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Author: Your Herald
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YOU’D do anything for your kids, right? Video artist Pasquale Giorgi proved that point, convincing her dad to do karaoke for her final year art project. Adding insult to injury he was singing a Latin translation of Joe Dolce’s Shaddap You Face. “I translated from software, I’m not sure how faithful they were, a lot…
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SHAKESPEARE was not only England’s greatest playwright and poet, he conveniently died on the day he was born, April 22. Which is also the eve of St George’s day, and the death of the dragon and the birth and death of the bard, will be commemorated at St George’s Cathedral. “It’s a one-off event to…
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THE wind sighed gently through the branches of a grove of sheoaks, and the natural parkland backing it exuded the aromas of the bush. Gilfillan Green seemed a very apt street name for this Dianella abode–not the English version but a very Australian place for kids to roam and a habitat for local fauna and…
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THE popular but declining Maylands Waterland needs a facelift and Bayswater councillor Dan Bull wants the Barnett government and private investors to help bear the cost. He told colleagues last week the 40-odd-year-old park is enjoyed by thousands who live outside the municipality, so ratepayers shouldn’t be expected to bear the cost themselves. “The state…
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WA’s biggest council concedes it can’t reach its tree canopy target because developers are axing mature trees faster than it can afford to plant replacements. Stirling says it faces spending $16.3 million every year to have any hope of achieving its 18 per cent canopy target by 2030 (coverage now is 12.7 per cent). That’s…
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POLICE are now investigating the incident where a Swan Taxis driver allegedly defecated on a Leederville verge last Tuesday morning. The WA transport department has suspended its own investigation “in relation to a potential offence for driver misconduct” and is now assisting the police. Our source who witnessed the squat and release confirms police have…
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“IT’S so quiet out there right now, you can’t make a living out of it.” Taxi driver Phil McGree is fed up. He says his industry’s going down the toilet, and it’s not helped by drivers who refuse to use one. “I’ve been driving taxis since 2008,” he says. “The industry is stuffed—it’s full of…
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MORE cultural training is needed to stop incidents such as taxi drivers pooing on verges, says WA Taxi Industry Forum chair Howard Lance. Following our article last week about a taxi driver having a poo on a Leederville verge, despite a toilet being just 30m away, Mr Lance got in touch to say he’s heard many…
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VINCENT mayor John Carey confirmed this week he will run as Labor’s candidate for the seat of Perth at the next state election. If elected — the seat is held by popular Liberal MP Eleni Evangel on a 2.8 per cent margin — a by-election will be held to replace him as mayor. Despite weeks…
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