Browsing Archive: August, 2014
Posted by Matt Hayden on Saturday, August 16, 2014,
In any big city it's a sad inevitability that people are killed by passing trains, trucks, buses and cars. Sometimes the sites of these tragedies are marked with little memorials to the victims. If you get around a lot on public transport as I do then you are sure to see them occasionally.
Perhaps the most widely known was in the recently demolished Wellington St Bus Station. I forget the name of the person who was killed, but I'm pretty sure it was a girl and she was Japanese. The site alway...
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Posted by Matt Hayden on Friday, August 15, 2014,
One of the most striking changes
to Perth in the last decade or so has been the profusion of large, gleaming highrise apartment blocks. Sure, the city has long had an impressive skyline. But apart from the CBD it was mostly very low slung and laid back.
Now, there are numerous towering buildings, and not just in or near the city centre. Whenever one or more of these appears it really changes the whole feel of the surrounding area. As a result there are now many parts of Perth that are actuall...
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Posted by Matt Hayden on Thursday, August 14, 2014,
Got to feel sorry for Karl O'Callaghan. It must be challenging enough to effectively carry out the high profile job of West Australian Police Commissioner. But to have his son being in such trouble with the law? That must be heart-breaking as well as humiliating. Quite frankly I don't know how he keeps his cool.
He must be breaking up inside.
And I don't think that his son Russell's behaviour is solely due to drug abuse -- although obviously this is a huge factor. I'm no shrink but it looks t...
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Posted by Matt Hayden on Wednesday, August 13, 2014,
I just read a report about how the markets in Subiaco are slated for destruction and will be replaced by huge new
shopping outlets. My first thought: That's not surprising! They've been lying fallow for ages ...
But I then realized that this update referred to plans for the extant Station Street Markets, and not the old Pavillion Markets down the road (pictured below).
Just goes to show how quickly things continue to change in this area.
I used to live nearby in a unit on Subiaco Rd, close to...
Posted by Matt Hayden on Tuesday, August 12, 2014,
Kim Hames has disavowed his earlier comments regarding the
Sixty Minutes interview with baby Gammy's parents. Initially he said that after watching the interview he felt sure that the girl Pipah was not at risk in the care of David Farnell.
His subsequent about face was primarily
due to legal protocol:
"I was convinced with his remorse over those issues and that he loves his baby daughter, and I think he and his wife will take good care of her," he told reporters.
But Dr Hames backflipped later,...
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Posted by Matt Hayden on Saturday, August 9, 2014,
The green campaign to stop the shark cull has been growing gradually more unhinged of late. As well as repeated bolshie demos featuring conga lines of misanthropic cranks there has also been an attack on the Premier's office in Cottesloe. Also, threats have made against fisherman carrying out the cull.
The latest development: A passionate young activist called Drew Gregory sent Barnett an expletive-laden e-mail
threatening to kill him.
Okay, so she's just a kid. And she didn't really mean it....
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Posted by Matt Hayden on Thursday, August 7, 2014,
You would no doubt have heard about this heartening incident at Stirling Train Station, in which a hapless commuter who fell between the platform and a train was rescued by pretty much every able bodied
man, woman and child present.
Video of it has gone viral, and no wonder. It's a touching example of the goodwill that resides in every human heart, even if it seems not to be overtly expressed that often.
The incident occurred here, but I don't think there's anything uniquely "Perthesque" abou...
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