Author: Your Herald
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A NEW heritage policy that could see non-owners nominate a building for heritage assessment input has won a lukewarm response at Perth city council. Currently the council only assesses places for heritage value if the owner asks, and very few do. Lord mayor Lisa Scaffidi had to step out of the room for the debate,…
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Paving paradise I READ with interest and concern that the City of Bayswater is interested in buying land for a carpark to serve Eight Avenue precinct shops (Voice, April 18, 2015). Given Mayor Sylvan Albert and Councillor John Rifici own land in the precinct, they should not be involved in any council deliberations or decisions (directly or indirectly) regarding land…
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NOT a Ganesh nor photograph of the Taj Mahal is to be seen at Sauma in Northbridge. This is modern Indian dining, a cavernous space of polished concrete, raw brick, long tables, huge timber-framed windows onto William and James Streets, and funky blue and white light fittings—lots and lots of them—interspersed with shabby-chic timber screens…
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FOR most Australians, annual leave is a God-given right but when Albany Bell built his “castle” factory on Guildford Road, Mt Lawley in 1914, eyebrows would have been raised at his staff getting two weeks’ holiday a year. Famed for his philanthropy, the founder of Silver Chain and WA’s YMCA built the striking castle to…
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BEFORE the last state election North Perth voters were promised cutting-edge light rail. After the election that was downgraded to a you-beaut rapid transit bus system. Now—given state revenues have fallen through the floor and debt is crippling the Barnett government—the latest offer is for a bog-standard bus lane up Fitzgerald Street. Vincent city council…
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PERTH city council CEO Gary Stevenson has been hounded with phone calls, texts and emails from activists after an image of him arguing wth an Aboriginal activist on Heirisson Island was circulated online, accompanied by defamatory text. The text included defamatory allegations about Mr Stevenson’s handling of the Heirisson Island campers and his phone number.…
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IS there an oblong turtle thief on the loose in Bayswater? The local council is sticking its neck out and alleging more than 30 of the reptiles have been stolen from a “secure” enclosure at the Eric Singleton Bird Sanctuary. Ironically, around 70 had been moved to the enclosure for protection while the wetlands undergo…
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BEWARE the wee swans around Mounts Bay Road. Perth city council has had reports of swans being injured or causing traffic accidents trying to waddle across the street. We hear one family has been making a regular trip through the roundabout at the Narrows bridge every day between 5.30 and 6pm. It’s currently breeding season…
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A MT LAWLEY man is literally sacré bleu with P’tite Ardoise Bistro following its failure to offer him either apology or compensation for the theft of his suit jacket. Phil Westbrook had been enjoying a meal with his daughter at their favourite French restaurant when the maître d’ offered to hang his suit jacket on…
