WE don’t normally review homes outside of Voiceland, but this Bicton house was such a jaw-dropping masterpiece, we just had to let our readers in on it.
I’ve reviewed a lot of homes over the years, including a swag of big show ponies, but this is on another level altogether; from corner-to-corner every room is packed with the finest-quality materials, and they’re all finished to perfection. The vendor, a builder by trade, spent 18 months with his designer fine-tuning its 500sqm of living space, then another two-and-a-half years building it.
“This was like putting a jigsaw puzzle together,” he says of the home’s complex construction, explaining why the next owner’s not getting some tilt-up same-old, same-old.
“I’m not a fan of contemporary homes that lack warmth, texture or whatever you want to call it – there’s no soul – and I wanted to create something timeless.”
Insipiration
So he turned to The Hamptons on Long Island for inspiration and went for broke.
Half of what ended up being a four-bedroom home was imported to ensure it was as authentic as possible, from the doors on the garage to the brass cuppola on the roof.
Others were sourced from around the world; there’s stunning English wallpaper used sparingly, and to beautiful effect, in various rooms. It’s a very cool Long Island white elsewhere, so the touches of colour are very eye-catching.
I also have to mention the dog bone basketweave mosaic tiling in the main bedroom’s ensuite, the second bathroom and the laundry downstairs. It was custom-made for this house and its intricacy and beauty is just astounding. The tiler who had ensure the tiny pieces were straight has either white line fever now or nerves of steel.
I was surprised by how warm and inviting the house was, which is testament to the owner’s attempts to capture the cottagey feeling of The Hamptons.
The hub is the huge open plan kitchen/dining/lounge area where light streams through banks of windows overlooking John Dickenson reserve across the road.
Huge swathes of carrara marble form the benchtops in the kitchen, which also feature s a huge gas burner and enough built-in cabinetry to house any appliance you could think of. You could host a party in the walk-in pantry.
This house is something special — as the owner says, he’s hoping that in 50 years time whoever holds the key would be more interested in renovating than knocking it down; this one’s a keeper.
Revelation Perth International Film Festival 2017 is set to be the biggest festival to date as it celebrates 20 years of bringing the most adventurous signature-driven international independent cinema to Western Australian audiences.
Revelation Perth International Film Festival will bring over 200 films from 30 different countries to Perth from July 6 – July 19. There are many events catered for families during the school holidays including a handful of free screenings.
EVENT – Opening Night: Becoming Bond Synopsis:Becoming Bond
tells the story of George
Lazenby, the Australian
James Bond. From his early career as a mechanic to
taking on one of the most iconographic roles in film, Lazenby’s biography is a larger than
life tale of chance, risk, and opportunity. Why I’m excited: It’s not every day you get to rub shoulders with James Bond himself. Lazenby will attend the opening night after party before a series of Q&A screenings throughout the festival which is a real treat for festival goers.
DOCUMENTARY – 78/52 Synopsis: 78/52 is a fascinating exploration of the artistic, aesthetic, and culture aspects of the famous shower scene from Psycho. Why I’m excited: In my opinion there is no greater teacher of the language of cinema than ol’ Hitch which makes this a must see for film students and film buffs alike. Casaba.
FEATURE FILM – Patti Cake$ Synopsis: Patti Cake$ – real name Patricia Dombrowski – dreams of making it as a rapper but things are stacked against her. Why I’m excited: Australian actress Danielle Macdonald has
caused quite a stir in Hollywood since this film’s world premiere at Sundance. I can’t wait to see her in her first leading feature film role.
LOCAL FILM – Watch the Sunset Synopsis: Watch The Sunset tells the story of Danny (director Barr) an ex-con and his small – and rightly terrified – family, over one brutal afternoon. Why I’m excited: Filmed in one take! Nothing gets me more
excited than daring filmmakers determined to break boundries.
SHORT FILM Get Your Shorts On There are far too many short films screening during this year’s Revelation to choose just one that I’m looking forward to but you can’t go past this showcase of locally made shorts. Why I’m excited: I’ve said it for years; West Australians make the best short films with some of the finest examples screened each year during Get YourShorts On.
by MATTHEW EELES
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Nothing lazy about this indie gem Lazybones Directed by Michael Jones Written by Caitlin Farrugia and Michael Jones Starring Jackson Tozer, Fabiana Weiner, Troy Larkin,
Eva Seymour, Tegan Crowley, Francis Greenslade and Maude Davey
Tegan Crowley and Jackson Tozer in Lazybones.
I t’s hard not to compare the structure of Michael Jones’ Lazybones to that of 90’s TV phenomenon, Seinfeld. At its core it’s a film about nothing, while each of its chapters are broken up with a belly laugh-inducing standup comedy routine. Director Jones has juxtaposed the format and the increasingly popular mumblecore movement with flawless precision.
Ben (Jackson Tozer) is an Uber driver by day and spends his nights performing standup comedy at half empty clubs in inner city Melbourne. His life is far from admirable and his sheer laziness as a human being is having a severe effect on his love life and career. His friends are no better. Best friend, Lucy (Fabiana Weiner), is constantly contemplating her future with her current squeeze, while brother Troy (Troy Larkin) is coming off a heavy breakup with his boyfriend. None of these characters can seem to move forward, and are all making very little effort to do so. Lazybones is a performance driven film and its young cast of newcomers are all incredible. As it was in last year’s Joe Cinque’s Consolation, Tozer’s performance as the sweet and funny Ben is effortlessly brilliant and arguably award-worthy. His natural ability to improvise his lines and keep long, dialogue driven scenes flowing is such a joy to watch. It’s a pity though that the other two main characters, Lucy and Troy, aren’t fleshed out more. Their character
development would have been welcome during some lulls in the middle of the film. It’s also worth mentioning the performances of the two older leads, Maude Davey and Francis Greenslade as Ben’s parents. It’s criminal how underused these two are as actors in contemporary Australian cinema.
Without ever becoming too political or too topical, Lazybones is an accurate portrayal of modern life for a large portion of Australian 20-somethings. It’s a highly enjoyable watch and one of the finest
examples of low-budget, independent filmmaking we’ve seen in years. Lazybones is screening at this year’s Rev. Details at http://www.revelationfilmfest.org
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World premiere for one-shot wonder Watch The Sunset will have its world premiere at this year’s Revelation Perth International Film Festival.
Co-directed by Tristan Barr and Michael Gosden, Watch The Sunset is the first Australian feature film to be shot in just one take.
The Australian crime drama follows ex-bikie Danny Biaro who is trying to reunite his broken
family torn apart by Danny’s devastating drug addiction. Watch the Sunset dives head first into a world fueled by drugs, violence and a fight for redemption.
“We’re very humbled and excited to premiere Watch the Sunset at the Revelation Perth International Film Festival, being one of the best if not the top independent film events in Australia,” Barr told the Herald.
“To be amongst the mix of edgy nonconformist films that have been showcased over the last 20 years, and an array of talented directors that have emerged from the festival, we are stoked to be given the
platform,” Barr continued.
Motivated to shine a spotlight on Australia’s crystal meth epidemic and the drug’s impact on the country’s regional communities, Watch The Sunset is an intense collaborative effort and a true accomplishment for a small group of dedicated filmmakers including Barr (writer, director, producer and actor), Gosden (writer, producer, director and actor), Chelsea Zeller (writer and actor), and Damien Lipp (producer and director of photography). It also stars Zia Zantis-Vinycomb and Annabelle Williamson.
Guests from the film will take part in special Q&A screenings of Watch The Sunset during this year’s
Revelation Perth International Film Festival in both Perth and Fremantle.
Details at revelationfilmfest.org.au.
DESPITE more public health campaigns about the importance of women going for pap smears, the number of cases of gynaecological cancers are not falling, says oncologist Dr Serena Sia.
Regular pap tests are key in the fight against cervical cancer, but many women still neglect their two yearly check-up, or are from a low socio-economic background and unable to make screening a priority.
Armed with new evidence and better technology, the government is launching a new cervical screening program in December it hopes will improve early detection and help save more lives.
While the current pap test can detect abnormal cell changes, the new cervical screening test will detect the human papillomavirus virus that can cause the abnormal cell changes, prior to the development of cancer.
• CT scan of a patient undergoing brachytherapy for cervical cancer, showing the expected radiation dose delivered to the tumour site.
Under the new program, the two yearly pap smear for women aged 18 to 69 will be replaced by a five yearly papillomavirus test for women aged 25 to 74.
The government says that screening women under 25, for the last 20 years, has not reduced the rates of cervical cancer in that age group and that treating abnormalities that normally resolve themselves can lead to pregnancy complications in later life.
Women will be due for the first cervical screening two years after their last pap test.
For those unfortunate enough to have already developed a gynaecological cancer, surgery is not inevitable, and many tumours can be treated with non-invasive, external beam radiotherapy.
Dr Sia says the treatment is mostly used for cervix and endometrial cancer (lining of the uterus).
“If the cancer is picked up very early, then surgery is the preferred option, but if it’s picked up afterwards then radiation therapy in combination with chemo is usually used, because surgery would mean removing lots of surrounding tissue,” she says.
“In addition, there are some cancers like vulva and vagina, where because of the location, surgery would be devastating and involve removing the organ, so in that case, we use radiotherapy at an early stage too.
“Each radiotherapy session lasts only ten minutes and normally takes place over five weeks.”
Genesis Cancer Care is the only WA clinic to use the ground-breaking brachytherapy to treat cervix cancer, where an applicator inserted into the uterus delivers a high burst of concentrated radiation.
“Lots of studies have shown that if you combine the external radiotherapy with the brachy treatment, there is a higher survival rate,” says Dr Sia.
“It’s a very effective complementary treatment.”
Dr Sia says the three cancers she treats the most are cervix, ovarian and womb (uterus), while vulva and vagina cancer are also seen, but less common.
What is Genital Cosmetic surgery (GCS)? Female genital cosmetic surgery covers several different procedures that women undergo for a variety of reasons. It is sometimes also referred to as vaginal rejuvenation. The procedures can include: Labiaplasty – Surgery to the labia minora (inner lips) and less frequently, the labia majora (outer lips), which involves reducing the size of the inner lips so they do not protrude below the outer lips. Some women have labiaplasty because their labia causes them chafing, irritation and also limits their participation in activities such as bike or horse riding. Contraindication: This is contraindicated for women who have a gynaecological problem, such as infection or a cancer. Vaginal Tightening (vaginoplasty) – Childbirth can overstretch the vagina, reducing tone and strength. Childbirth can also result in vaginal & uterine prolapse and urinary incontinence which can be corrected during this procedure. This procedure can revitalise the sexual experience for women and their partners.
Perineoplasty – Reconstruction of the perineal area to restore and tighten the malformed tissues of the region. Quite often perineoplasty is done together with vaginal tightening. Clitoral Phimosis – Clitoral phimosis occurs when there is scarring of the clitoris that it is partially or completely ‘buried’. This painful condition can be the result of blunt trauma, chronic infection, or poor hygiene. Clitoral hood reduction combined with labiaplasty is required for this condition when conservative measures fail. Hence, this should not be considered a cosmetic procedure. Clitoral hood reduction – Reduction of the hood of skin which surrounds the clitoris, exposing the glans (or head) of the clitoris that lies underneath. A clitoral hood reduction is aimed at providing more stimulation, therefore, heightening a woman’s sexual pleasure. G-spot augmentation – Involves injecting a substance such as collagen into the g-spot in order to enhance its size and, therefore, theoretically also a woman’s sexual pleasure. The effects lasts 3-4 months on average. Hymenoplasty – Reconstruction of the hymen, predominantly performed for religious or cultural reasons.
What are the risks and complications of GCS? GCS carries with it the associated risks of surgery, such as reaction to anaesthetic, bleeding, infection and scarring. Other risks of GCS include: wound breakdown; pain during sex; nerve damage; loss of sensation; labia asymmetry and blood clots. For treatment enquiries, please contact Dr. A S Arun MD DNB CCST, FRCOG, FRANZCOG Waikiki Specialist Centre – 221 Wilmott Drive, Waikiki Tel: 08 9550 0300,
Fax: 08 9592 9830
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It is a new systematic approach to lifting facial contours using carefully formulated injection points for dermal filler, which are proven to elevate, rejuvenate and enhance, delivering natural-looking results and greatly benefiting the patient, also ultimately using less product.
“This technique focuses on treating the cause, instead of the problem area,” says Sherilee. “So the benefits to patients is far greater and they receive the optimum and long-lasting results from their treatment in a more cost effective way.”
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PERTH MP John Carey has torn strips off Perth lord mayor Lisa Scaffidi’s council allies, describing their cosy relationship with the former Liberal state government as a “protection racket”.
While debating a bill on Wednesday to have councils audited by the auditor general, Mr Carey singled out Perth as an example of why codes of conduct need strengthening.
He named Ms Scaffidi’s allies one by one; “Lily Chen, failed Liberal candidate; Janet Davidson, failed Liberal candidate; Judy McEvoy, former staffer to Julie Bishop; Jim Adamos, fundraiser for Eleni Evangel; and Keith Yong, aspiring Liberal candidate.
“The majority of the council is run by Liberals who oppose abolishing alfresco fees, who kept the media gag and who oppose media transparency,” said Mr Carey.
“The Liberal party should be ashamed. It is no wonder that the former premier of WA said nothing about someone with 45 cases of serious misconduct,” Mr Carey said, referring to Ms Scaffidi’s ongoing case in front of the State Administrative Tribunal. “Why? That is because it was a protection racket. The Liberals were protecting their own. That is what it was about.”
Mr Carey says suggestions from unaligned councillors get shot down.
“I genuinely want the City of Perth to do well, but I want it to open itself up to new ideas and have an open culture that embraces other ideas and says ‘we’re not the smartest people in the room; we want to embrace what the small business sector is saying about alfresco fees; we want an open media policy; we want to consider changes to parking’.”
“However, if it does not come from that group [Ms Scaffidi’s allies], it will not be considered, and I find that poor local government, on both sides—whether it is a Labor council or a Liberal council.
“I was always open in admitting that I was a member of the Labor party, but I ran as myself, and so did everyone else on the Vincent council.”
A MAYLANDS restauranteur says UberEats’ high charges could send him broke if he signed up to the service.
UberEats deliverers, with cube-shaped backpacks, have become a common sight in the inner-city, with more than 300 restaurants signed-up, and other restaurants using rival services like Deliveroo.
Francesco Deiana runs Café Pizzeria Amore Mio and says he wouldn’t mind paying the $750 sign-up fee, but claims the 35 per cent charge per order, plus $7 delivery charge, would cripple his business.
The UberEats website is full of success stories of restaurants getting great results and increasing their sales, but Mr Deiana says the cost is too much for a small business.
• Francesco Deiana and Aury Elmendorp at his Maylands pizzeria. Pizza on the left is what he currently serves and the one on the right is what customers would be left with if he signed-up to UberEats. Photo by Steve Grant
He says to go with UberEats he’d have to raise the price of pizzas from $20 to $34, or “buy super cheap, very low cost sauce with lots of preservatives, and very rubbish mozzarella”.
“To sell a good quality product like we do, we have to respect at least this ratio: one third of the price is food cost, one third is staff, one third is rent, bills, GST…each one of this third given to Uber Eats makes any business fail, unless they drastically reduce the quality of the food or increase the price of each item by 35 per cent, with the consequence of not making them affordable for many.
“We want to keep the quality of our ingredients high and the pizzas affordable.”
When UberEats launched in October last year it already had 75 restaurants signed up, and now they’ve got over 300 on-board and deliver to 40 suburbs.
Florist Stacey Lenstra from Northbridge’s Beans & Bunches agrees, saying “Big companies like Uber Eats and Interflora who take a 30 per cent cut really affects small business. Shop local, shop small, and keep great pizza and flowers in your hood.”
THE heavy machinery has fired up again at the D’Orazio family-owned block next to the Eric Singleton Bird Sanctuary.
Workers at the Bayswater site are under strict orders not to speak about what’s going on.
• No comment: workers at the D’Orazio family-owned site were under orders not to speak to locals. Photo supplied
When resident Giorgia Johnson approached one of the workers, he wouldn’t speak to her, instead holding up a sign with phone numbers for Bayswater council and a PR firm the developers have hired.
The state government ordered a halt to the work last year after community outcry when several trees were felled on the neighbouring Carter family’s wetland-covered block.
Work’s now started up again to stabilise the D’Orazio-owned block, and it’ll then be left to settle for 12 months before any potential building work takes place.
IN the wake of the tragic Grenfell Tower fire in London, Bayswater councillor Chris Cornish has called for an audit of the city’s high-rise buildings to see if they contain the highly flammable aluminium composite cladding.
The cladding is banned in the USA and parts of Europe and is about $5 cheaper per square metre than the fire resistant alternative.
Outfitting the whole Grenfell Tower with the fire resistant version would’ve cost an extra $8000 and could have saved at least 79 lives—$101 per life.
In his first meeting with new Bayswater council CEO Andrew Brien, Cr Cornish asked staff to find out if the highly flammable cladding was used in the city.
“All local councils should be looking at their high-rise buildings for this cladding,” he says.
Cr Cornish noted that similar cladding contributed to the spread of a fire in the Melbourne suburb, Docklands, in 2014.
Builders Collective of Australia president Phil Dwyer was on 3AW radio this week warning homebuyers not to purchase any apartment with combustable cladding.
“Don’t buy it, don’t take the risk, it’s just not worth it,” he says.
“This product is so flammable, it’s like a firecracker or like a flare.
“It basically explodes and the heat is enormous.”
We asked Stirling, Perth and Vincent councils if they had plans to check their high rise buildings for this cladding.
Vincent CEO Len Kosova said, “we understand the WA Building Commission will be undertaking an audit for this purpose” and they’ll work with them to carry that out.
Cr Cornish says says councils should “not wait around for state or federal governments to act”.
LAWYERS for the Local Government Department are calling for a six-month suspension for lord mayor Lisa Scaffidi for not declaring travel and gift contributions.
Their request for a hefty penalty was based on Ms Scaffidi doling out blame to others and their contention that she could commit the same breaches again.
Ms Scaffidi’s lawyer Steven Penglis asked for any suspension to be suspended, which would mean delayed indefinitely, because the breaches were due to carelessness and not scurrilous intent.
The three-member State Administrative Tribunal hearing the case retired to consider the penalty, and no date’s been set for them to hand down their decision.
In the meantime Ms Scaffidi is appealing the SAT’s finding of breaches in the supreme court.
NEW Vincent councillor Jonathan Hallett has asked for the city’s gender pay gap to be included in the city’s annual reports.
The difference between men’s and women’s average full time earnings is about 20 per cent in the private sector and 12 per cent in the public sector, according to the government’s Workplace Gender Equality Agency.
The gap hasn’t significantly narrowed in the past 20 years and it’s worse in WA than in the rest of Australia.
Cr Hallett says legislation requires companies with more than 100 employees to report their gender pay gap, and since Vincent has more than 400, it should have the same level of accountability.
• Cr Jonathan Hallett wants to find out if Vincent council has a gender pay gap issue. Photo by Steve Grant
Cr Hallett, a lecturer at Curtin Univeristy, says: “I work in research, and it’s really hard to address things unless you have good information about it, so getting local governments to report on workforce profiles is a good way to analyse if there are issues.”
Vincent council CEO Len Kosova supports the move and has begun analysing the city’s workforce gender pay data with a view to including it in this year’s annual report.
He says the city plans to introduce “a new, contemporary workforce plan that will include measures and future targets relating to employee mix, including gender”.
Low-paying
Cr Hallett wants to go a step further and make the reporting of the gender pay gap mandatory for all local governments.
Men’s Rights Activists often dismiss the gender pay gap as a myth, or claim it’s because women choose easy, low-paying jobs, or are too meek to ask for pay rises.
But research by Harvard University found that if women attempted to negotiate their salary during interviews, they’re more likely to viewed as non-team players, while men who negotiate are viewed by employers as “bold leaders”.
Women also have problems just getting an interview: in a study by recruitment firm Hays, they sent out 1000 identical resumes—half with a male name and half with a female name—and found that the men were more likely to get interviews.
Cr Hallett says that company culture plays a big part too, and if an industry doesn’t have many female role models it’s less likely to attract women.
There’s a dearth of women in top executive jobs that skews the pay gap: (looking at ASX 200 companies, there are more CEOs and chairpersons named “John” than there are women), and when they do get senior management roles they get paid less than men.
Vincent’s CEO and four directors are male. Cr Hallett’s motion will be voted on next week.
NEIGHBOURHOOD centres are under further threat because of government cutbacks and reforms.
The centres recently lost a rental subsidy and will soon have to compete for funding against private operators hoping to move into the community support sector, says Jane Chilcott from Linkwest, the peak body for neighbourhood and community centres.
Ms Chilcott describes the changes as the most “acute funding crisis” the sector has faced in its 40 years.
“The state government’s Department of Local Government and Communities is cutting funding by up to 30 per cent and implementing misguided reforms which favour large contractors and will effectively dismantle the neighbourhood centre sector,” Ms Chilcott said.
She says 50 of the state’s 180 centres face closure.
“While neighbourhood centres do offer some intervention and crisis management services, they operate primarily in a preventative space by giving local people a place to belong.
“They build on what is strong, not what is wrong in neighbourhoods across WA.
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and so Linkwest would argue that instead of cutting funding, there should be a bigger investment in these local place-based services that build community.”
Heather Thorne is a Nordic walking instructor at the Ottey community centre and says she sees the hidden benefits through her group, which has about 20 members and meets once a week.
“In addition to the exercise it’s provided a valuable opportunity for social interaction,” Ms Thorne says.
“People have become friends and they support each other through the personal challenges in their lives.”
She says her walkers also connect each week with a group of people with disabilities who provide morning tea, giving them the opportunity to make stronger community connections.
“People don’t realise the extent of social isolation; it’s a big issue in our community and it’s a hidden thing,” Ms Thorne says.
“It’s documented that social isolation increases the risk of depression and dementia.
“There a lot of lonely, isolated people out there—not just older people—and this is where they can come for a cup of tea or some exercise.”
A spokesperson from the department said the decision to pull out of rental subsidies was made by the previous Barnett government and it had been working with centres to manage the transition.
Three existing programs had been merged into the Supporting Communities Program, although funding would be maintained at $9.4 million.
“An open tender process will provide fair and equitable access to government supply opportunities to ensure the best outcomes are achieved for the community,” the department said.
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