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ON March 6, 2010 Renee Pettitt-Schipp wrote a searing account of the previous day’s activities on Christmas Island, where she was working as a teacher. “Yesterday we went to the memorial service for the people involved in the boat tragedy in December,” she wrote. Fifty asylum seekers had lost their lives when the boat known…
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IF you’re driving around York, you might see a bloke quietly sitting in the middle of a field with a 1970s reel-to-reel tape recorder. It’s not Mick Molloy filming an Australian version of Mission Impossible, but local musician Simon Charles, who likes to include the sounds of nature in his music. An in-demand composer and…
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SEVEN-YEAR-OLD Duke Storer is the highest solo fundraiser in this year’s HBF Run for a Reason – raising more than $10,000 for Cystic Fibrosis WA . After a three-year covid break, this year’s Run for a Reason attracted 33,100 participants who raised more than $1.2 million for Australian charities. Duke’s mum Rebecca says her son…
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THIS Mount Lawley home is reminiscent of a scene from the TV series Mad Men. Maybe it’s the 1960s-style furniture and paintings, the textured ceiling, the wood panels in the kitchen, or the archway leading to the lounge. Everywhere you look there seems to be a nod to the Swinging Sixties and you wouldn’t be…
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PUBLIC art advocate Helen Curtis has called on Stirling council not to halt its ‘percent for art’ provision that requires developers to contribute to public artworks. Stirling council’s policy came into effect in January 2023. It applies to big developments worth more than $2 million and requires developers set aside 1 per cent of the…
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THE City of Vincent is offering a helping hand for local pubs and restaurants wanting to go smoke-free. Vincent launched its Fresh Air – You’re Welcome: the Smoke-Free Town Centres project in November 2022 as an initiative of its Public Health Plan. As part of the project, parts of Mt Hawthorn, North Perth, Leederville, William…
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MORE than 500 Vincent residents gathered at North Perth Common on August 12 to indulge in their love for native plants. Due to the event’s growing popularity, the council revamped the event and ran two sessions so the shelves could be restocked. With 6000 plants available, patrons had a diverse selection to explore, including kangaroo…
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A 30-YEAR journey to uncover the heroic deeds of his uncle and honour his father’s passionate search for the truth come to fruition for former WA premier Peter Dowding this week. The South Fremantle resident and co-author Ken Spillman officially launch Secret Agent, Unsung Hero: The Valour of Bruce Dowding on Wednesday. The book tells…
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Opinion by ANDREW SMITH, former mayor East Fremantle and democratic town planning expert WHEN former WA premier Mark McGowan retired without notice in May, he left a ‘landmine’ behind in WA’s town planning landscape. This scrap of ordinance guarantees full-scale war in Perth and Fremantle ‘burbs, and while it’s the pollies who laid this trap…
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INDIGENOUS artists Cole Baxter and Ilona McGuire’s thought-provoking exhibition You’re (Not) Wanjoo delves into Noongar protest and resistance and its role in shaping Perth. Part of 10 Nights in Port festival in Fremantle, the exhibition is on display at the Moore’s building until August 20 and delves into the rich tapestry of Noongar resistance, activism,…
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