Ill wind for Cool Breeze
COOL BREEZE CAFE owner Georgia Johnson is “devastated” Bayswater city council has effectively forced her to close and sack eight staff. She sat through a three-hour council meeting only to […]
Monthly Archives: February 2015
Ssh, no talking about the cuts
THE WA state library board is considering closing the state library two days a week to rein in a blown out budget. WA culture and arts minister John Day says […]
Writers split on awards cut
THIS year’s premier’s book awards has been cancelled—to save $65,000. The formerly annual awards will now be held biennially, a move the LNP government says it’s making as part of […]
Pong in one
A MYSTERIOUS pong emanating from a lake on Maylands peninsula golf course is one of the issues discovered during an investigation of contaminated sites in Bayswater. The WA environment department […]
$20k for totally vital overseas conferences
STIRLING city council will spend nearly $20,000 to send two councillors to separate overseas conferences. Cr Keith Sergant will don castanets and montera for an undoubtedly vital three-day urban transport […]
Call for calm over council’s $200k pool fix demand
A LOCAL Liberal MP has gone into bat for a Coolbinia resident battling Stirling city council’s demands that he cough up $200,000 to buy a supposed laneway next to his […]
Power station EOI riles locals
COMMUNITY and heritage groups are crying foul after the WA government moved further ahead with a planned sale of the East Perth power station without their input. Last week developers […]
