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MAYLANDS peninsula locals are fuming over delays in fixing the stinking lakes that pour out masses of midges into surrounding homes. There are few issues that draw more complaint in the Bayswater council area than the state of Lake Brearley and Lake Bungana, two constructed lakes built out of the old brickworks claypits in the…
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A PROPOSAL to allow third parties to nominate trees on private land for a protection register has inched forward in Vincent, with the idea soon to go out for community consultation. In recent decades many venerable trees have been felled on private property as owners either redevelop their land, subdivide the block, or pave their…
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Lisa Thornton is standing as an independent for the seat of Churchlands. STIRLING councillor Lisa Thornton will stand as an independent to take on Liberal candidate for Churchlands Basil Zempilas. Cr Thornton’s campaign materials went live last week bearing the colouring of the teal independents. The teals are a loose grouping of political candidates who’ve…
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THE Lyric Theatre development planned for Maylands has been granted a re-approval after commencement of works were delayed several years. The issue has brought together two oft-divergent community groups with a litany of concerns over some of the details that they say could force existing traders out of business. The seven-storey mixed use project by…
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SHOPPERS opting for locally-made presents have turned out in droves this season to find a hand-made treasure at Vincent’s annual Young Makers Christmas Market. There were 75 stalls around Braithwaite Park this year with young makers aged 6-18 selling their wares. Some had up-cycled goods, some cooked sweets or dog treats, and others went full…
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STORIES of Lake Gwelup’s cultural and ecological past have been presented in artworks and interpretative displays along a permanent walking trail. The 2.4-kilometre Lake Gwelup Story Trail has come through a collaboration between the Rotary Club of Karrinyup, the Noongar community, wildlife groups, and Stirling council. Gwelup is on Mooro country, and one of the…
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THE Cook government has granted the owners of the historic Beaucott Building in Mt Lawley $50,000 for some TLC. Part of the state’s annual heritage grants program, the money will go towards repointing the brickwork, replacing the roofing and gutters, and painting, which could alleviate the “ad hoc paint colour scheme” which the WA Heritage…
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FORMER Vincent mayor Emma Cole has been promoted to chair of the WA Planning Commission. Currently deputy, Ms Cole will begin her four-year term on January 1, taking over from retiring chair David Caddy. The appointment was announced by WA Labor’s planning minister John Carey, who was also previously a Vincent mayor and who supported…
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A MYSTERY winner of the 2025 Australia Day Community Citizen of the Year Award for Bayswater has declined the award for reasons unknown. Our search this week to identify the would-be winner was unsuccessful, and redacted council documents refer to them only as “Nominee C” in the main ‘Community Citizen of the Year’ category for…
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THE thorny question of ‘what is a female’ has been posed to Perth council by a determined elector with a growing range of disagreements with council policies. Stuart Chapman is a frequent sight in public question time, where he poses many questions to the council over issues such as his right to protest against Covid…
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