BAYSWATER mayor Sylvan Albert wants the council to buy land and build carparks to relieve parking pressures in Maylands. He says a series of high-density developments along Railway Parade and Guildford Road will soon heap even more stress on clogged retail hotspots like Eighth Avenue. “One option would be to buy land and turn it…

TAILORED suits, silk ties, Italian shoes and celebrity haircuts are fine on the public dime, just don’t spend ratepayers’ money writing to ratepayers. Perth city councillor Reece Harley found himself in hot water this week after using council resources to send out 3400 letters to ratepayers, including updates on council goings-on and an invitation to…

IT’S the plan that’s been hovering around for a decade, but at long last there are serious moves to get a new CBD helipad on Riverside Drive. Perth city council’s been wanting to get a new helipad to cater for high flyers ever since the old one was pulled off the foreshore 10 years ago.…

CHRISTMAS, Labour Day, and now the olive harvest is becoming an annual tradition. The kids and P&C from North Perth primary will be out again ANZAC weekend collecting olives to make oil so they can fundraise for their school. Previous efforts have helped buy much-needed playground equipment, pulling in nearly a tonne of fruit over…

A SUNSET service will be held at the ANZAC Cottage in Mt Hawthorn. Originally built as a memorial to those who died at the landing at Gallipoli on April 25, 1915 it now serves as a salient reminder of all Australian soldiers who’ve died in combat. In February 1916, 4000 turned out to witness 200…

AN innovative Bayswater couple have transformed their verge into a vegie plot and want others to follow in their green footsteps. Cameron Moir ran out of space in his Embleton duplex and decided to plant sweet potatoes, egg plant, tomatoes and kale in his 50sqm verge instead. The vegie patch has gone down a storm…

THE Barnett government has told Bayswater it won’t refund any of the $1.2 million the council spent preparing for aborted mergers. “The state government has already provided the sector with funding in the order of $1.7 million and any further funding will only be considered where councils agree to take the initiative themselves to successfully…

THE latest request by Meat Lovers Paradise to expand its premises in Yokine has been T-boned by Stirling city council. The butcher has been trying unsuccessfully for four years to win council approval to expand its shop on Wanneroo Road. Councillors voted unanimously to refuse Meat Lover’s latest application. The shop, between The Mighty Quinn…

A $1000 reward is being offered for information leading to the conviction of the gumnut baby thief. Perth city council is offering the reward after someone stole one of the two babies from Stirling Gardens last month, cutting through four steel anchors to pull the sculpture clear. An exact replica can’t be made because the…

BAYSWATER mayor Sylvan Albert wants the council to investigate installing a sea container cafe on the Swan River foreshore. A permanent riverside cafe has been discussed for years, but hasn’t come to fruition, and Cr Albert wants to try something different to get things moving. “A large-scale cafe has failed to get off the ground,…