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Climate change threatens Santa’s home HOCK news about the inhabitants of the sparsely relieved to hear that they will live delivery service to other animals. bit like having Nick Darcy as accelerated melting of populated North Pole could in a warm climate, lounging under “[He] has humanely arranged the face of a yoga school.” the Arctic ice sheets become the northern hemisphere’s palm trees, while Santa frolics in for their slaughter and being a Perth lord mayor Lisa fi fi threatensS Santa and his rst climate change refugees. the warm surf in his ‘mankini’,” notorious gourmand has had their Scaf di however thinks the elves. Some claim the North Pole will Mount Lawley MP Michael meat salted to tie him over the climate change disaster is an not go underwater but will instead Sutherland told the Voice, adding expected lean times,” she said. opportunity for Perth (even NASA’s Jet Propulsion be transformed into a tropical the traditional leaving of cake and “Whales perform well in though half the state is tipped Laboratory and the University paradise, like Queensland but milk for Santa will be replaced moving Santa’s large bulk, but are to be underwater in 100 years). of Leeds released a report this better as it won’t have Campbell with coconuts. showing a marked reluctance to go “Like many senior citizens week, showing snow and ice Newman, Bob Katter, Kevin Rudd Vincent mayor Alannah near Japan,” she said. “Meanwhile, from colder climates, maybe melting at a much more rapid or Wayne Swan. MacTiernan predicts Santa may seals’ penchant for munching fairy the time has come for Santa to rate than previously predicted. “My intelligence tells me that decide to ditch his land-based penguins have rendered them a relocate permanently to sunny The report means Mr Claus and his employees are reindeer and outsource his nightmare for the Santa brand—a Perth,” she said.
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Page ii - Special Edition - The Perth Voice, Saturday December 8, 2012 The Perth New Years Mt Lawley Eve @ Helen Bond The 0411 223 004 Oxford Di Pitchford Hotel 0414 875 635 See ad 9371 2000 raywhitemtlawley.com.au Voiceo inside N 756 Saturday December 8, 2012 • Storyline 9430 7727 • Adline 9430 7727 • [email protected] From waste to wow! Free speech tongue- lashing by DAVID BELL POLITICAL parties on the left and right have found common ground, claiming freedom of • Artist-in-residence Ismiadi with his art made from manufacturing waste. Photo by Jeremy Dixon speech is under attack from local council bylaws. “It’s a great way of recycling In recent weeks the Voice has by STEPHEN POLLOCK waste into something beautiful The end is nigh reported on the Liberal Party’s LEEDERVILLE artists and creative.” fracas with Bayswater city REmida runs workshops for THERE’S just 13 days until the council’s political advertising are keeping rubbish from end of the world according fi teachers on how to use recycled rules. land ll by incorporating materials in the classroom, and to followers of the Mayan This week, it’s the Socialist calendar. Use those days wisely manufacturing waste into their for festival organisers. In 2011 it Alliance claiming councils are too — deliver the Perth Voice. art. held seven workshops with 2243 willing to don the jackboots. fi Stephanie’s looking for people Not-for-pro t organisation students. in EAST PERTH, MT LAWLEY, On Wednesday Perth medical REmida collects thrown-out “Our aim is to encourage WEST PERTH, NORTH PERTH, doctor Kamala Emanuel fronted materials from 60 factories and children and adults to think MAYLANDS, YOKINE and court charged with failing to obey shops in Perth and stores them in a creatively about waste materials,” a move-on notice. • Kamala Emanuel addresses Dianella, so protestors outside the magistrates reuse centre in Leederville. Ms Rasheed says. give her a It had been issued during court. Photo by David Bell Artists can sift through piles of Manufacturers involved in the call today on an April protest by the Socialist industrial materials—including scheme include Swan Express 943 7727. Alliance against gas fracking, at picture frame offcuts, wiring, Print, Argyle Furniture, Curtain which 160 protestors turned up to charges should be invalidated brushes from sweeper carts, air World and Sunny Signs. oppose hydraulic fracturing in the because the PCC’s anti-signs law conditioning pipes and fabrics— Formed in 2008, REmida WA East Perth Perth basin. is a breach of the Constituton’s and take what they need. has around 400 members and is area 7 During the protest Perth city implied right to freedom of In 2011 it diverted run by four part-time staff and council rangers cracked down on speech. approximately 320 cubic metres around 15 volunteers. Some 27 per “unauthorised signs”. Dr Emanuel told the Voice that from landfi ll. cent of members are from schools. Find the Fake Ad They called in the police who if found guilty “it would have REmida coordinator Nadia A membership fee covers & win a chance for confi scated signs. Video shows implications for my work, I would Rasheed says it has around 150 operating costs and allows one offi cer taking a petition from imagine”. artists on its books. unlimited collection of materials at a feast for two protestors and standing on it to Outside court, protestor “Artists love to come down and the creative reuse centre. prevent them retrieving it. Victoria Martin-Iverson said it see what they can incorporate into On Saturday, REmida’s fi rst Dr Emanuel refused to hand was “disgusting for the PCC to their artworks,” she says. “It lends international artist-in-residence over her banner and was charged pass laws to say people cannot itself to experimentation because Ismiadi will perform an with failing to comply with a stand in the streets of this city and they are often inspired by what Indonesian puppet theatre show move-on notice. communicate with the public”. they fi nd and can take home as using materials gleaned from the See competitions for details She fronted Perth magistrates • continued p2 much as they like. centre. court last week to argue the • Ad contracts headache, p2 Fun toys for Christmas Come in for some great inspiration Mounts Bay hotel bid Perth city council planners parking for it, the tall building by DAVID BELL have recommended elected will have an adverse impact on A NEW seven-storey members vote for the $8 million neighbours’ amenity, “extreme boutique hotel development boutique hotel, owned by diffi culties are expected during is on the cards for Mounts landowner Swanhill Enterprises. construction” and they worry “Compared to previous the land is unstable (bits of Bay Road. TroverT LearningL Tel: 9446446 9663 development proposals, this nearby soil collapsed during the 301 Selby St North, Osborne Park The site has a contentious proposal is of a signifi cantly big March 2010 storm). Educational Toys & Resources history with some nearby (West Australian Owned and Operated) Open: Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm Sat 9am - 3pm reduced scale and height and It’ll get decided by councillors residents opposing a previous considered a realistic proposal at the next full meeting. proposal for a nine-level tower in terms of the physical Meanwhile at Walker Avenue on the same spot between constraints presented by the in West Perth the PCC looks 3 weeks to Christmas! Adelphi apartments and Jacob’s site’s dimensions and contours,” likely to approve another seven- Ladder. planners reckon. level serviced apartment block, FREE xmas wrapping! One neighbour, John Rees, www.petsmeatsuppliers.com.au They also say it’ll help with 51 rooms expected to help had been so outraged with ease Perth’s short-term ease the load on Perth’s packed- Cr Rob Butler for voting for accommodation crisis. out hotel rooms. the scrapped tower that he Four objectors circulated anti-Butler pamphlets complain at the last election (which there’s landed him into trouble with the no Greenies electoral commission). Super Special Was $2495 20% Now off $1250 •An artist’s concept of the proposed $8m hotel at Bag of 10 Mounts Bay Road, from the bottom of Jacob’s Now Ladder. All Beddings Excluding specialsials $20 valid until end of Decemberecember PigsPigs Ears Costly speech • from page 1 ‘Embarrassing’ She described council rangers as “hired thugs put in place by faith and now suddenly the by STEPHEN POLLOCK PCC and given a mandate to terms and conditions have defi ne my right of freedom of STREETSIDE Advertising changed,” he told the Voice. speech”. is in “an extremely “It doesn’t sit right and now Socialist Alliance convenor embarrassing position” we are in a very tricky situation Alex Bainbridge says Dr because of Bayswater city because we have contracts with Emanuel’s arrest is “indicative council’s ban on political both Bayswater council and the of the harsh measures used Liberal Party. We are very much to stifl e criticism of the social advertising, company the piggy in the middle.” consequences of environmental director Rod Hicks says. He concedes the party could destruction related to the mining Last month the council voted sue his company for thousands and resources boom”. to ban all political ads on street of dollars. “The PCC involved the WA benches, bus shelters and other Morley Liberal MP Ian Britza d Police because the activist had community infrastructure until has around 14 bench and two Xmas Hampers ffor dogs and cats, the temerity to hold a banner election writs are issued four bus stop political ads in the city. Christmas Toys, Christmas Party Collars which police tried to seize, a weeks before the March 9 state “I’m very disappointed with election (“Liberty at stake: Libs,” Present this coupon to receive 20% off all Christmas goodies! banner that incidentally opposed the council’s ban, it doesn’t make Valid til 24th Dec the social and environmental Voice, December 1, 2012). sense, my ads are used to raise Create A damage of the gas industry.” The prohibition means my profi le in the electorate,” Protestors want the PCC Streetside may have to annul he said. “I’ve not received one Collar to rescind all local laws that contracts with the Liberal phone call complaining about Great interfere with free speech. party and three of its MPs who them since I’ve started using Big Dog Christmas Barf PCC CEO Gary Stevenson have political adverts across them 15 months ago. I can only Gift! said it was far-fetched to suggest Bayswater. assume the decision is politically Now free speech had unreasonable Mayor Terry Kenyon—who motivated.” Available limits in Perth and protestors voted against the ban—notes Cr Sylvan Albert—a had to respect others. the council’s contract with Bayswater city councillor who’s Mr Stevenson says local laws Streetwise that permits it to not in the mayor’s faction—is say sign-holders need approval place benches around the city Maylands’ Liberal candidate. All items available while stocks last from the city to avoid the CBD “prohibits political advertising”, Over the past year he has WA Family Owned Business Since 1965 being swamped by signs and so the contractor is simply being waged a high-profi le campaign WHOLESALE RETAIL OF QUALITY PET FOODS AND ACCESSORIES • FRIENDLY SERVICE AND GREAT ADVICE creating safety hazards. asked to abide by its contract. in a bid to wrest the seat from “Had the Defend Free Speech Mr Hicks says he wants to Labor incumbent Lisa Baker. 9444 1220 in Perth group taken the time to sit down with the council and The Liberal Party argues OPEN 7 DAYS liaise with the City fi rst, then in thrash out a “common sense the council ban contravenes 9242 3066 - Fax Orders all likelihood their needs could solution” before removing the an implied right to political 414 Oxford Street, Mt Hawthorn PETS MEAT SUPPLIERS have been accommodated and ads: “We entered into these communication in the OPEN MON-FRI 8.30AM-6PM • THURS NIGHTS TILL LATE • SAT 8AM-5PM • SUN 8.30AM-1PM no fee would apply,” he said. contracts with clients in good Constitution.
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