MAPW president Sue Wareham will be speaking as an expert on peacekeeping and disarmament.  The Canberra-based former GP is an anti-war advocate who has written extensively about war, politics, and AUKUS as part of her advocacy.  Dr Wareham says it is “extremely important” that local communities are aware of the risks of having nuclear technology…

THE Fairbridge Festival flame will keep flickering after its shock cancellation earlier this month, with a showcase of touring artists being staged at the Fremantle Arts Centre on Sunday, April 7. The festival was cancelled just a month before it was supposed to kick off, with organisers citing lagging sales, increased costs and a struggle…

THE Perth Big Walk 4 Refugees drew about 70 people to Hyde Park last Saturday (March 23). The event was part of a national campaign launched on February 13 this year – the one-year anniversary of the Albanese government’s announcement of permanent pathways to permanent residency for 19,000 refugees who have been on temporary visas…

BAYSWATER council is helping youngsters reconnect with nature in a series of workshops for Youth Week, April 5 – 124.  The workshops are being held in the city’s green spaces and are aimed at inspiring young people aged 12 to 25 to express their creativity, learn sustainable life skills and connect with others.  Deputy mayor…

BAYSWATER councillor Sally Palmer has won the North Ward by-election comfortably, saying political manoeuvring before the vote probably worked in her favour. Friday’s by-election was forced when mayor Filomena Piffaretti resigned from her ward seat just five days before last October’s general election, robbing Cr Palmer of an opportunity to take the vacancy as the…

THE mayors of Vincent and Cambridge have banded together to try and convince the Cook government to overhaul the Leederville train station. Vincent mayor Alison Xamon and Cambridge mayor Gary Mack have written to premier Roger Cook, transport minister Rita Saffioti and planning minister John Carey saying the aged station is holding up the revitalisation…

VINCENT council has called on the Cook government to do more to protect trees on private land. Mayor Alison Xamon championed the cause, raising a notice of motion at Tuesday’s council meeting aimed at tackling the City’s low canopy cover. “Our inner-city suburbs, and the rest of WA, are literally feeling the heat from very…

MARCH is Women’s History month, and although the women being profiled are not historical, they are certainly making history. Environmental engineer Carolyn Oldham was one of the 2024 inductees to the Western Australian Women’s Hall of Fame this month. CAROLYN OLDHAM has been in the environmental engineering field for more than 30 years, witnessing first-hand…

VINCENT council has taken another breather on a plan to turn part of Harold Street into a one-way street after deciding residents hadn’t been adequately consulted about which direction it should go. 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…

BAYSWATER residents have questioned why an area of their town centre shown as leafy green in Metronet’s concept plans for the new train station has ended up barren concrete and paving. Metronet insists it has lots of plantings to come shortly – more trees than it took out to build the new station, which is…