A THOUGHTLESS fisher tossing away their tackle has killed an oblong turtle on the Maylands foreshore. The shoreline is stacked with bins specifically for fishing line. Bayswater council workers recovered the turtle from the Maylands Lakes, describing the animal as “hopelessly entangled in fishing line that was wrapped around its body and neck”. The species…

AN upper house MP wants Bayswater council to remove native vegetation behind her Ingles Place property so she doesn’t have to walk as far to get to the river. The vegetation is protected as part of the Swan and Canning Rivers Regional Park, but Liberal parliamentary secretary Alyssa Hayden wrote to council asking it to…

SCHOOL holidays can cost a packet but the Postal Hall Book Exchange in Cathedral Square offers endless take-home fun – for free. In perfect synchronicity the first Sunday of the school holidays coincides with a kids book exchange at the monthly Cathedral Square markets. It’s a chance for youngsters to swap books with other kids…

MATAGARUP activists had their first day in court this week, hoping to get an injunction against further raids on their Heirisson Island camp by Perth city council. Camping on the island is forbidden under council rules, and it’s recently ramped up raids to confiscate tents, blankets and other camping gear used by Indigenous and homeless…

A DEVELOPER has been allowed to demolish an historic Mount Lawley shop despite a development assessment panel originally using its retention as a justification to approve the project. The 1912 Poles building at 760 was once home to Golman’s mustard and starch, but is making way for a small bar, shop, office and apartments which…

PERTH Liberal MP Eleni Evangel has slammed Vincent council for “political propaganda” after it recommended seniors complain to the Barnett government about changes to rates concessions. For years the state government has paid half of pensioners’ rates, but this year has capped its contribution to $750, leaving anyone with rates over $1500 out of pocket.…

IN the last week of the election the Chook takes a look at the federal candidates for Perth, presented in the order they appear on the ballot: MILD-mannered Liberal candidate Jeremy Quinn has had a run unmarked by controversy, a far cry from Darryl Moore’s attempt in 2013. The engineering consultant has done a lot…

VINCENT city council has just been voted Perth’s most popular council by its ratepayers. In an incredible turnaround from 2010 when its performance was so low a former council quipped “we’ve tanked”, Vincent hit the top spot in 18 out of 47 categories in an annual survey that pits it against 25 other metropolitan councils.…

A NEW childcare centre planned to go in next door to North Perth primary school has locals worried the extra cars will make a narrow laneway unsafe. The School of Early Learning wants to open a three-storey centre at 81 Angove Street, using the rear of the block, in a wee alley just off Albert…

VINCENT council has pegged a three per cent rate increase for this year, but held off hiving off its waste fees. Right now the fees are bundled into the rates, but if they are separated the council could look at offering residents the choice of a smaller, cheaper bin. But most councillors decided until the…