Tent City blaze a death trap
IN a suspected arson attack, Tent City in East Perth went up in flames at 10pm last Wednesday, turning the fenced-in campsite into a potential death trap. No-one was in […]
Monthly Archives: January 2021
Contractor says signs ‘intimidate’
BURLY construction workers are apparently being “intimidated” by the protest signs of mostly elderly residents around the Bayswater train station, who fear the Metronet transformation is robbing them of their […]
‘Don’t work here’
A STAFF culture survey at Perth council last July showed most employees would warn others against taking up a job there. The “Cultyr” scorecard was conducted just before state-appointed commissioners […]
Gamers on a roll
IT had to happen: A locally produced video game has captured Perth during its Covid lockdown madness. The retro-style Sonny Yang’s Incredibly Inconvenient Pandemic Game was made by Perth comedians Yang […]
Whadjuk stories open Oz Day events
A DISPERSED and diverse series of events across five days will replace Perth’s cancelled Australia Day Skyworks. In November, Perth’s new councillors took heed of WA chief health officer Andrew […]
Leading the change
MORE than 50 greyhounds and allied dogs had walkies around Hyde Park on Sunday January 10 in support of a campaign to phase out the racing industry by 2025. The […]
Coronatoon tops
EX-PERTH lad Jason Chatfield has won the ComicOz award for Best Australian Original Comic for 2020 for his cautionary coronavirus comic. The former (and still occasional) Voice cartoonist, now living […]
Tasty diversion
MY family and I were en route to a pizzeria in Mount Lawley when my wife spotted a funky cafe with bright murals and South American music playing. We couldn’t […]
Fringe leader
PERTH comedian Matt Storer pokes fun at mystical gurus in his one-man Fringe show A Cult For You. Featuring clever jokes and the odd satirical song, the show squeezes the […]
Roomy abode
IT’S a cliche, but first impressions count. This Yokine home doesn’t disappoint with a lovely tree shading its entrance and a stylish art deco motif in the double garage doors. […]
