Author: Your Herald
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ONE of the most iconically cringeworthy landmarks of Perth will be covered up, with the old Hahn Ice mural on the side of the Murray Lodge to be covered by a $200,000 LED billboard. The Murray Street building is a famous eyesore, with even the owners admitting it’s “ugly outside, beautiful within”. Perth city councillors…
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COMICBOOK seller by day, bitch by night. Alison Arrowsmith will swap Wonder-Woman for a labradoodle when she dresses as a dog in the stage show Mutts. Arrowsmith works at Quality Comics in the CBD but will play “Peppa”, a posh pooch from the swanky end of town. “She’s usually calm and collected but is ready…
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DRONES will effectively be banned in Perth city council airspace under broad new rules to outlaw anything bigger than a paper plane. Old rules banned model aeroplanes, gliders and rockets. With drones becoming more popular here—particularly as camera-carrying devices—the PCC will also blanket-ban ‘copters and any “other device capable of flight propelled by mechanical, hydraulic,…
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Maylands markets doubts continue WEAK leadership at Bayswater city council has led to uncertainty over the future of the Maylands Hawkers Markets, says local Labor MP Lisa Baker. The MP says ever since the council voted to delay approval, pending a traffic management report, she has been inundated with calls from residents “outraged the council…
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Stories by David Bell: HAVING chaired during many rowdy meetings in her time, former Vincent mayor Alannah MacTiernan says councils need powers to ban people who are consistently disruptive and abusive. The federal Perth Labor MP says criticism is welcome but councils need more authority to stop continual interjections and abusive remarks aimed at staff.…
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Photo scores! I AM not a soccer fan. I am not a sport watcher at all. But last weekend’s photo on the front page of the Voice (August 2, 2014) of Bayswater City Soccer Club’s cup win, was filled with so much shared joy I could not help but be moved. Excellent! John Plant Egina…
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PERTH expat Andrew Gannon is off to explore the ancient world of Chinese comedy. A lawyer by day, he’s spent many a night onstage at the Charles Hotel comedy nights or Lazy Susan’s comedy den. In western comedy it’s often a race to the bottom among comedians to find the newest, edgiest, most perverted jokes,…
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I’M hoping a film-star lifestyle is heading my way after my “starring” role in an infomercial about this East Perth apartment. Of course when the big bucks roll in I’ll be able to afford this four-bedroom/three-bathroom penthouse on the water’s edge. My role was accidental, having rocked up early for a home review to find…
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BAYSWATER City Soccer Club has won its second straight state cup. The Black and Blues beat Stirling 2-0 at Macedonia Park to lift the trophy. Clinical goals from striker Steve Burton and Todd Howarth sealed the win. Bayswater is also top of the national premier league ladder with 44 points, winning 14 of its 18…
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CYCLISTS are promising to boycott Leederville cafe Greens & Co, painting owner Stuart Lofthouse as bikeist. Mr Lofthouse says he doesn’t oppose bike lanes in principle, he just doesn’t want them down Oxford Street. He was wrestled to the ground by rangers at a Vincent council meeting last week after refusing to leave for constantly…
