IN the same week that the CCC has blasted lord mayor Lisa Scaffidi for failing to disclose travel information, her CEO has told the Voice to lodge a freedom of information request if we want to know how much ratepayers’ money is being spent on clothes, gifts and travel for elected members. The FOI process…

STIRLING city council say there is nothing it can do to improve the visibility of flashing speed signs that WA Main Roads installed behind leafy trees. The 40kph signs were placed near Inglewood primary school in June in a bid to improve safety, but the local P&C and Maylands Labor MP Lisa Baker say the…

A KURDISH woman who gave birth in an Iraqi gaol under the brutal dictatorship of Saddam Hussein before fleeing to Australia is just one of many refugees to be honoured in a performance of Requiem at St Mary’s Cathedral. Funds raised from the performance go to MercyCare and The Humanitarian Group, which provide legal assistance…

THE placement of election signs can reveal interesting and unexpected support around Vincent. Mayoral contender Malcolm Boyd (whose election material says he opposes a planning scheme that favours developers over residents) has had posters pop up on several Domination Homes properties, the company run by Domenic Minniti. There’s a bit of a contentious history between…

PERTH artist Ben Mitchell has taken people watching to a whole new level with Stainspotting, a series of artworks of unsuspecting train commuters that he draws on used tickets. The project began as a way to fill in the long commute between his Bassendean home and Midland studio, and reflects earlier art pieces of cargo…

TWENTY FOOD trucks are hitting Stirling streets as part of the city’s 12-month trial. The trucks will be parked at eight locations, including Yokine Reserve, Charles Riley Reserve and Mirrabooka town centre. Dippin’ Dots ice cream will be at Yokine Reserve on Tuesdays and the weekends, and the Pasta Truck on Sunday. “This initiative reflects…

LISA SCAFFIDI “signally failed in her duties” as Perth lord mayor by not disclosing several gifts and travel packages, according to the corruption and crime commission. In addition to a big hospitality package to the Beijing Olympics from mining giant BHP, the report reveals property developer Hawaiian Investments offered her three nights’ accommodation in Broome…

WITH school holidays here, warm weather looming and Hyde Park’s water playground about to be re-populated by youngsters, Vincent council will have another go at trying to convince Main Roads to slow speeds on nearby Vincent Street. Drivers often zoom down the narrow 60kph street, cars flanked either side making for a perilous gauntlet if…

CAN you spot the flashing speed signs near Inglewood primary school on Crawford Road? Voice photographer Matthew Dwyer says the 40kph electronic signs are only visible when he’s less than a few metres away. The signs were installed in June, along with two more sets at Inglewood primary and kindergarten, as a part of a…

AFTER an informal study tour around the city, Vincent council candidate Anthony Fisk reckons pedestrian crossings are in dire need of an upgrade. He says he spotted 10 sets of lights across south ward without safe pedestrian crossings, many in the old industrial part of West Perth which he wants spruced up. “Vincent council should…