YOLK Property Group has applied to demolish two old buildings at 9 and 11 King William Street in Bayswater’s town centre, with the development-friendly state government lined up to decide the height of their replacement. A previous planning approval giving Yolk the go-ahead for a six-storey building, on the proviso the facade of number 11…

DOG rescue services would be fined if a re-homed animal attacked someone, under a recommendation from the City of Stirling. The McGowan government is currently poring over 66 submissions to its “Pause for Paws” consultation on changes to WA’s Dog and Cat acts, with a report due to be tabled in parliament in November. Stirling’s…

MORE Noongar culture is coming to Northbridge this weekend, at least virtually. Perth film production company Periscope Pictures has crafted a virtual reality experience “Virtual Whadjuk,” sending a viewer back in time to see the natural landscape along the Derbal Yerrigan (Swan River) and interact with the original people. It builds off a concept by…

A BAYSWATER councillor who booked a $3542 training course that starts just two weeks before council elections says she’ll repay the money if she’s not re-elected. Catherine Ehrhardt dipped into her $15,000 councillor training allowance to book into the Australian Institution of Company Directors’ three-day Foundations of Directorship Certificate, which is being held in Perth…

MOUNT LAWLEY MP Simon Millman has called for the WA Academy of Performing Arts to stay in Mt Lawley. Talk of WAAPA moving into Perth’s CBD has been building over the past six weeks, and on September 17 Edith Cowan University vice chancellor Steve Chapman acknowledged to staff in an email he was looking at…

THE revival of the East Perth power station is a step closer with the McGowan government inviting five developers to submit detailed plans. The five were the same shortlisted in 2016 after an expression of interest process: Mirvac, Frasers Property, Lendlease Development, Australian Capital Equity (the Kerry Strokes investment company wanting an art gallery there),…

BOOKWORMS will be wriggling for joy at Stirling libraries next month. As part of the Garage Sale Trail, libraries in Inglewood and Dianella will be holding special book sales on Saturday October 19, 9am-11.30am. “For sellers it’s a great opportunity to find new homes for those unwanted items and make a bit of extra money,”…

Gas and oil insider speaks out AS 10,000 protestors in Forrest Place demanded the end of fossil fuel use, a manager at a multinational oil and gas company blended in among the students, politicians, activists and greenies calling for the death of his industry. Speaking anonymously, the company man, who has experience in climate change…

WHILE fastidious gardeners were blowing autumn leaves into the gutter, Tafe fashion student Aimee-Lee Verrier took a different view and saw some potential. “The colours were so vibrant and orange and I just thought how beautiful those would look preserved into a dress,” the Coolbinia resident said. “I also had been wanting to make a…