SAFETY at two notorious intersections in Maylands will be improved under Black Spot funding. At the Eighth Avenue/East Street intersection, $120,000 will be spent installing a roundabout and upgrading street lighting. At the Guildford Road/King William Street intersection, $750,000 will be spent installing mast arms to put traffic lights directly over the road and upgrading…

PERTH City Farm celebrates its 25th birthday this month. Once derelict industrial wasteland, the farm’s half-hectare nestled beside the Claisebrook train station has been transformed into a flourishing urban farm and community hub. The project was started in the early 90s by a small group of folk led by Rosanne Scott, Joanne Tucker, Chris Ferreira,…

TO many gardeners, the humble tomato typifies everything that makes them get their hands dirty in the first place. Tasty, colourful, versatile and easily comparable with other grower’s efforts, Solanum lycopersicum  season says it’s finally time to do something with that overgrown mess out the back! Commonly perceived to be Italian, (although arguably popularised and…

Councils in hot water IT is very disappointing to hear of the Maylands Waterland not reopening this year (“Waterland off”, The Voice, September 7, 2019). I find it disappointing even though I don’t even live in the area nor use the facility. However, it points to a greater scourge that has insinuated itself with local government…

A NEW three-day film festival launching in March next year aims to give WA’s unsung film-makers the opportunity to shine in the spotlight. The WA Made Film Festival will run March 13-15 at the new Palace Cinemas in Raine Square and is the brainchild of Cinema Australia founder Matthew Eeles and producer Jasmine Leivers. Mr…

CHILDCARE centre Kidz Galore fears being kicked off the Haynes Street Reserve by Vincent council. Kidz Galore has been on the North Perth site at the corner of Haynes and Sydney Street for 17 years and provides childcare for about 200 families. In 2016 Kidz Galore offered to buy the block off the council and…

WITH a plague of vacant store fronts dotting the CBD like missing teeth, the McGowan government has poured $200,000 into Activate Perth. Empty shops can have a death spiral effect for other businesses that are just hanging in, according to Perth MP John Carey, who says the WA government nabbed an idea from Renew Adelaide…

TEAM Scaffidi might’ve hoped for a friendly face in the CEO’s chair when Martin Mileham was appointed, but the inquiry into Perth council revealed this week the relationship soon soured. Mr Mileham was appointed acting CEO in January 2016. He’d headed up the city’s planning department, which came under scrutiny with two councillors and a…

A MURAL of a wolf with exposed breasts and feeding two suckling lads with penises exposed has caused a minor stir on Beaufort Street. The artwork by muralist Drew Straker is on the side of Cecchi’s Italian restaurant in Inglewood, and depicts a scene from the myth of Rome’s founding. It was a collaboration between…

MAYLANDS Waterland will not reopen this year. “Maylands Waterland as we know it is gone,” Bayswater councillor Catherine Ehrhardt reported with sadness this week, after councillors voted not to open the crumbling facility for the 2019-20 summer season. “The city’s not going to be doing the refurbishment.” She says the Maylands Waterland Working Group which…