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GRANNY flats are coming out of a planning retirement in the fight against urban sprawl as Perth’s population heads for more than 2.2 million by 2030. more »
INMYCOMMUNITY photographer Jon Hewson fulfilled a childhood dream when he went up in an RAAF training aircraft. more »
THE Town of Cottesloe will take the State Government to court over alleged errors and inconsistencies in the Town's controversial Local Planning Scheme No.3, which will allow 5-8 storey beachfront development. more »
THE WESA Wasps made a significant sting at the recent National Electric Wheelchair Sports finals in Sydney. more »
THE Claremont Piranhas Women’s Football Club continued their unbeaten season last weekend by winning the Dhara Kerr Memorial Cup against Swan Districts. more »
IT was expected to be a thrilling clash between Wests Subiaco and UWA in round four of the Premier Grade competition last Saturday and they didn’t disappoint, with Uni claiming victory by just two points in the tight encounter. more »
THIS week a Fremantle nightclub owner has backed a secure taxi rank to improve the city’s ability to function as an entertainment precinct. more »
LOCAL governments around Perth are preparing their bucket lists. more »
THE Women’s Council for Domestic and Family Violence Services asks who will speak for the silent witnesses who suffer domestic terrorism each day and who will speak for those who are not here to tell their truth? more »
FROM chemical engineer to qualified bra fitter, Nicci Workum hooked in to a radical new line of work after becoming a mother. more »
THE first endota spa in WA has arrived on Hay Street, Perth, bringing the Australia-wide count to 65. more »
BUILDING relationships and a rapport with customers is the key to New Home Building Brokers, which is now based out of Home Base in Wembley. more »
FOR the St Vincent de Paul Society every week is volunteer week. Without the 36,000 volunteers that turn up each day, week or whenever called to help the poor and marginalised of Australia, we would just not exist. more »
ROBIN Linke (Reasons unknown, but the effect is real, Western View, May 1) writes on claims on health effects of low-frequency noise from wind farms for people (and chooks) living near them. more »
WE returned to our car parked in the Acrod bay (I am in a wheelchair) and noticed a young guy next to me unloading a vehicle with goods and taking them into a cafe. more »
PAULA Parore has seen the affects of self-harming and teenage depression through friends of her three daughters and family members. more »
MICHELLE Hutchinson, of Langford, knew nothing about ovarian cancer until she was diagnosed with the disease in February last year. more »
DOES the idea of launching your own boat seem daunting to you? more »
MANY Australian motorists have never exceeded 100km/h, most have no idea of what ABS really is or does, and pitifully few would know what to do if their car got into a slide. more »
KEIKO Uno’s premier jewellery collection Ocean Intrigue has captured the imagination of many. more »
BUSTIERES, boas and bordello shoes will be de rigueur as the inaugural Perth International Burlesque Festival gets ready to wave its seductive wand. more »
A SHOWCASE for emerging light-classical music stars of the future was provided at Feast of Favourites to an appreciative Morning Melodies audience at His Majesty's Theatre on April 18. more »
LIVE classical music will stimulate listeners during Cappuccino Concerts at The Grove Library in Peppermint Grove next month. more »
WRITER/director Aidan Fennessy uses his family relationship with sound recordist Tony Stewart (21), who was part of the Channel 7 team of three killed by Indonesians at Balibo in 1975, to the full in his production of National Interest. more »
AUTHOR Rochelle Jackson has made her name interviewing some of Australia’s most notorious criminals including Martin Bryant, Carl Williams and Mark “Chopper” Read. more »
WITH Hollywood comedy mogul Judd Apatow as producer and a charismatic cast of funny-men such as Chris Pratt of Parks and Recreation and Chris Parnell of 30 Rock, The Five-Year Engagement should have been much more amusing. more »
TEEN actor Troye Sivan doesn’t mind being semi-naked in front of the camera, kissing gorgeous girls on cue or belting out the high notes on demand as he does in new coming-of-age comedy Spud. more »
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Community Newspaper Group Photographer Jon Hewson goes for a spin in a P/C-9A Hawk to help promote the 2012 RAAF Pearce Air Show on May 19 and 20. Video, images and editing by Jon Hewson.
Circus performer Brenna Day talks about her career and upcoming performances in the Perth International Burlesque Festival. Video, images and editing by Matthew Poon.