A COMPETITIVE monologuist from Joondanna has won silver at the World Monologue Games for a two-and-a-half minute speech where he broke into seven languages. Jay Jay Jegathesan came in second in the main professional category, with judges scoring his performance of a self-written piece The Script Doesn’t Matter as an 8, just behind France’s Tracey…

PLANS to move a concrete batching plant out of Vincent and into Stirling have not been warmly welcomed across the border. Stirling council this week unanimously voted to write letters to all parties involved expressing “concern” over the proposal. Vincent council and many Claisebrook locals are desperate to see the end of two concrete plants…

A VETERAN Stirling councillor has played down her sharing of social media memes which have been criticised as having racist undertones. Councillor Elizabeth Re is a prolific re-poster of memes, and while many are on contentious topics, one using the word “illegals” in reference to asylum seekers has put her in the spotlight. The memes…

AFTER years going by the unprofitable moniker “Leederville Oval”, naming rights for Vincent’s premier footy venue have been sold to Sullivan Logistics in a $120,000, three-year deal.  The oval hasn’t had a corporate name since 2016, when Medibank’s deal expired.  Profits from the sponsorship will be split three ways between Vincent council and the East…

THE ‘shop local’ message was heard loud and clear in Vincent at a record-breaking Young Makers Christmas Market on December 3. This makers’ market hosted more than 100 sellers from ages 6 to 25 vending their hand-made wares in and around North Perth town hall, besting the previous record set by makers markets held on…

MEGA-COUNCILS should pay their elected members more for handling extra constituents, according to councillors from the populous City of Stirling. They are currently paid $32,960 a year, and can claim around $10,000 in other benefits and reimbursements, according to the rules laid down by the Salaries and Allowance Tribunal for “band 1” councils. But Stirling’s…

IDEAS for revitalising the Maylands town centre are sought for a new masterplan governing the future of roads, paths and streetscapes. Main Roads is running the consultation in the wake of the closure of the Caledonian Avenue crossing in 2022.  The constantly-clogged crossing was infamous for backing up traffic, and the state government said closing…

AFTER being ranked the number two priority for recreational facility in need of upgrades, North Perth Bowling Club’s ancient toilets have been upgraded. The club opened in 1907, and the previous loos looked like they couldn’t have been much newer than that. Aside from falling apart, they’d fallen out of compliance with current standards, and…

A SEVEN-storey, $30 million development has been approved for Oxford Street in Mount Hawthorn after Vincent council’s elected representatives were once again outvoted on the state Joint Development Assessment Panel. JDAPs were introduced by the former Barnett government to streamline and “depoliticise” high-priced development applications which often provoke local discontent, consisting of five-member panels with…

MOTORSPORT in Perth’s CBD is up in the air after organisers were offered reduced funding by the city council. The event had been known as Targa West since its inception in 2005, but this year’s has been organised by familiar faces under the monicker Tarmac West. TW director Ross Tapper told Perth councillors at their…