A NEW precinct and a new town team to go along with it could spring out of a March 7 workshop in the terraces district of East Perth. Perth state Labor MP John Carey is holding the meeting to gauge interest in a potential new town team similar to those operating in Northbridge, West Perth…

THE McGowan government has stepped in to resolve a stalemate that threatened recycling in Vincent and Bayswater. The two councils were amongst a number affected when Cleanaway’s recycling plant in South Guildford burnt down in November. Although Cleanaway signed a short-term agreement with the Southern Metropolitan Regional Council, which agreed to take its recyclables until…

THE owners of the old Perth Girls School precinct in East Perth are holding a public “open house” on February 29 to talk about the site’s future. The WA government sold the historic site in two lots to Australian Development Capital in 2017 and 2018 ($5 million for the school, $8.5 million for the adjoining…

A PROPOSED state-wide ban on wheel clamping has been welcomed by Stirling mayor Mark Irwin. The city started drafting a local law to ban clamping in August last year, but on Monday the WA government announced it was fast-tracking legislation to outlaw what premier Mark McGowan says is a “disgraceful scam”. Public consultation on Stirling’s…

A BUSKING fee may be axed in Perth, but auditions to keep off-key warblers out of the city are likely to remain. Bad buskers have long been a source of complaints in the CBD; in 2018 Perth council received 146 complaints over a six-month period, mostly about songs on repeat, bad singing, loud acts and…

STIRLING residents have submitted a petition to council urging it to declare a climate emergency. Vincent, Fremantle and Victoria Park councils have already declared a climate emergency, joining the millions of people across Australia pushing for government action on global warming. “I am writing to you today to ask that you consider the 150 million…

‘GRACE’ has come to Bayswater. The Metronet tunnel boring machine nicknamed ‘Grace’ on Tuesday (February 18) emerged face first from a 7.4km subterranean crawl that started in July 2017. Grace and another machine dubbed Sandy have been boring twin tunnels from Forrestfield to link Bayswater with the airport, dipping as low as 27 metres underground…

• STIRLING could soon have its own Australia Day and New Year’s Eve celebrations after councillor Keith Sargent successfully moved for an officer’s report on council holding its own events. Aside from the Stirling citizenship ceremony and a few small events, the city does not hold or sponsor any events on Australia Day, or on…

A West Perth resident ordered to remove his solar panels after a strata stoush says the experience should be a warning to others wanting to do their bit for the environment. “How many people are going to be buying [a townhouse] if you can’t have panels on the roof?” Steve Dermott said after the order.…