THE Mary Street mural is gone. The mural was painted on the Soto Espresso building by local artists Konfucius, Destroy and Idol, who donated their time and materials. Vincent city […]

A LOCAL heritage group is crossing its fingers that Stirling city council keeps the suburb of Mt Lawley in the looming council amalgamations. The Mt Lawley Society says Stirling’s head […]

BEAUFORT STREET is losing another independent business. Allure Furniture in Highgate will close on July 25, with co-owner Russell Butler saying “we’ve had a great innings” but it was time […]

BAYSWATER mayor Terry Kenyon says he has been given an assurance from the Barnett government Bassendean and Bayswater won’t be forced into a merger. WA mayors met with local government […]

RESIDENTS in Perth city council’s demesne can expect their rates to go up about 6 per cent this year. PCC says employee costs are up due to council staff winning […]

RATES are set to rise about 3.5 per cent in Stirling this year, according to a council insider. Council staff reportedly wanted to slug ratepayers a few extra per cent, […]

Leaf our trees alone WE all know the saying ‘better late than never’. So, congratulations to the Perth city council for taking action to reduce ecocide by recognising the social, […]

ALEX JONES is a long-term member of the Save Our Trees network. In this week’s SPEAKER’S CORNER she congratulates the Perth city council for taking action against tree killers, but […]