Punters pouring back for a pint
LOCALS pining for a pint have flooded back to pubs as restrictions are lifted. The Rosemount Hotel’s manager Calvin Hook says it’s been heartening to see people pour back in post-lockdown. When the […]
Inquiry fallout: Busy times ahead
“POORLY led, badly governed, dysfunctional”; inquirer Tony Power says the City of Perth deserved to be dismissed and there are dozens of potential crimes to be investigated by other authorities. […]
Budget sneaks in
“NOT fair” and “a sneak attack” is how some Bayswater councillors have described the city’s proposed budget. Councillors Catherine Ehrhardt, Elli Petersen-Pik, Steven Ostaszewskyj and Michelle Sutherland, voted against the […]
Seat to disappear
WESTERN AUSTRALIA will lose a seat in federal parliament under an Australian Electoral Commission rejig on July 3. Federal Labor MP Patrick Gorman, whose division Perth is safe from the […]
Carmageddon without buses
A TRAFFIC apocalypse is predicted after the July school holidays if Perth people don’t return to public transport pronto. During the height of restrictions at the end of March, freeway […]
Skyworks planning goes ahead
CITY of Perth commissioners have confirmed planning will go ahead for the 2021 Australia Day Skyworks. Planning on the $2.8 million event has to start soon if it’s to get sorted […]
Nod for sign
THE big Northbridge (à la Hollywood and Venice) sign has got its $35,000 grant. The sign by organisation Happy Heart (Adrian Fini and Marcus Canning’s venture to re-launch the Rechabite) […]
A proud history
A TWENTY-METRE mural has sprung up in one day on the wall of YMCA’s Leederville HQ. The idea came about when some of the HQ folk went to the June […]
Letters 4.7.20
Who’ll come out clean? THE initial findings of the state inquiry into the City of Perth states there’s 39 adverse findings and 23 possible prosecutions. Also some witnesses were “obstinate” and many “obstructionist”; […]
Hidden depths
BEHIND every summer lurks a broken heart. That is the bitter-sweet theme of Frans Bisschops new exhibition, Blue Skies and Broken Hearts. “My main goal was to create new imagery […]
