Blood drop world record attempt

Blood drop world record attempt

Maddington Education Support Centre teacher Sarah Priestley will be front and centre for the Perth Blood Institute’s world record human blood drop attempt on the South Perth foreshore on Australia Day next year. Ms Priestly was diagnosed with a protein C deficiency...
Ferndale oval fight

Ferndale oval fight

Ferndale residents are renewing calls for the State Government to back down from plans to turn the old Ferndale Primary School oval into high-density housing. Ferndale Residents Association president Margaret Adams said the oval should be retained for the community...
White rot alert

White rot alert

WA gardeners harvesting vegetables from the onion family (alliums) have been urged to report any signs of white rot to the Department of Agriculture and Food after it was found in a Perth backyard recently. A Swan Valley gardener found the fungal disease in garlic. It...
Royal stars gazing

Royal stars gazing

A flurry of excitement rippled through Curtin University when their majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of The Netherlands visited on November 1. As part of their Australian tour, to mark the 400th anniversary of the landing of Dutch explorer Dirk Hartog,...
Canning Show theft appeal

Canning Show theft appeal

Canning Show organisers are pleading for information after a priceless exhibit was stolen from a display yesterday, just a day before the show was set to kick-off. Show organisers said the item was a beautifully crafted home wooden table. “This piece is a family...