pall it casts over the neighbourhood, will be replaced with a mixture of…
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HENRY VIII was a big king with a king-sized appetite, and Henry on Eighth in Maylands matches his style – in a grungy 21st century way. Massive ceilings and timber joists, jagged raw-brick walls and concrete floors give this eatery a very funky feel. “Art” in strange frames, a huge painting of Henry as a…
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WHEN Mel Kay wrote the singles Upside Down Town and Feel Alright, she’d stopped listening to the doubting Thomas’ telling her she’d never make it in the tough music industry. “I had learned to value myself more than a society telling me what I couldn’t do,” the 22 year old says. It didn’t hurt that…
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IN it’s ninth year the Swan Festival of Lights is a colourful spectacle of music, dance and mouthwatering Indian food. It celebrates the Hindu holy day Deepavali and victory of light over darkness, good over evil: “We are not preaching religion, but preaching giving back to the community,” Somun Balasubramaniam says. Entry to the three…
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