Perth could be ... Hollywood
If you thought Premier Colin Barnett was the state’s man of vision, think again.
Broadcast reporter Geof Parry couldn’t resist a post-CHOGM press conference to promote the idea of relocating the big Perth sign to Mount Eliza at Kings Park as a Hollywood-style monument.
Mr Parry (pictured bespectacled, or is that bispectacled?) even brought his own mocked-up version on a tablet to show a bemused Mr Barnett.
We reckon there’s vision, and there’s television.
Stamp of approval
CHOGM might have gone swimmingly for most, but there was at least one local miffed not to receive an invite – Prince Leonard of the Hutt River Province.
The cheeky breakaway principality near Geraldton issued its own CHOGM stamps even though its rulers were “denied their place in this major event” and they complained the meeting missed the opportunity to correct a “great injustice” in the British Citizenship Act, which left some people “aliens in their own lands”.
Open book
It is no secret that some directors like to whitewash their professional histories, often glossing over some of the major failures that sit on their records.
So it was with some surprise to see one prominent Perth businessman take the opposite approach by documenting no less than 24 companies that had been in administration under his watch.
While it might sound like this was taking transparency to new heights, The Note was somewhat bemused by some of the names listed – the likes of Extract Resources and Deep Yellow appeared to be trading just fine to us.
Of course, the twist in the tale is that the new Norseman Gold director David Steinepreis is well known for his work in recapitalising failed companies and the announcement of his appointment noted all those on his list had been successfully released from administration.