VINCENT council has postponed making a decision on including Robertson Park on a short-list of sites for a new state tennis centre. The existing centre in Burswood has major subsidence problems that would cost more than $50 million to fix, so Tennis West is considering moving to a new home and wants to add Robertson…

COUNCILLOR Stephanie Gray has withdrawn her proposal for a fenced dog park at Strutt Way Reserve in Noranda, following a community backlash. Cr Gray lodged a motion in May to “develop costings and a design for a specialist dog park separated for large and small dogs at Strutt Way Reserve to include fencing, dog agility…

POLICE have reissued a call for help in finding a hi-vis thug who bashed a man before stealing his backpack at a Bayswater car park in September. The incident occurred just after lunchtime on September 15 when the victim was getting into his car on Railway Parade and was approached by a man not known…

BAYSWATER council is contributing $35,000 to two community festivals in a bid to make the city more vibrant. At Tuesday night’s council meeting, councillors voted to give $20,000 to The Baysie Roller’s Bayswater Street and Arts Festival and $15,000 to the The Morley Momentum’s Laneway Fiesta. The Baysie Roller’s festival in March is expected to…

A NEW micro-brewery is set to open in Maylands after some planning ping-pong between the applicant and Bayswater council. The Seasonal Brewing Company – a 620sqm boutique micro-brewery with a tasting and dining area at 175 Guildford Road – was approved by council on Tuesday night. The council had originally approved the micro-brewery in March,…

THE Light Up Leederville Carnival is taking a break this year, but there’s still plenty to keep kids entertained in Leedy in the lead-up to Christmas and New Year. If the name is anything to go by The Arty Farty Children’s Christmas Party, run by town team Leederville Connect, is sure to be a hit.…

“Fetch, roll over, stay?” It’s fair to say that when scientist Monica Gagliano started teaching plants to do tricks her colleagues were dubious. “They were just freaking out with the science,” Dr Gagliano said. “Some of them would not even talk to me.” But fast forward 10 years and Dr Gagliano is now at the…

“NOONGAR people still talk about it like it was yesterday.” It’s been 25 years since the last Kyana corroboree on the Perth Esplanade, but festival coordinator Robert Eggington says the legacy lives on strong among his people. “Not a week goes by people don’t ask, ‘Robert, will there be a third Kyana?’ “When my son…

THE two Kyana corroborees were held on the Perth Esplanade in the early nineties before Noongar rapper Josh Eggington was born, but he heard lots of stories about the festivals while growing up. The 23-year-old, who goes by the stage name “Flewnt”, has kept the legacy of Kyana alive, adapting a poem by Aboriginal writer…

YOU won’t need to shell out for postage to the North Pole this Christmas – Perth MP John Carey is offering to get your letters to Santa for free. He’s set up a post box in his electoral office at the corner of Wasley and Fitzgerald Streets, where kids are welcome to drop off their…