RENOWNED stoneworker and winner of multiple Sculpture by the Sea awards, Jina Lee, has created new stone sculptures honouring the iconic long-neck oblong turtles of Jackadder Lake. Lee was born in South Korea and studied at the Kaywon School of Art before moving to Australia in 2013, and she now works stone out of a…

A HUNDRED historic photos and a small library worth of stories have been entered into the Vincent Local History Centre archives, a bounty collected from a bumper year at the local history awards.  Among the more ancient entries is a 101-year-old photo of the Norwood Hotel which once stood at the corner of Windsor and…

FORMER Bayswater councillor Sally Palmer is seeking a comeback at the upcoming extraordinary election for North Ward after complex political manoeuvring saw her left without a seat at October’s vote.  Ms Palmer got the second highest votes in North Ward at the bi-annual elections, and a provision in the Local Government Act would have allowed…

PERTH councillors have voted to spend $290,000 to become the “presenting partner” of the 2024 Kings Park Lightscape, which was a sell-out last year. Councillor David Goncalves raised concerned about giving so much money to a ticketed event that would go ahead either way.  Last year the council gave $100,000 in cash and $100,000 worth…

STOP AUKUS WA was due to stage a peaceful protest at 11 am yesterday, Friday December 8, outside the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre.  The demonstration coincides with The Future of Defence in WA – AUKUS, Defence Industry and the UK’s role in the Indo-Pacific luncheon, featuring a keynote address by UK minister of state…

THREE in a row: Another contentious development has been approved in Vincent by the Joint Development Assessment Panel, with the state-government appointed members outvoting local elected members to approve Celsius’ rejigged North Perth apartment project. Celsius Developments first proposed a 16-storey apartment project on the Fitzgerald Street site between Alma Road and Raglan Road, before…

STIRLING council has backed down from a plan to scrap a policy that requires big developers to spend money on public art. The council’s Public Art on Private Land Policy is less than a year old, and is similar to those at other municipalities that require developers of big projects to spend an additional 1…

Opinion piece by ANDREW SMITH, former mayor East Fremantle and democratic town planning expert. THIS Thursday the fate of the historic Woodside maternity hospital, birthplace of 50,000 West Australians including the wildly popular Sam Kerr, will be decided.  As will most of the intact rich history generated by the site over the last 100 years…

FORMER Melville councillor Pam Neesham met up with the Chook this week for a chat about the former Woodside Hospital.  She talked of her enormously successful family who, despite a raft of successes in many fields of endeavour, are best known for decades of success in AFL, water polo and other sports. That’s how the…

THIS week’s Speaker’s Corner comes from Mount Lawley neurologist CAROLYN ORR, who explains why so many medical doctors are concerned about the looming “human health emergency” posed by policies favouring fossil fuels. ON Friday December 1, more than 50 medical doctors rallied outside Parliament House against WA’s support for oil and gas expansion.  Why is…