THE Barnett government is already considering sites for an inner-city high school, says Liberal Perth MLA Eleni Evangel. Responding to Opposition leader Mark McGowan’s decision to distance Labor from a new high school in the Liberal strongholds of the western suburbs in favour of one in the hotly-contested Perth electorate, Ms Evangel revealed the government…

PERTH city council says it can’t wait until 2050 to get an inner-city subway. The Barnett government included the idea in its recent metropolitan transport plan, but it’s not slated for construction until Perth’s population hits 3.5 million. But the council says that’s too long, and in a submission approved by its planning committee earlier…

MAYLANDS residents will have to wait a little longer to find out if their four-year battle to stop a Dan Murphy’s liqour outlet on Railway Parade has been successful. The WA Supreme Court was due to rule on Woolworth’s appeal for a liquor licence this month, but it has deferred the decision to early next…

PERTH deputy lord mayor James Limnios is to be reimbursed $2370 in legal fees he incurred when called as a witness to a corruption and crime commission probe into the sacking of former CEO Gary Stevenson. After the council unanimously voted to end Mr Stevenson’s contract in January, a media report linking the move to…

BAT boxes, granules to suck up phosphates, revegetation, and mechanically skimming algae from Brearley and Bungana lakes have been suggested to decontaminate water in Maylands’ lakes and combat mozzies. A full water quality report was presented to about 70 concerned locals at Bayswater’s Rise last Monday, who heard long-term restoration of the lakes might cost…

WITH the future of the Maylands Waterlands hanging in the balance Bayswater council is holding a visioning workshop for residents on November 17. Much of the park’s infrastructure is past its use-by date and this could be its last season without a heavy cash injection from the council. It could cost up to $3 million…

A GROUP of Highgate residents are fighting to block a five-storey apartment complex, saying it will blight their streetscape of mostly 1900s character homes. Two older homes on the block have already been knocked down to make way for the 40-unit complex, while another is also facing demolition. Imposing The residents say developer Momentum Wealth’s…

A COMMUNITY rallying to save a parking lot is odd, but residents and businesses around Haig Park Circle in East Perth say a 60-apartment high-rise development will negatively affect the area. Business owners say without the 50-bay car park the’ll suffer, as street parking’s limited and customers will head elsewhere, while residents fear more cars…

WORLD-RENOWNED ragtime pianist John Gill, best known locally for tinkling the ivories in the Murray Street mall, is to be featured in a Museum of Perth exhibition. Gill used to say that if he dropped dead, he wanted it to be in Forrest Chase, but in 2011 he suffered a fatal heart attack in a…

THE flash of a smart phone during a council meeting this week was enough to inflame divisions within Perth council. During an item on the heritage listing of the Grand Central hotel — part-owned by lord mayor Lisa Scaffidi — councillor Reece Harley was certain he spotted colleague Judy McEvoy recording proceedings on her phone.…