ACTIV has been forced to cancel a bus service which took its disabled workers to their factory jobs and home each day, leaving dozens of families stressed, out of pocket and unhappy. Many of the organisation’s 30-odd drivers will also be made redundant. Executive manager operations Mark Furr told the Voice that as part of…

THE man whose images inspired a legion of Brits to emigrate to Australia — E.L. Mitchell — is finally getting the credit he deserves, says historian Joanna Sassoon. Her debut biography, Agents of Empire: How E.L. Mitchell’s Photographs shaped Australia, is a celebration of the photographer, whose work for the immigration department in the early…

PERTH lord mayor Lisa Scaffidi is refusing to stand down as opposition leader Mike Nahan joins premier Mark McGowan in calling for her to resign. Ms Scaffidi released a lengthy statement via Twitter characterising the 45 breaches as an “error of paperwork” that was “inadvertent”. “As I have maintained from the outset I did nothing…

NORTH Perth resident Rachel Zombor is preparing to travel to Antarctica with 80 of the world’s most promising female leaders as part of Homeward Bound. Following a competitive worldwide selection process, 80 women with scientific backgrounds will participate in a 12-month leadership program, culminating in a three-week voyage to Antarctica, which will push their leadership…

BAYSWATER councillors have moved to close a loophole in their local law that allowed liquor barns to be built in residential areas. “We’d look foolish if we let it happen again,” mayor Barry McKenna said at the last full council meeting. The council recently had a setback in its years-long battle to stop a Dan…

KEEPING gardens green has wrought havoc on Perth’s rivers, as fertiliser run off enters drains and causes algal blooms in the Swan and Canning Rivers. The problem is particularly bad at Maylands foreshore, so environmental scientist and TV gardener Josh Byrne is running a free workshop at Bayswater council to teach residents how to keep…

IT’S cute but a bit clapped out, and now one of Mayland’s heritage-listed workers cottages is set to get a new life at the front of a group of five two-storey townhouses. Bayswater council officers have recommended the council approve an application to partly demolish the category three heritage cottage at 104 Eighth Avenue and…

THE murky Maylands Lakes are getting a bit of TLC this weekend with a busy bee organised by the Friends of Maylands Lakes and Bayswater council. Volunteers will help clean out debris from the stream that runs between the brickworks lake and Lake Bungana. Local ward councillor Catherine Ehrhardt says the idea was born after…

OFFICE workers and Northbridge locals have been scoffing free meals prepared for the homeless at Weld Square, leading to “tension” between the groups. Manna Inc provides meals for the homeless and disadvantaged six days a week down at the square, but a May 2 Vincent council report stated “reports of office workers and locals accessing…

BAYSWATER council has voted to publicly support marriage equality after an emotive debate split the chamber 5-4. Cr Catherine Ehrhardt’s motion drew a lot of support from the public gallery at last Wednesday’s council meeting, including Maylands Labor MP Lisa Baker and her long-term female partner. Guidance “We have been a couple for 28 years,…