Push to amend mental health bill
REFORMS such as CCTV surveillance and involuntary detention including the use of electrotherapy on children must be enshrined in WA’s new mental health act say advocates. This week they urged […]
Letters 10.5.14
Innoculate for ignorance DO you see horribly pock-marked bodies? No! Do you hear regularly of women giving birth to horribly handicapped children? No! Do you have friends who tell you […]
Forever young
NORFOLK HOTEL, Fremantle by JENNY D’ANGER: PSYCHO punk Vyvyan from The Young Ones was in town and D’Angers and Co had tickets for the show in the Norfolk Hotel’s Odd […]
Consuming passions
NUMERO UNO CAFE, Fremantle: From a very young age, Guido Micalizzi had a love for food. He was always in the kitchen, learning the art of Sicilian cooking from his […]
The making of memory
HER grandmother’s early alzheimers made memory a much discussed topic at home, artist Cynthia White says. Her mum embarked on a mission to discover what causes the brain-crippling, heart-breaking disease. […]
Hope to go south?
ARRIVING at this Hope Street, White Gum Valley home I wondered if I’d taken a wrong turn and was really in Yallingup. Soaring bush-poles hold up the massive corrugated tin […]
Demolition plan
ONE of the last Federation homes along East Fremantle’s riverfront is under threat. The owners of 3 Riverside Road have lodged a demolition application with the East Fremantle council, even […]
New Life for education?
WHILE the Barnett government plans to close a local high school because of low numbers, a local church reckons it can get enough students to start up its own. The […]
Friends, always
KEEPING a roof over your head can be tough when you’re down on your luck, but when you’re not prepared to give up your best friend, it can get a […]
Cottages to go: MP tips
FREMANTLE Labor MP Simone McGurk says she’s been tipped off that the Barnett government is poised to sell the historic warders’ cottages in Henderson Street. She says she’s been given […]