IT’S taken a little while to switch the lights on but the Vincent Street pedestrian crossing near Beatty Park is now in working order, reuniting two halves of a neighbourhood split by the busy street. It was one of three crossings installed as election pledges by Perth MP John Carey. “People say these are only…

POLICE are hunting a burglar following a series of late-night break-ins around shops in Perth, Northbridge and Subiaco on May 5. The man, who was captured on CCTV, used an unknown implement to smash a glass window to gain entry to the premises before crawling, sliding and wriggling along the floor. A lap top computer,…

MORE than 80 Stirling residents have “adopted” a local park after a recruitment blitz by the local council during March and April. Park adopters keep any eye out for issues like graffiti, broken equipment and over-full bins and report them to the city, enabling faster response times and repairs. Residents can join the Adopt-a-Park program…

STIRLING council may follow Bayswater in forcing councillors to declare their political party membership on a public register. Stirling councillor Stephanie Proud has tabled a motion that would require councillors to disclose party membership, employment by a party, employment by an MP or “any immediate family member who is, or has been, an elected representative…

WINNERS of the Perth Centre for Photography’s 2019 Contemporary Landscapes in Photography award will be announced on May 31. The CLIP awards received more than 1000 entries this year, with 38 finalists in the running. Former Sunday Times Magazine (UK) photo editor Monica Allende is a guest judge. “As a curator this experience was incredibly…

A DOGGIE daycare in the old West Perth scout hall will head to the State Administrative Tribunal after being rejected by City of Perth commissioners last week. Council planners had recommended the pooch palace be approved, but after howls of protest from 14 objectors and a deputation from the strata company of a nearby office…

THE McGowan government has announced $30 million funding to jumpstart the long-stalled East Perth power station redevelopment. “For too long this site has been left to waste on the banks of our river,” WA premier Mark McGowan said of the commitment. “I want to see it progress because it provides a unique opportunity to create…

STIRLING council is taking a u-turn on a right-turn ban at a dangerous Mt Lawley intersection. Community opposition over plans to make an intersection left-turn only when going from Carrington Street onto Second Ave in Mt Lawley has caused the council to back down. Local businesswoman Jan Wilkie initiated the community campaign and said: “They…

A 27-level tower part-owned by Homeswest is in the pipeline for 192 Pier Street, with City of Perth commissioners ignoring a staff recommendation and giving it a tick. The commissioners have recommended the WA Planning Commission approve the application for the mixed use tower, which will have 184 apartments, restaurant, and a shared community space.…

THERE’S wide support for an community garden in Inglewood with 98 per cent of respondents in favour of having it at the bowling club at 1 Stancliffe Street. Stirling council got 189 responses when it consulted over the garden, with only three people opposed (concerned over traffic, ratepayer funds going to “non-essential projects”, and doing…