THERE will be no Eid celebrations at Kings Park this year after after the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority rejected a request from the WA Islamic Centre for a last-minute reprieve. The decision brings to an end a trouble-free 19-year Eid Festival tradition that is enormously popular with local families. The authority refused the application…

Unelected DAP has final say THE Maylands Ratepayers’ and Residents’ Association has voted to oppose the $3.5 million expansion of the liquor store at the Peninsula Tavern. The application for the Railway Parade pub and bottleshop includes a 743sqm Dan Murphy’s outlet, courtyards and family-style bistro, 123 car bays and two-storey offices above the liquor…

A CREW of mysterious ninja grannies has been yarn-bombing Mt Hawthorn. For the past few months trees along The Boulevarde, between Scarborough Beach Road and Ashby Street, have been festooned with colourful wool. Lisa, who describes herself as a “non-knitting resident”, says locals don’t know who’s responsible for the woolly crop circles. “We don’t know…

PERTH choir Naya Chorale is back from performing at Carnegie Hall. The newly formed a cappella group of 50 singers had been invited to the prestigious New York venue by the Distinguished Concerts International New York which scours the world for choirs worthy of performing there. Naya Chorale hadn’t even staged its first performance when…

AFTER plans to move into a Murray Street premises fell through the WA Club is now eyeing up the Old Perth Boys School as a new HQ. The 117-year-old club is moving from its St Georges Terrace home—despite having only moved there in 1995—so it can increase membership from 1300 to 1500 to remain financially…

Too loud for my eyes IT is well-known that in a noisy chattering world silence becomes a golden sound, a blessing, a relief, and very likely the same sort of contrast applies to our visual world. Hence, on the matter of the Beaufort Street murals the question is; should the public have to cope with…

THE $10.8 million rebuild of the burnt-down Mt Lawley primary school won the tick of approval from the local development assessment panel on Monday afternoon. The 100-year-old school was destroyed last July by two teenage arsonists later sentenced to eight months’ gaol. The WA finance department’s plans will replace the fire-damaged buildings with a covered…

VINCENT mayor Alannah MacTiernan is fighting a high-powered push to ban right-hand turns from Beaufort Street into Walcott Street. She says the idea—being promoted by Mt Lawley Liberal MP Michael Sutherland—will affect Vincent residents while having little effect on those in neighouring Stirling. Mr Sutherland’s electorate ends at Walcott Street. Ms MacTiernan says a red-light…

A EUROPEAN oil and gas conference in Scotland is relevant to Perth, lord mayor Lisa Scaffidi says. Perth city council will soon vote on whether to spend up to $15,000 flying her there and back as part of a WA business delegation. The conference theme is, Offshore Europe the next 50 years. The Barnett government…

JAMIE’S Italian restaurant won’t say how many of its high quality linen napkins are being stolen. A source who’d dropped by the insanely popular eaterie for a feed Saturday night said they’d seen “several” of Oliver’s logo-stamped towellettes go missing. The source estimated “hundreds” must get stolen every week. We called the restaurant Monday but…