THE Leederville Hotel’s had its new major redevelopment approved.  Owner FJM Property’s $3 million overhaul is planned to capitalise on the rear-neighbour office block being developed by their partner ABN Group.  The heritage-listed hotel will be largely untouched but some of the outbuildings added later like the Blue Flamingo will be demolished. They’ll make way…

MORE clubs and community groups have raised concerns they’ll struggle to survive under Vincent council’s draft policy on leasing its properties. The draft “Property Framework Management” policy was intended to replace the existing hodgepodge of individual agreements, where some clubs pay nothing and others have sizeable rents. Under the draft policy small sports clubs and…

VINCENT council looks likely to stick to its ‘no billboards’ rule, with a seven-month battle over a giant screen soon to come to a head. The proposed 82 square metre sign at the 12 Newcastle Street office building would likely have a far easier time getting approved if it was just across the street in…

A NORTHBRIDGE kebab shop owner was fined $18,000 after a customer spent two days in hospital with food poisoning. Erdogan Topcu, who owns Prestige Kebab House on James Street, pleaded guilty in the Perth Magistrate’s Court on Friday to 11 charges laid by the City of Perth. Magistrate Benjamin Tyers heard Mr Topcu’s meat shaver…

KYILLA Primary School students and families are calling for a children’s crossing on Walcott Street, applying to WA Police to provide traffic wardens for school times. The busy stretch of road splits two state electorates and students and parents have the backing of both Mt Lawley MP Simon Millman and Perth MP John Carey.  Mr Millman…

A NEW exhibition documents how Bayswater handled the coronavirus lockdown, with driveway dinners, physically distanced fishing down at the river, and bike rides 1.5m apart. Photographer Nikki Mauri is organising The Baysie Iso Life with some seed funding from Bayswater council. She invited Bayswater people to put in submissions documenting their lockdown life including art,…

THE City of Perth’s tarnished voter roll from the 2017 election has been purged and any renter, business nominee or non-resident owner who applied to join since will be audited. The Voice has been onto the council about the integrity of the roll for a couple of months, as the eligibility of many voters has…

THE McGowan government needs to follow South Australia and Queensland’s lead and urgently extend plastic bans to cover a wider range of the junk that ends up polluting our oceans, says a coalition of conservation groups. The groups, which are organising a beach clean-up and movie screenings for Sustainable September, have written to WA environment…

KICKED out as WA went into Covid-19 lockdown, Sharra Roberts’ fate is one that could be facing more state housing tenants if a moratorium on evictions is lifted, advocates fear. After thumping a neighbour she claims made inappropriate comments to her young kids, Ms Roberts was given her marching orders by WA’s housing department in…

A FORMER City of Perth councillor has pulled out of the running for October’s elections after getting caught out by red tape.   Steve Hasluck served from October 2017 until the council was suspended in March 2018 and had flagged his intention to run again this year, but a day before nominations opened he revealed…