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Author: Your Herald
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A SEARCH for this home in Dianella’s Railton Street uncovered a story about two circus elephants escaping the Tasmanian town of Railton in the 1950s. It was such a big event for the small forestry town that it’s etched in its history, and a couple of large, colourful murals. When something was needed to attract tourists…
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Yogahub Welcome to Yogahub – Perth’s favourite yoga hangout. You’ll discover friendly, highly experienced teachers dedicated to teaching authentic yoga, a place where you can improve your physical and mental health, deepen your connection to yourself and join a community of likeminded people. The belief at Yogahub is that “Everyday is a good day to…
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AN 82-year-old grandmother is set to press charges against her grand-daughter and her partner over a demolished shed that could see her left with a council fine. “As much as she is my grand-daughter she needs to learn a lesson,” says Dawn Taylor. In what’s turned out to be a messy family affair involving three…
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CAMPING gear that Perth city council confiscated from Matagarup activists has gone missing or been destroyed. The council confiscated truckloads of gear last year in an attempt to stop mainly Aboriginal protestors camping on Heirisson Island. Legally the council was only able to hold onto the gear for seven days unless items were connected to…
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RETIRING federal Labor MP Alannah MacTiernan says new-fangled schooling is no good, and she wants a return to more structured reading, writing and arithmetic. At a public forum last Saturday she said the results of 30 years of progressive education were clear – Aussie kids were falling behind their international peers and parents who could…
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HUNDREDS of activists flooded Forrest Chase Monday in a snap protest of the Turnbull government’s dropping of parts of the Safe Schools program. The program’s designed to stop homophobic bullying and teach students about sexuality and gender diversity, but it has conservative Coalition MPs and senators up in arms. The right-wingers forced a review which…
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JACOB’S LADDER near King’s Park will stay closed pending “immediately” required repairs. Popular with exercisers but a bane for neighbours tired of 5am huffing and grunting, the stairs were closed in February for inspection. Now, Perth city council construction and maintenance tsar Paul Crosetta says they’ll likely stay closed till “at least until late May…
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PARLIAMENT HOUSE is getting surrounded by drones, with three beehives installed around the outer gardens. It’s a three-way project between UWA’s Centre for Integrative Bee Research, parliament house and hobbyist beekeeper Joseph Kwintowski. Many view bees as fuzzy, stinging irritants, so the project’s aim is to raise awareness about their plight. Over the past 20…
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BAYSWATER is abuzz with news the council is considering saving a massive hive of bees from a dying tree earmarked for the chop. Bee man Joseph Kwintowski notes a colony relocation costs about $150 – much cheaper than killing them. A recent inspection of Robert Thomson Park’s 41 trees by an arborist found most were…
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BAYSWATER railway station will get a facelift using money left over from the Forrestfield Airport Link, transport minister Dean Nalder says. Community group the Baysie Rollers met with Mr Nalder and Bayswater council deputy mayor Stephanie Coates recently to get an update on the works. The rollers had been pushing for the upgrade of the…
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