RUBBISH thrown out by West Perth businesses will be transformed into a public artwork in Stirling. REmida is organising a “scavenger hunt” to see what junk can be diverted from landfill and upcycled. Materials collected February 25 will be used to create a sculpture that will go on display next month at the Osborne Park…

THE recent closures of live music venues is such a hot topic that organisers of a crisis forum have had to shift to a bigger venue. The February 23 meeting of musicians, promoters, groupies and the general public has been moved from Jimmy’s Den to the Bakery. Deville’s Pad in East Perth this week announced…

THE WA Blind Cricket Club is worried it will be unsafe to continue playing in Maylands if local dog walkers get their way. For more than 20 years, the blind cricketers have been playing on Shearn Memorial Park, an active reserve beside the busy Central Avenue. Local dog walkers want the park fenced off completely…

AROUND 25 people gathered outside Perth’s Japanese consulate to protest the killing of dolphins in Taiji. The demonstration called for an end to the annual dolphin drive hunt in the coastal town, which Sea Shepherd says results in the death of several hundred dolphins and small whales. “For a staggering six months of every year—September…

BAYSWATER library is set to be adorned with bunny rabbits and a doe-eyed child. Local artist Namo Osaki wants to transform the tired-looking library wall overlooking the kids playground in Bert Wright Park with a manga-style mural. Osaki was awarded a grant last year to undertake a community art project that would “add vibrancy” to…

WOOD STREET in Inglewood and Rosebury Street in Bedford have been singled out as “problem areas” by around 50 locals who attended a crime forum at the Bedford RSL. Forum co-organiser David Lagan said drug dealers were “running product in and out of the area”. A spate of vehicle break-ins were also cited as a…

THE sculptors who brought us Beaufort Street’s nudie animals on a bike are in town for a new exhibition featuring the popular Dogman and Rabbitgirl characters. Gillie and Marc use the strange creatures to try to spread a little love throughout the world. “It’s a very unusual match but amazingly a match made in heaven:…

HERITAGE was the real winner in the council merger debacle, says Mount Lawley Society president Paul Hurst. Mr Hurst says Bayswater city council, under the pressure from the society, mimicked Stirling’s heritage guidelines during the merger process, which should have ongoing benefits. Paul Collins a “Stay in Stirling” campaigner and MLS member, says local heritage…