TOILET seats and clown noses have been used to deface around 30 of Bayswater mayor Sylvan Albert’s campaign posters, in a council election he has described as “the dirtiest ever”. Cr Albert is seeking re-election in south ward on October 17, but is being challenged by local markets guru Catherine Ehrhardt. “I have no idea…

ARE Dockers fans getting a little nervous and Eagles fans a little cocky? Despite bolting away at the beginning of the season and finishing with their first-ever minor premiership (gaining a prized bit of silverware to rattle around the trophy cabinet along the way), it seems Freo fans haven’t quite got the swagger of their…

WHERE have Hyde Park’s turtles gone? With the population of oblong turtles appearing to have both aged and shrunk, Vincent city council has called in UWA researchers to study health and their numbers. A turtle head poking above the water used to be a common sight, but sightings have been down over the past decade.…

BAYSWATER council’s four-year battle to stop a concrete batching plant is set to hit the supreme court. The council rejected WA Limestone’s first application to build the plant on Collier Road in 2011, citing concerns over dust pollution and proximity to houses and Joan Rycroft Reserve. Since then the application has been back and forth…

BAYSWATER city council will provide residents with a fact-sheet explaining its use of the herbicide glyphosate. Cr Chris Cornish pushed for the decision and was delighted to win the support of his colleagues. He’s now keen to see “cafe strips, schools, playgrounds and around water drains” become glyphosate-free areas. Glyphosate herbicides (Round-up is a popular…

FOR the first time in decades Bayswater will stage a candidate forum ahead of the council elections. The October 17 forum will be held at the Bayswater bowling club September 29, and so far nearly all the candidates, including mayor Sylvan Albert (seeking re-election to his ward seat) have confirmed attendance. The format will include…

POLICE are appealing for public help over the suspicious death of Robbie Bennett, 42, who died after falling from a third floor balcony last Saturday September 19 in Cheriton Street, East Perth. The major crime squad is asking anyone who was in the area between 7pm and 10pm that night to come forward with information.…

BEAUFORT STREET’S letting the dogs out with a doggie market next Sunday October 4. The area’s so deadly serious about its pooch culture (at the last council election just about every candidate pointed out they were a doggie person) the Beaufort Street Network’s turning the usual art market into Dogtoberfest. The strange street even has…

IT’S now a collector’s item—an “Up Yours Abbott” t-shirt. The Perth branch of the Socialist Alliance says it only had one t-shirt left in stock when the former prime minister was usurped by Malcolm Turnbull. The tees normally sell for $20 at the SA bookshop in Northbridge, but member Alex Bainbridge says the last one…

TWO historic properties on West Perth’s Cowle Street, categorised “conservation essential”, have been ruined by fire. Much of the street’s history has already been lost: in 2014 developer Giorgi Group knocked down three houses dating back to 1890 to make way for the 48-unit Dorrien Gardens development. Numbers 68-70 Cowle Street were some of the…