WITH a plague of vacant store fronts dotting the CBD like missing teeth, the McGowan government has poured $200,000 into Activate Perth. Empty shops can have a death spiral effect for other businesses that are just hanging in, according to Perth MP John Carey, who says the WA government nabbed an idea from Renew Adelaide…

TEAM Scaffidi might’ve hoped for a friendly face in the CEO’s chair when Martin Mileham was appointed, but the inquiry into Perth council revealed this week the relationship soon soured. Mr Mileham was appointed acting CEO in January 2016. He’d headed up the city’s planning department, which came under scrutiny with two councillors and a…

A MURAL of a wolf with exposed breasts and feeding two suckling lads with penises exposed has caused a minor stir on Beaufort Street. The artwork by muralist Drew Straker is on the side of Cecchi’s Italian restaurant in Inglewood, and depicts a scene from the myth of Rome’s founding. It was a collaboration between…

MAYLANDS Waterland will not reopen this year. “Maylands Waterland as we know it is gone,” Bayswater councillor Catherine Ehrhardt reported with sadness this week, after councillors voted not to open the crumbling facility for the 2019-20 summer season. “The city’s not going to be doing the refurbishment.” She says the Maylands Waterland Working Group which…

A NATIONAL Indigenous museum, light rail and permanent housing for homeless people are on a wish list federal Perth Labor MP Patrick Gorman has sent to cities minister Alan Tudge for the “Perth City Deal”. Mr Tudge was in Perth in August to talk “City Deals,” the federal government’s mechanism to work across three levels…

STORIES about Vincent life are being sought for the city’s yearly short film festival. The festival’s a collaboration between Revelation and the City of Vincent, and there are three $5000 grants on offer for short, non-fiction films under 10 minutes which can be about anything local like Vincent characters, urban legends, community groups or local…

Colin was right AFTER reading about the theft and rorting in yet another council (“Rorts ‘a fact of life’”, Voice, August 24, 2019), I feel vindicated about all my arguments with people about the smart and forward-thinking ex-premier Colin Barnett. He wanted to get rid of these vultures and scrap councils because he obviously knew…

OVER the Fence Comedy Film Festival finishes its national tour with a night of laughs at Cinema Paradiso later this month. Festival director Greg Coffey combed the world to come up with 14 diverse films for the festival, and now it’s up to the judges and the audience to pick the winners. This year’s theme…

INSPIRED creative design and whimsy have transformed this 1920 North Perth abode into a fascinating family home. Situated across the road from the Redemptorist Monastery it was originally built as a home for the nuns, but there’s nothing monastic about this stunning, modern renovation. Huge mural As you step inside the original section you’ll marvel…