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EATING soup-like red curry with chopsticks was never going to work; then it dawned on me that eating with little planks of timber isn’t a Thai tradition, so I reached for a spoon. The low-key S&T Thai Gourmet Cafe is one amongst many on William Street, but tables crowded with a mix of Asian and…
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Divido opened its doors in 2005, offering Perth diners a casual Italian eating and drinking experience within a stylish and intimate venue. Divido’s menu represents a love of good, honest food, made with passion and skill. It draws influences from Italian regional peasant style cooking, including old family recipes. It’s the type of food that…
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HANSEL and Gretel’s gingerbread cottage comes to mind the minute you spy this Lindsay Street home, sitting prettily behind its white picket fence. Lattice and a profusion of deep-pink bougainvillea divide the 1900s semi-detached from its neighbour, although they share a bullnosed verandah. The story-book feel continues as you step inside to find a sweep…
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Mortgage Choice offers tips for paying off your mortgage faster For many Australians, the Easter long weekend provides the opportunity to have some much needed down time. With interest rates sitting so low, the Easter long weekend also opens up the perfect opportunity for borrowers to spend some time thinking about whether their home loan…
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CHARLES STREET will become a busy six-lane highway in what locals are calling “an urban design disaster”. The WA government’s plans for the street include a bus bridge and busway. Geraldine Box and Andrew Main are getting the word out to locals by dropping hundreds of flyers around the area, much of it still residential…
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STIRLING council looks set to join neighboring Vincent in calling for development assessment panels to be abolished. A motion put up by Stirling councillor Elizabeth Re to “advocate for the abolition of DAPs” will soon go to a vote by colleagues, expected late May following a workshop, mirroring a motion unanimously passed at Vincent the week before.…
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INSTEAD of answering questions about more allegedly undeclared travel, Perth lord mayor Lisa Scaffidi has mocked a veteran journalist for “bad breath and botox”. For the past couple weeks Ms Scaffidi has been repeatedly doorstopped by TV journo Liam Bartlett, who’s been asking her about more undeclared trips, saying he knows of four she’s failed…
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THE verge poo bandit has been fined $200 after Vincent city council staff met with him to hand over the infringement. The Swan Taxis driver, who’d pooed on a Leederville verge mid-morning (having come prepared with his own toilet roll) has 28 days to pay the fine. Vincent CEO Len Kosova says his staff formally…
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HOBBY historian Dallas Robertson’s grand Minecraft reimagining of Perth’s historical cityscape has inspired at least one youngster to follow in his foosteps, with 7-year-old Alex Giovenco reconstructing Viking House in the 3D Lego-like game. Mr Robertson spent countless hours recreating what Perth was like in 1870, going to great pains to craft as accurately as…
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IT’S happened again: yet another historic balls-up has been uncovered by Vincent council, with money illegally withdrawn from the Leederville Gardens reserve. The mess looks set to cost ratepayers at least $63,000, while the Leederville Gardens retirement village could end up $212,000 out of pocket. Leederville Gardens is a retirement village set up as a…
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