FOLLOWING widespread community support, the Town of Cambridge has reverted Lake Monger Reserve to it Indigenous name Galup, meaning ‘place of fire’. At Tuesday’s meeting the council unanimously adopted the name, along with amended management plan and masterplan. The renaming will include a five-year transition period, during which the site will be officially referred to as Galup…

THE City of Perth will launch public consultation for its $720 million vision to transform Perth’s waterfront later this year. At its last meeting the council adopted the masterplan which is centred around three riverside beaches, a swimming lagoon, cafes, restaurants and additional boat moorings. Lord mayor Basil Zempilas described the plan, which had its…

CYCLOPHILES can feed their two-wheeled obsession without the need to don the lycra when the Big Bike Film Night makes its return to Perth on Sunday September 15. Now in its 10th year, the film nights were the brainchild of New Zealander Brett Cotter, who was looking for ways to raise money to help repair…

A GIANT red tailed black cockatoo will appear at the Perth Cultural Centre today (Saturday September 7) to mark Threatened Species Day.   Hosted by Save the Black Cockatoos, the WA Forest Alliance, the Urban Bushland Council and Conservation Council, the black cockatoo will be made up of red and black umbrellas to represent endangered…

THE Committee for Perth is asking Perthites what they think their city will look like in 2050. The committee is working on its next big report, Perth 2050, with Edith Cowan University futurist Ben Harmer and Scitech, and has launched a community survey to see what people think about their city now and how they…

GALLERY CENTRAL has teamed up with the Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia’s WA chapter for its latest exhibition. Graduate Metal XVI showcases the artistry,meticulouscraftsmanship and dynamic concepts of some of North Metropolitan Tafe’s most talented graduates. The exhibition gives the graduates the opportunity to display their best final-year work, while also getting the chance to…

THE fallout over Bayswater mayor Filamena Pifferetti’s meeting with a developer linked to the operator of the City’s golf courses continued at this week’s council meeting. Although the mayor was absent from Tuesdays meeting, councillors kept in the dark over her March meeting in Busselton with PT Bayan tried to force through a new management…

THE end of Stirling Towers is a little nearer after Vincent council gave the Cook government permission to demolish the much-maligned building. The former social housing towers will be replaced by the Smith Street Build-to-Rent project, with a mix of one and two-bedroom social, affordable and specialist disability units. Brajkovich Demolition & Salvage (WA) was…

WITH midges on the rise at Maylands Lakes again, all eyes were on Bayswater council’s latest attempt to quell their numbers at this week’s council meeting. The council recently asked for treatment ideas from industry, and has narrowed down the responses from four companies that will be invited to tender for the works, though following…

STIRLING council is set to open the largest outdoor lap in the southern hemisphere on Monday. Stirling Leisure – Inglewood will have a 2.5 million litre lap pool heated to 27.5 degrees and featuring 10 50-metre lanes and four 25-metre lanes. It will also have WA’s first AI-powered anti-drowning CCT, which analyses patterns of distress…