PRIDE WA says it’s had enough of big business running up the rainbow flag once a year while ignoring in-house discrimination.  In a move senior vice president Gerry Matera acknowledges is risky, Pride won’t accept sponsorship for its high-profile annual parade if businesses can’t show a long-term strategy to address issues faced by LGBTQI+ staff. …

PERTH council’s planners have recommended another tunnel be considered for the CBD to handle light rail or a rapid bus service. Back in July, Infrastructure WA released the state’s first 20-year infrastructure strategy which recommended planning for light rail and/or bus rapid transport to the city centre. Noting the “multiple unsuccessful attempts” to get light…

FRINGE WORLD looks set to score almost $100,000 in additional funding from the City of Perth for next January’s festival, but Perth Festival’s hopes for a top-up have gone unrewarded. Funding recommendations were included in this week’s agenda briefing session for Perth councillors, and also included $100,000 to help Perth host the 2023 World Transplant…

SOME much-needed federal funding’s come through for local homelessness providers around Perth, with Spirit of the Streets Choir, Tom Fisher House and Orana House among the beneficiaries. The federal government’s Stronger Communities Program gives up to $150,000 for each electorate for socially beneficial projects selected by MPs and their community consultation committees, and assessed by…

THIS week’s tale from Vincent’s Local History Centre is Lucy Hair’s account of our town’s dwindling delis.  The Lake Deli at 181 Anzac Road, constructed around 1938-39 and still standing today.  THE local deli has been an essential element in the Australian landscape for many decades.  Also referred to as a corner store and more…

A LOCAL author has helped identify another World War I digger who spent more than 100 years in an unmarked grave.  Andrew Pittaway, a council records officer by day, collected diaries, letters, oral histories and photos from World War I while writing his book Fremantle Voices of the Great War. During his research he learned…

APPLICATIONS have opened for the fifth instalment of the City of Vincent Film Project. The three film-makers who make it through the assessment will get $7,000 and a mentor to help them produce a quick non-fiction film about Vincent. The successful films will screen during the 25th Revelation Perth International Film Festival in July next…

RESIDENTS around Hyde Park might not have to walk half the suburb to get home with their shopping after Vincent council approved a trial of parking restrictions to push out bay-hoggers. The council has fielded complaints for years about CBD commuters clogging up the parking bays around the park, leaving residents and their visitors circling…