THE saga of sculptor Lyndon Dadswell’s The Wildflower State continues to grow more colourful than a field of Morawa  everlastings. The sculpture, which was rescued from a demolition company’s junk pile after being removed from the old Commonwealth Bank in Hay Street in the 1990s, was loaned to Macquarie University in Sydney and bought at…

FREMANTLE’S electors have voted for their council to hold a meeting to raise awareness about AUKUS.  At a sometimes spiky electors’ AGM on Monday, representatives from Stop AUKUS WA put forward a successful motion calling for the City to “address the need for information and consultation” about the nuclear submarine deal.  The motion also requested…

MOSQUITOES have become “intolerable” around Maylands, leading Bayswater’s deputy mayor to question whether the City is doing all it can to give residents living around the river some relief. “As someone who lives in Maylands and is affected by this as well, I fully share the frustration and concern by others,” Cr Elli Petersen-Pik said.…

POPULAR Fremantle brewery Gage Roads says it cancelled an anti-fracking event featuring musician John Butler after realising it would be more than just a concert. The internationally-famous rocker had posted on his social media the cancellation was over the event’s political nature, pondering why the brewery had accepted Labor MP Simone McGurk’s campaign launch this…

FREMANTLE’s community independent candidate Kate Hulett this week announced a range of policies which she says target WA’s housing crisis.  As part of the policy, Ms Hulett says she will push to ban ‘no-reason’ evictions, and revise current public housing policy to prevent eviction of children into homelessness.  “WA is the only state in the…

A FREMANTLE business has been nominated for a prestigious Marine Stewardship Council award for sustainable seafood practices.  In a true David-and-Goliath story, Fremantle Octopus was nominated for MSC’s best sustainable seafood award this week and will face industry giants Birds Eye, Bluewave, Coles, I&J, and Skull Island which is owned by Austral.  General manager Heidi…

PREMIER Roger Cook made a charismatic appearance as Labor faithful converged on Gage Roads last weekend to mark the launch of Simone McGurk and Lisa O’Malley’s campaigns for the state seats of Fremantle and Bicton respectively. Former premier Peter Dowding and Jim McGinty were also in attendance. Around the grounds, the Liberal Party have finally…

A group of Tangney residents from Bicton to Cannington held a rally outside Tangney MP Sam Lim’s office on Wednesday, warning about an expansion of Woodside’s gas hub and the benefits of renewable energy. The Tangney Climate Action Group appeared as climate emergency first responders wearing high viz and hard hats, bearing positive climate action ideas…

UWA’s Two Centuries of Chinese Heritage in Western Australia aims to discover, record, and tell stories of Chinese communities’ contributions. Explore the digital portal and podcasts: www.chinesewa.net CHINESE market gardeners represent an important chapter in the state’s agricultural and multicultural history.  Arriving in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many Chinese immigrants established market…