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Author: Your Herald
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Bayswater residents rejoice – you no longer have to make the trek out of your hood to get a great coffee and delicious food bursting with flavour. Open for almost a year, Drip Expresso on King William Street has become a go-to for locals who keep returning for the fab food, friendly service and of…
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THERE’S just a week left of the Blue Room’s Summer Nights, (part of Fringe World) but it’s not too late to catch some great experimental theatre this weekend and next. Stuart Bowden…Wilting in Reverse is a strangely compelling mix of live music, vigorous dance moves, understandable words and a fair bit of profound (possibly life-changing)…
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THE Perth International Arts Festival kicks off this weekend, and priding itself on making the arts accessible to all, there’s a swag of free shows and exhibitions. “From our grand opening event [Home], which turns the spotlight on all that is great about West Australia…to an opportunity to literally walk in someone else’s shoes to…
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DON’T be fooled into thinking Fringe show Limbo is about wriggling under a stick. It’s an eerily whimsical battle of circus and cabaret, inspired by the realm between heaven and hell. The performers’ versatility, jumping between skills like tap dancing, contortion and — I swear — levitating, left this mortal in awe. And all this…
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WITH the mercury topping 40 it was cool relief to step into the long entry hall of this Vine Street, North Perth home. Over an icy glass of water and comfortably seated in the street-facing lounge, the vendor and I discovered a mutual love of travelling, and of vintage homes. The room was a pleasant…
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Now is a fabulous time to be thinking about starting or expanding your investment property portfolio. While there’s been a lot talk about falling house prices across the country, it is important to point out that housing affordability and property availability is actually improving in Western Australia. According to the latest research conducted by Core…
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“DON’T write off John Carey for the state seat of Perth just yet,” is the message we’re hearing from Labor insiders. Last week we learned the Vincent mayor had not lodged an expression of interest to nominate as Labor’s candidate for the seat, held by Liberal Eleni Evangel on a slim 2.64 per cent margin.…
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THERE’S no money in the arts, goes the old saying. For WA artists, it’s increasingly becoming a reality, Fringe artist playwright Tiffany Barton sighs. A friend, armed with a PhD from WAAPA and “very busy working on shows”, made $15,000 last year — about $288 a week, which isn’t enough for rent, let alone food.…
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POLICE will increase numbers at Fringe festival venues on weekends following a spate of complaints by performers of abuse and anti-social behaviour from yobs. Police assure event organisers more officers will patrol the city Fridays and Saturdays to ensure festival-goers are safe. No formal complaints were made to WA Police but they flowed online. Adam…
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BAYSWATER councillors have narrowly rejected a push to ban ratepayer-funded overseas travel. Cr Brent Fleeton, elected last year, lost by one vote his bid to slash travel budgets and ban overseas travel. Experienced councillors told colleagues that trips to conferences and seminars are a useful means to an end. Mayor Barry McKenna — a 25-year…
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