Author: Your Herald
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THE legendary wisdom of Israelite king Solomon is behind this funky little cafe in Mt Lawley. Solomon’s—Food for the Soul is based on catering for all tastes, whether vegan, vegetarian, a raw foodie or an omnivore. The menu brings a “sense of community” back to the dining out experience, co-owner Paul Reid says, “regardless of…
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AIR pollution was dramatically reduced in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic games, showing what can be done when governments and people act. Especially governments that don’t have to worry about winning elections. But five years on the Beijing air is once again thick with vehicle fumes and residents routinely wear face masks. Smart folk wear…
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FANCY driving a train, being a policeman, a clown, an AFL footballer, US president or even the pope? Choose your avatar and you can be who you like at the Perth International Arts Festival exhibition I Think I Can, an interactive instillation put together by a Tasmanian puppeteer and the Fremantle and District Model Railway…
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PERTH city council has approved the demolition of the old Michelides tobacco factory, much to the dismay of heritage fans. But lord mayor Lisa Scaffidi didn’t have much patience for their campaign to save the factory, saying if they loved old buildings they should buy them. The factory’s owner Graham Hardie wants to knock over…
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FOR 20 years Dave Boothey has been a regular sight in North Perth, picking up rubbish, cleaning the streets and doing odd jobs for local businesses. This week his long-time service to the community was recognised with the Vincent active citizen award. The upbeat local retired in 1993 after working for Westrail’s sleeper team for…
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RUBBISH collection fees in Perth could soar because technology is making the traditional garbo obsolete. So far just one apartment block has opted out of Perth city council’s rubbish service because it’s got suction tubes that deposit refuse into a skip bin collected by private contractors, but the council’s techies are worried. They fear that…
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VINCENT city council is hoping to turn its barren verges into lush native gardens through a new adopt-a-verge scheme. Under the plan the council will do the earthworks and install mulch for interested residents, then cough up for 20 plants at its twice-yearly native plant sale. Once it’s set up, caretaking is handed over to…
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THE spirit of the garage game developer is alive and well at SK Games’converted office on Fitzgerald Street. Owner Louis Roots set up the company late last year after coming back to Perth back from a Danish job developing games for mobile phones. It was a ballsy move for Roots, who employs six paid staff…
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THE list of long-empty buildings plaguing Northbridge is shrinking. Perth city council keeps a register of tough-nut properties that aren’t progressing, but planning committee chief Rob Butler says it’s been whittled from eight to three. The remaining properties on the list are: • 78 James Street, the old DV8 Nightclub; • 2-6 Parker Street, the…
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Nun of that, please WE should really feel compassion, rather than pride, for the group calling themselves the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (“Not too proud to change their mind”, Voice, January 25, 2014) whose photograph and article appears on your cover page. It is sad that these men feel they have to go to such…
