Stirling residents are set to be hit with more paid parking spots at higher prices. The council has voted to expand the amount of paid parking at “high demand locations” across the city, including Herdsman Business Park within Walters Drive, Hasler and Parkland Roads, and around Glendalough rail station. Council staff stated “it is likely…

A HIGH-RISE apartment tower planned for Beaufort Street has attracted the ire of the nearby Court Hotel. Court owner Bree Maddox wrote to the Perth development assessment panel, concerned complaints from new residents about noise and behaviour could spell doom for her iconic gay bar. The Court has a closing time at 2am, which has…

An attempt by the Abbott and Barnett governments to shift costs onto local councils has failed and could result in an exploding population of corellas and rainbow lorikeets throughout Perth. Farmer consider the birds serious pests because of their impact on grain and fodder. They also damage phone and light towers, and aggressively compete (very…

THE community bus plan is dead, with Vincent council balking at the cost of servicing the under-served east-west route. The route had been served by the 401 bus until the WA public transport authority removed it in February due to lack of use. PTA media man David Hynes had told the Voice “we have an…

The arrival of internet behemoth Amazon’s Australian online store has local bookshop owners screaming for a level playing field on GST. Unlike books bought in local shops, items bought on Amazon’s Aussie portal are not subject to GST nor other importation restrictions that affect prices and delivery times. In the US, Amazon sells one of…

Developers are circling like sharks to snap up newly sub-dividable blocks in Vincent. Due to an unforeseen quirk in new WA government rules, blocks as small as 240sqm can now be divided into tiny lots in parts of Vincent’s historic residential suburbs. Some 578 newly eligible lots exist across the city, and the council’s worried…

The birds are back. Crows and ibis flocking to overflowing bins, at the rear of Nando’s in Mt Lawley, are still making life a misery for nearby residents on Clarence and Beaufort Streets. In April, the Voice reported that birds scavenging at the bins were defecating on nearby houses, dropping chicken bones in gutters and…

The plan has “been through the ringer” but the old Stockade Building on Wellington Street will be saved. Most of the 1910 building will be retained in the new six-storey design by Palassis Architects. It was approved by Perth city council Tuesday night, and it’s third time lucky for the $4.5 million project. The first…

Stirling city councillor Terry Tyzack wants to mount a supreme court challenge to the Barnett government’s latest amalgamation plans. He describes the decision to carve 30,000 Dianella and Inglewood residents out of Stirling and into neighbouring councils as a “disaster” that will cost Stirling $20 million. The 20-year council veteran, a former mayor, believes WA…

A property described as “the last good brutalist building in Perth” will likely be demolished, with Perth city council’s planning committee recommending FESA House be knocked down to make way for a hotel. The WA government owns the land and is dead-set on turning it into a hotel to deal with Perth’s accommodation shortage. City…