Stirling city council and the Mount Lawley Society are using “scaremongering tactics” to whip up opposition to council amalgamations, says Bayswater mayor Terry Kenyon. Cr Kenyon slammed the “Stay in Stirling” rally held at the Astor Theatre last week, which disparaged the notion of Mt Lawley becoming part of Bayswater Pamphlets declared, “Don’t make Bayswater…

Perth Liberal candidate and property tycoon “Dazzling” Darryl Moore is learning the hard way that what you post on the net stays on the net—forever. It’s emerged this week that on a property investor website eight years ago he’d referred to tenants as “ferals” and “illiterate” and “whinging”. Under the username “Dazzling” he’d noted that…

Perth Liberal candidate Darryl Moore says he has no regrets about entering public life. The former petroleum engineer and landlord has adopted a cautious strategy with the media after claiming his views on equal marriage were misrepresented by both the West Australian and the Voice. He now communicates with the Voice through Liberal media minder…

English-born mayor David Boothman will do anything to stop Colin Barnett’s council amalgamations—he’s even allowed his staffers to Photoshop his face into Scottish “Braveheart” William Wallace. The poster is the latest in a series of iconic images created by Stirling city council to protest its boundaries changing in the amalgamations. The first poster in the…

Stirling is set to go all rad with BMX bikes and skateboards. The council will investigate building eight skate and BMX facilities across the city, including satellite sites at Dianella and Inglewood. One-quarter of the city’s population is aged between five and 24, but there is only one skate park, at Carine. Mayor David Boothman—a…

Hundreds of education assistants attended a rain-soaked rally at parliament house Tuesday to protest job cuts. Last month’s WA Budget included the shock loss of 500 education assistants and support staff from public schools across Perth. The State School Teachers Union is demanding the Barnett government reverse the cuts or face strike action over three…

Dudley Maier says he’s considering a run for mayor of Vincent. “The next couple of years are going to be really critical for our community,” he says. “I think the writing’s on the wall that there’s going to be change. The people who think we can stay separate as Vincent are living in fairyland. “We…

Lawyer Laine McDonald has put up her hand to run for Vincent council. In her day job with Slater & Gordon, Ms McDonald represents people suffering asbestos-related diseases. The 31-year-old says with mergers looming, “we need a strong council and people with experience in advocating”. “As a lawyer, that’s what I do every day. I…

It’s the year of the political comeback: First Kevin Rudd and now Nick Catania? The Voice hears the former Vincent mayor and before that Balcatta state Labor MP will make a tilt for Stirling city council’s Lawley ward at next month’s elections. “He’s fuming at the government’s plans to make Mt Lawley part of Bayswater,”…