CLEAN up your own mess and please stop throwing jellyfish at public art, Perth lord mayor Lisa Scaffidi is pleading. The council is spending $380,000 on a third high-pressure cleaner, as two apparently aren’t enough to regularly service mucky streets. Ms Scaffidi says individuals must take responsibility for the cleanliness too. She recently spotted a…

“BY mutual agreement” John Giorgi has left Vincent city council with eight months remaining on his contract. In February councillors decided 7–1 to not renew the CEO’s contract upon its December 31 expiry. Mr Giorgi—CEO for 20 years—has been on leave for much of the time since. A press release from the council claimed he,…

XINTIANDI restaurant in Northbridge has shut after being pinged $40,000 in health fines, including failure to clear pests from the premises. The swanky Francis Street restaurant was convicted of five offences, including failure to keep the premises clean and failure to stop pests getting inside. After shutting down for a week to make changes to…

THE “Prince of Flesh” is spearheading a campaign to set up night markets in Inglewood. Mondo’s Vince Garreffa wants the suburb’s neglected laneways brimming with food and art stalls. The legendary butcher, who served Prince Philip a snag on a recent Royal visit, is recruiting local business owners to form an Inglewood business network. It…

STAFF at Vincent council are being asked to use one of two new electric bikes to get to and from nearby meetings. Mayor John Carey says it’s an “innovative” way to cut carbon pollution and traffic congestion and save on unnecessary fuel costs. “We are always looking at ways of saving energy and being more…

THE Cardinals junior football club will move part of its operation to Charles Veryard Reserve in North Perth, following community opposition to plans to redevelop Menzies Park in Mt Hawthorn. Club president Scott Robinson says the juniors club is growing rapidly, with 500 children now on board, most of them from Vincent. The club had…

WIKILEAKS candidate Tibor Meszaros says he has no ethical qualms about adverts promoting his Senate campaign on West TV, where he works as a director and station manager. Mr Meszaros says the WikiLeaks Party is paying four-figure sums for the campaign ads— spruiking him and fellow candidate Lucy Nicol—on the community TV channel. The ads…

THREE free(ish) pieces of public art won’t be coming to Vincent after all, with the artists planning to instead sell Crab Riders to Melbourne city council. Eastern states artists Gillie and Marc had offered the crabs on loan to Vincent for free, plus $10,500 in transport and installation costs. Councillors grew worried as the costs…

FIERCE opposition from neighbours has resulted in the withdrawal of an application to knock down a 1940s cottage on Bayswater’s Kennedy Street and replace it with a two-storey building. Locals were up in arms about a nine-unit complex planned for their quiet street and submitted a 92-signature protest petition. The site is flanked by homes…

A DOSS HOUSE just metres from the WA parliament in West Perth has been closed down following countless assaults outside and the discovery of needles in the carpark of an MP’s nearby electoral office. Upper-house country Liberal MP Jim Chown says privately owned 3 Harvest Terrace is in a state of disrepair and has housed…