THE green lights have been turned on at pedestrian black spot on Charles Street near the North Perth Primary School, fulfilling an election promise from Perth Labor MP John Carey. Residents had been calling for action to make it less hostile for pedestrians near Alfred Street as Charles Street acts as an unnerving 60kmh divide…

INTERNATIONAL soccer star Sam Kerr is to be given the Keys to the City of Perth. On Tuesday lord mayor Basil Zempilas put forward Kerr’s nomination, saying she was arguably WA’s most popular and successful sporting star at the moment. “Sam has a long list of achievements, but at the top of that long list,…

FENCES are coming down and Maylands Waterland has its dry reopening this Friday June 10 with the waterworks ready to be switched back on when the weather warms.  The aged aqua park was closed due to decrepitude in 2019, and Bayswater council had high hopes the much-needed renovations would be done for the end of…

THE former chairman of the Perth Zoo and WA Conservation Commission has called for a ban on e-scooters in Hyde Park after almost getting mowed down by one while walking there. Brian Easton wrote to the City of Vincent CEO a few months back saying on a Saturday morning “my wife and I on our usual…

A WORK by influential Perth classical guitarist Duncan Gardiner, who died earlier this year, will be one of the highlights of a concert tomorrow (Sunday June 19) by the WA Guitar Orchestra. Dr Gardiner’s work Midar was the eighth movement of an ambitious composition commissioned by the National Trust in 2016 to celebrate the historic East Perth…

VINCENT council  looks poised to move a step closer to developing two of its car parks in Leederville, with one next to the freeway potentially reaching 23 storeys. The agenda for Tuesday’s council briefing session provided a first look at a an expression of interest for developers to make their pitch on the future of…

A BASSENDEAN engineering company has been charged over the death of a worker who was crushed by machinery in May 2019. Three years after the death, Worksafe commenced prosecution action against Hofmann Engineering on a charge of failing to provide a safe work environment, causing the death of an employee. On May 9, 2019 a…

VIOLINIST Emily Leung will bring Mozart’s Violin Concerto No 3 to life in two concerts June 25 and 26 with Fremantle Chamber Orchestra.  Leung made her soloist debut with FCO at 15 and has since performed to great acclaim.  When she was 11, Emily attended master classes with visiting Dutch violinist Rudolf Koelman who identified…

FORMER WA premier Peter Dowding says the “disgraceful” secret trials of a whistleblowing Australian spy and his lawyer need to be examined by a royal commission or federal corruption watchdog.  Known as Witness K, the former Australian Secret Intelligence Service officer and his lawyer Bernard Collaery were charged in 2018 with conspiring to reveal classified information…

THE East Fremantle Football Club weren’t just kicking goals to get top of the ladder when they ran out for their first home game at the WACA last month. Apart from demolishing Subi 90 – 46, the Sharks helped raise awareness and topped up the coffers of a foundation supporting people with a rare genetic…