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Call to send refugees to regional areas
Perth 6000 The Housing Crisis Committee is urging the State Government to accelerate plans for more social housing to help ease the accommodation crisis that is leaving some families homeless.Mandy Whitton says the State Government's promise of 20,000 new social housing homes by 2020 will take too long to ease the current housing shortage.She has told the ABC's 730WA program the only ...
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Fish and chip shop fire
Cottesloe 6011 A fire which started at a Fish and Chip shop in Cottesloe has caused $200,000 damage.Emergency services were called to the business on Marine Parade just before 10:00pm (AWST).Authorites are unsure how the fire started but say it does not appear to be ...
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Cott chip shop gutted by blaze
Grease-laden smoke filled the air as a fire gutted a fish and chips shop in Cottesloe last night.The fire was reported at Cott's Takeaway on the corner of Warnham Road and Marine Parade at 9.21pm.It took fire fighters less than 15 minutes to extinguish the blaze, which was largely contained on the premises.Upper-floor units and the next door restaurant only sustained minor smoke damage, ...
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King of Pop makes Immortal return
Perth will experience a double serve of Cirque du Soleil this year with the arena tour of Michael Jackson -- The Immortal.The show inspired by the late King of Pop will begin its Australian tour at Perth Arena from September 18.The tour, to be announced today, will come just three months after Cirque's insect-themed show Ovo ends at Langley Park on June 16.Producers described Cirque's ...
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Parents join forces to push vaccination
Immunity fears: Katie Attwell with children Albion,4, and Chas, 2, with Michael Wise and his daughter Talia. Picture: Simon Santi/The West ...
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Major redevelopment plans for Perth eyesoars
The City of Perth has major projects in the works to redevelop the city’s CBD in-line with the aims of broader projects like Green City and Populate Perth, but some residents remain wary of red tape, while others fear for the future of historical sites such as Langley.
Perth is the commercial, transport and cultural backbone of Western Australia. This city of almost 2 million people is the fourth largest in Australia, but has grown consistently faster than many other cities, outstripping the national average and was ranked by The Economist in 2010 as the eighth ‘most livable city’ in the world, which means we have some of the best living conditions on the planet. Read more
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