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Author: Your Herald
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WHAT drags someone from their home to the other side of the world? “Love,” says artist Joie Villeneuve. “It’s usually one of the reasons that gets you to cross the world.” Once here she fell in love all over again, this time with Australia’s birdlife. “Primarily the Australian magpie, which you can’t help but fall…
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Come shake and shimmy at the Bollywood Extravaganza, 7pm this Saturday 28 November at the Hilton Park Bowling Club in Beaconsfield. Organised by Ian Butler and Cate Williams, the night is a fundraiser for the Rural Agency for Social and Technological Advancement (RASTA). Delicious curries and cheap drinks will be available to buy, and Indian…
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PENSIONER Catherine Caporn says her hot water bills have soared by $200 every eight weeks because of new two-storey developments next door. The 88-year-old says it’s because the new buildings put her solar panels in shade several hours a day over autumn and winter. The Dianella resident says Stirling council didn’t pay enough attention to…
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KYLE BARTLETT says he’ll run out of fingers if he tries to count how many people close to him have suicided. Having lost another family member just recently, he’s asking the artists behind the December 5 Raise the Roof gig to devote the night to suicide awareness. An indigenous hip-hop artist and promoter, he says…
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FORMER Perth city council CEO Frank Edwards is asking his old employer to reimburse him the $2860 he spent on lawyers, when appearing before the WA corruption and crime commission. He’d been interviewed during the CCC’s investigation into lord mayor Lisa Scaffidi not disclosing travel gifts by companies that also had dealings with the council.…
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STIRLING mayor Giovanni Italiano says his new Mercedes cost no more than his old Holden Caprice. “This car did not cost any more than the previous Holden that I drove for two years,” he told ABC News during the week, having refused an earlier interview with the Voice, which broke the story (November 14, 2015).…
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HE was sacked from his job—then the rest of Steve Harvey’s life started crumbling. Being jobless and relatively alone in Perth had a cascading effect on the 29-year-old man’s ability to pay his rent and stay mentally well. Nine weeks after losing his well-paid fly-in, fly-out gig with a high-profile mining company he was homeless.…
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WINSTON CHURCHILL labelled his depression a “black dog” that followed him around. Olympic diver Matthew Mitcham personifies his as, “an unconvincing drag queen”. The gold-medallist, Australia’s only openly gay athlete at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, brings his autobiographical stage show Twists and Turns to Perth to open the Pride parade eve this Friday, November 20.…
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MORE than 30 parking bays along Bulwer Street will be removed so a barrier can be built between car and bike lanes. Vincent council staff had been iffy about the plan, recommending instead that bike lanes be delineated by painted markings between William and Beaufort Streets, in part to preserve parking. But cycling advocate Geraldine…
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IT’S been 100 years since the building now known as Astor Theatre was raised on the corner of Beaufort and Walcott Street. The owners are celebrating the centenery by continuing its roots as a live performance space. A landmark of Mount Lawley architecture, back in 1915 the place was designed in federation free classical style,…
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