Just damned good
CHILLI ORANGE, North Perth by DAVID BELL: Angove Street is killing it just now. Once little more than a side street near the pool hall, these days it’s full of […]
Monthly Archives: October 2013
Letters 26.10.13
Ageing great SIGNS of our attaining great age: Our children forget us. Our friends all die. Our sex drive vanishes Lack of space prevents listing more benefits. Ron Willis First […]
It’s a stage Dior scandal
Georgina Gaylor well recalls her first performance with comedy outfit The Big Hoo Haa: And she’d appear on stage near-naked any day rather than go through that again. “Underwear pales […]
Your patch of Perth history
This quintessential Australian turn-of-the-century home could have been conjured from the pages of Tim Winton’s Cloudstreet. Although a single storey home, its age-mellowed brick and iron lace work of the […]
The End
Sammut clears shelves of a quarter-century in books With the bulldozer looming in the background, Vincent Sammut’s having to pack up his North Perth bookshop—and around 50,000 books. Formerly a […]
Democra-sigh
Council polls close 6pm Saturday October 19 but voters in Voiceland are hardly rushing to have their say in a year that’s also seen both a state and federal election. […]
God joins grog squad
So it’s God versus Woolworths—and Woolies is winning. A Maylands reverend has joined forces with Labor MP Lisa Baker and other concerned locals to try to stop the grog and […]
New anti-merger group
A new community group has formed to oppose Barnett government plans to destroy the community’s right to oppose mergers. The Dadour Group supports retaining the Dadour Amendment, which allows residents […]
Leedy liquor lock-out
Leederville Hotel’s permit for an outdoor eating area was granted without complaint—but only because vocal critic Debbie Saunders was locked out of Vincent council HQ. The Oxford Street cafe owner […]
Voice Photo Booth
VOICE photographer Jeremy Dixon dropped by Hyde Park Tuesday to snap a few pics of the baby swans. The fluffy cygnets are nearly full size, but they’re going through awkward […]
