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LABOR’S contender for the federal Perth seat Tim Hammond says his party will restore funding for community radio if they win government (“Gasping for air,” Voice, May 13, 2016). The Turnbull government has pulled $1.4million a year out of the budget for digital community radio as part of a platform of “keeping government spending growth…
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PERTH councillor Jim Adamos is off to Melbourne for a two-day “Making Cities Liveable Conference,” costing $2,355 of public money. Lord mayor Lisa Scaffidi, who’s recently been defending her frequent interstate and overseas travel as hard yakka on behalf of ratepayers, gave short shrift to councillors who had questions about the trip at Tuesday’s full…
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RADIO NATIONAL announced South Korean author Han Kang had won the Man Booker prize for The Vegetarian just as I was looking for somewhere for lunch. It’s a dark novel about a marriage torn apart by a defiant act of vegetarianism, but that didn’t put me off as I headed to Veggie Mama on the…
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Vassi Loucaides opened Estia in April 2010. Vassi has been part of Perth’s food industry for more than 40 years, working in various restaurants following his immigration from Cyprus. His impressive culinary CV includes King Arthur’s Revolving Restaurant, then ownership of Casa Pepe, Maccas Seafood Restaurant, and of late the acclaimed Aegean Restaurant in Mt Hawthorn. What…
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VIKINGS, vampires, werewolves and a Tardis-packed cast of super-powered characters will be out in force for Perth Supanova. Fandom comes to life in a celebration of the worlds of film, TV, comics, anime, sci-fi, cartoons, books and gaming at the Perth Convention Centre on June 25 and 26. There’s costume role play (cosplay in geek-speak),…
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SEVEN PRINTMAKERS is an aptly named exhibition of seven artists with unique backgrounds responding to the theme “place”. The artists explore the psychological aspect of place and belonging, co-ordinator and printmaker Shana James explains. “It’s the idea of what it means to be in a good space or place in your self rather than something…
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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 20) If there’s going to be a change in your work life, it’s going to be all about aligning yourself to your deepest wishes. It’s going to be all about getting yourself back on track. We all deviate. It’s part of the dance, to head off on various tangents. It’s…
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THE cream stucco work and perfect tuck-pointed red brick wall above it kind of looked authentic 1920s, but there was just something that made me think this Rookwood Street home was more than greets the eye. And it seems I was right, as it’s more than a sum of its parts with an original single-storey…
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If you’re looking to do renovations, builds and general handyman and gardening work around the northern suburbs of Perth- please give Neil a call. Neil gained his guilds in Furniture Making and has spent over 15 years working with many tradesman in Europe – making all kinds of furniture before moving on into upholstery making…
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A BIG chunk of Oxford Street around the Leederville town centre could be closed off on Friday nights. Local precinct group Leederville Connect is pushing for a trial of the closure, arguing a more pedestrian-friendly strip will create a buzz and boost economic activity. Leederville Connect says outside businesses or stalls won’t be bought in…
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