THE Perth Pythons LGTBI+ hockey team are back in town celebrating their gold medal win at the Gay Games in Paris last month. The Pythons beat the London Royals in the final; sweet revenge after the English beat them earlier in the group stages. “The London Royals team flogged everyone,” says Pythons captain, coach and…

ENVIRONMENTAL activists will form the shape of a giant red-tailed black cockatoo and a numbat for a 30-minute protest at Yagan Square this Friday (September 7). The Perth protest is part of national threatened species day, and activist Paddy Cullen says more animals have become extinct in Australia than any other country over the last…

UNPOPULAR new parking meters in Mount Lawley might be removed if Stirling councillor Joe Ferrante gets his way. Parking meters were installed mid-year in council carparks on Field Street and at 679 and 680 Beaufort Street in Mt Lawley. The first hour was free before a $2/hr fee kicked in, but local realtor Stuart Irving…

A quirky photo of two schoolgirls in fancy dress in the 1960s was one of the winners in this year’s Vincent history awards. The annual competition attracted more than 100 diverse entries including an account of life on Lake Street in the mid 20th century and the story of a house built on Vine Street…

MOUNT LAWLEY senior high school has named its library after living local legend Arthur Leggett – an OAM and former prisoner-of-war. In 2017 Mr Leggett was inducted into the school’s Lawley Legends Society. It’s usually reserved for alumni who’ve excelled in their field or made a significant contribution to society since they left school, but…

A GROUP of local line dancers have collected scores of bras to send abroad to countries where they’re unobtainable. Bras are highly sought after in some nations, particularly in humid climates where they help prevent rashes, fungal infections and abscesses caused by chafing under the breasts. But in countries like the Solomon Islands they’re difficult…

FLOREAT ATHENA Football Club kept Vincent council in the dark about a $3 million federal grant to upgrade Litis Stadium at a meeting two days before it was announced. The club has been struggling to convince the council to offer a long-term lease of the stadium at Britannia Reserve across the freeway from Lake Monger…

SATURDAY’S funding announcement of $3 million for Litis Stadium was also something of a balls-up for the federal government. with last week’s leadership crisis resulting in no representative being on hand for the big announcement, despite the potential electoral fillip. Former finance minister and WA senator Matthias Cormann had signed off on the funding grant,…

VINCENT councillors have voted unanimously to allow swings, rope ladders, tree houses and decorations on verge trees. The city put the proposal out for public consultation, but only 20 people responded, with 80 per cent saying they supported the initiative. However “there were some concerns raised around risk and potential for insurance premiums to rise,…

CAR stackers are meant to be the future of parking, but locals aren’t keen on having two built on Lord Street saying they’re too big and ugly. The Fabcar caryard at 266 Lord Street applied to Vincent council to build two car stackers, one like a big ferris wheel (14.4m high) and the other like…