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PERTH lord mayor Lisa Scaffidi is to hold her position as chair of the council’s audit and risk committee. Following the scandal surrounding her lack of disclosure of gifts and travel, the council had looked into replacing her with an independent member of the committee as a way of boosting transparency. But the committee itself…
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IF you’re getting Olympics withdrawals and need a quirky sport fix, the nation’s best croquet players are currently battling it out down at Forrest Park. The sport’s been around for 150 years but the old-timey rules ensured it was played at a snail’s pace best suited to an English country garden, so in 2005 they…
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ARTIST Drew Straker’s got a new piece up in Grand Lane behind Barrack Street. He’s credited by street art website allthoseshapes.com as “probably the first” artist to use this neon glow technique, with white lines under the transparent colours, making his Barrack Street bulldog and kitty really pop.
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STIRLING council has dropped an extra $10,000 into supporting cultural events. At this week’s council meeting, councillors were feeling generous about supporting community-based events and bumped up the recommended funding for the Inglewood night markets, Osborne Park agricultural show, the Mt Lawley Christmas festival and the popular photography centenary. “It was all about activation and…
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FOUR electricity substations have been nominated by Perth council to go onto the state’s heritage register. Prompted by a request from the state heritage office, councillors voted unanimously to recommend the buildings’ inclusion. Constructed as part of the first centralised electricity supply in Perth, the four substations are two-story red-brick buildings located on Wellingtont, Murray,…
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JOE FRANCIS is definitely not 61. In reeling off the age of cabinet pollies last week we pegged him as a sexagenarian, but his media people inform us the ex-Navy man is actually 45. In other corrections news, Vincent council’s minute takers have amended their most recent minutes which misnamed resident Melanie McInerney’s name. The…
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WE’D been heading elsewhere for lunch when the funky former stables/storage shed on Carr Place, Leederville caught our eye. There’s no hint of horse manure in the tiny brick building, which has been many things over it’s 100 years, but there is plenty of great retro-grunge ambience – and old record covers. It was a…
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BILL CLINTON introduced health care and social security reform, but it’s a semen-stained blue dress that doggedly remains the defining issue of his second term as US president. Written by Australian brothers Paul and Michael Hodge, Clinton the Musical is a hilarious romp through his time in office. It nails the events, political skullduggery and…
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THE saying “one man’s trash is another’s treasure” is amplified by Fremantle artist Theo Koning. The veteran sculptor garners all manner of objects from the beach, skip-bins or verges; anything that takes his eye and can be transformed into a stunning artwork. His studio is neatly crammed with an assortment of bits and pieces and…
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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 20) Mars is passing out of the vicinity of Saturn. This means that rather large obstacles are beginning to lose their influence. You are by no means out of the woods, but you may be spotting the odd fleck of light here and there. Relationship is calling you to heel,…
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