Chu through this
IT was only 11.30am but lunch-goers were already starting to file into the Chu Bakery in Highgate. Clutching one of their tuna baguettes ($7.50) I made the most of a […]
Monthly Archives: May 2019
Blinded by the dark
IF you like black humour, A World of Dark Comedy will be right up your sardonic alley. Now in its second year, the Perth festival screens comedy shorts from around […]
Picture perfect – you can bank on that
RESTORING an old bank in North Perth was a labour of love for its owner, award-winning photographer Denise Teo. The Fitzgerald Street branch of the The Bank of New South […]
Putting the bight on miner
A DOZEN protestors gathered outside the Perth office of Norwegian energy company Equinor last week as the company ramps up its bid to drill for oil in the Great Australian […]
Cyber attack spooks Baysy
A CYBERATTACK on Bayswater council has prompted it to consider hiring a cybersecurity officer and spending up to $165,000 on safety upgrades. City staff advised councillors that the cost of […]
Bittersweet victory
WHILE the national election result shocked the pollsters, there were no surprises locally with Labor’s Patrick Gorman winning Perth and Liberal candidate Vince Connelly taking out Stirling. There’s a number […]
Influencing Vincent
VINCENT council is paying Instagram influencers hundreds of dollars per post to advertise its events. The city’s financial documents reveal they paid Instagrammer @ashleighjade05 (aka Ashleigh Jade Munro-Smith) $450 for […]
Council rebooted
AFTER years of dysfunction and controversy the City of Perth is wiping the slate clean and rebooting its senior management. Over the past year its five directors have resigned and […]
Good Sammy gets benched
by DAVID BELL A KIND local who put out chairs for people at De Lacey Park has been given a stern “authoritarian” warning from Bayswater council to get rid of […]
Vincent mulls caretaker mode
THE City of Vincent is proposing new “caretaker” rules to stop councillors splashing cash on policies that would boost their re-election chances. The new rules are designed “to protect the […]
