THIS week’s tale from the City of Vincent Local History Centre looks at Bulwer Plaza, where an artist’s delve into the plaza’s past led to deeper exploration into the area’s far older history and connections. BUILT in 1923, the buildings on the corner of Bulwer and Lake streets, Bulwer Plaza, with their distinctive architectural Anglo…

POSTAL elections are a failed experiment and it’s time to go back to in-person voting, according to veteran Stirling councillor Elizabeth Re. Letting people mail in their ballots was originally intended to boost voter turnout but it’s been hampered by issues like ballots going missing or even being stolen and submitted with fraudulent votes. A…

AN ASSAULT spree at Kings Park on Saturday August 27 saw police called and a man arrested on charges of attacking three children and three adults. The first call to police came at 10.25am and several more followed in the minutes after, all complaining of one man’s behaviour. It’s been alleged he approached and physically…

FOLLOWING extensive consultation and several committee discussions the new City of Bayswater skate park will be named “The City of Bayswater Skate Park”. The new park is at Wotton Reserve and is partly made up of features moved from the old skate and BMX park on the other side of the reserve, which had to…

THE CBD is always looking for more “activation” but it got a bit too hot to handle on Sunday August 28 when police shut down an overcrowded meet-and-greet with a social media star. Queensland-based risqué internet model Anna Paul was at an event to launch her collection for clothing brand Stax in the Hay Street…

TWO artists separated by a century are the nexus of a new curation “dis/possession” at the Art Gallery of WA opening this week. German-born artist Hans Heysen’s Droving into the Light depicts a drover moving sheep down a dusty sunbathed track, and was composed across seven years from 1914 to 1921 when Australia was a…

A DOG has been poisoned at the off-leash exercise park at Bayswater’s Riverside Gardens. Bayswater council has now increased ranger patrols in the area, and people are advised to contact the RSPCA’s cruelty hotline on 1300 278 3589 to report any information about the baiter.  Dog owners are advised to watch for signs of poisoning…

LOCAL homeless support charity Short Back & Sidewalks gave out its 7000th free haircut on Monday this week (August 29). “What started as a few folk heading into car parks in Northbridge on weekends has now grown national and we’re extremely proud to be positively impacting the life of our 7000th client,” SB&SW founder Craig…

MARITIME historian Daniel A Elias has struck gold after his call-out for memorabilia relating to industrial relations on Western Australia’s docks (“Appeal for port history,” Voice, August 20, 2022). The UWA honours student is looking into how the tensions between labour organisations such as the Lumpers Union, stevedoring companies and government bodies helped shape today’s maritime…

FEW sports combine athleticism, grace and courage like diving.  Divers never fail to mesmerise us with their skills and strength during the Olympic or Commonwealth Games.  However, we rarely see or experience diving up close in local pools anymore.  HBF Stadium in Claremont is one of the few pools in Perth to still have a…