AS October’s local government election draws nearer, a Bayswater councillor is calling on his colleagues to disclose interests in social media pages to “discourage” their politicisation. For some social media consumers, suburban Facebook groups are a lifeline of information, a place to post about lost dogs, talk politics, document burglaries, or discuss strange cars parked…

AFTER all but running out of WWI soldiers to name roads after, Bayswater council is seeking out-of-the-box and abstract ideas for naming untitled laneways.  With more blocks being subdivided in recent years, the old rights of way that were once just seldom-used service alleys are increasingly serving as main addresses. The occasionally life-threatening problems linked…

AN even bigger Bunnings has been proposed to fit into the Pickle District, adding in more retail space and removing “community” spaces that were originally included to mollify local opposition. The current $25m designs for a Bunnings warehouse and assorted retail tenancies would stretch across a large block owned by Anita Percudani and Loretta Ricciardi…

FOR the first time since the Covid pandemic Kings Park is training a new cohort of volunteer guides to join the 140-strong group. Training committee members Paola Vallesi and Liz Hall (pictured) seeking people passionate about native plants to host walks through the park and guide guests at the Visitor Information Centre. There’s 14 weeks…

AS the FIFA Women’s World Cup kicks off this week, our peek into the past from the City of Vincent Local History Centre features part one of a two-part series delving into the history of women’s soccer. WHILE football, the Australian Rules kind, remains the most popular spectator sport in Australia, the most played club…