WEST PERTH’S Jennifer Motherway sent us this photo of her luscious cat Salem finding a new use for the Voice–as a bed. The Chantilly-Tiffany breed was adopted from Cat Haven shelter, and even though he’s got a cushy life now, he seems to prefer sleeping on the paper over his fluffy bed. “He reads it…

IT’S no trick—Perth is embracing magic again. From July 5 a new Friday night magic show will be at Lazy Susan’s Comedy Den in the Brisbane Hotel. Magic has been in and out of fashion over the past 160 years with people like David Copperfield becoming celebrities, and others becoming the butt of jokes, including…

WHEN Matt Penny’s not pulling rabbits out of hats he’s pulling pints at the Blue Room Theatre. Magic and bartending go well together: he can practice sleight of hand for patrons and on quiet nights he can ponder monologues for his shows like Find the Lady. Penny honed his sleight of hand when he was…

POLICE are trying to trace a dark grey hatchback car that may have been used by men who attacked a family with a power tool in Yokine. About 4pm on June 6 a man in his 30s returned to his Frape Street home to find two men inside. The men assaulted him with a power…

MORE than 1000 people attended a memorial for Perth entertainer Max Kay at His Majesty’s Theatre last Saturday (June 22). The service included a performance by the Rockingham City Pipe Band, a eulogy from his son Gary and a video montage of some of his most memorable TV appearances down the years. His wife Norma…

ONE of Lisa Scaffidi’s closest allies on Perth council Janet Davidson (pictured) has resigned. The veteran councillor recently sold her city property and to be a councillor you must be an owner or occupier of a rateable property within the city’s boundaries. In October 2015 Ms Davidson was one of the councillors who signed a…

FIVE months since ground was broken, North Perth Common was opened to a healthy crowd last Friday (June 14). For years local traders have complained that Fitzgerald Street has no pedestrian-friendly places. Vincent mayor Emma Cole said the location and key elements were chosen by the community. “We asked where should we create this heart…

HERITAGE PERTH will be history at the end of this month when its funding from Perth council runs out. The independent advocacy group runs the award-winning Perth Heritage Weekends, but a council review estimated it could save almost half the $300,000 it funds the organisation each year by doing the work itself. Commissioners will next…

BAYSWATER council is in the process of installing new exercise equipment at 13 parks across the city. “Earlier this year we asked our community what they’d like to see in their parks and reserves, and this has been part of the outcome of that community feedback,” Bayswater mayor Dan Bull says. “With all kinds of…

A PRIVATE school which bussed in students to hand out snacks to homeless people in Weld Square could be banned from doing it in the future. Perth Labor MP John Carey wants to crack down on  unsanctioned charities that he believes are doing more bad than good. The Voice recently received a call from a…