A RIVERSIDE footpath at JH Abrahams Reserve will stay fenced off for more than a year as Perth council waits on state approvals and funding to fix severe erosion. In January the council fenced the area off after investigations found erosion along the entire 423m of riverwall had undermined the footpath’s structural integrity. The reserve’s…

PUPPY raisers are needed to look after baby guide dogs until they’re big enough to be helpful. Greens upper house MP Alison Xamon said “there’s a huge waiting list of people who are needing guide dogs. There’s a bunch of barriers, and one of the barriers is they don’t have enough puppy fosterers”.  Ms Xamon…

A series of free webinars for financial counsellors will help them recognise and stop elder abuse in WA.  Seniors getting ripped off has sadly become an increasingly common problem in Australia, especially when it comes to power of attorney and wills.  Before covid-19, the Australian Institute of Family Studies estimated that between 2 and 14…

BASIL ZEMPILAS is Perth’s new lord mayor after a three-hour count on last Saturday’s election night. Five of the eight new councillors are candidates on Mr Zempilas’ ticket, including:  • Friends’ restaurant proprietor Clyde Bevan; • East Perth resident and WA Strata Community Association director Catherine Lezer; • Architect and lord mayoral candidate Sandy Anghie,…

COUNCILLOR Sandy Anghie is the new Perth deputy lord mayor, elected by fellow councillors at a special meeting on October 20.  Crs Anghie, Liam Gobbert and Catherine Lezer were nominated for the position, and just before the vote Cr Rebecca Gordon spoke in favour of Cr Gobbert as deputy. With so many of the candidates…

Manna out to give residents a ‘rest’ THE free food service provided by Manna Inc will have to move out of Weld Square for a one-year trial following escalating problems. Vincent councillors decided on the year-long break at this week’s meeting after hearing of an axe fight, a recent face-stabbing, all-night needle drug sessions and…

AT nearly 60 years old Beatty Park Leisure Centre is in need of extensive repairs again. Opened in 1962 for the Commonwealth Games, some parts of the centre were upgraded in 2011. It was supposed to be a four-stage upgrade, but some federal funding fell through and only half got completed. It has a long list…

THE transfer of Anzac Cottage from Vincent council to the National Trust was approved this week, despite a smidgen of concern it could end up a holiday house one day.  The council will save about $7,000 a year in maintenance costs on the 38 Kalgoorlie Street property which was built in one day in 1916 for…

TWO friends with personal experience of sexual violence have established a new initiative to raise awareness about the prevalence of assaults against young women, and provide support for others who’ve been through the same traumatic experience. Micaela said she and fellow uni student Joey created Young Women Against Sexual Violence after realising how many of…

RELIEF may be on the way for Vincent’s graffiti-emblazoned laneways. Following a surge in illegible tagging this year, Highgate resident Franca Di Natali was told it had become so overwhelming the council’s lone graffiti buster would no longer do the lanes’ fences and garage doors. But mayor Emma Cole thinks that’s contrary to council policy…