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[dallastexjr]

I saw that production, which was one of my favourite things I saw at the Playhouse. The other was 'Red Dog', which is about to be released as a movie.

[miensie]

Tomorrow's Voice:

[miensie]

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[eugenius]

"something to do over the holidays"
"monthly events"

How long are these holidays if something once a month keeps them busy!?!?

Still its a good idea to get families into the area and make them see it is less like Mogadishu / Kabul than the Media / Karl O'Callaghan would like you to shink

[jackso]

Oh My. Alannah as Mayor of Vincent. Now there is something I would love. Scaffidi and MacTiernan - Power Couple.

[BartBart]

I wouldn't mind if she ran for a Councillor position in my Ward. It would give me someone I'd want to vote for. It won't happen though.

[Skyline Art]

Sorry if this is duplicate. not sure if this has been posted before.
Found this on Realestate.com.au when i was looking at some new highrises...

Australia's most expensive postcode
by CurtisCooper | posted 7 days ago


By Nicholas Perpitch and Tony Barass.

A TWO-kilometre stretch of Perth's Swan riverfront has become the most expensive real estate precinct in the country.

Sausage sizzles won't be on the menu when fertiliser billionaires and militant vegetarians Pankaj and Radhika Oswal move in to their Bollywood palace in Peppermint Grove, according to a report from The Australian.

But theirs is not the only residence under construction.

Last year's record sale of the sprawling 7564sqm Mosman Park residence of reclusive mining heiress Angela Bennett, the daughter of Lang Hancock's business partner Peter Wright, has sparked a flurry of renovations, building and buying across Perth's two most sought-after suburbs.

Chris Ellison, a mining tycoon who shares his name, but not his billions, with a former Howard government minister, paid a cool $57.5 million for the Bennett home, within walking distance of developer Luke Saraceni's $16m pad and property magnate Peter Laurance's $20m-plus mansion.

So it was no surprise when the Australian Bureau of Statistics crunched the numbers and announced that Peppermint Grove and Mosman Park had the highest average value of private sector houses in 2008-09, at $2.469m and $1.579m respectively.

The two suburbs were well ahead of Mosman, in Sydney, with the highest average value houses in New South Wales at $1.373m.

Prominent Perth car dealer John Hughes spent a lazy $6.7m for a temporary roof in exclusive Saunders Street while he and his wife, Margarita, fight Mosman Park Council over plans to bowl over his current home just down the road and rebuild.

Hughes has lived in a relatively older house at the end of the cul-de-sac for 31 years, and loves it.

``I'd be very happy to live there forever,'' he said.

``But it's what my wife wants . . . and who in their right mind would argue with their wife?''

Hughes, a Sandgroper known for his charity work, said Saunders Street was constantly changing.

``There always seems to be a crane or a couple of cranes on the skyline there,'' he said. ``It's a street on the move.''

A few doors away at No.31 is one of Cape Bouvard billionaire Ralph Sarich's many investment properties, while Tim Goyder, who made his fortune in resources, like so many ratepayers in the area, and is the cousin of Wesfarmers CEO Richard Goyder, bought No 23 for $6.3m in 2007 so he could protect the views of his home at No 24 just across the road.

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[crave]

there was a 3/4 page newspaper spread about angela bennett's $20m yatch bought from a qld maker, court case is between tha two suppliers... went on about how she might be called to provide statements... i just thought too much money!

underneath this article was a about twiggy forester being punched in tha chest when he stepped in to break up a fight between two bogans on tha terrace...

^_^

[miensie]

Received a letter and booklet about the new street parking in East Perth - some of you might be interested:

[GAbE27]

Residents are getting screwed in the CoP. Was looking at this a few weeks back for my bro in-law cos he is living in East Perth/Riverside area. t

[Skyline Art]

An update or new news or just old news for us on SSC? This was posted earlier today (Tuesday 7th Dec).

Entertainment centre land swap deal
GARETH PARKER, The West Australian
December 7, 2010, 12:27 pm



Demolition work will begin on the Perth Entertainment Centre next month after a land swap deal between the building's owner, Seven Group, and the State Government.

The Entertainment Centre, disused and a growing eyesore since it was closed in August 2002, will be demolished to make way for a new mixed use development likely to include office space and apartments.

Seven Group chief executive Peter Gammell said the company was yet to finalise its plans but at this stage there was no intention to move Channel 7 Perth's operations from their studios in Dianella.

Such a move has been long speculated as part of any redevelopment.

Mr Gammell said Seven would develop the 2ha site in conjunction with a partner. Development plans are yet to be lodged with the East Perth Redevelopment Authority.

The land swap, which will see Seven give the Government a small parcel of land north of the Entertainment Centre and adjacent to the Fremantle railway line in return for a roughly equivalent parcel on the eastern side of the building, will help facilitate the sinking of the railway line.

Planning Minister John Day said work would commence on the sinking of the rail next year with the whole project, including the undergrounding of the Wellington Street bus station, expected to take six years.

The Government has shortlisted two consortiums for the rail works component of the project, headed by Brookfield Multiplex and John Holland.

A contract is expected to be awarded in March.

Demolition on the Entertainment Centre will begin in January and the intention is to have the site cleared and ready for development by the time the adjacent Perth Arena opens in late 2012.

The Seven Holdings land will be the first development site off the rank in the Perth City link project area, which runs from the Mitchell Freeway to the Horseshoe Bridge between Wellington and Roe Streets.

Mr Gammell said Seven expects to develop the site in stages over three to five years.

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[Johnvb]

Perth construction outlook brightensMARISSA LAGUE, The West Australian December 8, 2010, 6:10 am Buzz up! Send

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A turnaround is forecast for Perth's construction market after 2010 was marred by the proposed mining tax, rising borrowing costs and restrictive credit conditions but the outlook for other cities is less upbeat.

In its Tender Level Index survey for 2010, a baseline gauge of tender prices, international building and construction industry consultants Davis Langdon said a patchy picture of the Australian construction industry had emerged. Managing director Mark Beattie said a feature of the research was the inconsistency evident across the country.

"In recent times, the Australian economy has been strengthened by towering terms of trade which are expected to have an ongoing stimulatory effect on the broader economy throughout 2011," he said.

"Combined with strong underlying fundamentals for housing and, in some regions for office construction, the industry is positioned for risk to the upside, particularly with a tighter labour market."

Davis Langdon's Tender Level Index is pointing to a rise of 2-3 per cent in tender prices for WA during the next 12 months, with most increases occurring in the second half of the year.

After a lacklustre 2010, Mr Beattie said the outlook for the Perth market and construction sector was better. Davis Langdon Australia and New Zealand research manager Michael Skelton said there were signs Perth was on the cusp of an upswing.

"The effects of the proposed mining tax are still being assessed, although this has not deterred larger resource projects with $86 billion worth of mining and energy projects currently in advanced development in Western Australia," Mr Skelton said.

Because there had been fewer tenders in the past 18 months, Davis Langdon said WA's construction market had become more competitive and prices were lower. Mr Skelton said sharper falls in tender prices were also recorded in WA because of the materials and energy boom.

"Because WA, unlike anywhere else in the country, was coming off such large builder and subcontractor margins, when it came to becoming a more competitive market, there was a lot more of a percentage change in terms of contracting prices in WA than elsewhere," he said.

In their response to the global financial crisis, Mr Skelton said construction companies cut prices to fill in 2-3 years of work but the beginning of a recovery in construction prices was now evident as workbooks started to fill up and some of the larger scale projects moved through to construction phase.

Davis Langdon's research found that Sydney's commercial sector continued to struggle through slow economic growth while signs of a recovery were evident in Brisbane. Melbourne's construction sector outlook was bright with office, residential and mixed-use projects about to start and tender prices likely to rise from 3-5 per cent.

From the west online

[hayds]

what do you guys think of the new daily perthnow newspaper? its called itself perthnow. 'your FREE 36 page CBD afternoon newspaper'

theyre handing them out in the city and train stations, the funny thing is they have just as much reading material as the west but prob more interesting reading, with news sport, gossip crap,letters, entertainment, tech reviews etc. its like the free one that goes out daily in sydney. good to grab and read on the train or bus.

[crave]

it's a good way to brain-wash people... :p

[Kelli]

I wonder if it's the beginning of a new daily, that would be a pretty big deal in a one-paper town. Perthnow is the Sunday Times?

[hayds]

yeah could be heading that way maybe. perthnow is the sunday times yep.

[Greebs]

Free toilet paper?

[miensie]

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