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Go Matildas! Where to watch Australia play England for a place in the cup final
If you want to be a part of the national celebration that will happen if the Matildas make the World Cup final here are the best places to do it.
- by Mark Naglazas
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Party like it’s 1983 at new Freo family event celebrating our America’s Cup win
On September 26 it will be 40 years since the momentous occasion which prompted then Prime Minister Bob Hawke to declare “any boss who sacks anyone for not turning up to work today is a bum!”
- by Hamish Hastie
The Innovators: Jacquie Chan makes Asian food sexy
She is a restless over-achiever and in the parlance of Seinfeld, a fast talker. She has six Perth venues, which will grow to nine by the end of the year. Chan embraces ‘fusion on steroids’.
- by Rob Broadfield
Monkey business at Perth Zoo as gibbon escapes enclosure
The gibbon was “over exuberant while swinging and found himself in a tree outside of his habitat,” said a spokeswoman for the zoo.
- by Holly Thompson
As Lightscape closes, state announces next Kings Park tourist spectacle
EverNow, featuring the “reimagining” of Boorna Waanginy: The Trees Speak, which drew 300,000 people in 2017 and 2019, will include a series of free events.
- by Daile Cross
Southern exposure: Meet the filmmaker giving Albany a starring role
Adam Morris has taken the rare step of leaving the big smoke to make movies in the Great Southern, enabling him to bring something fresh to Australian cinema.
- by Mark Naglazas
Why 46 Perth and Northbridge restaurants, hotels and bars are joining forces
The City of Perth has kicked in $400,000 to host a new food festival which will see bespoke dining events and a raft of special offers at restaurants and bars.
- by Rob Broadfield
Perth turns out for premiere of hotly anticipated Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible, along with Barbie and Oppenheimer, are being heralded as movies that will help revitalise an ailing industry by getting people back in cinemas.
Cottesloe council still hopes to block OBH development – this time in the courts
The developer behind a multimillion-dollar makeover of Cottesloe’s Ocean Beach Hotel remains hopeful “hopeful” stakeholders will come together to bring the project to life following approval via the planning commission.
- by Daile Cross
First no drones, now no audience: WA Day skyshow’s week-late premiere
A certain very small cohort of Perth residents have enjoyed the WA Day festival drone skyshow, albeit a week late.
- by Emma Young
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Eat and drink Perth
George Kailis takes over one of Cottesloe’s iconic beachside restaurants
The new restaurant will employ a dedicated nutritionist to work with the chef when creating menus.
- by Rob Broadfield