BASIL ZEMPILAS is back as Perth’s lord mayor with a third election win, while an extensive preference count among 10 council candidates saw contenders jostle back and forth before some late reversals.  Mr Zempilas claimed 56.5 per cent of the vote against Sandy Anghie’s 36.49 per cent, with newcomer Will Leyland polling at 7 per…

ALISON XAMON is the new mayor of Vincent, coming in ahead on both primary votes and preferences.  Ms Xamon is formerly an upper house MP for the Greens but ran independent of the party, and says she’s far happier in a council role than in state parliament. Technically she could still be called back to…

LONG-serving Bayswater councillor Sally Palmer is off council after Saturday’s election. The empty north ward seat she would’ve stepped into with the second-highest vote on the weekend was blocked off by a last-minute resignation from mayor Filomena Piffaretti that will instead spark a by-election (“Shock resignation,” Voice, October 21, 2023). As the Voice predicted, Cr…

INCUMBENT Stirling mayor Mark Irwin has won another term, pulling in 62 per cent of the vote over Elizabeth Re in a two-way race. Cr Re, who is probably Mr Irwin’s most vocal rival on council, remains at Stirling in her councillor role through to 2025. No incumbents lost their seats, though it was a…

MAYLANDS’ storied past is being unearthed for the new week-long Maylands History and Heritage Festival starting November 4.  The festival comes off the back of the popular heritage month the Maylands Historical and Peninsula Association ran in 2022 to celebrate their 30th year of preserving local history, and is running as part of the bigger…

GROWING up, Georgia Tree’s father always insisted she’d be the one to write down his life story, but never let on what a roller coaster ride it would be. Grant Tree came of age just as Perth emerged from its mission brown nostalgia; the infant internet had opened a window to the world where the…