ARTIST Margarita Leon, or The Gypsy Goddess as she is known professionally, has had a very busy year.  She has dressed performers for festivals, created custom headpieces for weddings, hosted her first solo exhibition ‘Goddess Rising’ in May, and had four of her headdresses included in an exhibition raising funds for mental health.  The Spanish-born artist has been…

ONE vote saw candidate Ross Ioppolo elected in Vincent’s south ward, with a formal challenge of the results now underway from nearest contender Joshua O’Keefe. There were two spots going in south ward and incumbent Jonathan Hallett eased back in with 1,437 votes, followed by Cr Ioppolo with 979 and Joshua O’Keefe with 978. Two weeks…

BAYSWATER has a new mayor following a significant upheaval that saw Dan Bull replaced by his former deputy mayor Filomena Piffaretti, the first female mayor in the council’s history.  Bayswater is one of the few remaining city councils where the mayor is chosen by councillors after the election, rather than being directly elected by voters.  On…

VETERANS of the war in Afghanistan and the Gulf War are being sought by the Friends of Anzac Cottage to be included in this year’s Remembrance Day commemorations.  The cottage has strong links to Anzacs from Australia’s other major conflicts: The community built the cottage for wounded veteran John Cuthbert Porter. His daughter Marjorie Williams…

THE CBD’s Workzone Eastbuilding has become the first carbon neutral commercial building in the state. Building owners RF Corval and Cundall got experts from property consulting giants Knight Frank to fine-tune the operations over the past fewyears to run as energy-efficiently as possible. Changes in light schedules, adding sensor lighting, upgrading to LEDs, and keeping…

BAYSWATER’S new mayor and one of her colleagues have called out local Facebook pages linked to a vocal resident, for persistently targeting female candidates during the council elections. James Kozak is the main author of Facebook pages including Bayswater WTF Community Notices and Chat Group, and Oh Fishal Page of Those Blocked by Cr Catherine…

PRIDE Month’s been marked by a new mural melding the style of gay icon Andy Warhol with local LGBTQI+ people.  Warhol was one of the few figures who openly lived as a gay man before the Stonewall riots and the rights revolution of the late 1960s.  Local artist Sioux Tempestt painted the mural on North…

A CLOSE race leading to a next-day recount has confirmed Perth city council’s lineup will not change, with incumbents Liam Gobbert, Clyde Bevan, Brent Fleeton, and Viktor Ko returned amid a field of 16 contenders. As the lower four winners of the eight who took office at the 2020 election, those councillors had just a…

THE wall of incumbency didn’t wobble at Stirling council’s election with all sitting councillors who re-contested their seats being returned. Elizabeth Re defended her Doubleview spot, Karlo Perkov has Hamersley again, Bianca Sandri’s staying in Inglewood, and Suzanne Migdale maintained her Lawley mantle.  Lawley contender Paul Collins came the closest of anyone to unseating a…