BAYSWATER council bureaucrats have recommended selling the Maylands Autumn Centre, irking the Lions Club and Cr Catherine Ehrhardt. City officers say the seniors centre is too close to The RISE, which opened in 2011, and there is an oversupply of local facilities. They have recommended having one city-run seniors organisation operating out of existing centres…

BAYSWATER’S Claughton Reserve has one of the most architecturally stunning dunnies in the world, with artist Duncan Moon adding the final touches to the toilet block this week. It’s been just over a year since the local council committed $64,000 to the loo makeover, and the artist says it should be commended for taking a…

The Christmas lights are starting to go up and some homeowners are going the extra mile for Santa. We spotted this ripper on the corner of Albert Street and Tay Place in North Perth.

FORMER Voice editor Brian Mitchell, now the federal Labor MP for Lyons in Tasmania, got stuck into an ABC reporter telling him to “go and do your research, maggot”. As a journo, Brian “Brain” Mitchell was known for his fiery manner when grilling pollies (and junior journalists who forgot to ask critical questions). On Wednesday…

THE Virtual Busker is coming, playing tunes for a virtual penny. It’s an interactive audio-visual artwork by Roly Skender, co-produced by Revelation Perth International Film Festival, and it’ll feature violin performances by Elisa Siipola. The free installation will be projected onto the wall of the Murray Street Mall Commonwealth Bank from 7pm to 9pm through…

FREE clinics during the school holidays will teach kids how to fish down at Hinds Reserve in Bayswater. Run by Recfishwest and the local council, kids will learn about making the most of nature, safe fishing skills, and how to look after the environment while landing a whopper. Bayswater Mayor Dan Bull takes his kids…

VENOMOUS anti-gay comics are being letterboxed in North Perth. Last week the Voice reported that religious “tract” comics, by US-based fundamentalist Chick Publications, were being anonymously distributed to West Perth letterboxes. That comic had an inoffensive Jesus story, but a Voice reader from Palmerston Street says they’ve received a far more disturbing comic, featuring an…

LISA SCAFFIDI has successfully appealed some of the State Administrative Tribunal’s rulings against her. On November 30, the court of appeal overturned 26 of the 45 “serious breaches” of undeclared gifts and travel found against Ms Scaffidi by the three-member SAT panel. Many of the breaches that were overturned related to Ms Scaffidi travelling to…

PUT a lock on your letterbox because thieves are out stealing mail. As Christmas rolls around they’re probably looking for cards with cash in them, but it seems they often just grab everything and then sort through it later and throw out the boring bills. Bayswater councillor Catherine Ehrhardt was down at the Bardon Park…

PERTH federal MP Tim Hammond made an emotional parliamentary speech on marriage equality, paying tribute to his late gay sister-in-law and the many Western Australians who spent decades fighting for change. The marriage amendment was in front of the lower house this week and Mr Hammond said his views on the yes vote were formed…