GROWING concerns over crime has prompted Bayswater council to draw up a new crime prevention plan with high tech measures a big focus.  New councillor Josh Eveson pushed for the new plan saying it was in response to “ongoing concerns from our community about crime and safety. “People deserve to feel safe in their homes…

BAYSWATER council has decided against punishing a tree-pruning Maylands ratepayer by plonking a big three-metre sign on their front verge. Bayswater staff advised councillors to take a tough stance over what they called a “vandalised” public tree on the verge outside 1 Sussex Street, but the owners claimed a misunderstanding leading them to think they had…

CAPTURING and cherishing family stories to ensure they aren’t lost to time is the focus of Family Tales.  Founder, sociologist and writer Christian Mauri conducts detailed interviews to construct a personal book chronologically detailing family histories.  “I select just 20 to 30 of their favourite stories, the stories which I find quite insightful, and I…

ARTISTS are crying out for more inner city cultural spaces, with affordability being the number one barrier keeping creatives out of the CBD.  Four central Perth councils commissioned a survey of over 1000 local creative types to find out how to make the inner city more of a cultural capital, how to make sure gentrification…

COUNCIL watcher James Kozak has been ordered to cease his social media campaign targeting Bayswater councillor Catherine Ehrhardt. For more than two years Mr Kozak has made hundreds of posts about Cr Ehrhardt, calling her “corrupt”, a “thug”, and saying she abuses citizens. He has uploaded dozens of photos of rubbish on the streets, dog faeces,…

SCORES of Fringe World Festival shows have had to be cancelled with the borders staying closed past February 5, but organisers are staying upbeat saying most shows will go ahead given the high rate of homegrown performers this year. Among the cancellations are Melbourne comic Michael Shafar who’s had a few previous attempts to perform his…

AN Aldi planned for Guildford Road has sparked fears a supermarket could gradually displace Bayswater’s longstanding industrial businesses.  Bayswater’s various industrial districts are doing a good trade and are recognised as important employers, but they’re already facing an uncertain future as their turf shrinks as a result of urban regeneration projects, population growth and expanding…

PLANS to inspect vaccination certificates at Australia Day viewing hotspots have been binned, but attendees will have to mask up. Last week both Perth and South Perth councils said attendees were required to be double vaccinated and 80 “Covid marshals” would be doing “spot checks” to make sure people had proof.  A revised statement from Perth…

THE march of new supermarkets into the inner city suburbs keeps coming with a Farmer Jacks’ planned for Mount Hawthorn. The plan is for “adaptive reuse” of part of the empty building at 357 Oxford Street. The unusual layout will see most of the shop underground to fit in with the area’s mostly low-lying buildings,…

A MAN’S been arrested after a small bomb went off in Leederville on January 20 and a second unexploded device was found on King Street in the CBD.  Police have charged 29-year-old Queens Park man Yarran Leslie over the incidents and they’ve alleged he set off the bomb after a Sombrero’s worker rejected his advances. …