INCUMBENT Stirling mayor Mark Irwin has won another term, pulling in 62 per cent of the vote over Elizabeth Re in a two-way race. Cr Re, who is probably Mr Irwin’s most vocal rival on council, remains at Stirling in her councillor role through to 2025. No incumbents lost their seats, though it was a…

MAYLANDS’ storied past is being unearthed for the new week-long Maylands History and Heritage Festival starting November 4.  The festival comes off the back of the popular heritage month the Maylands Historical and Peninsula Association ran in 2022 to celebrate their 30th year of preserving local history, and is running as part of the bigger…

GROWING up, Georgia Tree’s father always insisted she’d be the one to write down his life story, but never let on what a roller coaster ride it would be. Grant Tree came of age just as Perth emerged from its mission brown nostalgia; the infant internet had opened a window to the world where the…

A survival thriller that takes a different approach: Two sisters go diving at a beautiful, remote location. One of the sisters is struck by a rock, leaving her trapped 28 meters below. With dangerously low levels of oxygen and cold temperatures, it is up to her sister to fight for her life. Directed by Maximilian…

BAYSWATER mayor Filomena Piffaretti has resigned just days before the election in a shock move that looks set to trigger a costly by-election. Ms Piffaretti was in the middle of a four-year term as a councillor, and was elected mayor by fellow councillors in 2021. This year Bayswater ratepayers get to elect the mayor themselves,…

ALL of Vincent’s neighbourhood roads will drop to 40kmh following trials in select spots across the city. Mayor Emma Cole announced the speed drop at her final council meeting on October 17, saying “Main Roads has given us the green light to go 40kmh on all of our local neighbourhood roads,” while distributor roads and…

NORTH PERTH Primary School is gearing up to celebrate the school’s 125th anniversary in March next year. NPPS is one of the oldest continuously operating schools in WA, having opened on January 30, 1899 to cater for the growing suburban population.  It started with 131 students and the school still uses the original buildings, and…

LOCAL historian and ex-North Perth Primary School parent Susanna Iuliano brings us this history of North Perth Primary School and its foundation principal Joshua Hammill. A facebook page for updates on the March 16 anniversary fair has been set up under the name “125 Years of North Perth Primary School”. IN 2024, North Perth Primary…

A RETIRING Vincent councillor has farewelled his term in office in an unusual manner, reading a municipal-themed adaptation of the 1989 Billy Joel hit We Didn’t Start the Fire.  Instead of Joel’s pivotal events from the 1940s to 1980s, Cr Dan Loden’s You Can’t Stop the Progress version covered his eight years at Vincent council.…

VINCENT councillors have held off stripping a historic cottage of its heritage protection, wanting justification from Main Roads WA that its demolition is necessary.  Main Roads has asked that the “category B – conservation recommended” heritage inventory listing be removed from the 1904 cottage at 40 Guildford Road, easing the path to demolition and paving…