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ANGELO STREET in South Perth is like Beverly Hills smeared in vegemite. A few years ago there was just a crummy old Laundromat, tatty milk bar and some joint selling sausage rolls that would make a billy goat puke. But with the opening of new cafes, restaurants, small bars and a Coles Local (it’s like…
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ZOE Jay and Travis Simmons loved The Ellington so much they got engaged there and went on to become owners of the iconic Perth jazz club in April this year. The pair have exciting plans for the venue – already extending trading hours to hold family-friendly matinee concerts in the summer with artists like Libby…
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Perth audiences can experience the sound of royalty fi rst-hand when a piece of music by the royal household’s resident composer is performed on 3rd and 4th of November by the West Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO). Judith Weir CBE is the first woman to hold the position of Master of the King’s Music, which has…
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ONE of the founders of a new resident and business group in Vincent says they’ve discovered an undercurrent of deep discontent about how Vincent council is being run (“Coy RASBA ruffles feathers,” Voice, October 7, 2023). Businessman Greg Johnson, who has run Tredway Shoes in Mt Hawthorn for decades, said anger about a trial that…
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A 24/7 PETROL station proposed for Wellington Street in East Perth has drawn ire over plans to stick fuel vents right next to apartments. The WA Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety has weighed in on the proposal, advising that “fuel vents have the potential to impact on amenity, due to being the point…
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ERECTING a memorial to the 1994 Rwandan genocide has been deemed too political to handle with an election on the horizon, with Stirling councillors narrowly voting to postpone the decision. Members of the Rwandan Community Abroad Perth group have been working on getting a monument in Perth, wanting a place of “remembrance, honour, and education”…
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INTREPID locals are preparing to set a new world record for the biggest group ice bath at Leighton Beach in North Fremantle. To set the record, 250 people must simultaneously submerge up to their neck in 5oC ice baths for three minutes. The attempt will use 3200 bags of ice and thirty inflatable 3m pools…
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THE saga of a historic cottage allowed to fall to bits by its owner Main Roads has exposed the weakness of Vincent council’s heritage enforcement, and one councillor has flagged a need for a tougher enforcement policy to preserve historic buildings. The cottage on Guildford Road is listed as “category B – conservation recommended” in…
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A FREE ‘come and try’ bike skills day runs at the new Bayswater Skate Park on October 22. To celebrate Bike Month the park’s hosting the BMX stunt show team Freestyle Now to run skills demos, and there’ll be a pop-up pump track from WA trailbuilding company Three Chillies Design. It’s all ages at 60…
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VOTES have been slow to roll in for this year’s local government election, even in council areas that are usually politically active. A majority of people who are going to vote typically mail off their ballot within the first week. But as we go to print, some two weeks after ballots were sent out, the…
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