Suit up, fellas WHAT is wrong with young Perth men? Perth young women: attractive, well-dressed when they go to town during the day or at night. Perth young men: sloppy, wear pants that don’t fit and/or hang down and shirts that hang out of their pants. They don’t look after themselves, but look rotten, are…

Umbrage for Armadale AT the Vincent council meeting of February 25 there were a number of speakers, of whom some were challenged by the mayor about being “appropriate” and/or “disrespectful”. Can someone please explain why the mayor’s favoured candidate for the by-election, James Peart, was not pulled up for the extraordinarily elitist and disrespectful comment…

Darryl who? IN recent weeks the Perth Voice has done a great job in devoting significant space to the new Labor federal MP for Perth, Alannah MacTiernan. This has eventually prompted response—under pressure?—from her Liberal rival in the federal election, Darryl Moore (Voice Mail, February 15, 2014). Darryl who? What he imagines Alannah to be…

Is it all about Alannah? WITH little more than three months having elapsed since the federal election, the federal member for Perth Alannah MacTiernan must already be feeling irrelevant, twiddling her thumbs on the opposition benches in Canberra, that she has to attack our national anthem—on Australia Day of all days—to get some media attention?…

Respect is flagging I AM one of those Australians whose grandfather fought not only in WWII against the fascists, but also closer to home in PNG and Bougainville to prevent Japan’s invasion of the Australian mainland. Whilst I am a republican, and no great enthusiast of the Union Jack in the Australian flag (I am not…

Nun of that, please WE should really feel compassion, rather than pride, for the group calling themselves the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence (“Not too proud to change their mind”, Voice, January 25, 2014) whose photograph and article appears on your cover page. It is sad that these men feel they have to go to such…

  No pedals in walkies I AM very pleased Vincent council and Mayor Carey are planning to extend the bike paths (“Bucket list”, Voice, January 18, 2014)—the story was full of good news for local residents. What a shame, though, that the image attached showed an illegal activity—namely riding a bike with a dog attached…

Dog of a story JUST wanted to express my opinion towards a terrible piece of journalism I read in your newspaper (“Hot dogs can die,” Voice, January 11, 2014). This story was completely fabricated. It was hugely exaggerated by a woman who wanted to get her name in the paper.  I personally know the woman…

About the Abbotts GUESS what? Scrutiny of the Commonwealth heads of government reveals there was an Abbott prime minister before our Typhoon Tony. Canada beat us to it way back by propelling to the office Sir John Abbott. “Propelling” is right. His elevation came about with reluctance on his part. Always competent, he’d regarded himself…

One-hundred lashes OUR prime minister Tony Abbott will soon be reflecting on his first 100 days. There’s a fascinating contrast between “Typhoon Tony” and the first prime minister Abbott, Canada’s Sir John who was born in 1821. A great-grandson is actor Christopher Plummer. Sir John is remembered for saying, “I hate politics”. Tony, of course,…