PERTH council says it’s almost inevitable it will have to shut down some of its services as a result of Coronavirus. It is also implementing a ban on anyone known to have been overseas from entering its administration centre. On Tuesday the council held a special meeting to discuss its response to the virus, which…

AN army of volunteers who’ve stepped up to ensure Perth’s seniors have some support to get through Coronavirus has restored local MP John Carey’s faith in humanity. After blanket media coverage of people brawling and panic buying in response to the fast-approaching pandemic, Mr Carey said he was “simply blown away” by the community’s response…

CORONAVIRUS didn’t deter 18 healthy volunteers from doing the first busy bee at the Inglewood Mt Lawley Community Garden last Sunday. Since Stirling council approved the garden in May last year, 470 people have signed up to transform the patch of land next to the Inglewood Bowling and Sports Club on Stancliffe Street. “The garden…

SECRET debates at Bayswater committee meetings will continue after Cr Catherine Ehrhardt’s motion to open them to the public was voted down. Cr Ehrhardt said it was in line with the council’s ongoing transparency push to open meetings to the public and post audio recordings of them online, which has been adopted by a number…

REPEATED beheading of the snail sculptures in Bardon Park in Maylands has led to their removal. Bayswater councillor Catherine Ehrhardt reports “unfortunately due to ongoing senseless vandalism of the snails in the children’s playground at Bardon Park, the snails will be removed and replaced with stepping stones”.  Their removal was roundly mourned when Cr Ehrhardt…

A FAMILY hoping to give their intellectually disabled daughter and her friends some independence have got the green light from Vincent council. At Tuesday’s meeting, the council approved three homes on Leake Street that are designed to create a mini-community for their daughter, who has Down syndrome, and seven friends. “Our daughter has several friends…

VINCENT council will abandon its latest attempt to protect the character of its “Norfolk” precinct after admitting it still hasn’t got it quite right. The council had initiated an amendment to its planning scheme to try and prevent ugly infill ruining the pre-1940s, single-storey streetscapes in the triangle bounded by Walcott, Vincent and Fitzgerald Streets.…

A LONG-RUNNING stoush over the location of a new public toilet in Maylands has taken another turn after council officers recommended installing it opposite the Whatley Crescent retail strip. The Exeloo would be on the road reserve beside the Maylands train station, just outside the heritage-listed Parcel Office, and cost $179,028. Last year council looked…