MAYLANDS local Perrie Taylor aka Ruby Slippers, spends her days making costumes as a freelance stylist for TV ads and commercial photo shoots—and her nights taking them off. She’s one of a number of burlesque artists blinging up for the month-long Perth International Burlesque Festival, which kicked off Monday. Three years after it started the…

JOGGERS will have to steer clear of timid kangaroos and Yagan’s nudity under a compromised plan to stage fun runs on Heirisson Island. The organisers of the free 5km parkrun wanted to stage an event on Heirisson Island but Perth city councillor James Limnios was concerned runners would spook the roos. The Whadjuk working party,…

VINCENT council’s budget has been approved with a 3.65 per cent rates rise. Thirty-thousand dollars will be set aside for potential legal action stemming from amalgamations. “We are putting that money aside in case council does wish to pursue legal action,” mayor John Carey says. Retired councillor Dudley Maier attended the meeting to warn his…

DID you know that between 1927 and 1954, there was a Prohibited zone in Perth that Aboriginal people were not allowed to enter? Did you know that in the 1830s Aboriginal people actively resisted European occupation, and were shot and killed for it? These and other largely unknown aspects of Aboriginal history are unveiled in…

HAVING spent hours poring through Game of Thrones books for clues about the fictional boardgame cyvasse, Michael Le Page has created his own physical version, brought to life with 3D printing. He and online GoT forum buddies scanned the books looking for any instance of when the chess-like game was mentioned and scoured interviews with…

LIKE most light industrial traders around Leederville, Jim Ellis is moving out. For 20 years he’s run All Suburbs Glass and Glazing from Carr Place, but now he’s sold up. The new owner plans to bulldoze the place and whack up units. Mr Ellis, a 70-year-old native of England’s Birmingham, has seen a lot of…

BAYSWATER city council’s budget has been approved after two dramatic false starts. The council eventually settled on a 3.8 per cent rates increase. Domestic service charges increase from $284.70 to $307.30 and $1 million will be allocated for council mergers. The rates rise in the draft budget was 4.5 per cent, but councillors insisted on…

PLANS to plonk a giant doll’s head on Beaufort Street have fallen through, but there’s another project in the works to replace it. The Beaufort Street Network offered 100 donors a refund on the cancelled plan but most opted to let the network keep the funds for a future project. Last year Vincent mayor John…

BAYSWATER freeman Ian McClelland has died aged 77. Mr McClelland was elected to the council in 1986 and served for 23 years, including two stints as deputy mayor. In the year he was elected the Morley Boans store burnt down, and Mr McClelland was subsequently heavily involved in planning and building the Morley Galleria, which…

VINCENT SAMMUT of Franklin Street, Leederville, is concerned by Vincent city council’s tougher approach to heritage protection, saying it tramples individual property rights. I APPLAUD Vincent mayor John Carey and councillors for their great leadership in the fight to keep Vincent free of amalgamation. However, they are not infallible. Concerning the heritage listing of a shop at the…