BAYSWATER Waves is reopening in full following $11.6 million in refurbishment and upgrades, with a pool party to mark the occasion on February 17. The centre gets 750,000 visits a year and the popularity took its toll over the years. Last year Bayswater council embarked on extensive staged works including refurbish the main attraction, the…

WACA board member Paul Collins has been returned to his usual board duties, but with no concession from the WACA that his two-month “suspension” has been retracted.  Mr Collins received a letter from the WACA on January 4 which he says “purported to provide a no tice of suspension of both my membership of the…

THE 40kmh speed trial along Inglewood’s stretch of Beaufort Street has been deemed a success by Stirling council’s traffic watchers, with crash rates halving compared to the 60kmh era. For years many locals and business owners had been calling for a slow-down along that strip of Beaufort between Central Avenue and Crawford Ave (“Beaufort Street…

A SCIENTIST at the cutting edge of the global fight against the polyphagous shot-hole borer says there’s little hope of halting the invasion with current treatments being trialled. Francois Roets is a professor in the department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology at Stellanbosch University in South Africa. The invasive borer was first discovered in South…

RENAMING Banks Reserve to the Noongar name “Warndoolier” has won strong support from the public. Vincent council’s consultation late last year saw 276 people respond, with 154 submissions in favour of Warndoolier, 62 supporting a dual naming of Wardnoolier/Banks Reserve, and 55 opposed to changing the name. The park runs along the Mount Lawley foreshore…

ONE in five trees in Hyde Park may have to be removed because of a polyphagous shot-hole borer infestation, with the oldest and grandest ornamental trees most likely to be among the casualties. Agriculture minister Jackie Jarvis visited the park this week and announced: “Unfortunately the only way to deal with this invasive pest is…

A PLAN to fly the Pride flag outside Bayswater civic centre has been shot down by half its council, with little explanation from the nay-sayers. Cr Nat Latter, elected in October 2023, called on colleagues to support flying the Pride flag, which also flutters outside civic centres in Perth, Vincent, and Bassendean councils.  Cr Natter…

PERTH lord mayor Basil Zempilas has announced he’s seeking to become Liberal candidate for Churchlands, aiming to wrest the electorate back from Labor. Churchlands was previously held by Liberal MP Sean Lestrange until 2021 when Labor’s Christine Tonkin was narrowly elected with 50.8 per cent of the two-party preferred vote.  Mr Zempilas was first elected…

THE naming of a dangerously anonymous laneway in Maylands will likely be delayed another month, as Bayswater councillors decided to consult a local history group to find more potential street names.  Maylands resident Peta Illich has been waiting 15 months for the laneway her house sits on to be named, as ambulances attending to an…

CITIZENS who’ve put in long hours helping the homeless, their neighbourhoods, and even the oceans were recognised at this years’ Community Citizen of the Year Awards on Australia Day.  STIRLING: Community citizen of the year goes to Rob Geersen who volunteers with Starkick, an all-abilities program for kids at Coolbinia Football Club. Mayor Mark Irwin…