THE federal court has provided a glimmer of hope for a group of senior and disabled citizens fighting to keep their bus route from being axed. The group, known as Sandbag, won a temporary injunction on Friday which prevents the public transport authority from pulling the pin on route 14 through Mt Hawthorn until the…

MORE than 3000 signatures from the “No Houses in Wetlands” petition will be submitted to Parliament this week in an effort to halt further clearing next to Eric Singleton Bird Sanctuary. One block owned by the D’Orazio family has already been extensively cleared following WA planning commission approval for a subdivision, with a housing project…

REAL faeries don’t wear plastic tiaras or wave sparkly wands, say eco-faerie Cara Walker. She’s on a mission to send the Disneyfied image of faeries up in smoke and give them back their ancient reputation as fierce wilderness warriors. Walker will be dropping by Maylands library for Book Week to teach local kids about looking…

HERITAGE PERTH needs volunteers to pull off its increasingly popular Perth Heritage Days. This year’s event will be run between October 15 and 16, with guests shown around historic locales not normally accessible to the general public. Volunteers are needed as guides, exhibition attendants, marshals, patron counters and to help manage crowds and general queries.…

WHEN Voice readers Sandy and Chris Marsh spotted the remains of a dove in their Northbridge back garden they suspected neighbourhood cats. But they quickly spotted a more majestic predator sitting on the nearby fence, a brown goshawk rarely seen in the inner city. Mr Marsh grabbed his camera and they snapped a photo of…

THOUGHTLESS drivers parking across suburban footpaths are making life dangerous for people with disabilities, old folks and parents pushing prams. Disability advocate Suresh Rajan lives in Yokine and goes for prodigious walks every morning, routinely racking up 15km or more, but he doesn’t have to walk far before spotting the first car across the footpath.…

VINCENT council has been told there’s little chance of any state funding for its trial of 40kmh speed limits across its southern areas. The council allocated $150,000 for the project in this year’s budget and hoped Main Roads and the Road Safety Commission would chip in half. That support is “unlikely,” according to a report…

HUMBLE traders, former pollies and long-time citizens share stories at the Museum of Perth’s new exhibition Shaping Perth. Helena Cohen Robertson from non-profit organisation Know Your Nation curated the oral histories from 12 Perth people which help shed light on how Perth has grown and changed through the years. Penny Hoffman’s mother managed the Derwood…