BEN MORTON is the Federal Member for Tangney and a rising star in the Morrison government. Following his pivotal advice that helped secure the Coalition’s against-the-odds election victory last year, Mr Morton was promoted to Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister and Cabinet and now has responsibility for the National Australia Day Council. With many…

BARBED wire fencing surrounding Litis Stadium came down this week, marking a much-warmed relationship between landowner Vincent council and tenant Floreat Athena Football Club. As of January 15 people can freely walk between the stadium and public space at Britannia Reserve, though they’re been asked to keep bikes and dogs off the pitches. Exclusive Up…

WORKSHOPS to untangle WA’s new live music protection laws will be held for residents and venue owners. A grab bag of state  departments and Perth council are trying to formulate laws to protect Northbridge venues from noise complaints. The efforts have been complicated by problems like heavy bass music blasting through sound proofing, and disagreements…

KINGS PARK’S future is being reimagined, with the city’s flagship park suffering from recent cuts in corporate sponsorship. The Botanics Garden and Parks Authority is working on its next five year plan (2020-2025) with a draft to go to the state environment minister for approval mid-year. The BGPA has released a survey asking people to…

A GIANT 80-year-old Kurrajong tree has been successfully moved to make way for the Metronet upgrade of the Bayswater train station. Bayswater resident Lazar Radanovich had called for the tree to be saved at the 2018 Bayswater council AGM, which was then endorsed by the council and agreed to by the McGowan government. This week…

PUBLIC comment is open on plans for a new Woolworths at 318-330 Charles Street, just south of the Angove Street intersection. Six lots (including three vacant blocks and two empty buildings) will be conjoined for a three-storey building with a supermarket, small liquor store, medical centre, child care on level two, and a couple of…

SHORT films about orphaned joeys, dances inspired by talking walls and a local street choir have taken out this year’s Vincent film festival. The winners of the short film fest, which is run in conjunction with Revelation, get $5000 for their pitch and will be mentored by industry vets to produce a short film in…

Former Bayswater councillor CHRIS CORNISH says while PM Scott Morrison’s copping some heat over his government’s response to climate change, Mark McGowan seems to have escaped scrutiny by hiding behind some bushes. WHILST some West Australians are criticising our prime minister for his Liberal government’s handling on climate change, they should also take the opportunity…

PERTH’S Australia Day Skyshow will be turned into a fundraiser for bushfire relief in the wake of calls to scrap the fiery show. A small online petition circulated this week calling on Perth council to cancel the event. “It is not the time to celebrate when the rest of Australia is currently on fire. The…

FREMANTLE features prominently in the latest issue of top-tier American comic book series, Suicide Squad. And there’s talk of one of the series’ co-authors, who has ties to Applecross, introducing the global franchise’s first indigenous female character. Fremantle Harbour and the WA Maritime Museum is the setting for a violent opening sequence of Suicide Squad…