THE first of this year’s Transart temporary art projects has been put up, with Perth city council commissioning WA artist Richard Hammer’s kinetic sculpture MMM Energizer which is suspended from two trees in Stirling Gardens for 11 weeks. Allegedly it performs “a mesmerising dance for the viewer” but it was kinda lank when we had…

PERTH city council is trialling “female-friendly” car bays close to the entry/exit points so women don’t have to wander through dark carparks alone. There are 28 pink-painted bays in the Pier Street car park. Men won’t be fined if they park in the bay but they’re “encouraged to support” the trial. While the backlash from…

GOT a dirty secret in your back shed? Probably, says Tim Frodsham, who reckons most people would be unaware how much of a pollution-spewing villain their lawn mower is. Largely unregulated two-stroke motors get away with emissions that would make a Volkswagen executive blush. A joint university study published in Nature in 2014 found cancer-causing…

BAYSWATER council wants to hear what locals reckon about the historical significance of Halliday Park, with the chance of giving it stronger heritage protection hinted as a possibility. But the man who’s fought hardest for the park’s history to be recognised says the process is “just a complete and utter waste of money”. Town planner…

MORE than 80 concerned locals turned up to a meeting on the weekend over the poor health of the Brearley and Bungana Lakes in Maylands. The lakes are suffering toxic levels of algae. Stenches waft up towards nearby houses. Fountains have had to be turned off to avoid kicking up nasties into the air. The…

GAS supplier ATCO did not set up portable showers at a Tenth Ave complex as we reported last week (“Jim tips a bucket on hot water cut”). The complex’s strata company had to run the showers because pipe problems that were leading to gas leaks were its responsibility, not ATCO’s.