CHILDREN at a Jewish school have been labelled “Zionist scum”. A vandal scrawled the term at the entry gates of the Carmel school in Yokine, which promotes iself as providing a “Zionist, Modern Orthodox education”. The vandalism follows Israel’s military offensive in Gaza, which has so far claimed 1200 lives, many of them women and…

HE’S American, he lives in Dianella and he’s in love with Scotland’s national drink. Nathan DeTienne isn’t your typical whisky connoisseur. In fact, he fell in love with the good stuff when he went through a bout of toothache and used whisky as an analgesic. “My dentist was quoting me around US $2500 to fix…

BAYSWATER city council is in danger of losing the Maylands Hawkers markets to a neighbouring council after putting off approval. The market had completed a successful six-month trial next to The Rise but the council voted to put it on ice pending a traffic management report. Exasperated organiser Catherine Ehrhardt says that leaves her no…

THERE were a few soaked cycling shoes in West Perth this week, with the bike tunnels near Old Aberdeen Road lapping with water. The tunnels were flooded with about 8cm of water all weekend, enough to make it a tough slog even in low gear when the Monday morning commuter rush rolled round. The underpass…

PROTEST signs on Oxford Street’s cafe strip have been ordered removed after Vincent council took umbrage at the remarks. In the past the council’s taken a hands-off approach whenever Debbie Saunders or Stuart Lofthouse erected their anti-council statements above Greens & Co—our personal favourite is a reference to “MacTiernanmen Square—but following last week’s council meeting,…

PLANS to allow non-family members to rent out granny flats in Coolbinia, Menora and Mt Lawley have locals up in arms. The suburbs are covered by covenants allowing just one dwelling per 1000sqm: granny flats up to 70sqm were exempted, as long as family members lived in them. Now, the WA government has changed planning…

FORMER Vincent councillor Dudley Maier has criticised his colleagues’ $3500 telecommunications allowance as too generous. “I think that’s excessive and in some ways could be a rort,” he told them from the public gallery at the last meeting. Telstra’s top plan with unlimited talk, text, and 3GB of data a month runs to $1608. The…

A WHOPPER new 125-unit development is set to replace what has been a bare patch of sand on Palmerston Street ever since Alan Bond’s old bottle yard was torn down. While 6.5m too high and with 48 more units than it’s supposed to have, the developers hope “design excellence” and “sustainable design features” will win…

A LOCAL development assessment panel has approved redevelopment of the Liquorland site in Mt Lawley, despite concerns over a parking shortfall. The site, at the corner of Beaufort Street and Second Avenue, will be a three-storey mixed-use development and include a small bar, two offices and eight multiple dwellings. Stirling city council staff reported the…

PERTH Messiah or union propaganda? The jury is out on a new poll which reveals a glowing 30 per cent net approval rating for Alannah MacTiernan. A massive poll—commissioned by the National Tertiary Education Union and conducted by the research company UMR over June 14-29—covered 23,176 voters in 23 marginal electorates. The survey for Perth…