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ONE of Perth council’s most senior employees is leaving to become CEO of Gold Coast Tourism, midway through the state government’s investigation into the city. Annaliese Battista was the city’s director of economic development and activation, and in internal emails she described lord mayor Lisa Scaffidi’s “poor” conduct towards staff. On December 23 2017 she…
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AFTER providing cheap rehearsal space to bands for 25 years – including the likes of John Butler and Paul Kelly – Dream Studios in Mt Hawthorn will close this Sunday (June 17). Located at 369 Oxford Street, the building was bought in April 2017 for $1.53 million and in December the new owner submitted an…
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AN unsightly old drainage sump has been converted into Vincent’s newest little park. Recently the council’s been looking to expand its parks and green spaces to cater for the growing number of inner-city residents. Environmental engineer Halinka Lamparski, a member of Vincent’s Environmental Advisory Group, had the idea to upscale the old sump, on the…
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AFTER 17 years of awards and showcasing local electronic music, Perth nightclub Ambar will close next month. Owner Liam Mazzucchelli says the “business in its current format is not sustainable”, but they’d be going out in style with a huge wrap-up party on July 7. Launched in 2001 the Murray Street club was Mr Mazzucchelli’s…
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KIDS could be playing soccer over the grave of a mysterious radioactive Land Rover rumoured to have been buried in East Fremantle after atomic testing in the 1950s. Following the Voice’s story which proved a contaminated Land Rover was bought to Leeuwin Barracks after the Monte Bello tests (“Atomic riddle,” Voice, May 26, 2018) the…
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ANZAC Cottage in Mount Hawthorn is holding an open day to tell the story of life aboard the troopships that left Australia for the Great War. When the first troopship departed Albany on November 1, 1914 it was less than three months since the declaration of war. It was a huge logistical feat to get…
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KEEPING up with Fremantle artist Bello Benischauer requires mental gymnastics as he jumps from topic to topic, leaping between past, current and future works. Meeting at his atmospheric studio in the Fremantle Arts Centre, the Austrian-born artist barely kept still as he enthused about Three Secrets, a play produced by his experimental theatre company. “Three…
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WORLD CUP RUSSIA 2018 AUSTRALIA’S Socceroos have qualified for a fourth consecutive World Cup, but getting to Russia 2018 hasn’t been plain sailing. The Socceroos had to play 22 games to qualify after failing to secure direct entry. Then coach Ange Postecoglou shocked the nation’s round-ball fans by resigning. He’d taken them to the world…
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WORLD CUP RUSSIA 2018 THE Voice reckons Tom Rogic could be pivotal to the Socceroo’s chances of progressing to the World Cup knockout stages. The attacking midfielder has been in scintillating form for Celtic this season, netting stunning goals in big games as the Scottish giants claimed back-to-back trebles. Despite his gangly appearance Rogic has…
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AFTER a two-year heritage battle the last in a series of 16 murals has been finished in Maylands town centre. Leo Flavel from Studio 281 curated the 16-mural project in 2016 in a bid to revitalise and beautify the town centre. The murals were so impressive Lonely Planet mentioned them when it rated Maylands as…
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