THE “bring out your dead” tradition in Vincent is headed for the trash pile with councillors voting to end bulk verge collections. On Tuesday (April 2) Vincent councillors unanimously supported Cr Josh Topelberg’s motion to not renew the city’s tender for bulk verge collection. He cited a truckload of reasons to dump the system including:…

A SHORT film about dating in your 80s kicks off a series of screenings from emerging filmmakers at Yagan Square this week. Filmmakers from ECU’s WA Screen Academy are getting some exposure on the big 45-metre screen, and the first film in the lineup is Deighties, the tale of Phil (86) who lost his wife…

GETTING underground power has turned into a class war, says Stirling council. Calling for the McGowan government to review the state’s underground power program, the council says it has turned into a commercial bidding war that favours the rich and pits councils against each other. Stirling staff say they’re being forced to offer more than…

DESPITE a royal commission exposing a long list of misdeeds by the major banks, Stirling council’s finance staff are advising councillors not to pull investments out of the big two it deals with – yet. The council has $92.7 million with NAB – by far its biggest investment – and $25.1m with Westpac. Both were…

THE fate of the proposed Inglewood Woolies was due to be decided by the Development Assessment Panel this Friday (April 5), with members being urged by Stirling council to approve the development. The supermarket complex is to be located on the old Bunnings site on Beaufort Street, and will include basement and ground floor car…

THE Baysie Arts & Streets Fest went down a treat on Sunday March 31 with estimates they drew a crowd between 10,000 and 15,000.  Volunteer organisers from Baysie Rollers are thrilled with how it all went, with one of the highlights being the Lantern Parade of 300 lanterns made by local school students and artists,…

ONE of the weirdest instruments in the world – the “trautonium” – will be played by Munich musician Peter Pichler in Perth this week. The proto-synth was created by scientist Freidrich Trautwein in the Weimar Republic in 1929. The most famous trautonium player was Dr Trautwein’s associate, professor Oskar Sala, who mastered the electronic instrument…

STIRLING councillor Suzanne Migdale has backflipped on her push to remove individuals’ names, including that of former mayor Terry Tyzack, from the city’s aquatic centres. Following the presentation of a 137-signature petition against the proposal at last Tuesday’s council meeting, Cr Migdale withdrew a rebranding motion. However she then lodged an alternative motion calling on…

FEDERAL Perth MP Patrick Gorman reckons the Morrison government budget has pinched the best bits of Labor plans. But he warns that Perth schools will still miss out. The Labor MP says Perth electorate residents can “be happy they’ve copied a range of Labor’s policies—they’ve copied Labor’s tax cuts for low to middle income earners,”…