MALE dolphins in the Swan River are forming “alliances”, teaming up with fellow fellas to woo potential mates. Murdoch University marine biologist Delphine Chabanne led the recently published study based on hundreds of sightings in the Swan Canning Riverpark since 2011.  By closely examining photos to match up dolphins’ unique spots, scars or other markings,…

AFTER a three-year freeze, fees in Perth council’s car bays will rise to claw back lost profit.  Meanwhile a council marketing campaign aimed at convincing the public its carparks are affordably priced has seemingly backfired. Across 2021/22 Perth council ran a carpark marketing campaign in the hope of getting more people to come to the…

HARRY HOFFMAN, a Holocaust survivor and philanthropist who developed much of the housing stock in Perth’s suburbs, died December 5, aged 92.  Dr Hoffman was born in 1929 in Dobove, Czechoslovakia. His family were taken to Auschwitz in May 1944.  He survived, but his mother and two sisters perished.  Dr Hoffman came to Australia in…

TODAY’S delve into the past from the Vincent Local History Centre features an interview with architecture graduate Dexter Wong, whose masters thesis maps out significant sites for Perth’s queer history across more than 120 years. LAST year during Pride month, the City of Vincent Local History Centre put the call out for photos, flyers and…

CROWDFUNDED documentary Black Cockatoo Crisis screens at Luna Leederville December 1 to 7, laying out a roadmap of how to save WA’s iconic cockies. Filmmaker Jane Hammond teamed up with West Perth’s Ian Hale from Halo, along with 342 supporters who donated $135,000 to bring the project to fruition. From loss of habitat for the…

BAYSWATER mayor Filomena Piffaretti has cancelled an appearance at a state Labor membership drive, while a fellow councillor has raised concerns about ongoing ‘politicisation’ of the mayoral role. Cr Piffaretti, a Labor party member, was featured in a flyer advertising “A Dinner Dance for Marino Salinas’ WA Labor Membership Drive” held November 27 at the Filipino Australian…

STIRLING has a new councillor with Michael Dudek handily winning the November 25 extraordinary election to fill a vacant Balga Ward spot. The seat was empty after long-serving councillor Keith Sargent resigned in September, following his arrest on charges of possessing child exploitation material. After an especially active two-month campaign touring the ward Cr Dudek…

Bid for global enviro conference falls short A BID for Perth to host the world’s biggest climate change conference has been shot down. Lord mayor Basil Zempilas says there’s no chance Perth council alone could win hosting rights without state and federal government backing. At Perth council’s November meeting councillor Brent Fleeton moved an ambitious…

A PLEA to put a mandatory tree on every verge in Bayswater has been deemed too tricky by council staff. In part, that’s due to the mysterious fates suffered by trees placed outside unwilling properties. At the Bayswater council AGM on November 7 resident Branka Radanovich, a member of the Bayswater Urban Tree Network, got…

THE Pride Parade returns to the streets of Northbridge today (Saturday November 26) after a two-year absence. The parade was cancelled due to a pandemic in 2020, and moved to more spacious grounds at Gloucester Park in 2021 so people could spread out in line with WA Health Department advice. The parade’s return to Northbridge…