A PHOTOGRAPHIC time capsule captures a snapshot of Northbridge street life from one night in 1983. Artist Andrew McDonald is known by many for curating “The Worst of Perth” blog from 2007 to 2017, a loving repository of our bland, underwhelming, or cliched cultural phenomena. But long before the first post he was a photographer…

AN imperilled tree in Inglewood at the centre of a State Administrative Tribunal dispute will stay for now. The grevillea robusta is on land owned by the John Place unit block at 99 Ninth Ave. Last year some members of the units’ council of owners attempted to have the tree removed, saying it had termites…

ONE of Australia’s last bastions of movie rentals is set to fall, with Network Video Mt Hawthorn closing at the end of February. Owner Mel McInerney says the internet and “age of convenience” had been mortal enemies, though rents at The Mezz shopping centre delivered the coup de grace. “In 2012 when I purchased this…

ONE of two custom surfboards stolen from a Mt Lawley couple has been discovered by “Brad the awesome truckie”. Just before the new year, Hannah and Cameron Etchells’ Landcruiser Troopy, their camping gear and three surfboards were stolen from near their Chelmsford Road home (“Surf’s down,” Voice, January 11). Cracked Last Friday the awesome truckie…

THE future of the Kidz Galore daycare centre at Haynes Street Reserve will be mulled over by Vincent councillors at a special meeting on January 28. The council owns the land at the corner of Haynes and Sydney Streets and Kidz Galore has been there for 17 years, with its lease ending in December this…

Last week’s opinion piece by former Bayswater councillor Chris Cornish called for more scrutiny of the McGowan government’s action on climate change. In this week’s Speakers Corner, Maylands MP Lisa Baker outlines what they have been up to in, WA, and what’s planned. AS devastating bushfires spread across our nation and discussion turns to the…

CANS and bottles could soon contribute to City of Perth coffers, with the council buying in big to WA’s container deposit scheme. The council hopes people will recycle up to 240,000 containers a day in city drop-off points. It’ll cost the council $1.355million to set up two permanent refund points; one at a city storage…

VINCENT council’s annual general meeting of electors is on January 28, 6pm at the Loftus Street chambers. Vincent’s AGMs are usually a sparsely attended affair with council staff sometimes outnumbering electors. Last year saw a boom of 11 electors, up from the four who came along in 2018 and 2017. Every elector’s motion getting a…

AN unauthorised performance has joined the Fringe World lineup to protest against the festival’s sponsorship by a major fossil fuel provider. Extinction Rebellion WA’s show “1.5 Degrees Live” will see performers take turns reading out the entire 2018 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report at the “Woodside Pleasure Gardens”, following in the footsteps of readings…

A FLAT on Sherwood Street will be auctioned off so Bayswater council can recover rates racked up since the owner died 12 years ago. Vilim (William) Bunoza’s estate owes $17,979 in council rates, $10,150 to the Water Corporation, and $61,871 in strata levy charges. 31/3 Sherwood Street Maylands is being sold February 1 at noon…