NORANDA is continuing to build its hipster cred with a new funky mural at the Morley Noranda Recreation Club. The 30-metre artwork–crammed with vivid images of native birds and wildlife seen in Lightning Swamp – was created by renowned local artist Brenton See. The Noranda mural was funded by Bayswater council and the Recreation club.

A BAYSWATER councillor is hoping parents will get their kids out of the car and walking and riding to school if their routes are made safer. Last week Cr Elli Petersen-Pik successfully moved for the council’s administration to prepare a report on a staged “safe routes to school” program across the city. It would see…

BUNDLING virtual horse racing into the sale of the TAB could decimate the horse racing industry in regional WA, claims the WA Council of Social Services. The state government has added Trackside to the TAB sale package, which means punters across the state would be able to bet on animated horse races in TAB outlets.…

YOUNG bookworms will be wriggling for glee in Bayswater when Book Week rolls around at the end of the month. This year’s theme is “reading is my secret power”, and there’s a host of events lined up in Baysy including a young adults writers’ workshop with author AJ Betts, and a family party where kids…

THE McGowan government has invested $1.5 million to tackle homelessness in Perth and Vincent, ahead of a 10-year homelessness strategy pledged before the end of the year. A third of the funding will go towards on-the-ground assistance for rough sleepers provided by Uniting Care West’s Tranby Centre in Northbridge, whiel will now be open 7am…

STIRLING mayor Mark Irwin wants to ban wheel clamping in the city. Cr Irwin has asked city officers to prepare a report on a potential ban, or at least some regulations, in response to the wheel clamping of a bunch of Christmas carollers last year. Cr Irwin says he’s been mulling over the ban since…

A FORMER drug rehabilitation site in Mount Lawley that has sat empty for over two years while local and state governments clashed over its future may finally be redeveloped. At the core of the stoush was the WA government’s push to rezone the Field Street site R60, meaning a three-storey building with 20 apartments was…

BAYSWATER’S town centre is “particularly vulnerable” and will need at least half a million dollars from the WA government to help businesses survive the disruption of the upcoming train station redevelopment. That’s the message Bayswater will take to planning and transport minister Rita Saffioti and Maylands MP Lisa Baker following the council’s adoption of a…

STIRLING council has backflipped on its decision to remove a children’s seat from a laneway in Mt Lawley following a public backlash. The city had requested the seat in Bercove Lane be removed by the end of last month, following a single complaint about noise and disruption. The decision infuriated locals, with Kathryn Agate lodging…

STIRLING town centres could be revitalised by adapting Vincent’s “change of use” exemption for businesses, councillor Adam Spagnolo says. Vincent council recently introduced a 12-month “amnesty” on change of use applications for the main Beaufort Street strip in a bid to fill vacant shopfronts (“Red tape relief for strip”, Voice, July 27, 2019), but Cr…