Electors back Birak
PERTH’S electors have backed the Indigenous community in calling for the reinstatement of the Birak festival next year. At Tuesday’s packed annual general meeting of electors, there was just one […]
MLC slams slashing of bike lanes
GREENS MLC Brad Pettitt has slammed Main Roads for stripping out cycling infrastructure and favouring cars ahead of the Fremantle Traffic Bridge closure on Sunday. The 86-year-old timber bridge will […]
Freo joins $100m club
FREMANTLE council has joined the $100 million club for the first time. With rates bringing in an extra 25 per cent over the last five years thanks to soaring house […]
Leak goes to CCC
THE City of Perth will lodge a complaint with the state’s Corruption and Crime Commission over the leaking of a “psycho-social risk report”, which found a “crisis” between council and […]
Greens: It’s terror
THE WA Greens are pushing for last Monday’s alleged bombing attempt at an Invasion Day rally to be investigated as an act of terrorism and a hate crime. A 31-year-old […]
New chapter for stories centre
ON any given day, Northbridge’s Centre for Stories is a place where people walk through the door carrying memories, grief, humour and hope — and leave knowing they have been […]
Chaos up
FREMANTLE CARNEVALE will step onto a bigger stage this February, presenting its first-ever Fringe World event with a theatrical “crime walk” through Perth’s CBD aimed at turning political satire into […]
LETTERS: 31.1.26
Rack off? EARLIER this week I visited Walyalup Koort (as I do every Wednesday) and secured my bike to the bike racks, in the undercover area adjoining the Tourist Information […]
Why Fringe is a farce
ROWAN KEEN is a Fremantle-based arts worker. EVERY January and February, Perth is painted pink and we’re instructed to feel grateful. Fringe World is here. The tents go up, the […]
Surreal Jem
IF you float through the fiery gate, amble down the surreal path, take a right at the melting pond, and climb the tree of abstraction, you might just find yourself […]