Perth Voice Interactive

Disrespectful

PAGE 12 “Day of the Dead” (Voice Food, June 10, 2023): the statement that “God had unzipped his fly and let rip all over the state” is disrespectful and unnecessary.

Victor Smith
Yokine

Nothing ambiguous

REGARDING “More trees to go,” (Voice, June 10, 2023): “but staff said it was ‘ambiguous’ as to whether they needed ‘approval’.”

Nothing ambiguous about it , the lease states quite clearly that no trees are to be removed without authorisation.

As does the Land Administration Act and arguably the EPA.

Management of the site, a Class A Reserve on Crown land is vested in the City via the Act; the City has shown it is not competent to manage the land and appear to be under the impression that the only stakeholders worthy of consideration are the leaseholders despite this Reserve being on public land.

Individual ratepayers face fines and sanctions (over $90K) in the last three years from unauthorised tree removal whereas the club seems strangely immune from censure. This is inequitable.

Importantly were it not for members of the public bringing the original removal of 69 trees (57 without authorisation) to council’s attention – the council nor anyone outside the club and certain circles at Stirling would even have known about the unauthorised removals, something quite lost on WALGA’s poster child for protection of the the Urban Canopy, Mayor Irwin.

Simon Wheeler
Scarborough

Crude

“IT was bitterly cold and God had unzipped his fly and let rip all over the state.” (Voice food, June 10, 2023)

How crude and immature can your writer get? There is no call for this kind of offensiveness anywhere, let alone in a cafe/restaurant review.

J Wolfe
North Perth

A culture of silence

IN six years of this current government we are yet to hear anything positive about our youth, the arts or indeed anything related to cultural affairs. 

Our youth are struggling as a whole, as indeed are musicians and anyone connected to the performing or visual arts. 

We have the most invisible arts minister the state has ever had – and no youth policies whatsoever. 

This should not be fringe stuff – to be lost in the parochialism of football and the mining and construction industries. 

It’s serious – there are high levels of anxiety and depression in our young people that are being ignored – particularly at a state level. 

These people need strong advocacy and one can only hope that the new premier can provide it.

Tony Reed
Mount Hawthorn

Norwood truly rocked

RE: “Rocky start for Norwood,” (Voice, April 8, 2023:

I stayed a couple of weeks at the Norwood Hotel in October 1987 on my first visit to Australia. 

It was the quintessential Aussie hotel, full of character and full of characters ‚Äî locals and visitors. 

It provided a great introduction to Aussie life. 

I vividly remember a jukebox in the downstairs bar playing George Michael tracks from Faith. There were tennis court(s) opposite the hotel. 

I got warned by a cop for carrying a beer in Lord Street outside, when I had no idea of the law on that subject. 

A bit later, I bought a clapped-out panel van and drove to Wave Rock one day and when I returned to the hotel, I discovered a bloke had died in the room next to mine. 

Sad way to go, all alone in a dark, slightly dilapidated room with the sun blazing outside. 

I’m sorry to hear the old Norwood Hotel is no more as it holds so many memories for me of my time Down Under. In my view the hotel should have been preserved as a historic building.

Dave Groves
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