BEAUFORT STREET locals joined in the rainbow rebellion Sunday, chalking a colourful crosswalk on Grosvenor Road, but they only got three-quarters through before police rocked up to put a halt to the illicit chalking. Beaufort Street Network members drew the rainbow as part of a nation-wide response to the NSW government’s removal of a rainbow…

MICHAEL SUTHERLAND is putting the pomp back into parliament. The newly appointed speaker of the Legislative Assembly will be the first to don the ceremonial gown since Liberal George Strickland 12 years ago. The Mt Lawley Liberal MP says he wants to bring a little tradition back to the lower house. “But don’t worry, the…

Fester food AS a resident of an apartment building in East Perth that has two fast food outlets as commercial lessees, I totally empathise with the residents of Mt Lawley experiencing problems with Nando’s noxious rubbish (Voice, April 13, 2013). Apart from the noisy ravens and ibis, it is a real health hazard having bags…

STIRLING city councillors are getting jittery over their decision to slash verge collections from four to two collections a year. The council has been inundated with complaints since moving this year to one green waste and one bulk verge collection. Cr Rod Willox says he’d never seen so much rubbish around Mt Lawley and says…

CHICKEN bones, ibis poo and garrulous crows are irking residents who live beside Nando’s in Mt Lawley. A local resident, who wishes to remain anonymous, says Nando’s overflowing bins attract up to a dozen crows and four ibis every day. “I regularly come out of my front door to find chicken bones in my garden…

NORTH PERTH primary school kids are on the hunt for olives. The kids are hoping people in the area will let them pick the fruit from their trees so they can make olive oil to raise money for the P&C. P&C mum Sonia Hills says they’re looking to fund a few projects including a new…

THE proponents behind a plan to install 12 units on a single block at 99 Palmerston Street have dropped their fight at the state administrative tribunal. Last July Vincent city council rejected architect Kim Bevilaqua’s plan for the three-storey complex partly because of “negative impact on the adjoining properties”. One nearby neighbour said, “we think…

THERE has been mixed reaction to the eight-month gaol sentence handed to two youths convicted of burning down Mt Lawley primary school last year. The teenagers, who were 15 and 16 at the time, will be eligible for community-based supervision after serving four months. Juvenile offenders are housed at the Hakea adult prison after a…

Carey moves ELECTRONIC billboards will publicly shame convicted kerb-crawlers if Vincent councillor John Carey has his way. He wants the council to investigate the boards’ use in the city. His move follows mayor Alannah MacTiernan’s announcing she wants to name and shame men prosecuted for soliciting prostitutes in Highgate (Voice, April 6, 2013).   Despite…

MAYLANDS Labor MP Lisa Baker is “very disappointed” to have missed out on a post in Mark McGowan’s reshuffled shadow ministry. In her first four-year term the former chief of peak welfare body WACOSS cemented herself as a strong local MP, helping stop Coles from opening a liquor barn in Maylands, highlighting congestion on the…