Land owner knee deep in it

A Kenwick resident is caught in a catch 22 between the City of Gosnells and the Water Corporation over infill sewerage. Ms Webb lives on Kenwick Road, a section of the City of Gosnells that was passed over for infill sewerage when the State Government program...
Law rewrite unnecessary says licensed gun dealer

Law rewrite unnecessary says licensed gun dealer

The manager of a Maddington firearms shop has described a wide-scale rewrite of firearm legislation as a game of “smoke and mirrors”. Announced on Tuesday by Premier Mark McGowan and Police Minister Paul Papalia, a complete re-write of the five-decade-old Firearms Act...

Chronic shortage of childcare places in SJ

Serpentine Jarrahdale has the greatest shortage of childcare places available of any area in the Greater Perth region, according to a landmark report released by the Mitchell Institute at Victoria University on Tuesday.According to the report, 1.8 million West...

Foreshore renaming delayed

A community-backed push to change the name of Shelley Foreshore to honour long-time former Mayor Dr Mick Lekias has been deferred until August. At the Annual General Meeting of Electors on February 2, community member G Beacroft and F Morgan moved a motion that that...
Michael’s a man on a mission to beat childhood cancer

Michael’s a man on a mission to beat childhood cancer

When Michael Du Plessis emigrated from South Africa to WA in 2000, he bought a bicycle as an easy way to get around. Little did he know that in 2022, he would take part in his 14th Life Cycle for Canteen. The 61-year-old Queens Park resident said he was first invited...