95-YEAR-OLD Jack Chandler has spent a lifetime creating art. He’s one of 20 residents from Leederville Gardens retirement village who’ll be showcasing their works in an art exhibition. “I’m 95 now, but I’ve only been dabbling in art the last 70 years,” Chandler says. Originally from England, where he served in the Royal Air Force,…

MAIL thieves are targeting credit cards in West Perth. On Monday, Perth MP John Carey hosted a packed-out community safety forum in the suburb and locals said mail theft was a major issue.  “Crime has declined in West Perth in comparison to previous years,” Mr Carey says. “The key issue that was raised – and…

AFTER receiving a petition from locals, Stirling council is removing parking meters on the Mount Lawley stretch of Beaufort Street – less than three months after they were installed. The council voted to bring in paid parking in March this year in line with a recommendation from their staff, with only councillor Elizabeth Re voting…

FOLLOWING the Voice front-page story “School Crisis Meeting” (September 15, 2018), about parents threatening to pull their kids out North Perth Primary School over bad grades, we received this emotional letter from parent and former school board member Alex Apostolou: I READ about the plight facing North Perth Primary School and am writing to apologise…

STIRLING council has sold off public land without testing if it’s contaminated, despite the site’s historic use as a petrol station. Stirling flogged the strip of land at 80 Walcott Street to a neighbouring owner in August (“Call for developer contact to be listed,” Voice, September 22, 2018). The council has owned the site for…

BEAUFORT STREET is back on the up, with chef Maurício Ferrari Paroni opening up a steakhouse in the old Pony Club tapas bar. The building has lain empty since 2011, and over the years it has become emblematic of declining consumer confidence in Mt Lawley. But the property recently changed hands and a new real…

WOOLWORTHS could be moving into the Highgate area. The grocery giant has paid about $7.2 million for the block at 80 Bulwer Street, technically listed as the suburb of “Perth,” but spiritually it’s pretty Highgatey. The supermarket giant also bought the land to the rear for a reported $3.97 million, giving it a huge block…

IT’S been six months since commissioners took over for suspended Perth city councillors, and chair Eric Lumsden says they’ve “identified homelessness, carparking and better customer service as issues to focus on. Mr Lumdsen told the August 28 council meeting the commissioners had met with a host of stakeholders in the past six months including ratepayer…

UWA’s reputation as the state’s elite higher education facility has taken a pummelling in the latest university rankings. Freo boutique uni Notre Dame thumped the historic Crawley learnatorium across a range of categories, while  students at Edith Cowan in Mt Lawley – still “Super-Tafe” to some wags – were far more contented with their experience.…

A FORMER patron of the Black Swan State Theatre Company has delivered a withering critique of its recently launched season, Where the Heart Is. Sally Burton, the widow of Hollywood legend Richard Burton, recently circulated an email within the performing arts community which says the company’s board and artistic director are out of touch with…