AMBITIOUS plans for a market outside The Rise in Maylands have been scaled back after the venture failed to attract a single sponsor. The planned market was a joint venture […]

THOUSANDS of Western Australians have signed a petition opposing radical changes to the WA mental health act which, if approved, will give psychiatrists the authority to treat children with or […]

An arsonist has set fire to an historic tree in Halliday Park in Bayswater. Neighbour Greg Smith says Bayswater city council is partly to blame because of poor maintenance: It […]

THE Leederville Hotel has been granted approval for a big overhaul, but not without dissent from some local traders. Vincent city council staff were all for the project, saying the […]

PEOPLE living in the outer suburbs are fuelling Perth’s traffic gridlock, according to a report by Committee for Perth. The Perth think-tank’s research shows people living in the hinterlands have […]

Class sizes in WA schools will increase next year because no teachers are being employed to cope with almost 10,000 extra students. Education minister Peter Collier’s media minder Russell Yeo […]

STIRLING mayor Giovanni Italiano indulges in some friendly sledging outside the new $4.66 million changing rooms at Grenville Reserve. After seven years planning and work, the rickety club and change […]

A POPULAR on-road cafe plan has been canned—for now—following accusations it was tantamout to favouritism. Vincent city council had trialled the on-road cafe—ORC for short—outside Foam cafe in Leederville, turning […]

Vincent’s new deputy mayor Ros Harley warns Oxford Street’s residential area could be forever changed for the worse if the council keeps approving the spread of offices. The council voted […]