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No dog ban: McGinty

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Fremantle Herald
Sat Jan 16th 2010

Jim McGinty can’t understand what all the fuss has been about when it comes to dogs and alfresco.

Written by freoblog

January 19, 2010 at 9:49 pm

Lib MP to fight alfresco dog ban

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Fremantle Herald
Sat Jan 9th 2010

LOCAL Liberal MP Joe Francis will introduce a private member’s bill to state parliament next month seeking to reverse a ban on dogs in alfresco areas.
also – more at dingodog

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January 13, 2010 at 1:09 pm

Blind eye to dog ban

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Fremantle Herald
Sat Dec 19th 2009

FREMANTLE council will refuse to enforce a law that bans dogs in alfresco areas. The council’s health managers got together last week in the wake of intense public anger and decided there was scope in the legislation to deal with the issue case-by-case.

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December 21, 2009 at 8:26 am

Café dogs push goes national

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Fremantle Herald
Sat Dec 12th 2009

FREMANTLE’S push to allow dogs at alfresco eateries has gone national with the recently formed WA pawrepresentation linking up with a similar group in Sydney. Both are working to change the Australian/New Zealand Food Standards code that bars dogs from anywhere food is prepared or served.

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December 11, 2009 at 9:51 pm

Premier backs dog ban backflip

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Fremantle Herald
Sat Dec 5th 2009

PREMIER Colin Barnett has
indicated his personal support for a Fremantle-led push to overturn a ban on dogs in alfresco areas. “I don’t think dogs should be banned from alfresco areas,” the Cottesloe MP told the Herald this week, “but it is the responsibility of dog owners to keep them under control, well-behaved and clean.”

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December 5, 2009 at 12:15 am

Barking mad about ban

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Fremantle Herald
Sat Dec 5th 2009

MORE than 50 pooches and owners turned out to the South Beach café Wednesday, unhappy with a law banning dogs at outdoor cafes.

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December 5, 2009 at 12:11 am

WA bans dogs from alfresco

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Fremantle Herald
Nov 28 2009

Dogs are banned from alfresco eating areas under new statewide food laws recently passed by the WA parliament.
The law change brings to an end the Fremantle tradition of taking the pooch for a stroll along the strip or beach and having breakfast outside at a café.

Written by freoblog

November 27, 2009 at 1:00 pm

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