PERTH comedy legend Max Kay, one of the funniest and most personable gentleman on the entertainment scene, died on Tuesday night (June 4). His family released a statement saying he’d passed away after a recent battle with illness, with his beloved wife Norma by his side. He had been a long term resident of Menora.…

HIGH rise towers could ruin Bayswater’s historic town centre when the state government takes over planning control of the area around the train station, says Bayswater Deserves Better. This week the McGowan government announced it was taking over planning control around the Bayswater train station from council to “maximise development opportunities” when the station is…

A BAYSWATER local has saved an 80-year-old kurrajong tree that was to be felled as part of the Bayswater train station upgrade. Lazar Radanovich moved a motion to save the tree at last year’s council elector’s meeting, saying “this tree is earmarked for destruction as part of the upcoming Metronet Bayswater train station upgrade”. He…

COUNCILS, state government and business owners have been brainstorming how to save traders on Beaufort Street, but the Beaufort Street Network says there’s a simple solution for now—just go there. The BSN is urging people to attend tonight’s “Rediscover Beaufort Street Rally” (Saturday June 8) from 6pm. Retail venues will stay open late, hoping to…

A PERTH forum on euthanasia laws will be hosted by John Carey, who lost his mum to brain cancer in 2007. The Perth MP nursed his mother through her final days and says he decided to host the forum “because I know there are a lot of people who have strong views on it both…

BAYSWATER council is reviewing its use of glyphosate after a number of US employees claiming they got cancer from the weedkiller won court cases. Councillor Lorna Clarke successfully moved a notice of motion to get clarity on how glyphosate/Roundup is used by city workers, and has asked staff to develop options to “eliminate or significantly…

STIRLING staff getting into prangs in their council-funded cars are costing ratepayers about $240,000 every year. Woodlands resident R Hadley recently asked how much was being spent on panel beating during council’s public question time, after he noticed that the $185,000 budgeted annually for smash repairs was ballooning out every year for the past five…

THERE’S one last square of hope for opponents of the public toilet to be installed at the Seventh Avenue Bridge in Maylands. Locals have been crying out for a toilet near the Maylands train station for years as people have been defecating and urinating in nearby streets. Council voted in February to install a $148,000…

THIS year’s Local History Awards in Vincent has a new category for photos taken after 2000. Over the years the Local History Awards has helped build up a thriving stock of valuable photos and stories. Mayor Emma Cole says the aim is to encourage people to “rethink what they would normally consider to be history”.…