PERTH comic Sean Conway has apologised and paid $2000 to fellow comic Jimmy Kuratz over an attempted joke on social media after the latter complained he had been defamed. Conway had posted to a 30-odd member Facebook group created in the build-up to last December’s Flying Camel comedy awards at the Bassendean Hotel. But Kuratz…

JIMMY KURATZ says he pushes the boundaries of comedy by using harsh material and “offensive jokes”. “The content of these jokes is morally reprehensible, I accept that, but that is the reason I was doing these jokes, to see; could I push them over the line despite the content,” Kuratz said in a video posted…

BEING told by a professional photographer that WA was “culturally sterile” inspired local Dale Neil to create the Fremantle International Portrait Prize. Now in its fifth year, the biennial competition receives thousands of entries from across the globe and has $20,000 in prizes and cash up for grabs. Mr Neil, a professional snapper who also…

THERE’S good news for commuters struggling to get from public transport to their CBD offices on time. Signal changes at two of the city’s busiest intersections – William/Hay and William/Murray Streets – have created twice as many crossing opportunities for pedestrians. Gaye McMath, deputy chair commissioner of Perth council, said the changes would create a…

IT’S taken a little while to switch the lights on but the Vincent Street pedestrian crossing near Beatty Park is now in working order, reuniting two halves of a neighbourhood split by the busy street. It was one of three crossings installed as election pledges by Perth MP John Carey. “People say these are only…

POLICE are hunting a burglar following a series of late-night break-ins around shops in Perth, Northbridge and Subiaco on May 5. The man, who was captured on CCTV, used an unknown implement to smash a glass window to gain entry to the premises before crawling, sliding and wriggling along the floor. A lap top computer,…

MORE than 80 Stirling residents have “adopted” a local park after a recruitment blitz by the local council during March and April. Park adopters keep any eye out for issues like graffiti, broken equipment and over-full bins and report them to the city, enabling faster response times and repairs. Residents can join the Adopt-a-Park program…

STIRLING council may follow Bayswater in forcing councillors to declare their political party membership on a public register. Stirling councillor Stephanie Proud has tabled a motion that would require councillors to disclose party membership, employment by a party, employment by an MP or “any immediate family member who is, or has been, an elected representative…

WINNERS of the Perth Centre for Photography’s 2019 Contemporary Landscapes in Photography award will be announced on May 31. The CLIP awards received more than 1000 entries this year, with 38 finalists in the running. Former Sunday Times Magazine (UK) photo editor Monica Allende is a guest judge. “As a curator this experience was incredibly…