A 6WD amphibious vehicle will be used to fight mozzies plaguing Maylands foreshore. Bayswater city council will shell out $30,920 to buy and ship the all-terrain vehicle from Queensland. The model has been used successfully for nearly 20 years in Queensland to reach otherwise inaccessible breeding areas. The council allocated $166,970 in its 2013/14 budget…

Installing full-scale models of trams in the Hay Street Mall has paid off for Perth city council, with emails flooding in. The PCC opposes the Barnett government’s plan to run trams through the mall and so does 93 per cent of the public, according to the emails. The PCC reckons light rail should go down…

Mt Hawthorn local Emma Cole says she’s “really gutted not to have a say” over a now-approved 22-unit development on Oxford Street. Residents fear the Psaros project will fill their tiny residential laneway with up to five times the traffic. Vincent’s development assessment panel (comprised of three government-appointed members and just two elected members) approved…

It could be the worst typo of the campaign so far. Perth federal Liberal candidate Darryl Moore is pledging $300,000 for CCTV in local crime hot-spots, including “Seventh Avenue” in Maylands. Seventh Avenue is a quiet, leafy, suburban street. Eighth Avenue, on the other hand, is where traders complain continually about abusive drunks who plague…

The Liberals might be locked in an all-out battle to win the federal seat of Perth but that didn’t stop Morley state MP Ian Britza from refusing Darryl Moore’s request to use his advertising trailer. Mr Britza says at the time of the request—shortly after the state election—he still owed $2500 on it and he…

STORIES by STEPHEN POLLOCK: Perth Liberal MP Eleni Evangel has described as “madness” the Barnett government’s desire to split Vincent in two. Ms Evangel this week delivered a 507-signature petition from Vincent residents wanting to join Perth—not Stirling—to Perth lord mayor Lisa Scaffidi. Under the proposed Barnett government plan Vincent is to be split down…

After premier Colin Barnett said he had no objection to all of Vincent being merged with Perth, WA local government minister Tony Simpson sent mayor Alannah MacTiernan a troubling contradictory missive. In the letter Mr Simpson reiterates an earlier position, stating Vincent’s submission on boundary reform should be “consistent with the state government model”. That…

Bayswater city council wants to install a pelican crossing outside Maylands train station, following several near misses involving pedestrians with poor or zero eyesight crossing Railway Parade. It would add flashing beacons to the existing zebra crossing outside Dome cafe. “There have been a few rear-end accidents due to the confusion with the existing zebra…

Bayswater city council has voted unanimously to reject people with mental and intellectual disabilities from living in Bedford. Locals fear the proposal to accommodate three people and a 24-hour carer in Birkett Street includes housing ex-offenders with disabilities. Authorities assured the council and residents no ex-offenders will be housed, but that hasn’t been enough to…

Bayswater city council will spend up to $75,000 on a media campaign to tell people how good it is. In a rousing address, deputy mayor Barry McKenna told colleagues he’s sick of reading literature from the Mt Lawley Society and neighbouring councils about how nobody wants to amalgamate with Bayswater. “Who’s got the best rubbish…