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Improving mobility benefits INTERESTING response by Marina Foster (Voice Mail, October 10, 2015) to the City of Vincent’s protected bike lanes on Scarborough Beach Road. The letter was published on the same day the Australian Council of Learned Academies (ACOLA) released its report: “Delivering Sustainable Urban Mobility”. In essence, the researchers would be congratulating the…
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LUNCH at Bossman Coffee hit a minor bump when I discovered they only do coffee and Greek pastries. Undeterred, my lunch companion and I headed next door to Munchies Sushi, where the queue was long and the place pumping with Japanese efficiency. The ginger fish bento box special ($17.50) sounded so good we agreed to…
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“FAIR is foul and foul is fair!” Shakespeare’s trio of witches shriek, stirring a noxious pot of of potions over a fire, as they plot Macbeth’s downfall. An exhibition inspired by the bard promises to be every bit as disturbing. With Shakespeare’s 400th birthday in April (brace thyself) a trio of artists has drawn on…
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Local business owner wins WA Young Business Woman of the Year Award A local skincare and beauty expert has been selected as the WA winner of the 2015 Telstra Business Women of the Year Awards, in the Young Business Woman category. Kim Tran – owner of award winning skin and beauty clinic La Belle Peau, is…
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SEVEN of eight Perth city councillors are sticking by Lisa Scaffidi in the wake of the CCC’s findings against her of serious misconduct and misconduct. In sticking steadfastly to the besieged lord mayor, the seven also appear to be ignoring premier Colin Barnett, who has said that if one of his ministers had behaved in…
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LISA SCAFFIDI told the CCC her Facebook posts and Twitter tweets during her travels amounted to “public disclosure”. Ms Scaffidi, whose Twitter feed is peppered with photos of her travels, did not declare contributions in the relevant year for her travel to: TAIPEI in 2008 (with a contribution by the Taiwanese government); SINGAPORE in 2010…
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FORMER Perth lord mayoral candidate Mike O’Hanlon has switched his support from Reece Harley to Lisa Scaffidi. He initially withdrew from the race because he didn’t want to split the “progressive” vote between himself and Mr Harley in the first past the post race. “With Reece in charge we can look forward to a far…
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LISA SCAFFIDI “signally failed in her duties” as Perth lord mayor by not disclosing several gifts and travel packages, the WA corruption and crime commission has found in a report that rocked Perth this week. In addition to a big hospitality package to the Beijing Olympics from mining giant BHP, the CCC reveals property developer…
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WHY plant quaint English pansies everywhere when we have beautiful kangaroo paws on hand, Perth lord mayoral candidate Reece Harley asks. He wants to extend the native flavour of King’s Park down into the city by putting native plants in the garden beds and parks. Cr Harley says tourists flock here to experience Australia and…