A VOICE reader targeted by international scammers wants to warn others of a diabolical scheme preying on Perth men looking for a date. The scheme extorts victims out of thousands of dollars by threatening to send intimate videos of them to their family and friends. The blackmailers connect with their targets on online dating platforms…

BROADCASTER and author Sandra Ramini-Harris says society needs to redefine its notion of ageing, saying older people are being sidelined despite the wealth of experience they have. The Perth resident, whose illustrious career included interviewing John Lennon and Yoko One while sharing a bed with them during a peace lie-in, has just written her fourth…

VINCENT Men’s Shed has celebrated its 10th birthday and renamed to Vincent Community Shed so everyone knows they are welcome to join. Unlike the stricter men-only outfits, the Vincent shed has always been open to women since it started up in 2013.  It  has some female members on the books, but a typical day at…

A HEFTY new apartment complex with shops and a tavern is planned for the North Perth stretch of Charles Street. Developers are hoping to get approval for double the standard height allowance. The seven-storey $35million proposal would include 59 residential apartments, 15 units specialised for disability or aged care, and 42 micro co-living units for…

A MERGING of musical genres is planned for this year’s City of Bayswater community concert with hip hoppers, jazz players, swing singers and Indigenous artists sharing a stage for the night. There’ll be soulful numbers from Noongar duo Gina Williams and Guy Ghouse, hip-hop from Noongar/Jingili artist ZERO Emcee, and a jazzy streak from Lucy…

PERTH songwriter, musician and architect Amir Mishkin says there must have been an angel “orchestrating behind the veil” to give him the chance to write the soundtrack for a documentary about his famed great-great grandfather. Mishkin-Qalam was considered the greatest calligrapher of 19th century Persia (now modern-day Iraq), but his conversion to the Baha’i faith…

YOU’VE almost certainly seen artist JD Penangke’s work. Her murals sprawl across buildings, bus stops, fences, sports team shirts and school uniforms, but this week she’s stepping outside of her commissioned work for her first ever solo show. JD Penangke is the nom-de-arte of young Boorloo/Perth artist Jade Dolman, who is Whadjuk/Ballardong Nyoongar on her…

A GRIM record was set over the holidays with the highest ever number of people attending Mission Australia’s Christmas Lunch for homeless people in Wellington Square. It was a turnout that organisers see as a dire sign of the housing and cost-of-living crisis. 2023 marked the 48th lunch run on Christmas day by Mission Australia…

THE divorce has been finalised between Fringe World Festival and their former fossil fuel funder Woodside. It follows a years-long campaign by artists and climate activists who pressured Fringe organisers to sever the relationship. In recent years activists have staged impromptu performances, collected petitions, held protests, and even conducted a 50-hour long reading of the…

PERTH city has seen “the biggest New Years Eve in a decade” with Perth council crowing over a turnout of up to 50,000 people in the city on December 31. It follows a record-breaking spend in the lead up to Christmas, with figures showing city spending was up 25 per cent in November 2023 compared…