A RESTAURATEUR hospitalised after an electric shock at his Walter Road business says the incident has ruined his life and should never have happened. Ibiza N2 owner Ahmed El Rakaawi Tolba says for five months he repeatedly warned his property manager via texts, emails and phone calls about a burning smell and smoke coming from…

VOICE readers sent in these images of destruction from across the suburbs after Tuesday’s flash storm.  James Kozak was down at Maylands Peninsula the morning after and relates “an endless number of trees lost major branches, and a smaller number of trees were upended”. The Bath Street reserve toilets were damaged and the Maylands Tennis…

ONE floor of Council House in Perth is to be rented out under a money-saving measure from chair commissioner Andrew Hammond. Staff and councillors are currently spread across levels 9, 10 and 11 of the modernist building, but Cmmr Hammond has noticed the halls are looking a little roomier under new CEO Murray Jorgensen’s program…

AN eminent figure in Australian politics has thrown his support behind WA’s Rotary clubs, with WA governor Kim Beazley the new patron of District 9455. Mr Beazley was a former deputy prime minister, Australian ambassador to the US, and held numerous portfolios as a federal minister, most notably defence where he earned the sobriquet “Bomber…

FEMALE footy players will get their own change rooms for the first time at Leederville Oval for the February 29 AFLW match between the Eagles and the Western Bulldogs. For decades a lack of suitable change room and toilet facilities at traditionally “male” sports venues has been one of the sticking points hindering the uptake…

ONCE a cute entry statement to the Progress Street Precinct in Morley, a collection of seal statues now deemed an eyesore and a magnet for street drinkers are to be removed. Bayswater council commissioned the sculptures in 1997 from artist Vittorio Ulinovich, at a cost of $50,000. There’s one large fountain at the Progress Street…

BUSKING in Perth’s CBD is now free, but it’ll remain restricted to decent acts (“Perth looking to axe busking fee,” Voice, February 22, 2020). Perth council ran a trial last year of more rigid busking rules to reduce the number of complaints about crap singers and loud amps.  Along with setting out demarcated areas, set…

A NEW precinct and a new town team to go along with it could spring out of a March 7 workshop in the terraces district of East Perth. Perth state Labor MP John Carey is holding the meeting to gauge interest in a potential new town team similar to those operating in Northbridge, West Perth…