- News
Say goodbye to Hollywood
“The inclusion of such a large residential area makes it look like a land grab by the planning minister to pursue his excessive high-rise and infill agenda.”
Fears have been realised for hundreds of Hollywood and Nedlands residents who long fretted that their homes could be swallowed by a giant medical precinct.
- Community
Smoke on the water marks massacre anniversary
“Few people know about the massacre that took place at Galup.”
A smoking ceremony on the shore of Galup/Lake Monger commemorated the massacre of indigenous people that occurred there on May 3, 1830. Photo: Steve Worner
- TimeOut
‘World’s most terrifying theatre experience’
The ghost story engulfed the audience. It made them jump audibly and sometimes scream.
When English actor Stephen Mallatratt adapted Susan Hill’s gothic novel The Woman in Black for the stage, it was for a 1987 Christmas “stocking filler”.
- Property
Wake up to Weeties
‘Industrial’ is the only word for this three-storey home
The brick-and-iron Weeties factory that once produced breakfast cereal is now a sophisticated collection of brick-and-iron apartments. Space Agency Architects was given the brief to convert three of the 1990s apartments into one home.
- Sport
Grief a burden, but team still comes first
It is as though their best way to show respect to a lost mate is to play their best football.
It is a credit – but no surprise – that Nat Fyfe and Alex Pearce started well for Fremantle last Friday only a few hours after hearing of the sudden death of their recent team-mate Cam McCarthy.
Headlines around the western suburbs this week...
Subiaco
Water wells run dry?
Subiaco and other western suburbs councils have begun rationing water in response to Perth’s historic drought.
Lloyd Gorman
North Fremantle
Honey slams beach infill
Hundreds of houses are slated for a large pocket of the North Fremantle foreshore ‘without any consideration for increased traffic’.
Bonnie Christian
Nedlands
Power set to shock Neds
Nedlands residents could expect ‘at least’ a 5.5% rate rise to help pay for underground power in Floreat and Mt Claremont.
Bonnie Christian
Cottesloe
Locals scoop beach rats
Picking up dead rats from the beachfront is the twice-daily job of teams of Cottesloe council workers – and early morning swimmers.
Jane Wishaw
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