Author: Your Herald
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After fierce negotiation and expensive supreme court action, Stirling council will rejoin the Mindarie regional council. The decision will save Vincent ratepayers $300,000 in rubbish fees over this financial year. The MRC is the organisation that takes rubbish from member councils. The more councils involved, the cheaper it is to drop off a tonne of…
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Bruce Campbell is a man of his word: Last year he said he’d run against Perth city councillor Judy McEvoy for not supporting the Racism: It stops with me campaign and now he’s doing it. The health and safety professional lives in Perth but on the Vincent council side, so he’s rented an office in…
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Even more cash is to be splashed out on the $59,800 sculpture Games by Chinese artist Chen Wen Ling. An extra $6000 is required to install and light up the pricy purchase which Vincent city council picked up from the Sculpture on the Sea exhibition. The council had originally planned to pay local artist Matt…
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• The Beaufort Street sign is in the midst of being erected by local company Bremick (pictured is Ken Sealey, the creator of Vincent’s Big Blue Head, who was contracted to do some work on it). At $38,000 over budget, there were murmurs this week from some councillors displeased with how it’s looking, and whispers…
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“The slums of the future” may be rolled out in Vincent courtesy of the WA planning commission says Alannah MacTiernan. Vincent city council’s new town planning scheme was sent to the WAPC for approval (with WA planning minister John Day having rubber-stamped it), but when the council got the document back 19 months later, important…
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A TASSIE victor for the Perth haiku contest local poets snubbed WA didn’t rate in the top three winners of the Perth city library’s haiku competition, nor in the top three “special mentions”. Ron C Moss from Tasmania took the top gong, and third and second place went to NSW poets. The three special mentions…
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Perth city council Tuesday September 17, 2013 A HERITAGE staircase on King Street is here to stay after Perth city councillors refused to let it be pulled out for a big refurbishment. The old King Street cafe closed down at the end of 2012, and now clothing retailer Miu Miu is moving in. Miu Miu…
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A place in our community THANK you to Patti Ferber of the Nulsen Association for writing that beautiful letter about community inclusion for severely disabled folk through Perth City Farm (Voice Mail, September 7, 2013). We must never forget the fight for inclusion and welcoming disabled citizens into our communities. A past battlefield was the…
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GIARDINI’S, Leederville: Hipster bars and restaurant are opening up left, right and centre. And hipster bars and restaurants are closing down left, right and centre. When fashions are changing quicker than you can say “in vogue” it is nice to know that some things stay the same. And staying true. Leederville’s iconic Giardini’s is one…
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A smooth white leg sticks up in the air, a red wheel attached. Next to it a walking stick wears a single shoe. Theo Koning’s latest exhibition is full of quirky pieces sure to make viewers laugh, and ponder. As I spoke to Koning it struck me that a lack of academic success seemed to…
