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Author: Your Herald
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EXPECTING a hotel-style corridor as I stepped out of the lift at this apartment complex in Newcastle Street, Perth, it was with delight I instead found a sweeping courtyard open to the skies, with huge pots of olive trees, lemongrass and herbs. Corporate body fees aren’t paying someone to tend this oasis; a collection of…
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A HUNDRED years ago in the Barrack Street building that now houses the Museum of Perth, Denis Dease photographed more than 600 soldiers before they sailed off to war. After the studio closed, thousands of glass negatives were forgotten. Museum chair Reece Harley says they remained undiscovered until “they were found in the basement of…
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FEDERAL MP Alannah MacTiernan will host a forum seeking to wind back the powers of WA’s controversial development assessment panels. The retiring Perth Labor MP says the DAPs — a brainchild of premier Colin Barnett — are “undermining people’s faith” in town planning, with unelected panellists exercising too much discretion and “inserting their own opinions”.…
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POLICE are hunting a predator who molested two children lured from a holiday program in North Perth. The children, aged 4 and 5, had been attending school holiday care at a Fitzgerald Street premises on Tuesday when they reportedly walked off with a man unknown to them. Police believe he took them around 11.15am before…
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PERTH’S notorious Grand Central Backpackers has closed, with a new operation called Akara Hotel opening phoenix-like in its place. The building is owned by Perth lord mayor Lisa Scaffidi and hubby Joe; their previous tenant ran a very poorly reviewed backpackers that had clocked countless complaints over the years. As reported by the Voice, the…
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PERTH city councillor Reece Harley has been cleared of breaching council rules for printing and distributing 3400 newsletters to residents 14 months ago. There’s no hard rule on the use of copy machines and mailouts (and councillors occasionally use them to send out Christmas cards or Chinese New Year’s greetings), but then-CEO Gary Stevenson reckoned…
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GREENS leader Richard Di Natale outlined a grassroots approach to the coming federal election to a packed Perth Town Hall last week. About 250 people filled the hall to hear Senator Di Natale outline how his party was going to approach the July 2 double dissolution. He said the two major parties were ignoring many…
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MEDICATION is reportedly amongst items confiscated by Perth city council in its raids on Heirisson Island/Matagarup. The council’s been seizing goods to stop people camping there, and the Voice has heard one woman had her monthly prescription taken, along with the rest of her belongings. The council’s charging people the cost of seizure and storage…
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