RAINBOW RIGHTS WA is petitioning premier Colin Barnett to support legislation quashing historical convictions under old anti-gay laws. The legislation making homosexual intercourse illegal wasn’t repealed until 1989, and at […]
A CONTENTIOUS concrete batching plant planned for Bayswater looks likely to get approval, with environment minister Albert Jacob deciding it doesn’t need a full environmental assessment. Ransberg Pty Ltd got […]
THE Lorax lurked on the steps of parliament this week to speak for the trees, imploring MPs to protect privately-owned Bayswater wetlands that are being eyed off for housing. The […]
DISCRIMINATION continued even after anti-gay laws were removed from the books, one Voice reader tells us. The man, who asked to be anonymous to avoid being restigmatised, claims in the […]
LAX rules allowing houses to be demolished before councils find out what will replace them are leaving gap-toothed streets and undermining Vincent’s heritage streetscapes, says mayor John Carey. Until last […]
A PETITION to remove pesky peppermint trees in Yokine has been slapped in front of Stirling council. Fourteen Lonsdale Street locals are demanding the newly planted peppies be pulled out […]
ALANNAH MACTIERNAN’S political career is almost certain to be revived with Labor leader Mark McGowan keen to see her fill a vacancy left by retiring upper house MP Ken Travers. […]
