A 10pm check-in curfew, clean home assurances and public liability insurance are likely be included in WA regulations aimed at curbing issues with new short-stay accommodation providers. East Metro Liberal MLC Alyssa Hayden this week met with staffers at Perth, Stirling and Bayswater councils to talk about policing complaints. The parliamentary secretary is compiling recommendations…

THE Supreme Court is to decide whether Maylands gets a 1000sqm Dan Murphy’s liquor barn that can sell liquor. Woolworths already has permission from the local development assessments panel to build its grog palace but was last month refused a licence to sell alcohol. Woolworths is appealing the WA liquor commission’s refusal, and if it…

THE Beaufort Street Festival will “take a break” this year. Organisers from the non-profit Beaufort Street Network say the festival has achieved its goal of putting the street on the map and economic conditions are now making it tough to fund. Network chair Pam Herron says; “it’s time to try some new ideas. We’re planning…

THINGS descended on WA’s parliament house en masse Tuesday February 23 to protest new ”anti-protest” laws. The proposed laws make it an offence to suspiciously carry a “thing” that could be used to impede lawful activity, unless you have a good excuse. It’s intended to stop protestors carrying “things” like chains or locks to logging…

WA health minister Kim Hames has told state parliament he had “no idea” his own government planned to include medicinal allowances as income for rental assessment purposes. The policy change means public housing tenants who receive a pharmaceutical allowance, or any other allowance, will effectively lose a quarter of it to rent. When confronted in…

LETHAL rat bait left outside the Osborne library may have been used by children as pavement chalk. Stirling council is investigating library user Carlo Meleca’s claim a baiting station he’d seen in the courtyard a week ago — filled with bright blue bait — was empty Monday afternoon, and the courtyard brick floor covered with…

IT’S not Flint, Michigan: this was the water coming out the tap in Maylands last Friday. Similarly murky water was spat out of taps across half the suburb. Water Corporation Perth regional manager Garth Walter apologised to locals and says despite the appearance the water is safe to drink. “Discoloured water is caused by the…

TWELVE DOLLARS may not sound like a lot to many, but for Marianna Paulin it could mean giving up her beloved 20-year-old cat. The pensioner — who has already stopped buying pain killers for her chronic hip aches — is facing a $12 weekly rent hike from March 28 for her WA housing department unit.…

DOZENS of residents wrongly fined by Vincent parking rangers have had penalties cancelled after the council conceded its rules were confusing. Parking can be a nightmare around Perth Oval and residents have traditionally had parking permits. A letter went out last year letting residents know about changes, but most couldn’t make heads nor tails of…

DEEDEE NOON wants to know — what’s your favourite toy? To kick off her PhD research the Edith Cowan University researcher is inviting people to be photographed with their favourite toy to explore the emotions behind “person-to-toy transactions”. In doing some early preparatory work she’s already come across interesting emotional connections Perth people have with…