Discover how you The Perth can Quit Smoking in just 1 Hour Call Now 1300 953 881 Voiceo N 713 Saturday February 11, 2012 • Phone 9430 7727 • [email protected] • www.perthvoice.com www.QuitSmokingPerth.com.au Collins in run for Libs in north metro Party’s Legislative Council ticket ticket are said to include Peter family and focus on his family-run and thoroughly devoted myself by STEPHEN POLLOCK for North Metropolitan region. Katsambanis, who’d served in property consultancy. to the task but the next four years FORMER Stirling city If successful, the 40-year-old Victoria’s upper house from 1996 “Dad is 64 and the next few require that I must focus on the family business with spare time councillor Paul Collins is will bump little-known Liberal to 2002. years will see a transition as I take MLC Liz Behjat into fourth place. Mr Collins retired from an increasing role in the running of devoted to my family as my three having a tilt at state politics. Topping the ticket are energy Stirling’s Lawley ward last year the business,” he’d said. girls have reached school age.” The former solicitor is minister Peter Collier and Michael after serving just one term. “I was honoured and Mr Collins says that under understood to be seeking the Mischin. He’d told the Voice he wanted privileged to have represented party rules he cannot discuss his winnable third spot on the Liberal Other contenders for the to spend more time with his the Lawley ward for four years candidacy. ‘Cretins’ in a spell of bother with Bob had been really impressed by the by DAVID BELL work. “All the kids in the area love VANDALS have damaged a the bloody thing, there’s often new $5590 “Scrabble” artwork people pulling up in cars and • Bob Kucera discovered this vandalism of the newly installed public artwork and is threatening to sic his at Ellesmere Reserve. having photos taken. Everyone attack dog on the perpetrators. Photo by Matthew Dwyer The seat was installed in in the street was so pleased when November, paid for by developers they put it in.” under Vincent city council’s “per The imag_ne artist Emma Anna Find the Fake Ad & cent for public art scheme”, where has installed similar pieces around Put your best one per cent of a development’s the world and the Voice is waiting win a chance for a cost is reserved for public art. to hear from her whether any Former Labor MP Bob Kucera others have been damaged, or if foot forward feast for two lives nearby and called the Voice this is just something Perth bogans Monday morning, furious at the do. HEN swing the other one senseless vandalism. In an email response council round the front, then start “A couple of cretins on the CEO John Giorgi says repairs will Tagain. Practice that a few weekend have tried to pull the cost up to $1500. times and you’ll be ready for a round SIENA’S letters off and they’ve broken “It is extremely disappointing delivering the Perth Voice. It’s as two of them,” the ex-copper that vandals have damaged the easy as that—and you get healthy thundered. “If I’d caught the wonderful artwork which will to boot. We’ve got rounds in MT Leederville bastards on Friday night I now have to be repaired,” he says. LAWLEY, EAST PERTH, DIANELLA, would’ve pulled their heads off!” “It demonstrates a fl agrant MAYLANDS, INGLEWOOD and Mr Kucera had met the artists disregard for property.” YOKINE, so call Stephanie today on and let them store their materials The council is seeking artists to 9430 7727. The only other skill you See competitions page at his place. He says the seat was contribute to other per cent for art need is to put forward your hand— an example of public art done schemes on Charles, Bulwer and for details to pick up your moola. Area 10 Mount Lawley right, and the local community Beaufort Streets. SAVE $$$ QUOTES LOUIS’ANTIQUES SIENA’S & CALLOUT PIZZA • RISTORANTE • CAFE Perth’s largest showroom of quality antiques. Try our new Siena’s Famous - Electrician Parmigiana Pizza or Pasta 24/7 NEW $ $ - TV Wall Hangs CALL ANDREW CONTAINER 16 12 ARRIVED Available Lunch Mon - Fri, Dinner Mon - Wed - Digital TV Antennas - TV Points & DATA Cabling Ph 9383 9239 - Computer & Laptop Repair 83 Nanson Street, Wembley Install & Repair Man 10% Sen Discount (cnr Grantham St) Open 7 Days LEEDERVILLE ONLINE 24/7 CHAT! 115 Oxford Street 9433 4806 Mon-Fri 11am-5pm Ph: 9444 8844 SAME DAY SERVICE 0415 966 469 Sat 10am-4pm Fax: 9444 1779 AndrewsHomeServices.com.au - EC 009715 Sun 1pm-5pm If you’re a restaurant owner with something new to announce, take advantage of our great offers. For more information contact 9430 7727 New orbit for Planet [email protected] by DAVID BELL PLANET is giving up its lease on the storefront at the corner of Beaufort and Walcott Streets, ceasing sales of clothing and shifting its CD and poster sales to the shop above Planet Books. Business owner Haydn Robinson intends to continue running the bookstore, video rental and cafe, but says rents are too high to keep the iconic, • Planet is moving and down-sizing because of high rents. purple corner store (in 1990 it anything but a drink.” things. was the hideously pink Top There’s a lot of factors going “We’ll be investing in the Show Video store). into the decision Mr Robinson public realm, we’ve got that The corner store is on a lease says, including: project underway and in the next that ends soon but Mr Robinson • high rent; couple of months we’ll see street owns the red-painted building • high wages for casuals art and groovy furniture coming next door and is keeping that (he blames federal Labor’s Fair into that area.” Ever wanted to disappear open for business. Work reforms); She notes the development at “We’ve given notice on the • people shopping online the corner of Barlee and Beaufort without being noticed? lease, we want to be out by the instead of in person; Streets—contentious as it may be start of April,” he told the Voice. • Vincent council taking for damage to nearby properties “We’ve just held a big sale on three years to process an during earthworks—includes Introducing our newest range of tea that turns you invisible. clothes and shut it down. We’re application for the new Planet a small shopfront that might Just look at what it’s doing to this teacup. going to attempt to take music Cafe (stressing that was under be attractive to an independent and posters and tickets and all the old regime and he has high retailer. • Scare the daylights out of your kids by acting like a ghost the oddball stuff upstairs above • Avoid the neighbours hopes for new mayor Alannah Beaufort Street has seen the bookshop and see if people MacTiernan and new planning an exodus in the past year of Available at all good retailers. come up there.” director Carlie Eldridge); some long-term traders as rents Long-term, Mr Robinson • rising power prices; skyrocket. In November the reckons that for independent • lack of tourism dollars Voice reported that Bodkins retailers, “there’s no future in ZZ invested into the area. Bootery on Beaufort Street had Mount Lawley, the rents are too Ms MacTiernan says the closed due to high rents and high”. council is keen to keep quirky a lack of foot traffi c. It’s been “The thing is Mount Lawley, traders in the area and one replaced by a chain ice cream fi like Subiaco, is lling up with way might be to insist that new store. franchises. They’re the ones who developments include small, The nearby stationery shop are coming in and paying too affordable shopfronts that are Offi ce Choice closed last year— much rent and the landlords are unattractive to bars and big moving to Wanneroo—and a greedily sitting on it. chainstores. couple of clothing stores have “Anything in retail that’s “We’re not proposing to opened and closed in the same closed down has been replaced declare the Soviet Socialist spot on the other side of the by franchises or bars. That’s Republic of Vincent and street. Around the corner, gift what people in Mount Lawley take over ownership of the shop Heart and Home closed in have to worry about—soon they enterprises,” she stresses, “but August after the landlord raised won’t be able to come here for we will be doing a number of rent from $50,000 to $77,000. Vincent kill call she’s into promoting Perth,” Mr VINCENT city council is frankly it is arguable that we Robinson says. would be able to focus more on failing to provide tourism Ms Scaffi di said she was those areas,” she says. funding for its villages and “fl attered” by Mr Robinson’s Ms MacTiernan says if those needs to be taken over again comments and said they areas were under the purview by neighbouring Perth, indicated the need for of the PCC they “might be Haydn Robinson says. boundary reform. playing second fi ddle to the As he closes down one wing “I was concerned to read CBD”, which is one of the of his Planet business this week about the rent increases forcing reasons the once-giant PCC was he says Beaufort Street and them out of their premises broken up in the fi rst place.