A $255,000 dunny has been installed next to a rose garden on Bayswater’s Railway Parade. Installing the Exeloo added $40,000 to the cost. It’s next to the train station, which doesn’t have a toilet. The council installed the loo after Whatley Crescent traders complained of people defecating and urinating behind their shops. It had wanted…

MAYLANDS Labor MP Lisa Baker has criticised Bayswater mayor Sylvan Albert—who ran against her as a Liberal candidate in 2013—for not attending a WA liquor commission hearing into Woolworths’ $3.5 million redevelopment of the Peninsula Tavern. The development site is slap-bang in the middle of Cr Albert’s south ward, which he’s recontesting at this month’s…

MOUNT HAWTHORN’S junior footy team just won their second premiership running. This month the year eights took on friendly rivals the Coolbinia Bombers at Inglewood Oval to defend their title. Scores were level at quarter time, with Mt Hawthorn team edging ahead and holding on till the final siren. The Mt Hawthorn Cardinals have about…

THE folks from the local Claisebrook Catchment Group spend many a weekend cleaning up our waterways, so they’re hoping to encourage local greenthumbs to ditch the fertiliser-heavy gardens and go au naturale. Their yearly catchment friendly garden competition is on again to reward people who use local plants which need less water and less fertiliser…

IT’S taken the better part of a decade and three mayoral regimes, but Vincent finally has a character retention policy that lets concerned residents maintain the look and feel of their streets. Historic streetscapes being interrupted by boxy modern buildings has long been an issue in the dormitory suburbs, accounting for a fair percentage of…

Big crowds expected to join the 5th annual Human Chain on World Animal Day in opposition to live animal exports. Hundreds of West Australians opposed to the export of live animals will again link hands to join the Human Chain across Stirling Traffic Bridge on Sunday 4 October to highlight the wide community support to…

THE prestigious Perth College — an exclusive private school for girls — has been accused of “heritage vandalism” by the Mount Lawley Society. The accusation was levelled following Stirling city council’s decision to oppose the college’s application to demolish four 1920s-era homes inside the leafy suburb’s heritage protection zone. “The demolition is contrary to the…

DID Perth lord mayor Lisa Scaffidi ever tell council officials about serious environmental health allegations levelled against a business occupying a building she co-owns? It’s a simple question but one the lord mayor and Perth city council’s CEO and his media team have not answered. Last week the Voice reported — after gaining access to…

CATHERINE EHRHARDT is pushing for a pelican crossing on Railway Parade, following the death of a pedestrian struck by a car last Saturday night. Circumstances surrounding the accident are unclear, but the 45-year-old man was hit by a Hyundai while crossing the road, around 15 metres from the zebra crossing near Maylands train station. Ms…

UP to 25 administrative staff face losing their jobs at Edith Cowan University as it abolishes faculties and merges schools. At this stage it is unclear how many staff based at the Mt Lawley campus may be affected. The reorganisation will see 14 schools merge into eight, and report directly to the vice-chancellor. Around 100…