ANOTHER increase in fees is on the way for motorists parking in the City of Perth. Don’t blame us, the council says: blame Colin Barnett. Parking charges are now getting […]

A CYCLIST has found a postcard, written by a Fremantle WWI digger who’d died from battle wounds, stuck on a fence on Graham Farmer Freeway. Milton Mavrick had been on […]

FOUR Bayswater organisations are locked in a battle to secure council funding for two 2015/16 street festivals. The city has allocated $30,000 for two street festivals and received five submissions: […]

SPUDSHED is set to open a massive new superstore in the ailing Coventry Village in Morley. The potato giant has submitted a development application with Bayswater city council for a […]

THE curtain’s coming down on the Bakery, with the last-ever event planned for May 9 at the James Street venue that’s been home to big international acts and worthy local […]

BEAUFORT STREET’S legendary Planet empire receded further this week, with the video rental section of the shop closing up. Proprietor Haydn Robinson cites “technology” as a big factor. The rentals […]

PERTH teachers and cultural communities are fighting to save an Italian language program from being cut back. More than 6000 people have signed a petition calling for the program, run […]

SEVERAL mature trees used by endangered black cockatoos are to be felled, to make way for an upgrade of the Reid Highway/Malaga Drive interchange in Bayswater. The marri trees on […]

THE closing of the North Perth KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken for the old-timers) sparked an unofficial rave in the carpark to see off the grease hut with a few chicken […]

THE fight for the future of Charles Street saw a score of residents front a development assessment panel meeting to see off a 93-unit block planned for their street. The […]