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Block cruelty THOSE that are lobbying for the overturning of legislation to ban live Australian sheep export by sea are planning a truck convoy on Friday March 28, all to disrupt commuter traffic, block roads and cause chaos across WA. If you’re wondering why – it’s an attempt to force their pro-live export agenda on…
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Authorative THE State Government recently announced its endorsement of the Future of Fremantle Place and Economic Vision Report. The report makes a lot of sense, though I’m sure with choices to be made, the vision will vary and evolve over time. May I suggest that the next step towards ‘stewardship’ of the vision (ie who…
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Legend(s) and myths I HAVE just now found time to correct one or two ‘creative ideas’ that the dear Journo who did his best to remember what he gleaned from chatting to me on phone and writing about me in the Arts page re my wee cartoon exhibition at Amante Coffee Shop. 1: No one…
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We’re driving evictions down I REFER to an advertisement in last week’s Herald, by independent candidate Kate Hulett promoting her policy on housing. I want to put on the public record and with respect, there are a number of inaccuracies being peddled by Ms Hulett and it is important to correct them. The assertion that ‘……
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Atrocities I AM writing to inform the local community about the atrocities witnessed at Fremantle Port over the past month, as live exporters continue to ship Australian cattle and sheep overseas on long, arduous and cruel journeys. On Monday, December 23, as temperatures neared 41 degrees, I was horrified to see footage of thousands of…
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A-pointed! YOUR story on the appointment of former Vincent mayor Emma Cole to the position of chair of the WAPC raises a couple of interesting points (“Ex-mayor to head WAPC,” Perth Voice, December 14, 2024). Apart from the obvious questions about possible ‘jobs for mates’, and whether due process has been followed, the appointment seems…
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Mayor way off track THE long-awaited report which sneaked into a City of Stirling council meeting recently, failed to provide detailed answers that were raised often at public question time months ago. How many Chinese made trams at $3.7 million each, are required to provide a service to the “international tourist destination of Scarborough“? These…
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Isn’t that enough? IT brought sadness to read that Landgate is seeking more information about Hoppy before offering the honour of a street-sign naming. Their basis being that his known activities are all financial (“The Search for Hoppy,” Perth Voice, November 2, 2024). It reveals that Landgate misunderstands and devalues the entire migrant experience. For…
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Two for one? THE recent advertising of a job at the City of Vincent is an interesting insight as to how the organisation is functioning, and the sort of money you can get in local government. In October 2022 the director of community and business services left Vincent, but the position was not advertised. Eight…
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Stark reality THE Perth Voice’s scoop, “Shallow pool sinks Triton home games,” August 24, 2024, is the stark reality so well dramatised by the ABC in The Games and Grass Roots. Here we have a small, inner city council who inherited a major state asset that for decades met FINA accreditation and yet a 2023/24…
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