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A VOICE reader targeted by international scammers wants to warn others of a diabolical scheme preying on Perth men looking for a date. The scheme extorts victims out of thousands of dollars by threatening to send intimate videos of them to their family and friends. The blackmailers connect with their targets on online dating platforms…
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BROADCASTER and author Sandra Ramini-Harris says society needs to redefine its notion of ageing, saying older people are being sidelined despite the wealth of experience they have. The Perth resident, whose illustrious career included interviewing John Lennon and Yoko One while sharing a bed with them during a peace lie-in, has just written her fourth…
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An entry from our Summer Reading competition. MY grandfather Herbert William Lee (1875-1921) was a professional soldier. A company sergeant major drill instructor, he served in the Boer War and the Great War in the 1/28th Battalion as a member of the WA Mounted Rifles. Herbert was an Englishman and married a Welsh girl Mabel…
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An entry from our Summer Reading competition. SHELLEY says, “Bon Scott kissed me once. On the cheek.” I look at her with my look of having heard it all before, although in this instance I haven’t heard it at all. I just don’t want to give her any satisfaction when it’s been a long morning.…
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THIS federation-style house in East Perth is an absolute stunner. Spanning over 400sqm with four bedrooms, two bathrooms and a four-car garage, it combines style with practicality in an elegant package. The craftsmanship is second to none with solid jarrah doors, handmade staircase, period fireplaces, windows sashes and ornate architraves. It also meets the needs…
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VINCENT Men’s Shed has celebrated its 10th birthday and renamed to Vincent Community Shed so everyone knows they are welcome to join. Unlike the stricter men-only outfits, the Vincent shed has always been open to women since it started up in 2013. It has some female members on the books, but a typical day at…
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A HEFTY new apartment complex with shops and a tavern is planned for the North Perth stretch of Charles Street. Developers are hoping to get approval for double the standard height allowance. The seven-storey $35million proposal would include 59 residential apartments, 15 units specialised for disability or aged care, and 42 micro co-living units for…
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A MERGING of musical genres is planned for this year’s City of Bayswater community concert with hip hoppers, jazz players, swing singers and Indigenous artists sharing a stage for the night. There’ll be soulful numbers from Noongar duo Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse, hip-hop from Noongar/Jingili artist ZERO Emcee, and a jazzy streak from Lucy…
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PERTH songwriter, musician and architect Amir Mishkin says there must have been an angel “orchestrating behind the veil” to give him the chance to write the soundtrack for a documentary about his famed great-great grandfather. Mishkin-Qalam was considered the greatest calligrapher of 19th century Persia (now modern-day Iraq), but his conversion to the Baha’i faith…
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YOU’VE almost certainly seen artist JD Penangke’s work. Her murals sprawl across buildings, bus stops, fences, sports team shirts and school uniforms, but this week she’s stepping outside of her commissioned work for her first ever solo show. JD Penangke is the nom-de-arte of young Boorloo/Perth artist Jade Dolman, who is Whadjuk/Ballardong Nyoongar on her…
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