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SLURPING noises from contented diners and a babble of Chinese conversation; my companion and I could have been in downtown Beijing or any number of Asian cities. Fitzgerald Seafood Restaurant in North Perth is a low-key sort of eatery that’s easy to miss, especially with a heap of more upmarket joints on the Fitzgerald Street…
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WHEN it comes to sex appeal, the Italian Tenors leave Shades of Grey in – well – the shade and Madame Ciccone seems a tinny-titted support act. With a mix of pop/opera, sass, suits and seductive songs the easy-on-the-eye trio’s YouTube promos are backdropped by drop-dead gorgeous Italian settings and enough slow-mo and soft lighting…
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SOPRANO Penny Shaw and Divalicious colleague Fiona Cooper Smyth will grace the Sydney Opera House later this month, but not before a warm-up at humble John Curtin College of the Arts in Fremantle. With voices powerful enough to shatter chandeliers Shaw and Cooper Smyth belt out a mix of opera and pop in their show…
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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 20) Life is offering up the opportunity to alter your view of the world, in one way or another. It may be events that trigger change. It may come by reflecting in new ways on what is already the case. Mars in Scorpio is giving you all the intensity you…
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IF you’ve got a small brood (or are planning one) and haven’t lived across the road from a park, this Maylands three-bedroom should go top of your list. A bit further south I’m blessed to be in a cul de sac opposite a park and already my five-year-old is allowed to head across unaccompanied –…
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PERTH council will track pedestrians by honing in on their mobile phones from this week. The council will use the data to work out where people walk, how long they linger and how often they come back as a way of measuring the success of events. It can then decide whether the events are worth…
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VINCENT council will oppose a proposed fire station on Carr Street. Mayor John Carey saying he’s “greatly disappointed” with the department of fire and emergency services’ handling of the plan. The department says 27-33 Carr Street (which the state paid $8.7 million for) is the best spot for the $19 million station, taking into account…
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STIRLING councillors are remaining steadfast in their refusal to let an owner knock down a heritage protected property at 26 Holmfirth Street, Menora. The house is located within the Menora heritage protection area, where houses built before 1960 are protected unless their heritage fabric is so compromised they no longer represent an architectural style. Unfortunately…
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A MENORA home which has gone through two painstaking restorations has taken out top honours in this year’s Stirling heritage awards. Sue and Trevor Darge had already picked up a heritage award in 2010 when they renovated the art deco home and added a second storey, but in July 2013 most of the home was…
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MIFFED Vincent CEO Len Kosova says Perth Liberal MP Eleni Evangel was given a detailed explanation of why a letter to pensioners in the city wasn’t political well before she publicly criticised the council. Last week Ms Evangel, who’ll be facing Vincent mayor John Carey in next February’s state election, got stuck into the council…
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