THE City of Perth has become one of the first councils to sign up for Bayswater’s drone mozzie-busting service. Bayswater council’s commercial mosquito control team has been operating since early 2022, using drones to map out the terrain and access hard-to-reach areas such as marshes and thick bush so spraying can be targeted. The trial…

PERTH council has given its begrudging approval for Ruah to open a Safe Night Space for Women in James Street, Northbridge. At this week’s council meeting, mayor Basil Zempilas said he was only putting his hand up to vote for the service because it was inevitable the Cook government would overturn any vote against it.…

WA’S Youth Advisory Council has called for Australia’s eSafety commissioner to be given broader powers to help young people tackle the growing problem of image-based abuse. YACWA made the recommendation in a submission to the Cook government, which is reviewing the Criminal Law Amendment (Intimate Images) Act, saying current laws do not go far enough…

THE organisation representing surviving Nashos – men called up for mandatory national service in the 1960s and 70s – has been forced to restructure as a company in order to keep up the fight to access additional free healthcare. Fair Go Nasho had been operating as an incorporated association based in Victoria since 2022, but…

Paul Gamblin has advocated for the WA coast, including Leighton-Port and Ningaloo, since the late 1990s and has campaigned on ocean and coastal issues nationally and internationally.  A community meeting on this issue will be held at 6pm on Wednesday, 6 March at the Fremantle Surf Lifesaving Club. More information can be found at saveleighton.org.…

PERTH students have vowed to walk out of classes this week to protest in Forrest Place against Israel’s harsh retaliation in the Gaza Strip to a terrorist attack. High school and university students from Students for Palestine will be walking out of classes nationwide on Thursday and Friday to “protest the ongoing genocide” of Palestinians…

IF YOU’VE put on a few pounds over the festive period, there’s no better time to start getting fit than RedFeb – Heart Awareness Month. “Heart disease affects two in three Australians and still remains our leading cause of death,” says Heart Research Australia CEO Nicci Dent. “The financial implications of heart disease are not…

THE Baigup Wetlands on the Swan River border between Maylands and Bayswater have experienced a severe drying out, with some saying they’ve not seen water levels so low in 30 years. Rosemary Lynch from the Baigup Wetlands Interest Group said while the wetlands were “incredibly dry”, she could see a slightly positive side. “That the…

THERE are fears Coode Street and King William streets’ low-rise character homes are under threat, with Bayswater council looking to cram another 2700 dwellings into a 200-metre corridor from Guildford Road to the Morley activity centre. The mostly single-storey street is currently zoned between R30 and R40, but under a proposed Local Planning Strategy due…

STIRLING council has made its stretch of Beaufort Street a permanent 40kmh zone after a successful two-year trial. The council voted on the permanent speed limit last week after being prompted by appeals from business owners and residents. Stirling mayor Mark Irwin said he’d been pleased with the trial. “The data from the trial period…