KYLE BARTLETT says he’ll run out of fingers if he tries to count how many people close to him have suicided. Having lost another family member just recently, he’s asking the artists behind the December 5 Raise the Roof gig to devote the night to suicide awareness. An indigenous hip-hop artist and promoter, he says…

FORMER Perth city council CEO Frank Edwards is asking his old employer to reimburse him the $2860 he spent on lawyers, when appearing before the WA corruption and crime commission. He’d been interviewed during the CCC’s investigation into lord mayor Lisa Scaffidi not disclosing travel gifts by companies that also had dealings with the council.…

STIRLING mayor Giovanni Italiano says his new Mercedes cost no more than his old Holden Caprice. “This car did not cost any more than the previous Holden that I drove for two years,” he told ABC News during the week, having refused an earlier interview with the Voice, which broke the story (November 14, 2015).…

HE was sacked from his job—then the rest of Steve Harvey’s life started crumbling. Being jobless and relatively alone in Perth had a cascading effect on the 29-year-old man’s ability to pay his rent and stay mentally well. Nine weeks after losing his well-paid fly-in, fly-out gig with a high-profile mining company he was homeless.…

WINSTON CHURCHILL labelled his depression a “black dog” that followed him around. Olympic diver Matthew Mitcham personifies his as, “an unconvincing drag queen”. The gold-medallist, Australia’s only openly gay athlete at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, brings his autobiographical stage show Twists and Turns to Perth to open the Pride parade eve this Friday, November 20.…

MORE than 30 parking bays along Bulwer Street will be removed so a barrier can be built between car and bike lanes. Vincent council staff had been iffy about the plan, recommending instead that bike lanes be delineated by painted markings between William and Beaufort Streets, in part to preserve parking. But cycling advocate Geraldine…

IT’S been 100 years since the building now known as Astor Theatre was raised on the corner of Beaufort and Walcott Street. The owners are celebrating the centenery by continuing its roots as a live performance space. A landmark of Mount Lawley architecture, back in 1915 the place was designed in federation free classical style,…

COLES will tidy up a vacant property it owns in Maylands before selling it, following community complaints about the town’s “eyesore”. Dead weeds, a rusted fence, rubbish and an abandoned car park are the main features at 231 Guildford Road — which the supermarket giant has barely touched since buying it eight years ago. The…

A BLUEPRINT for Bayswater’s town centre will cost $120,000 to draw up — instead of $40,000 — because the council wants it done by consultants in time for a December 15 meeting with WA transport minister Dean Nalder. Mayor Barry McKenna says the council wants “ammunition” at the meeting to convince Mr Nalder to take…

  Note: these photos are of 2015 Mercedes C250 and CLA250 models, but features may vary to the vehicles purchased by the City of Stirling.   WHY buy just one luxury Mercedes with ratepayers’ money when you can buy two? Eyebrows are being raised across Stirling as word gets around that mayor Giovanni Italiano and…