THE old Rod Evans community centre at 160 Hay Street will be transformed into a “safe night space” for homeless women for a two year trial – but they won’t be provided with a bed. Perth city council will spend $575,000 to refit the building and is requesting $4.5 million of state funding to help…

IF you’ve ever wondered what the artists are toiling away on in the old building in the middle of Robertson Park’s lawn, their work’s on display in a group exhibition Out of the Park at Stala Contemporary Gallery. Robertson Park Artists Studio has been a mainstay of the Perth fine art community for more than…

VOTERS will continue to be denied a role in electing Bayswater’s mayor. The council has stuck with its in-house method of councillors choosing their leader, with fears a popularly elected mayor will usher in party politics and expensive campaigns. Mayor Dan Bull, elected to the spot by a majority of fellow councillors after both the…

PERTH’S next statue should be of WA’s first female federal MP Dorothy Tangney, federal Perth Labor MP Patrick Gorman says. Mr Gorman’s written to the federal government requesting funding for a Tangney statue to mark the 80th anniversary of her election in 2023. “The election of Dame Enid Lyons and Dorothy Tangney was an historic occasion,”…

Women in Tent City beg for protection WOMEN living in ‘Tent City’ on Northbridge’s fringe have called for urgent shelter to protect them from escalating rates of sexual assault and violence.  The camp, perched beside the train line and a bike path under the Lord Street overpass, has been expanding and the Voice understands a…

A BLANKET 40kmh speed limit could be applied across Vincent’s residential streets. Under a draft Accessible City Strategy 2020-2030 the council says the statewide 50kph speed limit doesn’t suit local conditions. Mayor Emma Cole says: “For too long now, residents have been telling me that 50kmh feels too fast for our residential streets. We’d love…

MORLEY’S loss is West Perth’s gain as a burlesque charity car wash relocates to give locals a shine with a cheeky smile. The burlesque community had run fundraisers at Fast Eddy’s in Morley since 2013, raising cash for causes like kids with cancer and Radio Lollipop. With Eddy’s closing down founder Nikki Mauri moved the…

CONTENTIOUS electronic parking permits will be rolled out in Vincent, with the council saying it’s already bought the software and can’t back out. Residents weren’t consulted about the new system, which will force them to log into a council app to register their cars and those of visitors, while the change also caught some councillors…

PLANS for a permanent privately-operated food kiosk in a Hyde Park storage shed will go out to the court of public opinion. Vincent councillors unanimously voted in favour of going out for public comment at the October 20 meeting, with the kiosk expected to help “activate” the park.  Mayor Emma Cole said after the decision:…

A MILLION dollar plan is in the works to help rid the trio of sickly lakes on Maylands Peninsula of their plague-like midges. Brearley, Bungana and the Brickworks lakes have abysmal water quality. Low oxygen levels and high  phosphorous contamination from storm water runoff, fertilisers and bird poo have led to persistent algal blooms.  Bayswater…