City focus on town centres
URBAN planner David Doy has been brought in by Vincent council to spruce up town centres. A veteran of the Beaufort Street Network he has been taken on in the […]
URBAN planner David Doy has been brought in by Vincent council to spruce up town centres. A veteran of the Beaufort Street Network he has been taken on in the […]
A MILITARY radio found on a verge by a Mt Lawley schoolboy in 1981 is being donated to the WA army museum, after years of gathering dust in a garage. […]
PERTH is Australia’s most expensive city for commuting by car says a planning thinktank. Committee for Perth’s latest research reveals that if you live 5km from the CBD and drive […]
THE empty corner shop that used to house part of Planet Video is to be occupied by Mexican chain Guzman y Gomez. Guzman y Gomez has 40 stores across Australia […]
A ROGUE Irish wolfhound is stalking the streets of North Perth. The giant pooch keeps escaping from its Claverton Street yard and has been known to attack other dogs. Once […]
THE 1899 Boer War was the first conflict where a WA soldier was awarded a Victoria Cross. It was also the first war fought by the Australian commonwealth: 20,000 Australians […]
FORMER Vincent CEO John Giorgi says elected councillors need more training so they stop making decisions that are open to appeal to the unelected but powerful state administrative tribunal. Mr […]
BAYSWATER city council is committed to its Mertome retirement village and has “no intention” of selling it, says mayor Sylvan Albert. Cr Terry Kenyon put the cat amongst the pigeons […]
“HERITAGE listing” used to be a dirty term. Heritage Perth executive director Richard Offen recalls when he first arrived from Britain in the early 2000s people “viewed a heritage listing […]
FORMER Vincent deputy mayor Warren McGrath has traded in eight angry councillors for Twelve Angry Men. Mr McGrath, an environmental consultant who retired from council in October to spend more […]