FORMER Stirling councillor Eion Martin has died aged 75. The architect served from 1997 to 2001. A funeral service was held Monday in Pinnaroo. Mr Martin—who’d worked as an apprentice carpenter for his father in early state housing projects—died of mesothelioma, an asbestos-caused cancer. His father died in his 60s from the same condition. Veteran…

THIS massive pile of junk has been lying outside a Vincent council-owned property for days—within sight of the council HQ. On Monday afternoon garbage was strewn across the footpath, forcing pedestrians onto busy Vincent Street at peak hour. The council owns 291 Vincent Street, just 200m from council HQ. One tenant moved out after not…

STIRLING city council cannot say when it will return to recycling domestic kerbside waste. The council has recycled virtually none since August, dumping nearly 7000 tonnes of rubbish in landfill every month (Voice, May 3, 2014). The council’s recycling system collapsed when the Atlas recycling facility in Mirrabooka unexpectedly ceased operations last August. The council…

CBD worker Jason Miller spends his lunch breaks documenting local people for his Humans of Perth project. The 35-year-old IT administrator came here from New Mexico seven years ago and started taking pictures of Perth people soon after his arrival. “I was walking through downtown and I was taken by the variety, the diverse culture…

THE pedestrian bridge at Dog Swamp (the actual swamp) has been closed because the handrails are unsafe. Stirling city council has earmarked $25,000 in the draft 2014/15 budget for repairs. Located off Wanneroo Road in Yokine, the wetland is a refuge for waterbirds and has a playground and grasslands. The bridge leads to the “Old…

NORANDA and Maylands are set to host street festivals in November. Bayswater councillors green-lit $25,000 in funding for the Noranda community market and Maylands street festival. North ward councillor Michelle Sutherland says it will be the first time Noranda has hosted a major street festival. “Since 2006 the city has held festivals in Bayswater, Morley…

STIRLING city council has decided to delay installing $150,000 of new signs in the city’s parks and reserves until it has a clearer picture of what’s happening with council mergers. The council is mulling over the approval of updating its 2011 style guide, which will involve new signs. As part of the 2011 style guide,…

STIRLING city council has recycled virtually none of its domestic kerbside waste since August, dumping nearly 7000 tonnes of rubbish in landfill every month. The council’s recycling system collapsed when the Atlas recycling facility in Mirrabooka unexpectedly ceased operations last August. The facility had achieved a 65 per cent recycling rate over 10 years, from…

GARBAGE dumpers have made an extreme sport out of littering in Yokine, with a temple of trash dumped on Hector Street. The vacant block has long been a magnet for garbage: even outdated satellite images on Google maps shows filth spread wantonly around. Couches, cans, cardboard boxes, old insulation: nothing’s too crap to be dumped…

WOOLWORTHS has lodged a liquor licence application for its controversial 990sqm Dan Murphy’s at the Maylands Peninsula Tavern. It was lodged with the WA department of racing gaming and liquor. Labor Maylands MP Lisa Baker plans to lodge an official objection to the licence in a last gasp attempt to kill the project. “That’s nearly…