BULLIES will one day become “just another brick in the wall” says a former target of schoolyard jerks who’s left them behind to become a rising star. Melville resident Vanessa Joe (21) recently out-talked some of the state’s best speakers to win the Toastmasters divisional final and earn a place in the national finals this…

PERTH advocates are concerned refugees could face indefinite detainment via new legislation pushed through Federal parliament last week. The Migration Amendment Bill 2021 targets refugees who have had protection visas cancelled on character grounds, but there are warnings it creates a legal limbo for those who can’t be sent back to their country of origin…

A NATIONALLY renowned education futurist says he expects demand for a radical new upper school planned for Fremantle’s CBD next year will be so strong they could fill 20 of its non-existent classrooms. The Studio School will be an offshoot of All Saints’ College where students in Year 10 – 12 will self-direct their learning…

THE McGowan Government says it’s committed to ensuring women seeking an abortion can have safe and private access to health services without fear of harassment or intimidation. After two and a half years of deliberation, the Safe Access Zones Bill, was re-introduced into WA Parliament on Wednesday (May 26), having previously missed the cut-off to be heard…

FAR from the glow of Perth’s metropolitan area, workers have started on the next phase of the world’s largest radio telescope in the Murchison, a global project that a local astronomer hopes will help fuel interest in the universe and lead to WA being the stargazing capital of Australia. Astrotourism WA founder Carol Redford said…

A mural outside the Civic Hotel in Inglewood has divided the community with baffled locals venting their anger on Facebook. The red and bright yellow paint on the hotel walls are part of the exhibition INNOMINATE by Mt Lawley artist Sioux Tempestt. She finds “quiet beauty in the ugliness of the ordinary” and likes to…

Governor … murderer? Electors banish Stirling STIRLING mayor Mark Irwin says changing the city’s name “has not been identified as a priority” after electors voted to ditch the former colonial governor’s name over his involvement in the Pinjarra massacre. On Monday at the annual meeting of electors, a vote was passed to rename the city…

INGLEWOOD developers could get more creative in backyards and along laneways under a plan from Stirling council to add “flexibility” to its heritage rules. At Tuesday’s planning and development committee, councillors voted on whether to ease restrictions in the Inglewood heritage protection area after consultation showed it was broadly supported. Currently all developments in the area have…

STIRLING council has knocked back the controversial redevelopment of the Karrinyup Shopping Centre as too big and too trafficky. Although it doesn’t have final say on whether the development will go ahead, the council can make a recommendation to the Development Assessment Panel, on which its representatives will be a minority voice, and will send…