BUNNINGS has appealed Stirling city council’s rejection of its retrospective planning application for its Inglewood garden centre. The Wesfarmers-owned hardware giant has operated a garden centre without planning permission since 1994, infuriating locals who’ve long complained about traffic problems. Insufficient parking at the store, at the corner of Eighth Avenue and Beaufort Street, means customers…

WA POLICE are refusing to get involved with Vincent city council’s “name and shame” scheme. The council is so fed up with street prostitution plaguing Highgate it’s resolved to name offenders. But in a meeting with mayor Alannah MacTiernan, police refused to back the plan. Central metropolitan superintendent Paul Coombes told the Voice police have…

FOLLOWING outcry from fans, Jon Bon Jovi has added Perth to his Australian tour, bucking the trend of major musos skipping our city. After the first announcement of tour dates failed to include WA, several online petitions were started. Most creative petition goes to Jodie Digney from Perth who implored the band: “Because We Can…

THE tree commemorating the Halliday family has died. The family were pioneers in the early days of Bayswater, and their nearby house on King William Street served as a meeting place for the local Baptist congregation. It’s now a museum and the HQ of the Bayswater historical society. But the tree planted in Halliday Park…

SPORTS clubs under threat of closure or amalgamation by Bayswater city council have been granted a reprieve. Spiralling maintenance costs on old buildings and plummeting membership have put pressure on clubs to merge and become more self-sufficient. Five Bayswater clubs fought for their survival on Tuesday night, presenting deputations to the council to show they…

SCORES of Ringo Starrs will play in a Perth drumathon to raise money for the WA cancer council this Sunday. The event is part of the global fundraiser Drumstrong, which will see drummers from across the globe unite to fight cancer. Perth participants will be able to play along with overseas drummers via a Skype…

PLANS for a pop-up scheme to fill long-vacant buildings with temporary shops have hit a hitch. In order to deal with empty shops dampening trader morale in centres like Oxford Street in Leederville, Vincent city council engaged property retailers Metier to start matching pop up businesses with landlords. But the scheme, a year in the…

SERMONS and the sound of jackhammers could soon be mingling at Inglewood Community Church. Church elders have submitted an application to Stirling city council to relocate from Beaufort to Cleveland Street in the Daniella light industrial zone. The baptist church has been based in Inglewood for more than 50 years and meets every Sunday at…

A “LIGHTER” plan for Heirisson Island has been rubber-stamped by Perth city councillors but there’s still no money for a footbridge. The original masterplan from 2008 was considered too pie-in-the-sky and PCC staffers call the new scheme “a more ‘grounded’ and detailed proposal”. This plan will see “low key” landscaping and infrastructure on the southern…

Some deaths more tragic? IT is interesting that prime minister Gillard sends condolences to president Obama over the unfortunate deaths of three persons in the Boston marathon. Where are the condolences and sympathy for the unarmed non-combatants massacred daily by the defence forces and the allies of this country in Afghanistan? There are none. Society…