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ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 20) Practical matters continue to dominate. This is not a time to be up in the ether, removed from what’s actually going on around you. Those things that are slowing you down, are to give you a sense of having your feet planted on the ground. This will give you…
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PUSHING open the heavy iron gate of this Chelmsford Road, Mt Lawley home is to step back in time to discover Perth’s own Downton Abbey, a dignified mansion set in elegant grounds. The sweeping verandah’s delicate iron lace work, manicured hedging and terraced lawns add to the grandeur of this five-bedroom/three-bathroom abode sitting on a…
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The Heart of Mount Hawthorn The Paddington Ale House, or ‘The Paddo’ as it affectionately known, has been an icon of the local area for almost 85 years. Owned and operated since 1988 by the Randall family, The Paddo has won multiple AHA awards, including best bar presentation and best sports bar. A major extension…
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THE bungled geothermal project at Vincent’s Beatty Park looks likely to cost ratepayers nearly $600,000. A detailed report, commissioned in 2015 by new CEO Len Kosova, says the system, installed in 2012, was meant to warm the pools and complex powerfully and cheaply by tapping into the raw molten power of the earth. Instead, poor…
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VINCENT city council has turned down the volume on a West Perth party house. New rules will require a management plan to deal with party goers, proper signs showing contact details for complaints, 7am to 10pm check-in — instead of staggering in at 2.30am with a boombox on the shoulder — and a staffed reception…
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STIRLING council will spend $200,000 introducing e-voting to its chamber. Staff have previously manually counted “ayes” and “nays” at council meetings. Once installed the system will allow councillors to press a button so their vote is automatically inserted into the minutes. As all e-voting systems come with microphones, the existing 11-year-old equipment will be redundant.…
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THE president of the Maylands Autumn Centre says she doesn’t know how some members will pay for important health tests if prices rise, as predicted. From July 1, providers of radiology and pathology services say they will no longer be able to bulk bill services because the Turnbull government is freezing their incentive payments. The…
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THE vast majority of Bayswater residents love the place, but they’d love to see more trees. They’re the chief findings of an independent community perceptions study that interviewed 689 people to gain a snapshot of life in the Garden City. A healthy 87 per cent rate Baysy a good or excellent place to live but…
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The next instalment of the organisation’s annual Walk and Talk event deliberately coincides with Law Week and will take a look at the fascinating story of Alfred Hawes Stone. One of the first solicitors to arrive at the fledgling Swan River Colony, Stone was also an avid photographer. Born in Tunbridge Wells, England, Stone was…
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THE Ruah homeless drop-in centre is running desperately low on clothes. The West Perth centre gets about 500 people a week coming through the doors and is running very low on essential items and with winter around the corner they need all sizes of mens’ and womens’ clothing. Key on the wanted list are razors,…
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