Perth Voice Interactive

Success tipped

June 24, 2016

ARANMORE college soccer player Daisy McAllister is confident WA’s Under 13 girls team has a fighting chance at the national youth championship at Coffs Harbour this year.

It’s the second time the 12-year-old will be heading east and she’s keen to hit the field again.

“I’ve already been to Adelaide for a national tournament. I’m excited but I’m not really nervous,” she says.

“It could be a bit hard but I think we’ve got a really strong team and have the capacity to do really well.”

• Daisy McAllister shows off some fancy footwork. Photo courtesy Jenny McAllister

The Matildas (Australia’s senior women’s team) qualified for the Rio summer Olympics this year, and women’s soccer is seeing a rapid growth in popularity around Australia.

Daisy plays against boys on the weekends and says it’s a different game. “The style of play is a bit different, they boot it a lot stronger and further. The girls play it on the ground and pass it more. The boys tend to be more physical.”

Football West is sending Daisy and 14 other under 13 girls to Coffs harbour in July for the tournament. WA slid into fourth place last year.

by TRILOKESH CHANMUGAM
Climate action

June 24, 2016

ACTIVISTS packed the Perth electorate office of federal finance Minister Mathias Cormann on Wednesday morning calling for more action on climate change.

Senator Cormann is on 350.org’s name and shame list for downplaying the effects of climate change. The list features WA politicians Gary Gray, Dennis Jensen, and Chris Back.

While dozens of activists queued in the foyer to meet Sen Cormann, 50 gathered outside to hear speakers link mining to extreme weather events.

“I am part of a Government which is taking effective action on climate change”, Sen Cormann says.
LETTERS 25.6.16

June 24, 2016

Land swap?
I RECENTLY wrote expressing my support for the proposed West Perth fire station in Carr Street, commenting that I would genuinely prefer a two-storey fire station next to me in Loftus Street instead of the ridiculous multiple dwellings with their multiple problems (“Careful what you wish for,” Voice letters, June 6, 2016).
Siren sounds are quite commonplace along Loftus Street. The Carr Street residents would obviously prefer more apartments.
They have explained that their apartments were built before a fire station was planned but I remember some years ago these same residents wanted the buses re-routed even though the route was well established before the apartments were built.
I understand that a proposed bus bridge to link Charles Street with the new Perth bus station will reduce the number of buses along Carr Street. Who knows, the residents may next complain about having to walk a few extra metres to a bus stop?
This week’s Voice article Storm Brews over Development related to another group of concerned residents, this time in Vine Street, North Perth.
I totally understand their concerns about a proposal to build a six or seven storey development of multiple dwellings on Charles Street that will directly affect them.
Would it be feasible for the state government and the developer to negotiate a swap so that the fire station could be located on Charles Street and the apartments moved to Carr Street?
Everyone will be happy. Maybe?
It is a shame that the old Osborne Park fire station land was sold to developers.
Anne Bate
Loftus Street, Leederville

Crocodile tears
GAYS face being hanged or jailed by the authorities, and regularly bashed and shunned by locals in the majority of nations that are predominantly Muslim.
Even in modern Islamic nations like Malaysia gays face severe discrimination and have poor prospects for jobs or education.
They get jailed for sodomy.
Many are forced into jobs like prostitution to make living.
In Orlando 50 gay men were killed but there are seven Muslim nations that still execute people for same-sex acts, while punishments are extreme in many others.
Yes, many Muslims living in western nations will cry crocodile tears.
Alex Mulla
Smith St, Highgate

Full marks
I HAVE written to Vincent mayor mayor John Carey regarding the intersection of Green Street and Scarborough Beach Road with a suggestion of how to make it safer.
After reading the article in the Voice about Anthony Albanese pledging $3 million to try and fix the problem (“Blackspot cash pledge,” Voice, June 11, 2016) I also wrote to the Labor candidate Tim Hammond and Mr Albanese. To date I have had no reply from either.
A cheaper solution to make this intersection safer would be to paint lines clearly stating which lane fed into which street.
For example, the left lane would continue west along Scarborough Beach Road and to turn left into Brady Street only, the middle lane would be to continue west along Scarborough Beach Road only and the right lane would be to turn right into Main Street only.
This would stop confusion and motorists cutting into the wrong lanes. These markings have reduced confusion at the on-ramp at Powis Street.
Leonie Edwards
Federation Street, Mount Hawthorn

Tree warning
THE recent report by the Northern Territory coroner which was featured on the ABC news should offer a timely warning to the City of Bayswater.
The coroner declared the death of a man, struck by a branch from a tree for which Darwin council had responsibility, was entirely preventable.
Furthermore the daughter of the of deceased man claimed his death was a result of negligence.
The City of Bayswater seems to rely entirely upon a tree assessment process that has no formal backing of council and has never been adopted as policy. It can be shown to be subject to the whimsy of the arborist who is using it.
I don’t believe the favoured process has ever been compared with other, perhaps more comprehensive, assessment processes and I wonder if this jeopardises the city’s insurance cover.
Twice during recent years trees on council land have shed limbs which demolished cars.
The City of Bayswater was lucky not to have witnessed two fatalities.
I also have a report attesting to the dangerous size of fallen tree limbs that an assessment by the city dismissed as if they were mere leaf and bark litter.
It’s about time Bayswater formally adopted a reliable process that would stand up to any coroner’s scrutiny.
Vincent J. McCudden
Almondbury Street, Bayswater
Sweet surrender

June 24, 2016

LET them eat cake,” Marie Antoinette is famously supposed to have said, not long before Monsieur Guillotine ended her privileged and tragically short life.

So rocking up to Sugar & Nice in Mt Lawley I did — a raspberry, pistachio and white chocolate blondie (a fudge-like cake), a friand, a double choc brownie, and a mini-jam doughnut – and topping it all off, a slice of banana bread.

Okay so maybe I’d gone bananas, but was it worth it? Absolutely.

Were my sugar levels through the roof? You bet.

The richness of the chocolate brownie ($5) would put Versailles in the shade, the crisp crust giving way to a chewy, gooey interior as outrageous as Antoinette’s towering hairdos.

But for sheer decadence the banana bread ($7.50) was majestic, the toasted slice drizzled with salted caramel sauce and finished off with a dollop of mascarpone and almond slivers.

The banana flavours came through with a roar, followed by the sweet, but slightly salty caramel, while the rich mascarpone finished it off with a silky sheen. It really was fit for a queen.

The blondie had a crunchy topping with a sweet spicy centre redolent of cinnamon, and a pleasant nuttiness thanks to a liberal sprinkling of pistachios.

They’re gluten free, and not just for the gluten intolerant: “The texture is fudgey, and nicer than normal flour,” owner Marnee Rinaldi says.

At first bite the cinnamon in the friand hid the fresh apple flavour, but a moment later it arrived on the palate in perfect unison with the sweet spice.

A particularly good long black coffee diluted the sugar overload, and in hindsight I should have had a second.

The cakes are made in-house by Ms Rinaldi, who went from graphic design to baker after a Sex and the City tour in New York that took in the Magnolia Bakery: “I wanted to bring that back to Perth.”

The Mt Lawley local’s interest in baking was sparked when, aged 15, she went to her first wedding and fell in love with the cake, and began making them for friends and family.

Sugar & Nice has been operating for two years, and there are a few savoury choices, including bagels and focaccia, but the name says it all and this little eatery is about sugary decadence.

Go for a right royal indulgence, your arteries may not thank you but your taste buds will.

by JENNY D’ANGER

Sugar & Nice
882 Beaufort Street, Inglewood
0409 664 490
open 7 days 8.30am–5pm,
Tues and Fri until 9pm
Chasing new sounds plays off for flautist

June 24, 2016

PLAYING professional baseball was Claire Chase’s dream growing up in sun-drenched California.

That was until she discovered the flute, and at just 14 years old she was playing with the San Diego Symphony instead.

Now 38, she’s embarked on an ambitious project to commission a new flute solo every year until 2036, marking the 100th anniversary of Edgard Varése’s 1936 Density 21.5.

The French composer’s work was revolutionary, influencing 20th century music.

Varése pushed his art to new, at times, confusing levels, telling critics: “To stubbornly conditioned ears, anything new in music is noise. What is music but organised noises.”

Chase will be 58 when her Density 2036 project concludes, and in an online interview speculates on its final form.

• Claire Chase. Photo supplied

“What will it sound like? Where will the newest innovations on the flute — humankind’s oldest musical instrument — take us?

Since graduating from the Oberlin art college in Ohio, Chase has been piling up kudos and garnering awards for her style and championing of new music.

Chase established the International Contemporary Ensemble in 2001, and it’s now heralded as one of the world’s top production houses for new music.

Last year she took out the American Composers Forum champion of new music gong, adding to a swag of others including a MacArthur “genius” fellowship in 2012, worth a tidy $625,000 over five years.

Her debut at Carnegie Hall in 2010 earned critical acclaim with the New York Times extolling her “extravagant technique, broad stylistic range and penetrating musicality”.

The folk at Tura are hitting the new music equivalent of a high C of joy with Chase heading to Perth for a concert at PICA.

“[It’s] something we get to hear rarely in Australia and not in Perth,” Mr Mahoney says, basking in the warmth of the Pilbara where he’s taking music to towns and remote communities as part of the Resonance Tour.

A career in the arts is a struggle at the best, and making it in contemporary arts even more so, he says.

“[And] new music is most challenging to make a career out of because its most abstract and often thought as difficult.”

Chase is at PICA, James Street, Northbridge Wednesday, June 29 from 7.30pm. Tix $25–15 at pica.org.au

by JENNY D’ANGER
Astrology June 25 – July 2, 2016

June 24, 2016

ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 20)
As the Sun makes his way through Cancer, so your feeling side comes to the fore. Even though you go at things like a bat out of hell, you are generally driven by innocent enquiry, not by anything at all dubious. Your quest for liberation continues, but is presently driven in an emotional way.

TAURUS (Apr 21 – May 20)
Venus is moving through Cancer. She is making you ponder the nature of emotional commitment and emotional engagement. You know full well that unless you engage with a fullness of feeling, neither you, nor anybody you engage with, is going to be satisfied. Come way out of your shell.

GEMINI (May 21 – June 21)
The Sun is moving through Cancer. Life is reinforcing your sense of who you are. It should be the simplest thing in the world to be comfortable in our own skin, yet often if becomes inordinately difficult. Be curious and open to your own inner world. Value all that is surfacing in there.

CANCER (June 22 – July 22)
Though there are many influences coming your way that seem hell-bent on distracting you and taking you up and away from all that matters, you will find yourself coming back again and again to your point of focus. Trust that you are basically on track, even if your emotions drift a little.

LEO (July 23 – Aug 22)
The Sun’s journey through Cancer adds a touch of pathos to your week. Life will seem a little more emotional and theatrical. This does you no harm at all. The inability to feel is a disease, and you were on the verge of coming down with it. Get to know your authentic emotional resources.

VIRGO (Aug 23 – Sept 22)
Communication is proving to be a little tricky. It is possible to bounce around with people and have heaps of fun, and yet feel strangely dissatisfied. This is because there is another layer of exposure and honesty available – and you need to figure out how to tap into it. Connection is expansion.

LIBRA (Sept 23 – Oct 23)
Venus is travelling through Cancer this week. The Sun is in Cancer too. You can expect this to cause you to dive down into a rock-pool of emotion. You will be more focussed on your feelings than usual. Venus presently represents that part of you that is only satisfied if your feelings are honoured.

SCORPIO (Oct 24 – Nov 21)
It has done you no harm to have the waters of your emotion oxygenated by a dose of playfulness, wit and wonder. This is exactly what the Gemini Sun has done to you. He took you by the hand and invited you to come out of your place of rest, and dance. Now, from this place, dive deep.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 – Dec 21)
Saturn is making his presence felt in the theatre of relationship. Saturn invites us to let go of our borrowed version of morality and instead find our own values and our own wisdom; the wisdom of our essence. Trying to control other people’s ways of seeing doesn’t work. Be patient. Listen.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 – Jan 19)
Use all your awareness and interest to see exactly where life sheds old skin and then renews itself, where it clears out dead wood and rejuvenates itself. Ask yourself if you can allow the same process to unfold in your being, smoothly and flowingly. Transformation is slow and deep. Trust it.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 – Feb 18)
This is a philosophic time. Your love of wisdom is due to kick in. The Cancerian Sun gives you the depth and fluidity required, to ponder the deep underlying issues present in your life, in imaginative, liberating ways. A powerful process of change is at play. Be curious. Keep your eyes fresh.

PISCES (Feb 19 – Mar 20)
To go out into the world at large and express yourself unashamedly, would be a healing thing to do. Follow your deep currents of feeling into the world of action. Put procedures in place. It’s not enough to be entranced by beautiful stories. They need to be performed, as well as written and told.
Best of the best

June 24, 2016

AS newlyweds in 1986 the vendors of this Fifth Avenue, Mt Lawley home were given advice as solid as bricks and mortar.

“[To] buy the worst house in the best street we could afford.”

They needed somewhere central to the city and the tired old home on the corner of Fifth and Carrington fitted the bill: “It was very run down and very unfashionable.”

Young, in love, and with boundless energy, they kicked off a first round of renovations, designed to suit the needs of the soon-to-arrive little feet.

As often happens, it seemed next to no time before they were rowdy teenagers and more room was needed, so a second level with three bedrooms and a small open study was added.

“So that the children could have their ‘very messy’ space upstairs and leave us parents downstairs in peace.”

Now a five-bedroom home, an expansive open plan living/dining/kitchen was added for the grown-ups, with stylish black granite bench tops, and plenty of off-white cupboards and soft-close drawers.

French doors lead out to the garden with its limestone raised garden beds, where a couple of large, leafy trees make for a relaxing (covered) alfresco area.

The colourful tiles on the huge pizza oven were created by a friend of the vendors, and the 1936 penny affixed to it was found during renovations.

“We spent many hours discussing how this penny had come to be under the verandah…how much it was worth then and the length of time it had been there,” the vendors say.

As you’d expect from a house of this vintage there’s mellow jarrah floors, stained glass windows, old coal fireplaces, deep skirtings and delicate ceiling roses in the original section.

A central lounge separates old worlde from the very modern living area, which is a dignified room for quiet contemplation in front of fire on these cold nights.

Centrally located, there’s no shortage of cafes and shops nearby, the lovely Mt Lawley Primary School is just around the corner and the local high school and Edith Cowan are walking distance.

by JENNY D’ANGER

24 Fifth Avenue, Mt Lawley
auction Saturday July 16, 2.30pm
Natalie Hoye
0405 812 273
Acton Mt Lawley
9272 2488
open Sat and Sun June 25–6, 2–2.40pm
Focus on Mount Hawthorn

June 24, 2016

Divido Restaurant
Divido offers Perth diners a casual eating and drinking experience within an intimate venue. The menu represents a love of good, honest food, made with passion and skill. It draws influences from Italian regional peasant style cooking, including old family recipes. It’s the type of food that we all feel comfortable with – wholesome, rustic and full of flavour. Seasonal and local produce features heavily.

Mains are based around meat, game and fish. You won’t find pizza on the menu at Divido. Standouts include the braised beef cheek with silverbeet, baby carrots, cauliflower puree and beef jus and the wood roasted lamb shoulder for two, with shaved fennel salad and potato parmigiana.
Divido has some great weekly dining specials including a fabulous nightly degustation dinner. For the full Divido menu and regular specials, please visit the website.
170 Scarborough Beach Road
Phone 9443 7373
divido.com.au

Mount Hawthorn Family Practice
The Mt Hawthorn Family Practice offers caring and experienced medical services in a professional and friendly manner. With the cooler weather upon us, it is worthwhile considering an influenza vaccination.
You may be eligible for a free vaccination, for example if you are aged 65 or over, children from 6 months to under 5 years, pregnant women, and individuals with certain chronic medical conditions. Dr Andrea Kelly (MBBS DCH FRACGP) is the principal doctor at the clinic and would be pleased to discuss this with you, and any other preventative health queries you may have.

Dr Kelly is a local UWA graduate and initially trained in the local hospital system. Since obtaining her fellowship with Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, she has practiced in metropolitan and rural locations in both WA and Queensland. She has specific experience in Family Health (children’s, women’s and men’s health), general and preventative medicine, aged care and enjoys all aspects of general practice.
391 Oxford Street
Phone 9444 7227
mounthawthornfamilypractice.com.au

Paddington Ale House
The Paddington Ale House, or ‘The Paddo’ as it affectionately known, has been an icon of the local area for almost 85 years. Owned and operated since 1988 by the Randall family, The Paddo has won multiple AHA awards, including best bar presentation and best sports bar. A major extension and renovation completed in 2015 has seen the addition of a new dining room, separate to the main bar, which is the ideal spot for a private function, or for the family to enjoy a meal together.

The Paddo is home to live sports and entertainment 7 days a week. The mouthwatering lunch and dinner menu is served from 10am to midnight, with daily specials such as the $16 meal deal Monday-Thursday, or the 300g rump & pint every Friday.
The Paddo regards itself as the premier purveyor of boutique ales and lagers – and rightly so, with over 141 different beers from around the globe with 29 on tap. Indeed the hotel is known for its famous ‘141 Club’ – an exclusive group of patrons who have consumed all the beers on the 141 List. Upon completion, the challenger has their name etched onto the 141 Club board of honours.
141 Scarborough Beach Road,
Phone 9242 3077
paddo.com.au
Reflections on the returned

June 17, 2016

WHILE many Anzac commemorations during this year’s centenary celebrations have focussed on departing troops, Anzac Cottage in Mt Hawthorn is turning that on its head.

During an open day on July 10, Ann Chapple from the Friends of Anzac Cottage will give a talk about the Anzacs’ homecoming.

Ms Chapple will discuss the first two ships to return to WA carrying sick and wounded, the SS Kyarra and SS Ballarat.

“We have commemorated the Anzacs as they left this state from Fremantle, but what of their homecoming?” asks Ms Chapple, granddaughter of the cottage’s original resident, private Cuthbert John Porter.

• Anne Chapple shares a story about Anzac Cottage with Bob Legget and Jack Bell. Photo by Steve Grant

The historic cottage was built in 1916 as a home for a wounded soldier and his family by locals who wanted to show their appreciation.

Remarkably, it was built in a single day by a small army of volunteers.

Feeling blessed to be the sole beneficiary of the city’s gratitude to Anzacs, Pte Porter raised the Australian flag every dawn for 48 years to commemorate his military colleagues.

Today Anzac Cottage serves as a memorial to those who lost their lives in the Gallipoli landing.

The open day is on July 10 from 1 – 4pm, with Ms Chapple’s talk at 2.30pm. Anzac Cottage is at 38 Kalgoorlie Street, Mt Hawthorn.

by TRILOKESH CHANMUGAM
Waste windfall

June 17, 2016

VINCENT council is considering a new system of charging for waste collection which it says could reward those who reduce their rubbish.

The downside for residential ratepayers is that under the model presented to a special council meeting this week, they’d initially face higher charges. Businesses, on the other hand, would have their charges reduced by the corresponding amount — estimated to be around $250,000 a year.

Currently Vincent includes its waste charges in the general rates notice, but wants to split them out and charge a set $250 fee per household.

It’s planning to introduce the charge for residential ratepayers in this year’s budget, although Tuesday’s item was deferred because mayor John Carey says “there’s still too many questions that need clearing up”.

He says councillors wanted the change to be revenue neutral.

But if introduced, Vincent would get an instant $250,000 windfall, as the ledger wouldn’t be balanced until the new system delivers businesses lower charges next year.

The agenda item says that money could be used to investigate waste reduction strategies.

Pensioners

CEO Len Kosova says the changes would affect pensioners, as their concessions only apply to rates and not waste charges.

However, the effect is likely to be minimal because of the state government’s decision to cap the rate rebate at $750.

Mr Carey says it’s been a complicated issue for councillors to grapple with, and they’ve already sat through two briefing sessions to try and nut out the best options.

He says it becomes tricky when setting the rate for businesses, as they have the option of choosing a private contractor if they’re unhappy with the council’s business model.

by STEVE GRANT