Ballsy call on tennis funding
UPDATE: The City of Perth commissioners have approved the ATP Cup’s grant at the July 30 council meeting. THE City of Perth is considering a $120,000 sponsorship of the men-only […]
Monthly Archives: July 2019
Red tape relief for strip
VINCENT council has introduced a “12 month amnesty” on change of use applications for the main Beaufort Street strip in a bid to fill vacant shopfronts. Currently a business must […]
The ups and downs of life on the street
A POIGNANT game of snakes and ladders will be held in Perth during homelessness week to raise awareness of how people who can quickly go back to square one in […]
Yom-Tov may be honoured by lane
ARTIST, anthropologist and philanthropist Sagitte Yom-Tov, who died in 2013 aged 36, may soon have a laneway named in her honour. Vincent council is considering naming the laneway between Irene […]
Saving the planet one cup at a time
A RENT-A-CUP start-up is hoping to dramatically reduce landfill by doing away with single use, takeaway coffee cups. With an estimated one billion plastic-infused cups going to landfill in Australia […]
LETTERS 27.8.19
Brrrrrrrr….. I HAVE been visiting the Terry Tyzack Aquatic Centre indoor pool for over seven years. I first started going when a physio recommended walking in the warm waters and […]
Love that Theo and Co
THE D’Angers will definitely revisit Theo and Co in Leederville. Not just because the pizzas were the best we’ve ever eaten, but because we didn’t get to try the dessert […]
Motherhood gives Steele wings to fly
PERTH muso Katy Steele says motherhood has helped give her upcoming album Soul Bride a looser feel. The former Little Birdy frontwoman is still putting the final touches to the […]
Not so cool
A NEW exhibition open this weekend at the Bon Marche Arcade examines the struggle of retired farmers in China. They receive just 88 RMB (the official Chinese currency) a month […]
Rainbows and lullabies
I COULD hear Somewhere Over the Rainbow in my mind as a huge chandelier in the soaring mezzanine flashed iridescent light onto the walls of this Dianella home. “There’s a land […]
