A GROUP of local line dancers have collected scores of bras to send abroad to countries where they’re unobtainable. Bras are highly sought after in some nations, particularly in humid climates where they help prevent rashes, fungal infections and abscesses caused by chafing under the breasts. But in countries like the Solomon Islands they’re difficult…

FLOREAT ATHENA Football Club kept Vincent council in the dark about a $3 million federal grant to upgrade Litis Stadium at a meeting two days before it was announced. The club has been struggling to convince the council to offer a long-term lease of the stadium at Britannia Reserve across the freeway from Lake Monger…

SATURDAY’S funding announcement of $3 million for Litis Stadium was also something of a balls-up for the federal government. with last week’s leadership crisis resulting in no representative being on hand for the big announcement, despite the potential electoral fillip. Former finance minister and WA senator Matthias Cormann had signed off on the funding grant,…

VINCENT councillors have voted unanimously to allow swings, rope ladders, tree houses and decorations on verge trees. The city put the proposal out for public consultation, but only 20 people responded, with 80 per cent saying they supported the initiative. However “there were some concerns raised around risk and potential for insurance premiums to rise,…

CAR stackers are meant to be the future of parking, but locals aren’t keen on having two built on Lord Street saying they’re too big and ugly. The Fabcar caryard at 266 Lord Street applied to Vincent council to build two car stackers, one like a big ferris wheel (14.4m high) and the other like…

THOUSANDS of Australians will be doing the downward dog this weekend to raise funds for the 48,000 homeless women across the country. The Yoga4Dignity event is run by Share the Dignity, a charity that distributes sanitary products to homeless women. Founder Rochelle Courtenay says three years ago she read an article about disadvantaged Australian women…

A SELF-GUIDED historic walking trail around North Perth’s town centre launches this week. The tour reveals how the suburb developed between the early 20th century and World War II and is an initiative of the local town team, North Perth Local. It got funding from Vincent council for the digitally-aided walk, which shows off 16…

OPIUM dens, brothels and mafia killings… Perth journalist Sean Cowan is shining a light on Perth’s dark history in his new crime tours of Northbridge. He’s well qualified to be a guide, having spent 14 years reporting on organised crime at The West Australian. Mr Cowan says Perth’s seemingly morbid crime obsession is nothing out…

A TRAVELLING exhibition honouring the people who stood up for Jews during the Holocaust has come to Perth, focusing on the rescuers and survivors who migrated to Australia. I Am My Brother’s Keeper was created by the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre “Yad Vashem,” based in Jerusalem. It commemorates more than 26,000 people recognised as having…