ANA is a lively and positive 90-year-old living with her artist daughter Andriana.  They were born in Macedonia and had their home in the city of Skopje in the north of Macedonia.   Ana and her husband Kira loved their work together as doctors in paediatric medicine in Macedonia.   Andriana studied economics and graduated…

TOO many Bayswater streets are named after ‘white European males’ according to some locals who’d like to see female and Indigenous names get a look-in. Bayswater council has a pre-approved list of names it doles out whenever a new street or laneway needs a new name, and there are zero Aboriginal names on the list. …

DRONES are flying surveillance runs over Kings Park to aid in the fight to save its 100-year old trees in declining health. About 10 years ago scientists noticed a lot of the century-old native trees at Kings Park were starting to discolour and lose their leaves. In 2020 when the rainbow bridge to the Perth…

A CONTENDOR has stepped up for October’s lord mayoral elections, with councillor Sandy Anghie announcing she’ll challenge incumbent Basil Zempilas for the top job. Cr Anghie, an architect by day, was elected in 2020 with the highest vote of any council candidate in a crowded field of 27 candidates.  She also made a concurrent tilt…

PERTH needs more residents, lord mayor Basil Zempilas says, and he’s hoping newly passed incentives will lure them in with cheaper rates and cut fees for housing developers. Mr Zempilas raised the idea in July last year and the final suite of incentives was unanimously endorsed by councillors this week. “[It] has been a stated…

PARENTS, kids and staff at one of Perth’s most populous schools have welcomed a belated plan to fix pedestrian safety on the surrounding streets. Maylands Peninsula Primary School principal Paul Andrijich told Bayswater council’s May briefing that road safety had been a common concern from parents across his 11 years at the school.  The issue’s…

A BID to bring in a “night mayor” to drive Perth’s after-hours economy has been shot down by a majority of Perth councillors who reckon a standard mayor can handle the evening activity just fine. Cr Sandy Anghie put up a notice of motion at the May 30 meeting suggesting the council establish a night-time…

A STACK of wedding photos has been unearthed in the archives of the National Trust of WA, and the search is now on to try to find the happy couple. The photos were taken at Peninsula Farm but the NTWA tells us they have no information beyond the date, July 31, 1971.  That was a…

‘Sad’ artists call for improperly removed works to be returned  TWO German artists are seeking the return of their public artworks after they were removed in breach of Vincent council’s public art policy.  In 2012 Vincent council commissioned art duo Reinigungsgesellschaft – Martin Keil and Henrik Mayer – to create a $30,000 city-wide  installation. They…

A BAYSWATER councillor was forbidden from calling the council “divided” amid a frosty meeting this week, with mayor Filomena Piffaretti ordering Cr Elli Petersen-Pik to withdraw his remark. Cr Petersen-Pik had raised a notice of motion calling on the council to change how it shared promotional activities between elected members, such as appearing in press…