“WE haven’t really told our parents yet that this is happening.”  It’s now just a few weeks out from the premiere of a new short documentary What We Do for Family featuring producer Leslie Hornung donating sperm to start a family with his close friend Alex and childhood friend Sam.  “That discussion is probably going…

HYDE PARK’S annual Pride Fairday may be on the move, with Perth council keen to pinch the event from neighbouring Vincent. Pride has two major events – the evening Pride Parade in Northbridge and the daytime Fairday in Hyde Park. Perth council spent $210,000 funding Pride Parade in 2022 and it brought in 30,500 people.…

A FUTURE fund of fresh fruit for locals has been started near Litis Stadium, with volunteers from Transition Town Vincent holding a planting day for their “Community Food Forest”. The sustainability-minded group got a $2000 environmental grant from Vincent council to launch the project, which will one day provide fresh citrus, figs, olives, and native…

CAUGHT between a hopeful home builder and a street of North Perth neighbours opposing the house plans, Vincent councillors have deferred their decision and called for a more neighbour-friendly re-design. Emotions ran high in the council chamber both this week and last, with distress evident both from the Barbas family who want to build their…

UNDERGROUNDING power in Vincent is looking to cost homeowners somewhere between $3,000 to $9,000 per property. The numbers presented to Vincent council this week are still early estimates given by Western Power, subject to vary by about 30 per cent.  Western Power is subsidising just over half the cost, putting in about $89m since they…

THE STRANGE festival is back for its second year, celebrating misfits and the misunderstood in Perth’s CBD.  The 10 days festival runs June 16 to 25 with free visual, aural and experiential artwork installations and performances. Artist Michael Betts will premiere his Grand Lane mural Giger Revisited, morphing the artist’s 1991 painting of Debbie Harry…

SHOPPING trolley dumping is out of control and supermarkets should be charged $500 for every one left out on public land longer than 48 hours, Stirling councillor Joe Ferrante reckons.  He proposed an increase in fines to $500 at the May council meeting since the current $200 fine didn’t seem to be working: “Supermarkets are not…

IT’LL be a fine time for smokers in Vincent’s town centres, with penalties for smoking coming into effect on July 1 following the introductory “education and awareness” transition period.  The fine for lighting up in a smoke-free area is $100, and “failure to extinguish tobacco product or e-cigarette upon direction of an authorised person” is priced…

A FAMILY’S “dream home” in North Perth has turned into “nothing but a headache and a disappointment” after neighbours opposed the two-storey plans. The Barbas family lodged an application with Vincent council in November 2022 to build a four-bedroom house on Auckland Street. Under setback guidelines, approval should automatically be given if the house is…

FROM Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East: The stories of “The Changing Faces of Maylands” will be told at the Maylands Historical and Peninsula Association’s meeting on June 19. MHPA president Keith Cundale is presenting the talk after interviewing locals to hear their stories and family histories of how they came to Maylands. “I’m…