Author: Your Herald
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HE used to be in charge of Australia’s navy, but now Stephen Smith will have to make do with being patron of Maylands yacht club. The former Labor defence minister is taking over from 80-year-old club veteran Terry Gaunt, who is hanging up the whites after being patron for 29 years. Despite having a long…
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PERTH is bucking the gender trend when it comes to games development. A recent survey by WA’s Film and Television Institute reveals 16 per cent of game developers in Perth are female. Although small it’s more than the 10 per cent national and global average. An enthusiastic group of games developers is getting ready for…
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FAKE grass could be coming to Dorrien Gardens after the Perth Soccer Club announced plans to seek a $3 million grant from the WA sports and recreation department. The club has already asked Vincent council for a $500,000 contribution for its three fields, but board member Jason Marochi concedes that’ll be tough given the council’s…
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THE Wade Street Reserve will now be called Tự Do Park, Vietnamese for “Liberty” Park. The park already hosts a sculpture sponsored by the Vietnamese community, thanking Australia for accepting refugees in the 1970s. Vietnamese Community WA president Anh Nguyen says the community picked a name that is easy to pronounce and represents “the liberty…
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AN iconic Tudor-style property in West Perth is in line to be demolished, making way for an eight-storey luxury apartment complex. The house was built for prominent accountant, political fundraiser and tennis player James Sinclair McGibbon, who lived there until his death in 1943. A long-time president of the Kings Park Tennis Club (which named…
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LYNDON RODGERS’ badly damaged building on Beaufort Street is to be demolished. Damage from siteworks vibrations next door is so bad the 1895 federation bungalow is considered “structurally unsound” and it “has no value to the streetscape”. Mr Rodgers, a former Perth councillor, has been pursuing neighbour Steve de Mol for five years. Unable to…
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Put it back I AM disgusted that Vincent council has decided to take five years’ worth of accumulated interest earnings from the Aged Persons and Senior Citizens Reserve (Voice, September 20, 2014) to try to plug up all the holes in its current budget. That equals cash of $745,352, which is just over 20.5 per…
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I WAS lost in a circus tent this week as the electrifying King Hit took me to places well outside my comfort zone. Laughter and tears tripped over each other during the performance, leaving audiences breathless. Many clearly wanted to talk about what just happened, and strangers turned to neighbours: “That’s a story that has…
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HIGHGATE local St John Cowcher is a veteran of the theatre, despite being just 28, but his latest show filled him with a larger than usual case of the jitters. Two years in the making, Farm is a unique collaboration between Merredin farmers and Spare Parts Puppet Theatre. Spare Parts’ creative team immersed itself in…
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by JENNY D’ANGER KWAY TEOW was once cheap food for poor labourers, but these days the noodle dish is a national favourite across Malaysia and Singapore—and beyond. After the first mouthful at Ria Malay Kitchen, in Leederville, I felt like I’d just come to a metaphysical home. I’ve eaten many a kway teow over the…
