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HIS maiden speech still echoing in federal Parliament, Perth MP Tim Hammond has been promoted by his boss, Opposition leader Bill Shorten. The former lawyer is now shadow minister for consumer affairs, picking up the portfolio from Labor senator Sam Dastyari, who’s disappeared to the back benches after being exposed asking the Chinese government-back company…
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STATE Liberal MP Eleni Evangel seems to have the support of Lisa Scaffidi, with an East Perth property owned by the lord mayor and her husband Joe sporting a large banner promoting the Perth incumbent. The property at 32 Edward Street is owned by LisaJoe Investments and had featured a Jeremy Quinn banner from his…
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VINCENT council has added a slew of documents to be made available to the public online. The move is a small victory for councillor Ros Harley, whose mission for transparency was sparked by her own problems obtaining information from the administration, although she says it’s far from over. In 2013 Cr Harley made what she…
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ONLINE pop-science page IFLscience has been dealt a blow by Perth’s sponsorship committee, which knocked back a three-day science festival as under-prepared and overly ambitious. The committee baulked at handing over $250,000 because it would place the IFLscience festival above longstanding events such as the Fringe Festival and the Christmas Pageant. Tachyon IFLscience (originally “I…
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A PROPOSED nine-storey hotel on the corner of Barrack and Wellington streets got the thumbs-up from Perth’s planning committee on Tuesday night. The committee decided the 77-room hotel, which will cost $15 million, made better use of the space by extending further into the laneway behind it. The new hotel will retain the facade of…
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Tree in trouble I AM writing to express my concern that a healthy tree on council-owned land is to be destroyed to make way for a high-density development. I have spoken to the developer who says the tree makes it difficult to maximise the development potential of the block, it’s located on council-owned land and…
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PALEO: The word was like a dagger through the heart. I’m positively Jurassic in my love for all things creamy and glutenous, so my wife’s thyroid-induced paleo diet makes our kitchen tension sizzle like a croque monsieur on the hob. After a relentless barrage of faux doughs and pallid pastries, food reviews have become my…
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MEXICO’S golden days of cinema are back with a vengeance says Jose Briones. Director of Perth’s second annual Viva Mexico Film Festival, Mr Briones is bringing the best of his birth country’s cinema to his adopted home. Mexico had a flourishing film industry from the 1930s to the 1950s: “A golden age. [We] were similar…
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FREMANTLE band POWNegro has won Perth’s Big Splash battle of the bands, winning $10,000. The hip hop/ jazz/ rock sextet has done surprisingly well, given they’ve been together less than a year and their bassist only started playing a month before they formed. Already POWNegro have played alongside break-out Freo band Koi Child and Kevin…
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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 20) Relationship is vitally important – and truth is what will get you through the tight corners you are bound to face. Truth is not a harsh thing. It needs to be softened through the filter of your heart. It also needs to be applied to oneself first. Then it…
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