HOUSING minister John Carey has accused Perth lord mayor Basil Zempilas of “rewriting history” over the closure of a Safe Night Space for women. At the last council meeting, Mr Zempilas blamed the WA government for the long delay in re-opening a space for homeless and vulnerable women, saying it had been sitting on an…

WITH its centenary just over the horizon, the Alexander the Great Club in Inglewood was looking a little snappier this week after a $420,000 overhaul was officially launched. The club was founded in 1930, and according to long-term president Tom Topalis was a joint effort between four Northern Greek associations at a time when Australia…

A NEW book is set to hit Freo’s shelves telling the tale of discrimination, hardship and resilience which intertwines the experiences of Italian and Croatian immigrants and their central involvement in the WA timber industry in the 20th century.  Growing Roots – Italians and Croatians in the Development of the Western Australian Timber Industry addresses…

KELLY BOULTER was so shocked at the state of stray cats and dogs on a recent holiday to Greece, she’s founded an organisation to help them. All funds raised for her not-for-profit Save Greek Cats and Dogs will go to animal shelters in Greece, and after seeing the state of some strays back home, Boulter’s…

KINGS PARK’S long-serving director of science has added his signature to a letter calling on prime minister Anthony Albanese to protect at least 30 per cent of the South West from further deforestation and development. Kingsley Dixon, who’s also a professor at Curtin University’s School of Molecular and Life Sciences, said Australia was facing a…

Extinction Rebellion has gone under the radar since Covid took the sting out of public protests, but their Red Rebels were out again last Friday to air their concerns about a possible localised extinction of snake-necked turtles at Bibra Lake after climate change was cited as a factor in a major fox attack that killed…

PERTH lord mayor Basil Zempilas has taken aim at the Cook government for failing to re-open a Safe Night Space for homeless women before winter set in. The centre has been something of a political football between the City and the state government after councillors voted in November to stop funding a two-year trial at…

VINCENT council will ask WA health minister Amber-Jade Sanderson to look into why Vincent streets are being swamped by used needles. Vincent mayor Alison Xamon attended a community safety forum in Claisebrook called to address a rise in antisocial behaviour where residents reported finding hypodermic needles in their gardens. “One of the concerns is that…

VINCENT council has put off plans to make Harold Street one-way after backlash from neighbours, with mayor Alison Xamon summing the issue up as “frustration”. The little slither between Beaufort and Vincent streets has long been a source of frustration for locals because of rat-runners and pick-ups from the Sacred Heart primary school making it…

SHARING your life story through a memoir can be somewhat nerve-wracking, particularly when your insights about your community could make some a little uncomfortable. First-time author Khin Myint’s Fragile Creatures will almost certainly push buttons when it’s launched at the this coming Friday (June 7), and he admits to having some nerves ahead of the…