A VISIT from Pauline Hanson in the heart of Leederville attracted a crowd of some 30 odd protesters who verbally shamed the ticket holders as they entered Ms Hanson’s hired venue at Subiaco Football Club’s function room. Ms Hanson was in town for the $30-a-head event to promote the case for voting no to constitutional…

ON Friday night recently the Activ Heartbeats presented their production Back to the Future.  The 10-year anniversary show has sold out and is set to be a comedic, musical, sci-if and time travel inspired bonanza.  Heartbeats are a subgroup of Active Foundation, WA’s largest disability services provider.  Heartbeats was founded by Kim Parkin and Vanessa…

IN part two of a look back at the history of women’s soccer, the City of Vincent Local History Centre brings us the story of the post-war boom in soccer, culminating in the sport being played at the highest level at this month’s Women’s World Cup matches.  IN the 1950s and 1960s, soccer flourished with…

PERTH councillors have ushered in the 2023-24 budget with an alluringly low rise in rates, but not without some grumbles about expenses imposed by the WA government. Lord mayor Basil Zempilas proudly announced on budget night, Monday July 17, that they were “delivering the lowest rate rise for all major councils across the Perth metropolitan…

TURTLE tracking volunteers are needed for a project to save the snake-necked turtles in the Maylands and Bayswater wetlands. The south-western snake-necked turtle lives in patches like the Eric Singleton Bird Sanctuary, Maylands Lakes and Baigup Wetlands, but the population is in decline. Anthony Santoro from Murdoch university researches the threats facing the turtles. “There’s…

AS October’s local government election draws nearer, a Bayswater councillor is calling on his colleagues to disclose interests in social media pages to “discourage” their politicisation. For some social media consumers, suburban Facebook groups are a lifeline of information, a place to post about lost dogs, talk politics, document burglaries, or discuss strange cars parked…

AFTER all but running out of WWI soldiers to name roads after, Bayswater council is seeking out-of-the-box and abstract ideas for naming untitled laneways.  With more blocks being subdivided in recent years, the old rights of way that were once just seldom-used service alleys are increasingly serving as main addresses. The occasionally life-threatening problems linked…

AN even bigger Bunnings has been proposed to fit into the Pickle District, adding in more retail space and removing “community” spaces that were originally included to mollify local opposition. The current $25m designs for a Bunnings warehouse and assorted retail tenancies would stretch across a large block owned by Anita Percudani and Loretta Ricciardi…

FOR the first time since the Covid pandemic Kings Park is training a new cohort of volunteer guides to join the 140-strong group. Training committee members Paola Vallesi and Liz Hall (pictured) seeking people passionate about native plants to host walks through the park and guide guests at the Visitor Information Centre. There’s 14 weeks…

AS the FIFA Women’s World Cup kicks off this week, our peek into the past from the City of Vincent Local History Centre features part one of a two-part series delving into the history of women’s soccer. WHILE football, the Australian Rules kind, remains the most popular spectator sport in Australia, the most played club…