MAYLANDS MP Lisa Baker is again rallying locals to oppose Woolworths’ bid for a liquor licence at the Peninsula Tavern. Bayswater council and the Maylands Residents and Ratepayers Association also opposed the proposed 1200sqm Dan Murphy’s liquor barn on the Railway Parade site, which was rejected by the liquor commission in February 2016. But Woolies’…

LABOR has back-flipped on plans to move Perth Modern to the city, proposing a new school near Subiaco Oval instead. Plans to make PM an inner-city high-rise were dumped after an outcry from the community, including Save Perth Modern, which obtained over 13,000 signatures opposing the move. The new school, Inner City College, will be…

FORMER deputy lord mayor Rob Butler has backed Lisa Scaffidi’s claim that councillors were undertrained about what they were supposed to declare as “gifts” and “travel contributions” in their annual returns. But former council CEO Gary Stevenson said the information was provided to them, “in a number of ways and different times”. Mr Butler was…

A SOUND wall installed at the Northlink highway upgrade doesn’t block out the din of roaring trucks, says Bayswater’s Houghton Park residents. In March, Bayswater councillor Chris Cornish raised concerns that the planned wall was far too short to mitigate the sound of trucks that’d be routed along the upgraded highway. At the time, Main…

ENVIRONMENTAL campaigner Lisa Hills was dismayed to see hundreds of balloons released at Elizabeth Quay on WA Day, which coincided with World Environment Day. She’s been campaigning to get released balloons classed as litter, which would mean offenders could be fined for letting them drift into the sky. Ms Hills says burst balloons get washed…

EAST PERTH locals have rejected three proposals for the car park at 75 Haig Park Circle, with a potential 14-storey tower proving the least popular. East Perth businesses and the Haig Park Circle Action Group argue that the 49-bay car park is needed to to support local business and stop the streets being clogged up…

VINCENT mayor Emma Cole says state-controlled development assessment panels have failed locals again by approving a five-storey, 38-unit block on Wright Street. The city spent months working on its Local Planning Policy after locals indicated they wanted to limit new building heights in the Highgate precinct to three storeys. But at the DAP meeting on…

A MOVE by Cr Reece Harley to stop the City of Perth charging cafes thousands of dollars a year for alfrescos has been shot down. Only Cr Jemma Green and James Limnios supported Cr Harley’s motion, with lord mayor Lisa Scaffidi, Jim Adamos, Janet Davidson, Judy McEvoy, Keith Yong and Lily Chen voting against it.…

PERTH council has slashed funding to NAIDOC week, reducing it from $30,000 last year to $8,714 this year, potentially compromising the scope of the event. At Tuesday’s night council meeting, councillors also voted to increase the amount of cash they’d give to the Perth Fashion Festival, from the $230,000 staff recommended, to $255,000 in a…

MOST Vincent property owners will be hit with a modest 2.7 per cent rates rise, but poorer homeowners could face a hike of nearly 10 per cent, warns a Voice reader. The reader, who wanted to remain anonymous, highlighted the minimum rates increase Vincent would be charging for low-end properties. Rates are usually based on…