A 52-YEAR-OLD man was admitted to hospital after being brutally beaten at Yokine bowling club on a Sunday afternoon. Shane Manners was relaxing in the club when a man and woman entered the bar around 5pm to try to buy “shooters”. The barman refused to serve them as they weren’t members or with guests, so…

  THIEVES have nicked a mobility-impaired man’s electric bike, robbing him of his primary means of getting around. East Perth man Ves Gorecki’s right leg was injured last year, leaving him unable to drive or walk more than short distances. “I cannot drive a car, my leg is not functioning,” he says. “I cannot [drive]…

A POLICE crackdown on synthetic drugs sold in Perth has left users few options for their next fix. The Voice understands raids last week targeted Joynt Venture and adult stores in Perth, with stocks of synthetic cannabis removed. The blitz follows charges laid last month against a 15-year-old boy who’d allegedly supplied four boarding school…

NORTHBRIDGE neighbours came together last weekend with international street artists to spruce up their laneway between Moir and Lake Streets. The laneway has been hit hard by tagger vandals nearly every night: resident David McLoughlin noticed a wall with a mural never seemed to get tagged. “I’ve been there four or five years, and there’s…

VINCENT councillors have turned down an opportunity to hire Belgian street artist Roa to paint a toilet block in Birdwood Square. Roa’s in Perth for Form’s Public: Art in the City project, and the chance came along to pay him $15,000 to paint one of his world-famous animal murals (the price is half his usual…

EIGHTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD volunteer Max Lurie has been shortlisted as a finalist in the 2014 community champions award. For nine years he has recruited volunteers to refurbish discarded computers and sent them to children in developing countries. Over the past 10 years the group has delivered more than 2000 PCs to orphanages, schools and charity organisations throughout…

A CLOTHING BIN operator will donate $100,000 to charity and issue a public apology after conceding he may have misled the public. E’Co Australia has settled supreme court legal action taken by WA’s consumer protection commissioner, which claimed director Mark Brian Keay had engaged in misleading conduct and unfair trade practices. The commission launched the…

AN outspoken critic of Vincent city council is having his premises investigated for illegal building works installed 20 years ago—more than a decade before he moved in. Stuart Lofthouse, who operates Greens & Co on Oxford Street, is a regular and vocal attendee of council meetings. He claims council processes lack transparency and that the…

STIRLING residents face higher parking fines and fewer free bays after the council rubber-stamped a new policy Tuesday night. The update of six-year-old parking laws sees many $60 parking penalties increased to $80, including failure to pay at a metered bay and parking when a meter has expired. The penalty for parking in a clearway…

ABOUT $24,000 of Perth ratepayers’ hard-earned is set to be spent sending city councillor James Limnios and infrastructure director Doug Forster to a Copenhagen summit. The money covers business class flights, accommodation, and “appropriate travel expenses”. They’re heading to Denmark in May to attend the International Cleantech Network summit, provided the PCC’s submission on redeveloping…