THE city winter festival returns with a newly rebranded “Perth by Light” moniker for 2021, picking up some of the events that had to be skipped due to Covid lingering last year. American artist Janet Echelman’s immense sculpture 1.8 will finally be seen in Australia for the first time, after its initial 2020 Downunder debut…

CONSTRUCTION on the new Maylands Waterland will now begin following a traditional smoking ceremony at the site. The ceremony recognised the cultural significance of the area, and was led by Balladong and Whadjuk man Vaughn McGuire. His brother Barry McGuire “was instrumental in assisting Josh Byrne and Associates in the detailed design of the site”,…

OVER the WA Day long weekend, while their home suburb sang with the sizzle of snags, Kim Epton and fellow Cockburn 4WD Club members found themselves in more rugged surrounds working to save a historic well.   Kodjerning Well is one of 26 reliable year-round water sources established by explorer Charles Cook Hunt, along with a…

IN exploring one of history’s darkest chapters, local director Aron Attiwell’s upcoming film Fading Numbers highlights why issues of anti-Semitism and white supremacism in Australia are as relevant today as they were 75 years ago.  Attiwell told the Voice the WA-made film “comprises multiple survivor stories [combined] into one overarching narrative”.  This narrative was the result…

AN entertaining video series shot in Bull Creek, Melville and Fremantle aims to get more youngsters reading books. Reading for the Heart and Mind features some of the best children’s authors and illustrators in WA talking about the mental health benefits to kids and young adults from reading. The five part series is targeted at…

Too scared to pitch a tent THE Department of Communities says it has reached the “due diligence” stage of securing a new crisis shelter for Perth’s rough sleepers. It comes as around a dozen homeless people, some former residents of Lord Street’s “tent city”, have returned to the Beaufort Street footpath opposite Weld Square to…

VINCENT council staff appear intent on selling a Barlee Street carpark despite hundreds of nearby business owners and workers complaining it’ll create a parking shortage nightmare. The 300 people who signed a petition opposing the sell-off have been mushed down into just one submission among 144 in the council report. The council’s been pondering whether to…

VINCENT council’s admin building has a new Covid-inspired artwork that is, funnily enough, probably the last place you’d find the insidious virus. Mayor Emma Cole unveiled the installation Connections last week, saying North Perth artist Liz Gray had created it after successfully applying for one of the council’s Covid arts relief grants in 2020. Ms…

LORD MAYOR Basil Zempilas’s plan to set up pop-up beds in council carparks for people experiencing homelessness has been smothered by red tape. Perth council will now open another bed-less night shelter in July at the Citiplace Community Centre after a report found it would cost $500,000 and take too long to bring it up…

“PERTH is the Las Vegas of Australia.”  Local DJs are the hype of Australia thanks to Covid, says one of the city’s stars who’s hit the international big time.  While the rest of the world is left with empty dancefloors and dry bars, Perth’s nightclub scene is thriving. Its best DJs, including the likes on…