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STIRLING council’s attempts to block the demolition of a 1923 house on Third Avenue has been smacked down by the state administrative tribunal. The house is in a “heritage protection area” and places older than the 1960s are supposed to be retained, but following SAT orders to reconsider it the council has now run up…
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STIRLING council is moving to tighten up heritage protection in Mount Lawley, Menora and Inglewood. A review of the suburbs’ “character retention guidelines” and the city’s planning scheme found a loophole that could allow the demolition of old homes the city is trying to protect. If an applicant could show a streetscape was no longer…
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STIRLING council says it’s seen off the scourge of multiple dwellings across most of the city. Back in 2012 there was a clamour over a stuff-up by the WA Planning Commission that opened the floodgates for suburban homes to be demolished and multiple units stacked on the block. Councils scrambled to come up with new…
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ST PAUL’S primary school in Mount Lawley has been introducing its students to the world of robotics and coding. During first term this year, the students used webpages such as code.org and Scratch to catch up with technological advances, which led to an after-school coding club for year 3,4,5 or 6 students who wanted to…
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IT appears the Barnett government has backed down from closing the state library shop. The Voice had been told by a source within the library board last year that the shop was definitely closing (“Shh, no talking about the cuts,” February 28,2015) and Fremantle author John Dowson was told a month ago to pick up…
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Well said, Greg THE letter “Wasted opportunities” (Voice, August 20, 2016) would hardly have come as any surprise to Bayswater ratepayers who have ever attempted to get straight and verifiable answers from the City of Bayswater. Greg Smith deserves commendation, and his letter deep consideration, for exposing an instance of the city’s council not being…
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GLANCE down the laneway just up from Kakulas Brothers on William Street and chances are the tables outside Francoforte are full. Lucky for us we were early and there were a few inside tables available; laneways are wonderfully atmospheric but this is Perth’s coldest winter this century. Not that the weather put other diners off,…
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THERE’S a swag of Australian film directors on Hollywood’s A-list, but back home locally produced fare is often overlooked in favour of American imports. That makes Cinema Australia and Revelation Film Festival’s monthly screenings of Aussie offerings such as his Downriver “hugely important”, writer/director Grant Scicluna says. “[It’s] our first and possibly only big screening…
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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 20) This is what is known in the business as a tricky week. Interestingly and ironically, not for you. You have done your homework around battening down the hatches and keeping grounded. The ease you feel now is the fruit of that endeavour. Be the playful soul you are, in…
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AT first glance this Burgess Street, Leederville dwelling could be mistaken for a swish mansion – or perhaps a row of luxury townhouses. Sleek, modern lines, skillion roof pitches, expansive balconies and the manicured front lawn of this boutique development bely the fact it is in fact a mix of seven, brand-new, two-bedroom apartments. Arriving…
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