Category: features

  • Simon’s productive first year

    Plans and priorities for the future Married at St Patrick’s on Beaufort Street and with his children born a stone’s throw away, Simon Millman is a proud local who was elected as the Member for Mount Lawley last year. He now reflects on his first twelve months in parliament. “It’s been an honour representing our local area,” Simon says, “but…

  • Reminiscent of the markets in old Italy in the centre of the town piazza, The Provedores Market provides a place where people can gather and bond over their love of Italian food, wine & culture. Set outside the Pisconeri Fine Foods & Wines warehouse the market showcases fine imported Italian product alongside artisan offerings from local stallholders.…

  • MARCHING FORWARD

    International Womens Day – 8 March 2018 It was quite a year for women: 2017. Across the world there was a call to arms for respect and dignity, equality, and empowerment for women. The ‘Silence Breakers’ were no longer silent. It was reactionary: the rhetoric of key leaders around the world stepped into the realm…

  • Early treatment option for lung cancer patients

    EARLY stage lung cancer patients unable to undergo surgery are eing offered a life-line with hi-tech radiation therapy. Stereotactic radiation treatment uses advanced imaging technology to deliver a high dose of radiation, very accurately and precisely to a tumour, sparing the surrounding sensitive organ. With conventional radiation therapy a patient would have to undergo 10…

  • Health Advisor: Celebrating 70 Years

    Celebrating 70 years of health care excellence Perth Radiological Clinic will celebrate its 70th anniversary in 2018. It marks a significant milestone for the clinic, which provides specialist radiological care to West Australians. It is the longest established, continuously operating radiology practice in WA. At its inception in 1948, Perth Radiological Clinic operated from four clinics. Seventy years later PRC operates…

  • Hands off!

    HOME is where the heart is. Except when you get old and your nearest and dearest trick you into granting them power of attorney and commandeer your life savings and property. Unfortunately, financial abuse of seniors is becoming more widespread, and its often greedy offspring who are the most likely to rip you off. According…

  • Slow down, baby

    SLOW cooked” kids is the key to successful parenting and child care, according to a course being held at the Perth Waldorf School in Bibra Lake. “Allowing the child not to be over sensitised…not rushing out in the car all the time, allow them to be slow,” teacher, educator and story teller Jenny Hill says.…

  • Ancient practice key to better health

    Discover the many health benefits of Tai Chi. What better way to start the year than with a change to your daily routine that’s sure to improve your mental, physical and spiritual health? Taoist Tai Chi™ classes offer a method steeped in the tradition of an ancient wisdom and provide a way to develop a…

  • Lots of Christmas fun

    SANTA’S getting his boot polish out, Rudolph is eating extra carrots and councils are kicking off festivities as we near the jolly season.  Are you shocking at gift wrapping? No dramas, Lala Designs will help you transform your gift into a masterpiece. Feel like a singalong? There’s no shortage of Christmas carol performances to choose…

  • It’s a wrap

    TRYING to wrap oddly shaped gifts is a nightmare. You’re almost there, then the paper tears over an obtrusive corner, or the sticky tape unsticks and you’re back at square one, staring at that flaming wine bottle/pair of boots/rubber duck. Well Lala Designs have your back this Christmas: they’re holding a free one-hour workshop on…