FRANK PAOLINO says it’s a bit early to outline his vision for the Edith Cowan University site once lectures are moved to Perth’s CBD, but Labor’s candidate for Mt Lawley says he “absolutely” wants to see a creative presence to remain in the neighbourhood. “The local residents enjoy the artistic component of ECU as it…

THE City of Bayswater is honouring International Women’s Day with a packed schedule of events designed to empower women, promote wellbeing, and foster community connections.  From March 5-7, residents are invited to participate in free activities celebrating women’s health, leadership, and resilience. Mayor Filomena Piffaretti said the City was proud to host events that supported…

FREMANTLE’S Naval Store is set to be transformed into a contemporary arts space dedicated to “pushing boundaries” and “creating meaningful public exchange”.  Vessel is described by its founders as a “critical missing piece” in Perth and wider Western Australian contemporary arts ecosystem as an independent, non-profit art space in the old building overlooking the port. …

SOUTH STREET would feature a light rail track connecting Fremantle and Murdoch Stations if the Greens get their way following the upcoming state election.  According to the Greens, the light rail track “could be completed for $600 million”, the funding from which would be redirected partially from the state government’s $9 billion major road project…

“WITH a looming Bicentenary and a Fremantle council disinterested in Fremantle’s history, what is the future for the state’s oldest public building – the Round House?” asks Fremantle Society president and Friend of the Round House, John Dowson. Let us develop this conversation with a review of a new history of the Round House as…

THE saga of sculptor Lyndon Dadswell’s The Wildflower State continues to grow more colourful than a field of Morawa  everlastings. The sculpture, which was rescued from a demolition company’s junk pile after being removed from the old Commonwealth Bank in Hay Street in the 1990s, was loaned to Macquarie University in Sydney and bought at…

FREMANTLE’S electors have voted for their council to hold a meeting to raise awareness about AUKUS.  At a sometimes spiky electors’ AGM on Monday, representatives from Stop AUKUS WA put forward a successful motion calling for the City to “address the need for information and consultation” about the nuclear submarine deal.  The motion also requested…

MOSQUITOES have become “intolerable” around Maylands, leading Bayswater’s deputy mayor to question whether the City is doing all it can to give residents living around the river some relief. “As someone who lives in Maylands and is affected by this as well, I fully share the frustration and concern by others,” Cr Elli Petersen-Pik said.…

POPULAR Fremantle brewery Gage Roads says it cancelled an anti-fracking event featuring musician John Butler after realising it would be more than just a concert. The internationally-famous rocker had posted on his social media the cancellation was over the event’s political nature, pondering why the brewery had accepted Labor MP Simone McGurk’s campaign launch this…

FREMANTLE’s community independent candidate Kate Hulett this week announced a range of policies which she says target WA’s housing crisis.  As part of the policy, Ms Hulett says she will push to ban ‘no-reason’ evictions, and revise current public housing policy to prevent eviction of children into homelessness.  “WA is the only state in the…