THE finest artworks of the Renaissance meets the best of internet meme culture in WTF Renaissance. Part of the upcoming Perth Fringe Festival, the exhibition takes the most stately, dignified, finest works of the renaissance and warps them with 21st century captions, with an ethos of “old paintings, new captions, total nonsense”. The project was…

PROMINENT Perth urban planner Linley Lutton died January 7, aged 64. In recent times he was best known as the lead campaigner against the Elizabeth Quay development, as part of the City Gatekeepers movement. Prior to that he had a long and varied career as an architect, urban planner, and was former chair of the…

THE local government department has announced a new inquiry into gift and sponsorship arrangements at the City of Perth and Joondalup councils. The inquiry follows probity audits at a number of metro and regional councils, and these two were flagged because of the sheer “volume, value and nature” of freebies given through sponsorship arrangements. The…

Museum focuses on soldier with a message ARTIST and soldier Reginald James Walters completed his apprenticeship as a signwriter in 1913—a year later war broke out. By 1915 he was serving with 10th Australian Light Horse in the Egyptian desert, having joined the 12th Reinforcements before they sailed from Fremantle. Trained in art and drawing…

IS Mt Hawthorn local Jessica Harlond-Kenny a twit for choosing a puppet show over a holiday in Ireland? Well actually, yes, she is. The seasoned puppeteer plays a series of characters in a razztwizzling adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The Twits, including the cantankerous Mrs Twit. It’s Spare Parts Puppet Theatre’s world premier of the jumpswiffling…

AN anonymous email in 2014 warned numerous staff at community radio station RTRFM about predatory behaviour by influential presenter Dave Cutbush, but it went nowhere. Cutbush, RTR’s director of music until 2010 and presenter until 2015, was this week stripped of his 2012 Golden WA Music Industry award as a result of long-running sexual misconduct…

THE Corruption and Crime Commission says conflicting evidence makes it impossible to determine whether Perth councillor James Limnios attempted to bribe colleague Reece Harley not to run for deputy lord mayor. The CCC also dismissed an allegation of misconduct against Cr Harley, with Cr Limnios’s complaint being described as “selective and misleading”. Cr Harley gave…

THE latest CCC report into Perth city council reveals a culture of distrust, “mischief,” and bullying tactics. The report reveals that someone provided “mischievous” information to the press, leading to “media publicity affecting” the outcome of the committee and deputy mayoral elections in October. The week of the council meeting to decide committee positions, several…

PERTH’S Immigration Centre was forced to close for six hours on Tuesday, when a woman dressed as Santa locked her hand into a concrete barrel in the foyer. Santa was joined by up to 30 helpers protesting against the treatment of refugees on Manus Island. Refugee Rights Action Network spokesperson Michelle Bui says the Australian…

A PET cat is recovering after being shot by a bow and arrow in Bayswater on Sunday. Fable Goldsmith found her injured cat, Vincent, in the back yard of their Percy Street house, and rushed him to the vet where he was given antibiotics. Ms Goldsmith told the Voice on Tuesday that Vincent was convalescing…