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Curtin graduate first female CEO of the WA Treasury

Amber WeirJanuary 27, 2019

Earlier this month, Treasurer Ben Wyatt announced the appointment of Kaylene Gulich as the Chief Executive Officer of the Western Australian Treasury Corporatio...

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Show your skin some summer love

Adilah AhmadJanuary 21, 2019

Now that the relentless summer sun has arrived (yay!) and winter is a long-forgotten memory (peeps who like winter—what the heck?), we need to talk about lookin...

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‘Colette’: Feminist, frivolous and French—what more could you want?

Ellen DimitriouJanuary 16, 2019

Based on the boisterous life of the lauded writer and performer Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, and directed by Wash Westmoreland, Colette is a charming period piece...

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‘How to Train Your Dragon’ franchise ends in bittersweet perfection

Shalinn YeapJanuary 15, 2019

After its delay was announced at the beginning of 2018, everyone's favourite Dreamworks Animation film series (apart from Shrek) is here at last with its third ...

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On the record with The Preatures

Amber WeirJanuary 14, 2019

In the lead up to the Perth Festival, Grok sat down with The Preature’s guitarist Jack Moffitt to talk about the band’s formation, sound production, and the sti...

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Glitter, glam and good times at Freo’s 2019 Falls Festival

Ailish DelaneyJanuary 14, 2019

Another hot weekend in January—surely it was time for Falls Festival in Fremantle. Just like the previous year, it was a weekend of eccentric outfits, an overlo...

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Perth punk: In conversation with Last Lions

Joe WilsonJanuary 14, 2019

“It’s quite a long story actually, it goes back quite a few years.” So says Dan Collens, guitarist of Last Lions, about the formation of their local punk ban...

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Rewriting women in history: ‘Mary Queen of Scots’

Naomi WorthyJanuary 13, 2019

Mary Queen of Scots is an intimate—albeit factually questionable—insight into the lives and relationship between two prominent monarchs of the 16th Century: Mar...

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Beat of the Week: Zak Fleisher’s ‘MEAN’

Joe WilsonJanuary 9, 2019

Zak Fleisher’s MEAN is a love letter to Alex Turner and the Arctic Monkeys. Fleisher injects a mock Sheffield-style into his vowels, much akin to how a Balinese...

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Artist interview: Intenso’s experimental win at WAM

Joe WilsonJanuary 9, 2019

Having won 2018’s West Australian Music (WAM) song of the year and introducing listeners to the improvisational intricacies of They Fed The Gryphon With Their L...

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Curtin graduate first female CEO of the WA Treasury

Show your skin some summer love

‘Colette’: Feminist, frivolous and French—what more could you want?

‘How to Train Your Dragon’ franchise ends in bittersweet perfection

On the record with The Preatures

Glitter, glam and good times at Freo’s 2019 Falls Festival

Perth punk: In conversation with Last Lions

Rewriting women in history: ‘Mary Queen of Scots’

Beat of the Week: Zak Fleisher’s ‘MEAN’

Artist interview: Intenso’s experimental win at WAM

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