Perth set for 1.1% rise A HEFTY 7.6 per cent rate increase is proposed in Vincent as the council grapples with ageing assets, rising staff costs, and sizeable debts to pay off. At the June 7 meeting Mayor Emma Cole said of the draft budget: “There’s no glamour projects … it’s all very much a…

RARE old shoes, intact teetotaller bottles, and evidence of long-gone paperbark trees are among artefacts uncovered in an archaeological dig at Peninsula Farm in Maylands. The Farm’s owner the National Trust hosted archaeology students from UWA for the second year to excavate the grounds, delving into an old well and digging out trenches across the…

WA HOMELESSNESS minister John Carey has blasted Perth councillors for voting against a homeless drop-in centre moving to a new location in Northbridge. Homelessness services provider Ruah runs the drop-in centre on Shenton Street opposite Russell Square, but that site’s soon to be redeveloped into a seven-storey shelter for women and children escaping domestic violence…

A PEDESTRIAN had to be rescued from under a bus near the corner of Charles Street and Carr Street last week, a risky intersection that’s long been warned about by local pedestrian and bike safety advocates.  The man was crossing around dusk on June 1 when he was hit by a bus in the bus…

AFTER briefly experimenting with giving residents a say on whether they want a verge tree, Bayswater council is set to drop its opt-in system.  Until late last year verge trees went in by default, one outside every residence, and anyone not wanting one would have to plead their case to the council and hope for…

FEDERAL Perth MP Patrick Gorman has entered PM Anthony Albanese’s ministry after being appointed assistant minister to the prime minister, sworn in this week by governor-general David Hurley. It’s considered a nice gig and involves working closely with the PM, and comes off the back of Mr Gorman’s huge result for Labor in the Perth seat.…

A WOMAN suffered a broken leg after being hit by an electric bike on a Beaufort Street footpath recently, highlighting growing concerns about mixing e-vehicles and pedestrians. On May 5, Anna Lindstedt was hit by the e-bike as she got off a bus on Beaufort Street. “As I stepped off, the e-bike hit me from…

FREMANTLE’s mighty Chook yearns once again to be the theme of the vintage nursery rhyme’s Golden Goose: always doing most good for the world around. So we’re calling out to all our wonderful readers to hop on board and give the Rooster a mighty post-pandemic financial boost for the next year or two. We have…

A STIRLING council ranger proved a welcome sight recently when he came across a woman needing urgent medical help. Stirling mayor Mark Irwin dedicated his June mayor’s message to ranger Darren Anderson’s actions, saying  “every now and then, whilst we are going about the business of local government, extraordinary circumstances can arise.  “Darren, a new…

A DROP-IN homeless centre planned for James Street has been unanimously rejected by Perth councillors after more than 100 objections from locals. Ruah currently runs the drop in centre on Shenton Street opposite Russell Square, but will soon redevelop the site into a seven-storey shelter for women and children escaping domestic violence. Ruah found the…