DARRYL MOORE and Alannah MacTiernan see eye to eye at last — they’ll both be disappointed with last weekend’s Liberal preselection decision for the federal seat of Perth. The party’s candidate in 2013, he had hoped to get the nod for this year and retiring Labor MP MacTiernan had hoped he would too. But no,…

THOUSANDS of small dead fish have been found near Lake Monger, floating together in vast rafts of rotting flesh in the waterway between the lake and Mitchell Freeway. The stench hung heavy in the air as another species — larger and darker — weaved through the corpses, competing with birds to nibble at the dead.…

IT’S not the thing you expect to hear from one of Perth’s heritage experts but Richard Offen describes the thoroughly modern glass-clad exterior of the new city of Perth library, in the midst of historic Cathedral Square, as “the heritage of the future”. While many might picture heritage buffs as pernickety fusspots complaining a building’s…

WA police pipe band is turning 50, and to celebrate it will organise a Ceilidh and additional performances.The band, which performed in the Royal Edingbrough Military Tattoo in Melbourne just a few weeks ago, will hold a dinner and dance on April 8 to raise funds for future performances. The event will include a meal…

POSTPONUS AGEISTUS! Adult Pottermaniacs desperate to attend a Harry Potter day reserved for children have cast a spell, causing the event to be postponed so organisers can figure out how to cater to a wider age group. The City of Perth library vastly underestimated the legion of grown up Harry fans dead-keen to get into…

BAYSWATER council is finally showing commitment to greening its city, says councillor Chris Cornish. At the annual autumn festival last weekend the council handed out 3000 native plants. “There was a dozen choices, from up to two-metre high trees to ground cover,” Cr Cornish told the Voice. “There was a big focus on plants and…

RIGHT now any business owner wanting to liven up their footpath with a pot plant and a bench within the City of Vincent must apply for a licence and pay $73 a year. Likewise, setting up an outdoor eating area comes with a stack of paperwork and fees. Mayor John Carey wants that to change:…

APPROVAL of a seven-storey apartment block in King William Street faces a legal challenge from Bayswater city council. The 27-unit block was controversially approved by the local development assessments panel. In a 5-4 vote the council decided Tuesday to seek legal advice regarding an appeal. Locals are split on the project. An action group opposed…

A DOZEN activists from environmental group 350 Perth unexpectedly showed up to Vincent’s elected member briefing session this week, imploring councillors to pull council investments out of coal-supporting portfolios. Named for the target of CO2 in the atmosphere of 350ppm needed to preserve the biosphere, group spokesperson Rachel Bott said certain banks were contributing to…

LAST week’s front page story “Gran sues over asbestos mess” contained several inaccuracies. Dawn Taylor was not fined $12,000 by Bayswater council, but was issued a work order to clean the mess left by others who removed a shed from a property she was managing. She does faces penalties if she doesn’t comply but they…