The Perth Voice in MT LAWLEY, MAYLANDS, PERTH Leederville • SO Three Comedians fl Y out of WA and Never Come Back
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The Perth Michael Sutherland Member for Mount Lawley Mount Lawley Suite 2, 58 Walcott Street, Open Australia Day Mount Lawley WA 6050 from 5pm 9473 0800 9227 1288 VoiceNo 711 Saturday January 28, 2012 • Phone 9430 7727 • [email protected] • www.perthvoice.com • EAST www.crust.com.au [email protected] Miserly miners don’t dig festival Perth Labor MP John Hyde by STEPHEN POLLOCK says the companies should have PERTH’S Chinese New Year learned from others’ example. Festival was nearly cancelled “Thailand’s leading oil and gas because no Chinese state- company through the WA Perth Theatre Trust supports all our Thai owned WA mining companies cultural events here,” he said. were willing to sponsor the “All successful international event. companies in WA, be they Chinese The Voice understands the Perth origin or not, should support great Chinese Consulate approached events like the Chinese New Year several WA-related Chinese festival. companies for sponsorship but “Most, if not all, WA businesses couldn’t raise a yuan. are benefi tting from our By November the inaugural relationship with China. festival had no money or sponsors “Chinese tourism is up 20 per in place but eventually managed cent to Australia and Chinese New to secure $40,000 in sponsorship Year is the biggest travel time.” from Perth city council and $15,000 The sponsorship no- from the Offi ce of Multicultural show follows in the wake of Interests. revelations that Australia’s “The City of Perth has been biggest infrastructure project, extremely supportive,” festival the $6 billion Oakajee port and coordinator Sammy Yap told the rail development, is under Voice. “Without their sponsorship instructions to import Chinese the whole event could have been equipment and services. very diffi cult to pull together. Oakajee Port & Rail has “This festival has been talked been asked to “use reasonable about for years but this is the fi rst endeavours to secure the time it’s come together.” • continued page 6 Find the Fake Ad & win a chance for a Can you deliver? feast for two THEN Stephanie wants to hear from you, as she’s got rounds SIENA’S • Photo by Matthew Dwyer delivering the Perth Voice in MT LAWLEY, MAYLANDS, PERTH Leederville • SO three comedians fl y out of WA and never come back. That’s it. No punch line. Boom DIANELLA, INGLEWOOD, YOKINE and EAST PERTH. Give boom. Comedian Paul Dragan, pictured, wants to do something about it. See story, page 2 her a call on 9430 7727. 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But he wanted headline spot is what all comics to keep doing it, he developed WA’s ‘brain drain’ isn’t look towards, where they’re the it and refi ned it, and being on restricted to academics and main act. stage that long, you make it professionals. “We have a lot of comics work. From Rove McManus to Dave who’ve been doing it for a while “Comedy’s specifi c to each Hughes, Claire Hooper to Tim but haven’t had an opportunity person. You’ve got to fi nd your Minchin, our funny people do to do a headline act. I give them niche and fi nd out what kind of their fi ve minutes at the Charles the opportunity to do that 30 or comedian you are. and then rack off. 40 minutes on stage.” “It took Dave a while to fi nd Comedian Paul Dragan Mr Dragan says comedians out who he was. Now he knows, wants to put an end to our really need the opportunity to he’s funny.” talent fl eeing the state, and has develop an act and work on Open for a couple of months longer sets. He remembers when now, Mr Dragan’s also had a *5 stars as rated in 2012 Good Universities Guide CRICOS Code: 01032F started up The Comedy Shack to provide that next level of Dave Hughes was fi rst starting few big-name international acts experience for WA comedians out in Perth and everyone like Mike G from the US and Jon keen to stay home. thought he was terrible. Pinder from the UK drop by to “There isn’t much “You can’t just have 10 jokes do a set, and it’s starting to draw opportunity to grow as comics and go and be a professional crowds. here,” he sighs. “There’s comic. You need to have more With a capacity of about 80 probably only two or three spots stage time. people the past couple of weeks where they can do professional “Dave Hughes is on the have seen audiences of around gigs.” 7pm Project at the moment: I 60 head down for a giggle. He wants the Comedy Shack remember when he fi rst started The Comedy Shack runs at to be “a place where they can out in Perth, he started at the 418 Murray Street Perth, every Applications are made directly to our Admissions Office in the following areas: work on their material and Brass Monkey, and everyone Tuesday from 7.30pm. › Accounting › Geography › Outdoor Recreation › Archaeology › Greek Studies › Philosophy › Behavioural Science › Health & › Physiotherapy › Biology Physical Education › Politics & › Biomedical Science › History International Relations WA Club outgrows › Commerce › Human Biology › Politics & Journalism › Human Resource › Pre-Medicine Certificate › Communications & Media by DAVID BELL › Counselling Management › Preventive Health › Economics › Italian Studies › Science THE WA Club is moving old home › Education › Journalism & Media › Social Justice Studies out of its historic St Georges › English Literature › Law › Sport & Terrace digs into Murray › Environmental Science › Management Recreation Management Street. › Exercise & Sport Science › Marketing & › Theatre Studies President Patrick Canion › Film & Screen Production p Public Relations › Theology & told the Voice the club needed › Nursing Pastoral Studies › Finance to move to the bigger HQ so it could cater for more members p The University also offers two bridging courses: Proposed Course for 2012 and remain profi table. the Tertiary Enabling Program and Foundation Year. Now at capacity with about 1300 members, the club wants at Prospective Students Office 9433 0533 or [email protected] least 1500 to become profi table www.nd.edu.au and turn around an 18-year trend of fi nancial loss. Murray Street offers double the capacity, lower rent and the • WA Club president Patrick Canion outside the old St Georges all-important ability to drag the Terrace digs. Photo by David Bell snooker table out of storage. “We’ve grown our “The club provides a third place application was knocked back, www.perthvoice.com membership about 60 per cent between work and home,” the and that was after the applicant in the past couple of years,” Mr fi nancial planner says, noting it’s had got drunk and rowdy. Canion says, putting it down great to take clients into the WA The WA Club was established to concerted drives targetting Club because there’s a sense of in 1893 and moved into its St universities and horse-whipping prestige and wonder about the Georges Terrace building in members to encourage friends. place. Club culture is booming 1995. It sold the building fi ve Dance Classes Commence Mr Canion says a few in Singapore and China where years ago and leased it back, also st members who work along St there’s a thirst amongst the renting out a few offi ces for extra February 1 Georges Terrace don’t want to burgeoning business set for olde revenue. move from the prestigious—and worlde upper-class trappings: The new home at 57 Murray handy—location, but most are Golf and fi ne wine are doing a Street has a controversial history, looking forward to actually roaring trade and he says Asian built as a government offi ce in having a bit of parking space. business partners appreciate 1912 and used as a HQ by chief The club’s healthy being wined and dined. protector of Aborigines, AO membership outlook is in stark The WA Club has a relatively Neville (of Stolen Generations contrast to WA’s traditional open membership policy, and infamy). It’s still owned by workers’ clubs, which are was the fi rst in WA to admit the WA government and dwindling as quickly as women in 1995.