I am inclined to agree I AM inclined to agree with G Lorenzo of North Perth, who complains that the City of Vincent is carrying out “beauracratic madness” in its attempt to achieve ticks in boxes under some form of global action plan (“City hall is the common problem,” Voice, March 6, 2021). If the purpose…

BAYSWATER’S new skate and BMX park has been delayed again amidst allegations councillors and their families are being bullied by supporters. The Wotton Reserve skate and BMX park is being demolished in about a year to make way for state government upgrades at Bayswater station.  A new park could take a year or more to…

THE old Rod Evans Centre is in need of another $250,000 of unbudgeted repairs before it can become a ‘safe night space’ for women. In December 2016 Perth council abruptly closed the Rod Evans centre, moving seniors services from the 160 Hay Street centre to Citiplace at the Perth train station with just a few…

A CRACKDOWN on shopping trolleys littering Bayswater is underway to force shops to clean them up. Late last year Cr Steven Ostaszewskyj proposed they get tough after seeing trollies abandoned on footpaths, verges, in parks, and even dumped in water reserves. Sometimes the trolleys end up hundreds of metres from their parent shop, or accumulate…

TREE swings will soon be permitted on Bayswater verges, the change coming shortly after a stickler for the rules dobbed in several fun-lovers over the Christmas holidays. Tree swings became more popular during Covid when playgrounds were closed, but are technically against the rules of what can go on a “thoroughfare” such as the verge.…

MOUNT LAWLEY’S old Albany Bell Hatchery site on Guildford Road is to get eight storeys of 152 serviced apartments. The state government’s Development Assessment Panel has overturned a Bayswater council recommendation that the development be rejected because of “an undue impact on the amenity of the area”.  The council’s planning report notes eight stories is higher…

BAYSWATER mayor Dan Bull has narrowly avoided getting the unpopular job of handling complaints about fellow councillors. Council CEOs usually handle complaints about councillor or employee breaches of the Local Government Act, and potentially refer them to higher authorities.  But freshly minted local government regulations released this month require a complaints officer to handle alleged…

AFTER years in the shadow realm, East Perth’s finally getting a lighting upgrade, starting late 2021. For years a lack of lighting’s been one of the main issues locals have asked Perth council to fix. Back in 2017 East Perth resident Tony Ransom told a council meeting “for the last 10 or 15 years we…

A LAND swap between Vincent council and a local developer could lead to a new public open space on Beaufort Street, but the council could also pocket a $1 million windfall. The council owns a third of a carpark on Beaufort Street that’s flanked by privately-owned blocks which may end up with six storey developments…

PERTH council’s new investment policy will keep ratepayers’ money out of risky funds, but doesn’t prevent investments in companies selling weapons, prostitution, alcohol, tobacco, gambling, or those contravening human rights. After several missed deadlines the council this week got around to updating its five-year-old investment policy, which is meant to be updated yearly. The outdated…