‘Action over greyhound injuries needed’

‘Action over greyhound injuries needed’

The Coalition for the Protection of Greyhounds (CPG) is demanding answers following a series of alarming injuries over the past few weeks. Two-year-old greyhound Just Clyde suffered a right-hind leg fracture in race six on October 14, before being stood down for 90...
Student, 13, suspended after stabbing

Student, 13, suspended after stabbing

A 13-year-old girl has been charged after allegedly stabbing a fellow student in the stomach at a Kelmscott high school last week. It is alleged the Year 8 student from Kelmscott Senior High School stabbed an older male student with a knife on Thursday morning,...
Motorcyclist dies on Denny Ave

Motorcyclist dies on Denny Ave

Major Crash officers are investigating a collision at the notoriously dangerous Denny Avenue intersection which claimed the life of a motorcyclist on Sunday afternoon. A white Toyota Prado was travelling east on Denny Avenue in Kelmscott about 2.40pm when it collided...
‘Do you know what a burning body smells like?’

‘Do you know what a burning body smells like?’

A $200,000 study into the need for a multi-million dollar second access route for the bushfire-prone Millbrook Estate has drawn robust debate and left Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale councillors divided. Six of the nine sitting councillors voted not to proceed with the...
‘Please do not be arrogant’

‘Please do not be arrogant’

A ratepayer has urged the Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale council not to be arrogant and to undertake a proposed mentoring program in a bid to address “clear factionalism” among elected members. Officers have spent the last month investigating options for a mentoring...