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Trampled IN response to Mr Papardes’ featured letter last week (“Get on board,” Voice Mail, July 29 2023): I am unsure if the president understands that the plan is not simply to stick a trackless tram on Scarborough Beach Road sit back and enjoy the traffic, but that significant works will need to be undertaken…
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I’M thinking about transitioning. Not to Stephanie, or to becoming a Dockers fan after the Eagles’ abysmal run, but to the Jewish faith. It’s not because I’ve had a spiritual epiphany in middle-age, but because I’ve enjoyed some amazing kosher food in Perth over the past few months. There’s been the gorgeous bagels at The…
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THE longest running choir in WA – the UWA Choral Society – will return to Perth Concert Hall for a stunning performance of one of classical music’s most iconic and powerful works – Carmina Burana. Featuring thunderous voices and banging timpani, the opening movement O Fortuna is super dramatic and has been used in everything…
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THIS stylish Dianella townhouse is a master of restraint. Everything is understated with clean architectural lines and a neutral colour scheme. Nothing feels cluttered in this three bedroom one bathroom home. Especially the kitchen, which has lovely trims on its white bentchtops – a subtle nod to the Art Deco movement. A white splashback and…
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VINCENT mayor Emma Cole has announced she’ll stand down come the end of her term in October. Ms Cole was first elected as a councillor in 2013, then as mayor in 2017. At the July 25 council meeting Ms Cole announced that after 10 years in local government she was looking forward to more evenings…
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WITH a surfeit of inner suburban land devoted to golf, a shortage of public parks, and newly built houses being hit by errant golf balls, Bayswater council is considering “alternative uses” for its 10.1 hectares of land at Embleton Golf Course. In the past decade cities across Australia have increasingly debated whether they need so…
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MASSIVE changes to the face of Leederville are on the horizon with a proposal to transform two sprawling carparks into major mixed-use developments between 10 and 18 storeys tall. Amid Leederville’s small bars and niche retailers, some 14,600sqm of the town centre is taken up by 464 ground-level parking bays split across carparks at Frame…
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IT’S always cold, often wet, and costs $40 a head, but the mid-winter Kings Park’s Lightscape light show has booked out. It’s been so popular scalpers have been flogging tickets online, prompting the Botanic Gardens & Parks Authority to warn people to beware of ticket reselling websites “to avoid being scammed”. After lighting up canopies…
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BAYSWATER councillors will have to declare any community social media pages run by themselves or their spouses, in an effort to deter “inappropriate usage of community social media platforms for political purposes”. The motion by Cr Elli Petersen-Pik narrowly won majority support at the July 25 meeting with support from mayor Filomena Piffaretti and Crs…
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IT’S like talking to a post, but this one talks back: A new artificially intelligent chat-bot named Ainsley wants to talk to Stirling locals about what they need in their neighbourhoods. Stirling council’s introduced a WA-first trial installing signs at 42 locations, bearing a visual code that’s detected by smartphone cameras and opens up a…
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