DURING her 40-year stint on the Antiques Roadshow, Hilary Kay has seen all manner of fakes and forgeries, including “microwave safe” stamped on the bottom of a supposedly ancient dish. The legendary appraiser is in Perth this Saturday (February 9) to share some tales from her time on the road, including those difficult conversations with…

THE grass at Beatty Park oval looks moribund after power was cut to the sprinklers, but don’t worry council says the hardy kikuyu will grow back. This week the Voice’s dogs were unimpressed to find the once luscious turf had gone a classic shade of Aussie-brown, after the recent heatwave. Disconnect Vincent mayor Emma Cole…

WITH the Victorian state government announcing a ban on “conversion therapy” this week, WA Greens MP Alison Xamon has called on WA to follow suit. The therapy attempts to “cure” gay people by making them straight, and is mostly used by fundamentalist religious groups. The Victorian Health Complaints Commissioner found “overwhelming evidence” that the therapy…

WOOLWORTHS’ proposed new store at the old Inglewood Bunnings Site is “an insult to the art deco movement,” according to Mount Lawley Society president Paul Collins. Woolies say their Beaufort Street development is “art deco” and so aesthetically-pleasing they shouldn’t have to pay the fee for a public artwork at the site, as suggested by…

BOGAN, Hipster, Bono and Knucklebuckle are some of the street names that have been rejected for nine unnamed roads in Mount Lawley and Highgate. In 2014 the Beaufort Street Network requested the roads be given names to help build a sense of place. After exhaustive public consultation, Vincent council received 251 suggestions. Landgate, The department…

Waterlands pools remain in limbo THE future of Maylands Waterland is still murky, but the Swan mosaic marking the state’s 150th anniversary will be saved. At Tuesday night’s council meeting, Bayswater councillors voted down 6-5 a motion from Cr Elli Petersen-Pik to retain the pools. His motion attempted to rescind a previous council decision to…

THREE filmmaking teams are celebrating after landing $5000 from Vincent council to make short documentaries about the city. This year there was a record number of submissions to the council’s film project, which is run in conjunction with the Revelation film festival. Winners included Gabby Ho and Jake Blackburn, who pitched Kick Like a Girl.…

BOORNA Waanginy: The Trees Speak artwork is returning to Kings Park in February. It was a big hit at the 2017 Perth Festival and this year huge projectors will hurl images of trees, flowers, birds, wetlands and bushfires onto the avenues of trees, celebrating south Western Australia’s threatened landscape. The 1.5km tunnel of light takes…

ONE of the worst intersections to navigate in Perth will get a $2.5 million upgrade from the state government. The notorious North Perth intersection at Wanneroo Road, Green Street and Walcott Street will be made safer using funds from the government’s Road Trauma Trust Account. A new traffic signal mast-arm on Wiluna Street will make…