Perth Voice Interactive

PERTH lord mayor Lisa Scaffidi is the co-owner of a development site fined by Vincent city council over mounds of dumped rubbish.

The land at 285 Vincent Street is owned by a company called 285 Vincent Pty Ltd. More than two-thirds of the shares in that company are owned by LisaJoe Investments Pty Ltd, which is co-owned by Ms Scaffidi and her builder husband, Joe, according to ASIC. The property owners were recently fined $1500 by Vincent council over the amount of garbage on the site, much of which appeared to have been dumped there from another location says Vincent CEO Len Kosova.

The garbage — which had included soiled mattresses according to neighbours — was recently removed.

Mr and Ms Scaffidi also own a building in Wellington Street, Perth, that has been trading as the Grand Central Backpackers.

The building is currently undergoing significant renovations, with a change in signage and the removal of various materials.

The Voice asked Mr and Ms Scaffidi if any material from the building had been dumped at Vincent Street, but we received a “no comment”.

This week Kay P Collinson, office manager for 285 Vincent Pty Ltd, wrote to the Voice to complain about last week’s front page coverage.

She blames sub-contractors for working outside allowed hours, and a previous owner for leaving garbage on-site.

“The article is full of factual errors, which we realise does not concern you as this is a weekly occurance (sic),” she wrote, “but we would urge you to, in the future, focus on who was at fault and not guess or suggest it was people, that in this case had no involvement, in creating “the tip” that was referred to.”

by DAVID BELL