Big crowds expected to join the 5th annual Human Chain on World Animal Day in opposition to live animal exports. Hundreds of West Australians opposed to the export of live animals will again link hands to join the Human Chain across Stirling Traffic Bridge on Sunday 4 October to highlight the wide community support to…

THE prestigious Perth College — an exclusive private school for girls — has been accused of “heritage vandalism” by the Mount Lawley Society. The accusation was levelled following Stirling city council’s decision to oppose the college’s application to demolish four 1920s-era homes inside the leafy suburb’s heritage protection zone. “The demolition is contrary to the…

DID Perth lord mayor Lisa Scaffidi ever tell council officials about serious environmental health allegations levelled against a business occupying a building she co-owns? It’s a simple question but one the lord mayor and Perth city council’s CEO and his media team have not answered. Last week the Voice reported — after gaining access to…

CATHERINE EHRHARDT is pushing for a pelican crossing on Railway Parade, following the death of a pedestrian struck by a car last Saturday night. Circumstances surrounding the accident are unclear, but the 45-year-old man was hit by a Hyundai while crossing the road, around 15 metres from the zebra crossing near Maylands train station. Ms…

UP to 25 administrative staff face losing their jobs at Edith Cowan University as it abolishes faculties and merges schools. At this stage it is unclear how many staff based at the Mt Lawley campus may be affected. The reorganisation will see 14 schools merge into eight, and report directly to the vice-chancellor. Around 100…

  TWICE a week Phyllis Barras, 95, gets along to Perth Tai Chi Academy classes at Bethanie on the Park retirement village. The Voice managed to squeeze in a photo shoot between the Menora resident’s regular bridge games and golfing sessions. The academy runs the sessions at the village to help older folks maintain balance…

THERE’LL be no Leederville farmers’ markets this month, with operators deciding they couldn’t meet Vincent city council’s conditions and remain viable. Markets owner Paul Ashbolt has described the outcome as a “train wreck”. But mayor John Carey says the council’s already in talks with a non-profit outfit looking at a market in the same spot.…

THE driver of a council street sweeper that crashed into a house in Maylands has been released from Royal Perth hospital. The driver suffered a “medical episode” and ploughed into the garage of a two-storey home on Tourer Court last Thursday. “We understand that the driver is out of the hospital and is recuperating at…

  IT’S a big field for this year’s Vincent council elections, with five people seeking the two spots in north ward, seven gunning for the two in south and three running for mayor. The mayoral trio are incumbent John Carey, Leederville cafe owner Debbie Saunders and small business owner and “big L Liberal” Malcolm Boyd.…