THE WA Symphony Orchestra will make their Heath Ledger Theatre debut in the contemporary dance classic GLORIA. Originally created by legendary New Zealand dancer and choreographer Douglas Wright in 1990, GLORIA will feature Perth’s Co3 dance company and the ethereal voices of the St George’s Cathedral Consort, one of the top mixed-voice choirs in WA.…

A NEW apartment in the Perth CBD for under $350,000? No, the Voice hasn’t smoked some funny cigarettes, this Adelaide Terrace apartment is on the market for $345,000. Okay, it’s only a one bathroom studio, but it would be perfect for a FIFO worker or a professional working in the city. And long term it…

A VOLUNTARY tree protection register approved by Bayswater council has been dubbed a dud. Some tree-loving councillors reckon even they wouldn’t sign on to the register given the expense and onerous requirements. Six years in the making, the register would let people nominate a beloved significant tree on private land for protection.  Development on private…

A LONGSTANDING policy against nuclear power stations in Vincent will stay in place and the council will join the anti-nuke “Mayors for Peace” program.  Vincent council brought in the ban on nuclear materials in July 1995. It was one of the first acts of the newly formed council under inaugural mayor Jack Marks and for…

FUNDING for organisations that only hire church-going Christian chaplains is likely to come to an end at Bayswater council. Since 2011 Bayswater has paid Christian charity Youthcare $40,000 a year for chaplains at John Forrest Secondary College, Hampton Senior High School, Morley Senior High School and Maylands Peninsula Primary School.  Youthcare’s members are from 13…

MAYLANDS Peninsula Primary School parents have been in the national vanguard of a push to allow schools to hire secular welfare workers amidst concerns chaplaincy funding is discriminatory.  The school’s P&C surveyed parents in April and found 71 out of 80 supported “equal opportunity employment in public schools for every position, regardless of a person’s faith”.…

A GROUP of Orange Avenue and Hope Street residents in inner Perth are hoping to have their neighbourhood’s historic streetscape preserved. So far 16 landowners out of 29 lots have called on Vincent council to apply a “Character Area” classification over their streets. It’s not as strict as a heritage listing and would still allow…

BAYSWATER councillors have opted not to cut back on free pre-meeting dinners in order to fund subsidised podiatry treatments for seniors. In July a divided council narrowly approved a budget sprinkled with contentious moneysaving cuts like axing a $120,000 childhood immunisation clinic, while $20,000 was also saved by cutting funding to subsidised podiatry services at the Bayswater…

PRIDE WA is to relocate its headquarters to Northbridge Piazza. As the Voice foreshadowed after the cat was inadvertently let out of the bag during recent council discussions, the organisation has been negotiating a move into the city (“Wounded Pride forgives Perth,” Voice, July 30, 2022). It’s now been confirmed Pride’s moving out of its long-time HQ…

A LONGING for the rough and tumble of the WAFL’s wild days has seen crowds pack out a West Perth microcinema to watch highlights of classic local footy games recovered from decades-old VHS tapes.  Two dedicated WAFL afficionados – Sean Cowan who has an impressive collection of memorabilia and game footage, and Ian Hale who…