KYILLA Community Farmers Market has its fifth birthday this Saturday (June 9) and organisers are putting on a big shindig for the occasion. The markets were started by Kyilla Primary School parents as a way of fundraising for much-needed resources at the school, as well as bringing locals together to sell them some farm-direct and…

A RADIOACTIVE Land Rover was taken to Leeuwin Barracks after atomic testing up north, adding fuel to what’s often been brushed off as an urban myth—that’s it’s still buried there. Declassified Navy documents from the 1950s show the Land Rover was transported from the site of Britain’s first nuclear test at the Monte Bello Islands…

CHARGING people $15 to get into the Perth’s revamped museum will deter people on low incomes from visiting, The Chamber of Arts and Culture WA says. Last Saturday (May 19) the McGowan government issued a press release announcing; “children to get free entry to New Museum”. The sting in the tail was that adults will…

THE state government has opened a new emergency clinic to treat drug-and-alcohol affected patients at Royal Perth Hospital, after hospital staff and other patients in ER reached breaking point. The new six-patient “Urgent Care Clinic” will specialise in toxicology and treat “patients who can be disruptive to other patients and staff, and at worst pose…

BAYSWATER council’s investment portfolio should be not be with banks found guilty of wrongdoing by the Hayne Royal Commission, Cr Brent Fleeton says. With about $85 million of ratepayers funds lodged with big banks, Cr Fleeton wants staff to investigate the implications of moving the funds to other lenders. He’s unhappy with the big 4…

FOR almost 20 years Bayswater council hasn’t charged Maylands Tennis Club rent, and now the city’s reviewing all its lease agreements to see if there are other freeloaders on the books. In 1999 the council agreed to rent out 56 Clarkson Road to the club for $509 a year plus utilities, adjusted for CPI. It…

IF Caroline Perks makes it to Canberra she says her priority will be reminding Parliament that climate change is still a pressing emergency. The Greens candidate for federal Perth says global warming was “one of the primary reasons why I put my hand up to run as a candidate for the Greens. “It wasn’t even…

PERTH Labor candidate Patrick Gorman says there’ll be no change to his federal by-election campaign, despite the Liberal party deciding not to field a candidate. “It doesn’t change a thing for me,” Mr Gorman says. “This is an opportunity to stand up and represent my community. I’m going to talk to as many people as…

A YUED woman from Highgate is in the running to be crowned Miss NAIDOC Perth. Willara Wyatt, 23, says she was apprehensive about entering the competition, but was tired of feeling like her community didn’t have a voice. “I was sick of wanting to help my community but not knowing the way to go about…

A CLOTHING company has been labelled “deplorable” for trying to sell Maddog t-shirts mocking cult Perth eccentric “Adrian”. For the last 30 years Adrian has been riding his bicycle around Midland. In recent years he has unwittingly become an Internet sensation, with people harassing him and posting videos of his angry response online. Last week…