HERITAGE PERTH could be history after commissioners at Perth council voted to stop funding the not-for-profit organisation at the end of this month. The council created the organisation in 2006 to be an advocate for the city’s history, and under the infectious enthusiasm of executive director Richard Offen it’s achieved just that – running the…

PLANNING minister Rita Saffioti has blanked the Mt Lawley Society after they wrote to her to preserve Beaufort Street’s historic streetscape. The state government is currently evaluating a set of new planning rules for the Walcott-Salisbury Street stretch of Beaufort, submitted by Stirling council after an exhaustive and award-winning consultation process. Nearly three months ago…

NORTHBRIDGE live music bar Jack Rabbit Slim’s has joined venues across the country in cancelling their scheduled performance of musician “Riff Raff”, after rape allegations against the US rapper. On Thursday April 31 Melbourne-based Eliza Stafford posted her account on Facebook stating: “In 2013 I was raped by a man whose stage name is “Riff…

LAST week the Voice reported on Vincent council’s new verge rules that’ll let you stick a swing or a cubby in a verge tree (“Swing and a roundabout”, June 2, 2018). The article incorrectly stated council approval was needed, but as long as rope ladders, swings, cubbies, seats, logs or rocks meet the city’s criteria…

HUGE overhauls are underway at the City of Perth as commissioners clean up the messy aftermath of a long-running civil war. Commissioner Andrew Hammond tabled a raft of motions at the last meeting, saying “these motions are very pivotal to our role as commissioners in being charged with restoring the City of Perth to good…

PERTH has a great opportunity to diversify its economy by giving arts businesses a helping hand, says the latest report from the Committee for Perth. While comparing and analysing Perth’s economic base, CfP research manager Lisa Kazalac identified the arts and recreation industry as one of the “bright lights” of the metropolitan area. “Whilst the…

THE City of Perth has warned people not to be duped by an email demanding payment for a fake parking infringement. A city spokesperson said they’d been “notified that several people have received a fraudulent email that appears to be an infringement notice from ‘City Council’.” The scam email claims the infringement is in relation…

BAYSWATER police are investigating why two dump trucks emptied their trailers of construction rubble onto the driveway of a home in Wyatt Street. The incident happened on Wednesday, May 30 at around 7.30pm and left the driveway and a wall damaged. There’s a big, empty wasteland just up Wyatt Road with little more than a…

PERTH-based Greens senator Rachel Siewert will submit a bill to federal parliament in August backing Fremantle council’s call for the Newstart allowance to be increased. Two weeks ago the southern suburbs council showed it hadn’t been silenced by the ticking off it got from the Turnbull government over shelving Australia Day celebrations, delving back into…

A NEW gallery in the old Bon Marche arcade due to open in August will help plug the gap for local emerging artists created by the closure of Moana gallery last November. Cool Change Contemporary is an artist-run initiative which will run a monthly program of  exhibitions as well as performances, screenings, workshops and events.…