Author: Your Herald
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After coming within a whisker of picking up a seat at the last council election, Mark Rossi (right)is returning for another tilt at north ward. He came within 27 votes in 2011, and is hoping his grassroots doorknocking campaign will get him across the line next month. He says he’ll oppose any future plans for…
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Against split, for reform IT is correct that I have been advocating the retention of Mt Lawley and surrounding suburbs in the City of Stirling (“MP joins chorus,” Voice, September 28, 2013). This does not however, mean that I am opposing the entire state government’s local government reform agenda. The reform agenda has been around…
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METRICO & CO, North Perth by JENNY D’ANGER: Landing at Metrio & Co in North Perth for lunch was more good luck than good planning. Angove Street has blossomed in recent years and is full of trendy eateries, so I might have just as easily gone to one or other of them. But it was…
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MESOPOTAMIA KABABS, Mount Lawley: In 2013 it is hard to find something that truly celebrates history. Wherever you go, there is a tendency towards modern, a fusion or a mix of this and that in the hope of discovering the latest, “cutting edge” culinary trend. For Mesopotamia, on 627 Beaufort Street, this is of no…
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Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera The Mikado always made me smile—long before I saw overweight and middle-aged June Bronhill portraying a teenage girl and singing “Three Little Maids at School Are We”. The Aussie opera singer saw the funny side at the time, cracking jokes at her own expense during an intermission. This home in…
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Bayswater mayor Terry Kenyon is being sued by two councillors for discussing a confidential Supreme Court legal settlement at a council dinner, in front of more than 100 guests that included politicians and business leaders. Guests sat stunned at the mayoral dinner as Cr Kenyon boasted he’d won the case against councillors Mike Anderton and…
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A life-sized puppet pelican lay dead and tears trickled down my cheeks, the little boy in front of me was comforted by his mum and muted sniffles were heard all around. If you’re one of the lucky people to score a ticket to Stormboy, take tissues. If you haven’t bought a ticket yet do what…
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The olive oil collected by North Perth primary kids from local families has won silver at the royal show. After a callout from the P&C on the front page of the Voice, locals offered up their olive trees for the harvesting weekend in May, with kids collecting more than one tonne of fruit. Harvest 6006…
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A huge number of political party members are running for Vincent city council next month. The Voice has made a point of asking all candidates if they are party members and so far everyone’s been open in declaring their affiliations. All have said they are running independently and not as party-endorsed candidates. Four candidates are…
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Veteran cafe owner John Rifici knows a thing or two about anti-social behaviour in Maylands. In June Mr Rifici—along with staff and customers, including a nine-year-old girl—barricaded themselves inside after a gang tried to smash its way in with rocks. A staffer was king-hit, a customer punched and bottles hurled in the attack on Rifo’s…
