CLIMATE change activists Extinction Rebellion have vowed to take on Perth’s monopoly daily The West Australian during a week of disruption they’re expecting will lead to “dozens” of arrests. On Tuesday representatives of the group delivered a letter to SevenWest Media with a list of three demands, which were that the company: • Had to…

HIDDEN behind the now-tatty 1930s exterior of the Hostel Milligan lies one of Perth’s hidden historic gems. Built somewhere between 1874 and 1886 by pearler Joseph Clarkson, Pearl Villa’s brick walls and chimneys are still visible from Murray Street, a reminder of the wealth that came to some from the colony’s early pearling industry. And…

A PILOT project encouraging Highgate primary and Mount Lawley high school students to get creative has helped improve their academic learning while giving teachers back their “mojo”, says a UWA researcher. Mathilda Joubert has been evaluating WA non-profit creative agency FORM’s Creative Learning program, which was rolled out across 16 state schools last year and…

NEXT year’s Australia Day celebrations will feature the first aerial show since the death of two people in a plane crash on the Swan River in 2017. Pilot Peter Lynch and partner Endah Cakrawati were killed when their seaplane crashed into the water, leading to the mothballing of the event. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau’s…

COUNCIL election signs on private property in Vincent have been stolen. Vincent south ward candidate Joshua O’Keefe said last Friday supporters were reporting his signs had been cut down from their fences. He reckons whoever’s taken them hasn’t just pulled them off; the stiff signs are attached via hardy zip ties that make them difficult…

by DAVID BELL LEEDERVILLE Tennis Club is five years away from notching up a century and is gearing up with an open day on October 13. Back in January 1924 keen tennis players approached Perth city council looking for land near Lake Monger. They were riding on the back of a tennis boom. A June…

HOLDEN SHEPPARD’S book Invisible Boys is an emotional tale of growing up gay in a small country town. Like the protagonists, the Perth author had to hide his homosexuality during his teenage years in Geraldton. Sheppard managed to stay under the radar at a huge emotional cost, but others were less fortunate. “You didn’t say…