Author: Your Herald
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A CLOTHING BIN operator will donate $100,000 to charity and issue a public apology after conceding he may have misled the public. E’Co Australia has settled supreme court legal action taken by WA’s consumer protection commissioner, which claimed director Mark Brian Keay had engaged in misleading conduct and unfair trade practices. The commission launched the…
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A club of champions I WAS rather incensed to read that 75 locals had signed a petition against the redevelopment of Menzies Park (Voice, April 5, 2014). Menzies Park has been the home ground of The Cardinals junior football club for more than 50 years to my knowledge. How can 75 people sway the council…
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WITH around half of Perth’s population being first- or second-generation migrants, memory and place are important, says Robyn Creagh. It’s a subject that has long fascinated the Curtin University architecture lecturer, and was the basis of her 2011 PhD. Her exhibition Unfixed Connections, at the Perth Centre for Photography, translates academic theory into something more…
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POLITICAL correctness can complicate dining out. I’d given up on prawns because trawling devastates the seabed: even farming is a problem, with fertile land in Bangladesh turned into saltwater pens to feed the insatiable western market’s demand for cheap prawns. That leaves less land for hungry Bangladeshis to eke a living from. So it was…
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AN outspoken critic of Vincent city council is having his premises investigated for illegal building works installed 20 years ago—more than a decade before he moved in. Stuart Lofthouse, who operates Greens & Co on Oxford Street, is a regular and vocal attendee of council meetings. He claims council processes lack transparency and that the…
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STIRLING residents face higher parking fines and fewer free bays after the council rubber-stamped a new policy Tuesday night. The update of six-year-old parking laws sees many $60 parking penalties increased to $80, including failure to pay at a metered bay and parking when a meter has expired. The penalty for parking in a clearway…
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ABOUT $24,000 of Perth ratepayers’ hard-earned is set to be spent sending city councillor James Limnios and infrastructure director Doug Forster to a Copenhagen summit. The money covers business class flights, accommodation, and “appropriate travel expenses”. They’re heading to Denmark in May to attend the International Cleantech Network summit, provided the PCC’s submission on redeveloping…
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CLEAN up your own mess and please stop throwing jellyfish at public art, Perth lord mayor Lisa Scaffidi is pleading. The council is spending $380,000 on a third high-pressure cleaner, as two apparently aren’t enough to regularly service mucky streets. Ms Scaffidi says individuals must take responsibility for the cleanliness too. She recently spotted a…
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“BY mutual agreement” John Giorgi has left Vincent city council with eight months remaining on his contract. In February councillors decided 7–1 to not renew the CEO’s contract upon its December 31 expiry. Mr Giorgi—CEO for 20 years—has been on leave for much of the time since. A press release from the council claimed he,…
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XINTIANDI restaurant in Northbridge has shut after being pinged $40,000 in health fines, including failure to clear pests from the premises. The swanky Francis Street restaurant was convicted of five offences, including failure to keep the premises clean and failure to stop pests getting inside. After shutting down for a week to make changes to…
