A 31-YEAR-OLD West Perth man has been charged with multiple offences following a police raid that netted methylamphetamine, butanediol, cannabis and MDMA. The raid last Friday in Coolgardie Street, West Perth was carried out by the police Gang Crime Squad who are targeting Rebels bikies and their associates. Apart from the drugs, more than $12,000…

EAST PERTH residents have been urged to keep an eye out for European wasps as WA’s agriculture department struggles with a spike in infestations. The number of wasp nests spotted in the metropolitan area has almost doubled this season to 125, and while many have been in hard-to-reach areas out in the Perth hills, two…

BAYSWATER council will attempt to rejuvenate the ailing Lake Bungana in Maylands using an experimental dredging technique. Bungana and nearby Lake Brearley are artificial lakes constructed from abandoned claypits at Maylands Peninsula, and they’ve been plagued with toxic levels of algae for years because of nutrient buildup. The lake’s wildlife is also suffering – except…

IT’S actually happening. This week the state government called for a builder partner to upgrade Bayswater train station as part of Metronet. “We’re getting on with the Bayswater station upgrade, a key part of this government’s Metronet plan for connected suburbs,” transport minister Rita Saffioti announced. “Bayswater is a strategic location on our rail network,…

IN last week’s story on the opposition to the Maylands public toilet, “Gaunt vows to derail dunny”, we got confused by a Facebook poll run on the Maylands Residents and Ratepayer’s page. We reported that only 55 of 134 respondents wanted a toilet at Bayswater council’s chosen location at the Seventh Avenue bridge. But the…

Perth children’s author Yohann Devezy is calling on teachers to celebrate diversity in his debut book about the LGBTIQ+ community, Hugo: The Boy With the Curious Mark. The book follows a young boy with a rainbow birthmark on his forehead. He feels isolated and ashamed because no one else has the mark, so he embarks…

A FORMER Bayswater councillor says he’s prepared to face gaol to stop a sculpture at the Seventh Avenue bridge being replaced with a public toilet. “This is very important to Maylands residents,” says veteran councillor Terry Gaunt, who retired from council in 2007. “We’ll be prepared to stand in front of machines — and I…

STIRLING council is poised to water down its target for tree canopy coverage after admitting it can’t keep pace with the clearing of backyards. Five years ago the council set a target of 18 per cent canopy coverage by 2030, but at last Tuesday’s community and resource committee, councillors decided that was too ambitious because…

BAYSWATER councillors may soon have to publicly declare their political allegiances. At Tuesday night’s (April 9) meeting, councillors agreed to amend the city’s code of conduct to create a “political interest register”, where they’d have to declare party membership or if they worked for a political party. The register would be posted on the council’s…

BAYSWATER councillors will also have to declare membership of local clubs or associations under Cr Cornish’s transparency reforms. But there was great controversy when he tried to extend that to their involvement in social media groups such as Facebook. Cr Elli Petersen-Pik said Facebook was a great tool that could be used to reach a…