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Author: Your Herald
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THE pull of your childhood is like nothing else. Perth artist Jo Darbyshire had not been to her hometown Lake Grace in five decades, but after doing an artist residency there in 2019, she reconnected with her past and all the glowing memories came flooding back. “It had been 50 years since I had lived…
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A NEW movie of stark contrast by British film director Johnathon Glaser, The Zone of Interest depicts the lives of a German commandant and his family living next door to Auschwitz. In the shadows of the barbed-wired walls of the horrendous extermination camps, Hedwig and Rudolf Hoss have created a beacon of domesticity and a…
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THE Block’s Ronnie and Georgia have brought a little slice of Palm Springs glamour to Embleton. The charismatic duo have turned an ugly duckling into a three bedroom, two bathroom beauty with no stone left unturned, including a brand new roof. The before-and-after transformation is quite astonishing with the facade particularly striking, and the open…
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THE City of Perth has become one of the first councils to sign up for Bayswater’s drone mozzie-busting service. Bayswater council’s commercial mosquito control team has been operating since early 2022, using drones to map out the terrain and access hard-to-reach areas such as marshes and thick bush so spraying can be targeted. The trial…
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PERTH council has given its begrudging approval for Ruah to open a Safe Night Space for Women in James Street, Northbridge. At this week’s council meeting, mayor Basil Zempilas said he was only putting his hand up to vote for the service because it was inevitable the Cook government would overturn any vote against it.…
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WA’S Youth Advisory Council has called for Australia’s eSafety commissioner to be given broader powers to help young people tackle the growing problem of image-based abuse. YACWA made the recommendation in a submission to the Cook government, which is reviewing the Criminal Law Amendment (Intimate Images) Act, saying current laws do not go far enough…
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THE organisation representing surviving Nashos – men called up for mandatory national service in the 1960s and 70s – has been forced to restructure as a company in order to keep up the fight to access additional free healthcare. Fair Go Nasho had been operating as an incorporated association based in Victoria since 2022, but…
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Paul Gamblin has advocated for the WA coast, including Leighton-Port and Ningaloo, since the late 1990s and has campaigned on ocean and coastal issues nationally and internationally. A community meeting on this issue will be held at 6pm on Wednesday, 6 March at the Fremantle Surf Lifesaving Club. More information can be found at saveleighton.org.…
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PERTH students have vowed to walk out of classes this week to protest in Forrest Place against Israel’s harsh retaliation in the Gaza Strip to a terrorist attack. High school and university students from Students for Palestine will be walking out of classes nationwide on Thursday and Friday to “protest the ongoing genocide” of Palestinians…
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IF YOU’VE put on a few pounds over the festive period, there’s no better time to start getting fit than RedFeb – Heart Awareness Month. “Heart disease affects two in three Australians and still remains our leading cause of death,” says Heart Research Australia CEO Nicci Dent. “The financial implications of heart disease are not…
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