Author: Your Herald
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LISA BAKER has been relegated to the same pariah status as cigarette companies, being refused a stall spot at the Autumn River Festival. The Maylands Labor MP has run stalls at the festival twice previously but Bayswater city council says political parties, real estate agents and liquor and tobacco companies are now banned under new…
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PERTH city council is campaigning hard on its merger stance in the final days before submissions to the local government advisory board close, rolling out an expert lineup to spruik its message. The PCC favours a minor expansion of boundaries to take in surrounding infrastructure and hubs like UWA, King’s Park, QEII medical centre, and…
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FORMER Vincent mayor Nick Catania says he’d gladly take up the role of commissioner during mergers—if offered the job. If a merger goes ahead in July 2015, the city’s elected members could be sacked and replaced by an appointed commissioner. Rumours are floating around town that Mr Catania—a former state Labor MP whose son is…
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LOCAL artist Matt McVeigh will be paid $25,000 for his artwork, effectively cancelling a decision by Vincent city council last year to sack his commission. Last year the council had voted to pay McVeigh $30,000 for public artwork Togetherness. He’d been given a down-payment of $5000 and got to work, but there were disagreements over…
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ALANNAH MacTIERNAN has been promoted to federal Labor’s front bench in a junior role, calling the move a “small bump up the food chain.” The Perth MP—formerly a senior minister in the former state Labor government—was appointed shadow parliamentary secretary for WA and regional development and infrastructure. The rise followed Fremantle MP Melissa Parke’s decision…
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THE Sonlife church is hoping to turn a run-down industrial shop on West Perth’s Cleaver Street into a new house of worship. Pastor Binh Nguyen started the independent church in his living room three years ago, having been with the Anglicans for three years. He had about a dozen people at his first sermon, and…
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FOR Szuszanna Herenyi it was like silent spring all over again. When the Stirling resident moved in 16 years ago, one of the joys in her life was watching and listening to birds early in the morning. Then her neighbours started chopping down their trees, complaining about the hassle of cleaning up fallen leaves. Now,…
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Suit up, fellas WHAT is wrong with young Perth men? Perth young women: attractive, well-dressed when they go to town during the day or at night. Perth young men: sloppy, wear pants that don’t fit and/or hang down and shirts that hang out of their pants. They don’t look after themselves, but look rotten, are…
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I WAS on the horns of a dilemma—a painful place to be to be sure. Join the queue of people waiting to order and risk being late for my appointment, or grab something quick and run. Sayers in Leederville was pumping and it was only 10.30am so I figured the food was worth making someone wait.…
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You don’t need to travel halfway across the globe to experience North African cuisine, as local diners are discovering at The Edge of Sahara. This new Northbridge eatery serves the most amazing food, from the regions that surround the great desert. Crispy, seasoned North African meat wrap served with mild harissa tahini sauce… At The…
