IT’S not just flesh being advertised on Perth’s Tinder scene, with drug dealers, wannabe politicians and Fringe performers sneaking ads onto the popular dating application amid profiles of lovelorn daters. The phone app lets people create a profile and if two people both click that they like each other they can start chatting to arrange…

FLYING a drone without permission in a Stirling park attracts a $350 on-the-spot fine under proposed new rules. The same penalty applies to anyone caught “slacklining” — walking across a tightrope between two anchors (usually trees) — throwing a javelin or discus, using a hammer or operating a “motorised device” (we assume this relates to…

THIEVES, vandals and litterbugs are undermining the charitable work of the Salvation Army in Maylands. They’re leaving such a mess on weekends that two staff spend two hours cleaning every Monday before the op shop opens. Neighbours are complaining to police. Manager Shane Oliver confirms it’s a big problem. The donation bin is locked out…

AN anti-Islamic immigration party, “Love Australia or Leave”, says it may sue Vincent city council for refusing to let it stage a BBQ at Hyde Park. Instead of a quiet barbie in the park on March 20 it now plans a 2pm protest outside the council. Party founder and Queensland senate candidate Kim Vuga says…

OUR reputation as an uncultured bogan state is being blown out of the water, with free talks on our performing arts history being booked as fast as they are announced. His Majesty’s Theatre historian Ivan King and Heritage Perth’s Richard Offen are getting together to chat about our artsy history, drawing on the extensive collection…

IT’LL cost Stirling ratepayers more than $110,000 for CCTV cameras at a Yokine playground. Last June the council spent $67,500 on cameras, electrical work and surveillance management for Yokine Play Space, just off Wordsworth Avenue. Because all that equipment was stolen before project completion — oh, the irony — the council has decided to spend…

VINCENT councillors strongly back mayor John Carey’s desire to reconsider the city’s ongoing membership of the WA local government association. They agree the peak body for WA councils has been a wet lettuce on issues including council amalgamations and transparency. WALGA president Lynne Craigie sounds largely satisfied with levels of council transparency and training for…

THE Maylands Hawkers Markets should relocate from The Rise or close because the area is busy enough without it and there’s already a parking shortfall says Bayswater councillor John Rifici. Cr Rifici stood just two seats from markets founder Catherine Ehrhardt — now a colleague on council — when he made his comments this month.…

THIS sculpture cost about $720,000. The Maylands artwork was required as part of Bayswater council’s “per cent for public art” policy. Developers with projects more than a million dollars are required to contribute one per cent of the cost to public art: they can either commission their own, or contribute to a council fund. A…

LOCAL history fan Dallas Robertson spends countless hours recreating Perth’s lost historic landscape in virtual reality. After about 80 hours on his Xbox, he recently finished a virtual model of Government House in the computer game Minecraft, a wildly popular Lego-like game that lets players build anything they want. He’s already fleshing out the surrounds…