Some of the aftermath from this week’s explosion at the Morley Galleria. Two men died in the tragedy, with one, Matt Hutchins, aged just 22. At the time of going to print, two other men (50 and 48) remain in a critical condition in Royal Perth Hospital. Police say it’s believed all four men—employees or…

FOOD VAN permits in Bayswater are nearly double those of neighbouring Vincent. Cool Breeze Cafe co-owner Georgia Johnson says the high cost is contributing to a low take-up of the business model. Bayswater’s food van permits, introduced in September, cost a cool $1500 per year. In Vincent they’re $619 for selling “pre-wrapped” food like pies…

LABOR’S come down on the side of Vincent in the merger debate, with Mark McGowan saying his troops won’t support any City of Perth Act that forcibly merges the two councils or which allows vote-weighting to favour businesses over residents. Premier Colin Barnett is planning to use the Act to mush the two councils together.…

THEY’VE scrimped and saved and now Vincent’s massive budget problems seem to finally be under control. At the start of the financial year the council had to save $6.4million after a budget error threatened to put it in the red. In the latest budget update it’s predicting to be just $165,000 off the mark come…

THE short-lived ability to subdivide 240sqm blocks into even smaller parcels has been banned in the Cleaver and Hyde precincts in Vincent. The right to subdivide tiny blocks had been an accidental side-effect of a state government policy intended to give higher density to places like Ellenbrook. It ended up affecting Vincent’s historic inner-city suburbs…

A NEW breed of convenience stores taking over from the old corner deli is springing up throughout central Perth, and coming head to head with inner-city residents. Many popping up about the place are the more well-known Kwik-E-Mart and 7-Eleven franchises but similar stores such as GloryXpress are also muscling in. An application for a…