SEXIST corporations won’t get Vincent council’s business under a proposed policy. The council’s draft purchasing policy is based on the Commonwealth’s practice of eschewing goods or services from large companies that don’t comply with the Workplace Gender Equality Act. The Act requires companies with more than 100 employees to submit a report to the WGE…

WHILE most galleries sternly warn patrons “Pease do not touch the art”, newly opened Kamilė Gallery is tossing that aside this weekend with a tactile session for blind and low-vision people. Optic nerve cancer robbed Ryan Honschooten of his sight as a toddler, and while he’s previously explored sculptures through touch, he says Mt Hawthorn…

KIDS visiting a state library display celebrating the works of May Gibbs only got to read books “inspired” by the famed author’s iconic bush babies, and not one word or illustration of her own. It was the last straw for Gibb’s grand-niece Julie Gibbs, who has waged a long battle against the imitations, saying they are…

STIRLING mayor Mark Irwin is under fire from residents after he and the city’s two most senior public servants shared a luncheon with the developers behind the controversial Karrinyup West project. Mr Irwin, CEO Stuart Jardine and planning director Stevan Rodic were invited to share a front-row table at a Property Council of WA lunch…

A FORMER City of Perth councillor has implored the McGowan government to stop pulling public servants out of the CBD. Reece Harley was a councillor from 2012 to 2020, and now back on the campaign trail says a common call from city traders is the need for office workers to help them stay afloat.  Covid-19…

PERTH council’s Christmas Lights Trail may go a little more commercial this year with a plan afoot to let city retailers make a funding “contribution” to ensure the trail winds past their shop.  Perth commissioners held off endorsing the council staff’s plan to rejig the path this week, concerned that who’s paying to get a taste of…

RESIDENTS opposed to the Karrinyup West development say it was inappropriate for Stirling council to do the “bare minimum” consultation for a project with such a huge impact. AMP Capital has proposed three “high-end” residential towers as part of the shopping centre’s $800 million redevelopment, with 270 new apartments and a number of commercial tenancies.…

WITH the yard-long ballot papers out and two weeks to go til polls close, we asked the lord mayoral candidates to reflect on the campaign so far, tell us what the voters are saying, or let us know about an issue that hasn’t had the limelight it deserves: Tim Schwass: As a first time campaigner I…

CITY of Perth commissioners wrapped up their final council meeting this week. Chair commissioner Andrew Hammond said back in March 2018 “the organisation was in a meltdown. It was under siege, and it’s fair to say it required huge interventions in a range of areas… we had the inquiry hanging over the heads of staff,…

THE bizarre and beautiful benches of Bayswater have never been so closely examined, with a new online repository documenting the best worst seats in the ‘burb.  The “Benches of Bayswater” Facebook page launched in September after years of conversations about confusing placements. Its anonymous administrator, who goes by the pen name Oscar Nonslip, tells us “it…