PLEASE help design Leederville – Vincent council is coming up with a plan for the suburb’s future and “no idea is too big or too small”. In 2008 the old council regime annoyed a few locals by putting the cart before the horse when it revealed draft designs of the Leederville Masterplan before they had…

THE new owners of Hostel Milligan are reaching out to help former residents left homeless, after reading last week’s front-page Voice article “91 and left to sleep in a shed”. The Murray Street hostel was bought by the Singapore-based Fragrance Group in 2014, and they’ll soon redevelop it into a 35-storey luxury hotel. Hostel keeper…

A PERTH woman who survived a violent relationship for 10 years says the WA government isn’t doing enough to prevent young women from heading down the same track she did. “I wish more young girls knew what I know now,” says Katie (not real name). “They need to know when to leave and do it…

WITH dating apps, sexting and online porn available at their fingertips, young people are increasingly turning to the internet for advice on sexual health, but it’s not always a healthy experience, says youth coordinator Lorna Graham-Geraghty. “Next to female friends, the internet is the number one place where young people are turning to for information…

SYLVIA and Karan Bettis-Heijne will use virtually all of their new East Fremantle home to raise money for charity. Aside from building a modest 81sqm sustainable house, the rest of the Perth couple’s 1362sqm property on Preston Point Road will be devoted to permaculture gardens and a mini-orchard. There will be lots of excess produce,…

THE inaugural Perth Greek Festival kicks off 10 days of celebration on Saturday October 19. Along with democracy, we owe many of our delis, fruit and veg stores and fish and chip shops to Greek migrants arriving in the 50s and 60s, while many more worked in forestry, farming and on the wharves. They settled…

A 91-YEAR-OLD man has been forced to sleep in a shed after residents of a run-down hostel in Murray Street were evicted to make way for a 35-storey hotel redevelopment. The lodgers and the keeper of Hostel Milligan, some who’ve been there for more than 30 years, were told to leave the ageing property by…

CLIMATE change activists Extinction Rebellion have vowed to take on Perth’s monopoly daily The West Australian during a week of disruption they’re expecting will lead to “dozens” of arrests. On Tuesday representatives of the group delivered a letter to SevenWest Media with a list of three demands, which were that the company: • Had to…

HIDDEN behind the now-tatty 1930s exterior of the Hostel Milligan lies one of Perth’s hidden historic gems. Built somewhere between 1874 and 1886 by pearler Joseph Clarkson, Pearl Villa’s brick walls and chimneys are still visible from Murray Street, a reminder of the wealth that came to some from the colony’s early pearling industry. And…

A PILOT project encouraging Highgate primary and Mount Lawley high school students to get creative has helped improve their academic learning while giving teachers back their “mojo”, says a UWA researcher. Mathilda Joubert has been evaluating WA non-profit creative agency FORM’s Creative Learning program, which was rolled out across 16 state schools last year and…