VOICE photographer Matthew Dwyer was out looking for some Christmas cheer when he came across the students and teachers from Kingston International College celebrating an Aussie picnic Christmas party in […]

BAYSWATER council is going back to the drawing board to better develop a short-term accommodation policy. The rethink follows concerns its current draft policy may be too harsh on residents […]

KIDDIES expecting a few jaunty singalongs about Santa and Rudolf got a bit of a surprise at Hyde Park’s Carols by Candlelight the other night — a full-on “fire and […]

WA doesn’t have enough organic meat to go around this Christmas, says a local butchering veteran. Mondo Meat’s Vincenzo Garreffa says he hasn’t been promoting his organic meats because he […]

DEVELOPERS can’t be trusted to commission public art, it seems. At least that’s the view of Vincent mayor John Carey who is keen to tighten up his council’s “per cent […]

SELLING WA government land in Bayswater has been suggested as a means to fund the undergrounding of the local train station. Mayor Barry McKenna says WA transport minister Dean Nalder […]

RATEPAYERS will no longer pay to clothe Bayswater councillors. Following last week’s story (“Self-paid suits Fleeton,” Voice, December 12, 2015) the council voted to dump its clothing allowance, worth up […]

AUSSIE kids from Inglewood are managing to do something that appears beyond many adults — make refugees feel welcome in Australia. After meeting two refugees this year, and inspired by […]

FOR more than 60 years the aroma of fresh bread from Vastese Bakery has wafted across its North Perth neighbourhood, but it all ends this Christmas. Owners Tony and Lou […]

A CHURCH established by African-Australian Christians in a warehouse in one of Dianella’s “neglected” industrial zones has received a belated but conditional blessing from Stirling council. Messianic Ministries, consisting largely […]