A PLAN to provide out-of-hours childcare for Maylands Peninsula Primary School families has been narrowly shot down by Bayswater council, with mayor Filomena Piffaretti using her casting vote to break a tie.  The school has undertaken a five-year search for its own OSHC centre, as there’s no room on its own grounds for a new…

BAYSWATER mayor Filomena Piffaretti and Youth Advisory Council members Isabella and Lucy are hoping to hear from 12 to 25-year-olds about activities, events and initiatives they’d like to see in the city over the next few years. Bayswater council’s first youth action plan ran 2019 to 2023 and saw the development of more youth-focused events…

BAYSWATER council has delayed signing off the minutes of its October 31 meeting after a resident fact-checked a claim by an unsuccessful candidate in that month’s council elections. Nirmal Singh had spoken out at the meeting against the council flying the Aboriginal flag at half mast following the failed Voice to Parliament referendum, claiming “all…

A MEMORIAL to Rwandan genocide will be erected in Stirling Civic Gardens despite concerns it could lead to the council becoming a de facto arbiter of complex ethnic conflicts.  Rwandan Community Abroad Perth asked Stirling for space to install a memorial for “remembrance, honour, and education” for victims of the 1994 genocide. Many Rwandans and…

THREE years since the idea was floated, a trackless tram is being tested in a carpark course in hopes it’ll one day run from Glendalough train station to Scarborough Beach. Stirling mayor Mark Irwin has been a major driver behind the trackless tram plan. “During peak hours the current road network in the Stirling City…

SEVEN tonnes of rubbish had to be dumped on Lincoln Street after discarded batteries started a fire inside a rubbish truck last Monday. The Highgate street had to be closed off after a fire was detected in the belly of a Cleanaway truck, an increasingly common occurrence with the proliferation of devices, with lithium batteries.…

A PLAN to employ security robots to patrol Stirling’s crime hotspots has been shelved for now, but councillor Joe Ferrante says after he reworks the idea, “I’ll be back”.  Cr Ferrante introduced the idea in August, suggesting they import four-wheeled robots named “Xavier” that had been used in Singapore. They were first deployed for a…

SIX years on from a survey revealing how commonly people were harassed at bars and clubs, Safer Venues WA has launched a new one to find out if anything’s changed in the years since. SVWA was formed by a group of concerned gig-going friends after a Northbridge pub used misogynist slogans on huge banners to…

A RECORD number of stalls are booked for this year’s Young Makers Christmas Market, with people aged from 6 to 25 selling their handmade creations. The December 3 event is hosted across three Vincent venues to make room for all the interested traders, and 100 stalls are set to spread across the North Perth Main…

“I WANT you out,” new Vincent mayor Alison Xamon has told two concrete companies that for more than 20 years have brought dust, noise, and heavy trucks to a Claisebrook neighbourhood. The plants owned by companies Hanson and Holcim have operated on time-limited approvals since the early 2000s, and the current approval expires June 2024.…