WILLIAM STREET art space Paper Mountain hosts its annual art auction with the opening night this Friday August 4. Paper Mountain’s been running since 2011 providing a space for local artists to showcase their work and develop their talent. Dozens of artists including Andy Quilty, Nathan Beard and Jo Darvall have donated works to raise…

HOMELESSNESS WEEK runs from August 7 – 13, and apart from giving a donation to any of the noble charities providing succour to people on the streets, there’s a few activities you can take part in. Head to http://www.shelterwa.org.au/homelessness_week to have a look at the program of events. Meanwhile, the Voice presents part 1 of…

With 16 commissioned artworks and more than 150 events, the City of Perth Winter Arts Season is a sure-fire way to beat the blues and get your imagination fired up during the cooler months. Enjoying a fourth birthday treat in the city with snapper dad Steve this week, Charlotte Ashton-Grant ugged up to catch the…

VINCENT council adopted its new budget on Tuesday with a modest 2.7 per cent rate increase — unless you’re on the minimum. For the third year running the council gave the bottom rung an almost double-digit hike which mayor Emma Cole says just about brings it into line with surrounding councils. Ms Cole says the…

AFTER eight years as a Vincent councillor, the zany and idiosyncratic Matt Buckels has announced he won’t be re-contesting his seat at the October elections. First elected in 2009, he added a cheeky turn of phrase and an independent streak to a historically Labor-heavy council. “I honestly think that I’ve played a real part of…

BUSINESS is going to the dogs in Vincent thanks to an updated local law approved by the council this week. The council has cut a long-standing section of its Dog Act banning pooches from going into shops—providing they aren’t an indoor cafe—and may use the initiative to promote the city as a mutt-friendly shopping destination,…

NORTHBRIDGE resident Leo Treasure is on a mission to ban tonal reversing alarms on forklifts and trucks. There’s a push overseas to switch to broadband alarms (otherwise known as “white noise”) that can only be heard by those directly in line of a reversing vehicle, and Mr Treasure’s just created an online petition and website…

THE president of the Maylands Ratepayers and Residents Association Elli Petersen-Pik will run for Bayswater council at the local government elections in October. Mr Petersen-Pik is targeting the south ward seat held by John Rifici, who after one four-year term has had enough and is not recontesting his position on October 21. In 2014 the…

HAVING been chosen to toll the bells announcing the deaths of Winston Churchill and Harold Holt as a youngster in Adelaide, Ian McLeod can certainly claim a long history of ringing. Now the chair of the Bell Tower, he’s still passionate about campanology and says there was quite a protocol to ringing the bell to…

KYILLA PARK is to get a new sculpture, with North Perth artist Desmond Mah donating his contribution to this year’s Sculptures by the Sea. Homo Sapiens Sapiens (Carp Motifs) was made from steel, and explores a migrant’s view of Australia. Mah says the sculpture also aims to raise questions about racial tolerance and cultural acceptance…