THE campaign manager for a national pro-vaping lobby group is confident vaping nicotine legally will become a reality in the near future. Legalise Vaping Australia campaign manager Brian Marlow and fellow supporters took to the streets of Fremantle this week for a flash mob protest against “convoluted” laws they say are increasingly at odds with…

NORANDA town centre has a new funky outdoor community area. Picnic furniture, lighting and an outdoor ping-pong table with colourful artwork have been installed under the shady trees between Hawaiian’s Noranda shopping centre and the Morley Noranda recreation club. Bayswater mayor Dan Bull said the space would create a better connection between the shopping and…

A FORMER assistant police commissioner is among the victims of a series of bizarre bird bath thefts in North Perth. Retired ex-copper Bob Kucera told the Voice his bird bath was stolen on Monday night (March 25), his neighbour had theirs pinched, and thieves also attempted to nick garden ornaments from a third property, but…

DODGY door-to-door tradies are targeting residents throughout Perth, with scammers sighted in Inglewood and North Perth this week. This week the Voice heard of two very pushy blokes offering tree lopping services in Inglewood, and roof repair scammers targeting the elderly in North Perth. Consumer Protection WA reports that in a recent case, two men…

AFTER nearly four decades of mystery, a Facebook post has revealed it was a Highgate woman who made her friend’s 30th birthday cake out of buffalo poo. It was up in the Northern Territory in 1981 when Marilyn Herd, now living in New Zealand, was having her 30th birthday. Her friends gathered to celebrate, but…

AFTER being shut for nearly a month the North Perth Post Office reopened on Tuesday (March 26) with no explanation. The radio silence infuriated Perth MP John Carey and many locals who are now demanding more transparency from Australia Post. The Fitzgerald Street post office was run privately under a licence to Australia Post, but…

BUDDHA’S birthday will be celebrated April 13 and 14 in the Supreme Court Gardens. The two-day multicultural festival aims to promote “respect and tolerance, faith and legacy” and “harmonious coexistence amongst people”. The festival will be hosted by Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple, Buddha’s Light International Association WA and the Nan Tien institute. There’ll be…

RAISED garden beds made by Stirling Men’s Shed have given dementia sufferers at the Nollamara Day Club a new lease of life. The day centre caters for about 75 people from six groups and about half of those attending have dementia. Members have taken a sense of ownership by going to the shops to buy…

A COMMUNITY safety service in Perth has helped reunite an elderly women with her husband. At about 1.30pm on Saturday (March 16), a worried Melville local rang their council’s safety team to report an elderly woman had gone missing from a local senior citizens centre. After advising the caller to contact police to report the disappearance,…