HIGHGATE primary school kids, staff and parents are campaigning for a better playspace to replace a sun-scorched square that’s “boring, crowded and heavy on the bitumen”. School board chair Tanya […]

STAMPING out crime along Maylands’ Eighth Avenue shopping strip may be as simple as tweaking the street’s design, a Curtin University researcher says. Researcher Paul Cozens and colleague Courtney Babb, […]

JUST months ago WA councils — including the City of Perth — rejected transparency suggestions from Vincent mayor John Carey. Now, the Barnett government plans to write similar measures into […]

BAYSWATER councillor Alan Radford says ratepayers should chip in when it comes to beautifying local streets. Cr Radford told last week’s council meeting he remembered when it was common for […]

FINAL preparations are under way for next weekend’s Light Up Leederville Carnival, with Leederville Connect chair David Galloway saying they’re aiming for “idiosyncratic, eccentric and fun”. He says they’re not […]

BAYSWATER train station looks like being a key plank in WA Labor’s campaign against the Barnett government. The station is the first stop on the new Forrestfield-Airport Link project, but […]

RESIDENTS who live near Russell Square are finding January’s Fringe World Pleasure Gardens didn’t live up to its name, with many complaining of rowdiness. Artrage merrily hoofed it to Perth […]