Cultural centre site chosen AFTER decades of talk and plans that come and go, an Aboriginal cultural centre for Perth is looking like a reality with a location chosen overlooking the city foreshore. Currently a Terrace Road carpark operated by Perth council but owned by the WA government, it was chosen after consultation with Whadjuk…

A HISTORIAN researching a century of tensions on the waterfront is hoping old wharfies and their families will be able to bring his ambitious thesis to life by sharing stories and ephemera from the key moments that shaped Australia’s maritime sector. Daniel A Elias is studying at UWA and looking at the issue of how…

LEEDERVILLE OVAL’S won hosting rights for the 2022 WAFL Grand Final for what’s expected to be a big trading day for local businesses on October 1. It’s always a scramble among suburban ovals to host the big day and bring in the crowds: in 2020 Fremantle business owners pooled $50,000 in funding to help bring…

AFTER two years’ absence, the Pride Parade’s return to Northbridge has been locked in after Perth council offered up a record level of funding to secure the event.  Pride WA CEO Choon Tan led a deputation to a special Perth council meeting this week calling on the city to increase the amount of funding. The…

PLANS for two towers at Leederville’s 40 Frame Court block have been released with one stretching 25 storeys and the other 17, hosting 273 units including a new breed of 87 tiny “co-living” apartments built around communal areas.  The plans are a long time in the making with Vincent council paving the way for the…

AS Beatty Park gears up to mark its 60th anniversary in November, the Vincent Local History Centre and Beatty Park kicks off with this celebration of the aquatic centres’ history with a tale of its time as one of Perth’s premiere music venues. MOST people know Beatty Park was built in 1962 as the major…

  HI, I’m Ariana Rosenberg. I feel very lucky to have been given the chance to sit and talk with the variety of writers this incredible city produces. WA punches well above its weight in terms of awards and acclaim, and as a writer myself, I hope to offer a unique perspective as I delve…

NADIA RHOOK, Andrew Sutherland and Bron Bateman are all appearing at BeSpeak for Poetry Month. It’s at Freo.Social in Parry Street, Fremantle on August 25 from 7pm. Also on the bill are Scott-Patrick Mitchell, Talya Rubin, Elfie Shiosaki, Pidj Flavell, Slylar J Wynter, Zen Dogg, Timmah Ball and 2022 poetry ambassador Sisonke Msiman, plus live music…

IT started out in 1965 with a handful of blokes who were into hot rods and modifying cars. Fast forward to 2022 and the West Coast Street Rod Club has hundreds of members and is busy preparing for its annual Father’s Day Hot Rod Show, which has been running for the past three decades. Forget…