A facelift of Oxford Street reserve will be shelved until a cheaper option can be found. Vincent council had planned to spend about $1 million on the Leederville park’s revamp but the cheapest tender, from Earthcare Landscapes, clocked in at $1.33 million. The council considered ponying up the extra $300,000 but at the eleventh hour…

TARTS, Northbridge by JENNY D’ANGER: How to have a 15-minute orgasm using nothing but an apple assaulted my eyes during a Google search for the name of a local raw food company. I passed on the notion and instead rang Tarts Cafe, where staff reminded me the company I was looking for was called Rawgasm…

Budding ateliers at Mt Hawthorn primary school have been making their own jewellery to raise money for breast cancer awareness month. So far they’ve been selling their bracelets, hair braids and clips at pop up stands before and after school. Mia Cahill says at their first pop up they raised $35 for the cause and…

Vincent voters are overwhelmingly opposed to the abolition of their city. In a plebiscite run alongside last weekend’s council elections, a whopping 77 per cent (4564) answered “no” to the question “do you agree the City of Vincent should be abolished”. The landslide vote is a slap in the face to premier Colin Barnett’s plan…

Giovanni Italiano is the new mayor of Stirling after being elected unopposed by his fellow councillors on Tuesday night. The former deputy mayor says he’ll continue the “Stay in Stirling” campaign led by predecessor David Boothman, who was re-elected unopposed to Balga ward but decided not to recontest the top job. Cr Italiano says his first…

It was a nail-biter for the Vincent mayoralty last weekend, with John Carey scraping in with just 87.12 per cent of the vote (2765 votes). Cough, cough. Defeated Angelo Merlacco (381 votes) was magnaminous and gutsy, saying Mr Carey had done a good job as a councillor and would make a great mayor. A protege…

Sylvan Albert is Bayswater’s new mayor, sweeping aside Terry Kenyon seven votes to four. Cr Albert—the Liberals’ candidate for Maylands at the state election—was elevated to the position by the new council following last weekend’s ward elections that saw two incumbent councillors defeated. To rub salt into Cr Kenyon’s wounds, his long-time nemesis Cr Mike…

During the heady days of WA cricket in the 1970s the melodic click of the wrought-iron turnstiles would echo throughout the WACA as fans streamed into the ground. With the advent of automative ticketing in the ‘80s, the century-old turnstiles were silenced as the gates were ripped up and shoved into storage. Now cricket nuts…

Newcomer Reece Harley has topped the field at the Perth city council elections, beating even seasoned veterans to nab the most votes and the first of four council seats up for grabs. Mr Harley, 26, scored 17.68 per cent (1782 votes), followed by Cr Judy McEvoy, re-elected with 16.19 per cent (1632 votes), Cr James…

Catalina Airlines has flown from one tangle of red tape into another. Fresh from completing noise tests for the Swan River Trust for its plans to launch and land seaplanes on the river—it reckons it passed with flying colours—it is now arguing with another WA government agency over separate plans to use a helipad in…