A PERTH pensioner says she’s being forced out of her home because of a neighbour’s chronic smoking, and authorities seem powerless to help. Kath* is a former nurse who worked in the cancer wards of St John of God hospitals, a breast cancer survivor and the wife of a motor neurone disease sufferer. But she…

AT least four Perth city councillors are seeking tens of thousands of dollars to cover legal fees stemming from the local government inquiry into the city. Under council policy they can be reimbursed up to $10,000 per instance if they have legal costs relating to their position. The three state government-appointed commissioners currently filling in…

NINTY police officers will be transferred to the new Perth police district in a bid to curb anti-social behaviour in Northbridge. Fifty of the new officers will be on the beat. WA Police Minister Michelle Roberts said the move follows “consistent concerns” over violent incidents within the city and the entertainment precinct. “People will see…

BAYSWATER’S bike boulevard looks set to be extended to Morley city centre, but over half the residents living beside the proposed extension are against it. The million dollar first stage of the boulevard, running for 2.7km along Leake and May Streets, was completed in September. Stage two will run from Adelphi St to Russell St…

WITH marriage equality now the law of the land and couples able to marry regardless of sex, Vincent council has discontinued its relationship declaration register. Perth MP John Carey proposed the idea when he was a Vincent councillor in 2012, saying that if the federal government wasn’t going to get on with legalising marriage equality…

A DAY care centre for the elderly could be turned into townhouses as Bayswater pulls the plug on its Home and Community Care Program. Since 2004, Olive Tree House in Morley has been providing in-home food services, social activities, and transport and domestic assistance to the elderly. The facility hosts cooking classes and workshops, and…

AN aged and disability provider is in pole position to move into the Maylands Autumn Centre. Bayswater council officers have recommended that ECHO, which provides in-home care and services, be granted a five-year lease. Up until last year it was used by the Maylands Senior’s Club, but it dissolved after membership dwindled, and the Ninth…

THE three state government-appointed commissioners running Perth city council will decide on Tuesday if suspended councillors keep getting paid, but regardless of their decision lord mayor Lisa Scaffidi will continue to receive most of her wages. Perth councillors get an allowance every quarter, totalling just over $30,000 a year, and they’re still getting this while…

VINCENT council CEO Len Kosova has announced he will resign in September after three and a half years in the job. His contract runs until 2021, but Mr Kosova said he wants to spend more time with his kids and do more consultancy work in the local government sector. It was a far shorter innings…