“INCLUSIVITY” will see urinals go the way of underarm bowling in the massive upgrade of the WACA. The WACA Ground Improvement Project will see the Inverarity and Prindiville stands replaced by one large central stand across the northern end, with construction tipped to start in September. WACA board member Paul Collins, who was elected as…

THE e-scooter share craze is coming to Vincent, with a 12-month trial pegged to start in November or December. Vincent council originally wanted to sign up to a five-way inner-city council e-scooter share trial but Perth council dove in early and started its own scheme early in March, before the other councils were ready. The…

ALL councillors and staff should have mandatory police clearance, a working with children card, and undergo mandatory “safeguarding” training to prevent abuse and neglect, Stirling councillor Elizabeth Re reckons. Cr Re says the raft of measures is to “improve transparency and the culture across the organisation. “You’ve got to clean up the sector,” Cr Re…

BANKS Reserve could return to its traditional Noongar name “Warndoolier” after a prolonged renaming process.  This week Vincent councillors voted to ask the public whether to rename Banks Reserve entirely to Warndoolier or to use a dual-name. Back in 2012 a group of traditional owners, local elders and Noongar consultants agreed that the area was…

PERTH councillor Di Bain has resigned two months ahead of her term expiring.  Ms Bain was elected in 2020 with a strong showing in a crowded field, taking a council seat after coming in a close second in the lord mayoral race won by Basil Zempilas, who got 29.44 per cent of the vote to…

STIRLING council has voted to investigate a 12-month moratorium on developer contributions towards artwork or park upgrades. Mayor Mark Irwin penned the motion calling for the moratorium because he says developers are being put off by the cost of having to pay extras, including: • paying 1 per cent of the cost of a development…

STIRLING councillor Bianca Sandri’s early resignation has been confirmed with the Electoral Commission of WA announcing her Inglewood ward seat is up for grabs at the October 2023 election. We speculated Cr Sandri would likely step down when she took up her new role as planning director at Bayswater council, but didn’t hear back from…