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A PLAN to provide out-of-hours childcare for Maylands Peninsula Primary School families has been narrowly shot down by Bayswater council, with mayor Filomena Piffaretti using her casting vote to break a tie. The school has undertaken a five-year search for its own OSHC centre, as there’s no room on its own grounds for a new…
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BAYSWATER mayor Filomena Piffaretti and Youth Advisory Council members Isabella and Lucy are hoping to hear from 12 to 25-year-olds about activities, events and initiatives they’d like to see in the city over the next few years. Bayswater council’s first youth action plan ran 2019 to 2023 and saw the development of more youth-focused events…
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BAYSWATER council has delayed signing off the minutes of its October 31 meeting after a resident fact-checked a claim by an unsuccessful candidate in that month’s council elections. Nirmal Singh had spoken out at the meeting against the council flying the Aboriginal flag at half mast following the failed Voice to Parliament referendum, claiming “all…
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A MEMORIAL to Rwandan genocide will be erected in Stirling Civic Gardens despite concerns it could lead to the council becoming a de facto arbiter of complex ethnic conflicts. Rwandan Community Abroad Perth asked Stirling for space to install a memorial for “remembrance, honour, and education” for victims of the 1994 genocide. Many Rwandans and…
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WITH the warmer weather arriving, it’s time to ditch the stodgy fare and get into the salads and light summer cuisine. So my wife “Special K” told me as I hoed into a cheeseburger and chips on Saturday night. Maybe it was her subtle way of telling me to shed some timber and loose the…
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HE’S performed for Lady Gaga and Nicole Kidman, so audiences are in for a world class treat when virtuoso organist Alessandro Pittorino joins the University of Western Australia Choral Society for its Christmas concert. Featuring all your favourite carols (folk are encouraged to sing along) plus Anton Bruckner’s Mass No. 2 in E minor and…
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HOW many people buy a house in the weeks leading up to Christmas? Probably more than you think, but it’s still a great time to pick up a bargain with not as many buyers sniffing around. The Voice really likes this Dianella home – usually a propety with a big back garden is a 3×2…
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THREE years since the idea was floated, a trackless tram is being tested in a carpark course in hopes it’ll one day run from Glendalough train station to Scarborough Beach. Stirling mayor Mark Irwin has been a major driver behind the trackless tram plan. “During peak hours the current road network in the Stirling City…
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SEVEN tonnes of rubbish had to be dumped on Lincoln Street after discarded batteries started a fire inside a rubbish truck last Monday. The Highgate street had to be closed off after a fire was detected in the belly of a Cleanaway truck, an increasingly common occurrence with the proliferation of devices, with lithium batteries.…
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A PLAN to employ security robots to patrol Stirling’s crime hotspots has been shelved for now, but councillor Joe Ferrante says after he reworks the idea, “I’ll be back”. Cr Ferrante introduced the idea in August, suggesting they import four-wheeled robots named “Xavier” that had been used in Singapore. They were first deployed for a…
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