POST Newspapers 30 November 2024

Nina won gold with broken back

By BONNIE CHRISTIAN

Pole vault star Nina Kennedy has revealed to aspiring athletes at her old school that she won gold at the Olympics with a broken back.

Finally home after a golden season, Peppermint Grove-raised Nina, 27, met students at Presbyterian Ladies’ College this week to answer their questions about her rise to the top.

“I really kept (my injury)

on the down low in the media because I didn’t want my competitors to sniff out my weaknesses,” she told the girls.

She soared 4.9m to win in Paris, ahead of defending champion American Katie Moon (Raw power, then a roar, POST, August 10).

She won last year’s world championships in Budapest with a stress fracture in her L5 vertebra.

But she and her team learned just months before the Olympics that the injury

had returned.

“It’s the impact at takeoff that does the damage,” she said.

“You’re running full pelt into basically a metal box, and you have to transfer that energy from your run into a pole.

“We found out in May, and we just needed to figure it out.

“Instead of working harder, we worked smarter.

“My medical team, myself, my coaches, we all came together and figured out a plan.

“I’d been jumping twice a week for my whole life, and then leading into the Olympics I would only jump once a week, to help my back.

“Instead of that extra jump session I would add in a mental session and visualise my jump session instead of actually doing it.

“We scanned my spine after the Olympics, and it was still very much broken.”

Nina passed around her gold medal, which was

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Ferry sinks boat clubs

By LLOYD GORMAN

Matilda Bay clubs fear they will be forced out of the area by the “catastrophic” introduction of a ferry terminal near UWA.

They say the proposed terminal’s 80m jetty and electrical charging facility – the size of three sea containers – would be imposed on the northern part of the bay and the regular ferry traffic would make the river dangerous and disruptive for other users.

They include the UWA Boat Club, Mounts Bay Sailing Club and Perth Dinghy Sailing Club. Their boatsheds do not appear on the Crawley 2020 masterplan, but the ferry jetty does.

Secret plans to build an electric ferries stop near Forrest Hall were revealed by the POST last week (Ferry bid for UWA, Nov. 23).

The Public Transport Authority and department of transport briefed local groups this month,

while a short consultation period ended this week.

“We understand the ferries will be 60m to the south (of our club house),” UWA Boat Club

president Megan Bagworth said.

“During peak time there will be eight ferries per hour that will berth/depart every 7.5 minutes and will operate between 6am to 12.30am.

“A ferry terminal in the proposed proximity to UWA Boat Club would be catastrophic to our club.

“The proposed ferry location would put in jeopardy our public school rowing program.

“We run one of the most successful and largest public high school rowing programs

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By BRET CHRISTIAN

Baffled Churchlands voters are scratching their heads after a week of torrid headlines about all things Basil. It’s been a confusing and contradictory ride, the week kicked off by headlines like “catastrophic internal polling predicts a record routing”.

Poor voters. Next March, about 30,000 people who enjoy the suburbs between West Leederville and the Indian Ocean will try to make sense of it all before placing a number on their ballot papers.

Here’s what we know so far:

Two of the names that will be on that ballot paper will be Christine Tonkin, a former United Nations employee, and Basil Zempilas, Perth lord mayor and sports and talkback broadcaster.

Ms Tonkin narrowly won Churchlands for Labor in the 2021 election, after it was held by conservative members, Liberal and Independent, for its entire history.

The Liberal Party has selected Mr Zempilas to contest the seat. Those who know him say he has never made a secret of wanting to be state premier, but he has pledged loyalty to the current leader Libby Mettam.

Evidently, he did not see her as a votewinner in Churchlands. When he opened his campaign office in Wembley this month, it was former premier Colin Barnett standing beside him, not his leader Ms Mettam.

“I didn’t invite Libby, out of her respect for the schedule,” he told The West Australian. Then Ms Mettam got a surprise three weeks ago when approached by a federal Liberal candidate.

He came bearing an opinion poll that showed the prospects of the Liberal Party next March under Ms Mettam were as dire as their 2021 wipeout.

The poll’s conclusion was that the Liberal Party would win more seats with Mr Zempilas as leader than under Ms Mettam.

“When showed this polling, I was told the desire of those who commissioned it was that I walk away from the Liberal leadership so Basil Zempilas could become leader for the final stretch to the election,” she told the ABC.

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Netballer Chloe Ramsey, left, and equestrian Isobel Egan snap a selfie with Olympic stars rower Jacqui Swick, second from left, and pole vaulter Nina Kennedy. Photo: Paul McGovern

Pulling together: From left, Damien Smith, Chelsea Barker and Megan Bagwort. Photo: Paul McGovern

Independent thinking

We’ve become accustomed now to the norm where questions posed to politicians receive spin-doctored replies that can be disingenuous, irrelevant, contain lies or just simply be ignored.

And tragically we’ve become accustomed to the reality of major political parties selling out, and relinquishing government’s responsibility of policy creation, to vested interest groups, profit-at-all costs corporations, non-representative and duplicitous “think tanks” and a media that exhibits signs of being hacked by aliens.

The arrival of the Teals on the political scene, a cleansing breath of fresh air, has shaken the Australian political establishment to the core and it’s not surprising.

Freed from those powerful pressures they can act independently, with integrity, transparency and hope of real change and actually provide political leadership.

So I congratulate Subiaco councillor Rosemarie de Vries as Community Independent nominee for the state seat of Nedlands (Nedlands ‘Teals’ name challenger, POST, November 16). Given her proven commitment to our community, I wish her every success.

Kevin Ballantine Commercial Road, Shenton Park

Swings and roundabouts

Section 99 of the WA Traffic Code states: “A driver driving in a roundabout must, if practicable, give a left-turn signal when leaving the roundabout.”

I have observed that fewer

than 5% of drivers give a signal when leaving a roundabout. Does this mean that it is not practicable to signal in more than 95% of cases?

Graeme Perryman Ferrer Place, Woodlands

• Our cartoonist Ron! is a retired driving examiner. He remarks: “My chief source of irritation while driving is people who don’t indicate correctly at roundabouts. Drivers must indicate left when they are going to leave the roundabout at the next exit. Also, drivers who indicate right when going straight on are not only annoying, they are downright dangerous!”

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Sharing is caring when it comes to little red cars

Robert Hunt (A car for every bedroom, Letters, November 23) responded to my letter about the potential for share-car clubs.

He said the way to get cars off the road is to provide parking for each bedroom within an apartment complex. pointing out that otherwise they will park on surrounding streets.

When I say we should get cars off the roads through share cars, I don’t mean reducing the number of cars parked in roads; I mean reducing car numbers, both driving and parking.

Apartments are perfect communities to use this sort of innovation because there is critical mass of users within a small radius.

The car-sharing club I joined in Amsterdam had little red cars in dedicated spots around town. If I wanted a car I would log on to the website and book in advance for the location I wanted, or choose the time I wanted and see which cars

were available. Usually I could get a car without much planning, and there were several near where I lived. At the end of the trip, I would return the car to the same parking spot, ready for the next driver.

I paid a small subscription, an hourly rate and a kilometre rate. Petrol, insurance, maintenance all taken care of.

A search for “car sharing app” reveals an entity called GoGet CarShare (goget.co.au) in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne, which looks like it operates on a similar model to the Amsterdam club.

There is example pricing for renting a van to go to Ikea for three hours or a car for grocery shopping for one hour. Their modelling says it’s cheaper to be in the club than to own a car if you drive less then 250km a week or 13,000km a year. Which is most of us!

Sarah Haynes

Kimberley Street, West Leeder ville

Nuclear energy alternative facts

Professor Craig Carter (Renewables up, nuclear way down, Letters, November 23) takes issue with Tom White’s statement that “across the globe, nations are embracing nuclear power as essential for clean, reliable energy…”, quoting some facts according to the International Energy Agency, historical facts which I will not dispute.

These facts, however, are not particularly relevant to Tom White’s forward-looking statement.

Let’s take a look at some other more relevant facts which Prof. Carter may find inconvenient. While they have been widely reported, I will for ease of reference take them from a report

issued by the BBC last week, in the context of COP29:

“In China there were 13 nuclear reactors in 2011. There are now 55, with another 23 under construction.

“South Korea recently scrapped plans to phase out its large fleet of nuclear power stations over the next four decades – and will build more instead.

“France has reversed plans to reduce its own reliance on nuclear energy, which provides 70% of its electricity. Instead, it wants to build up to eight new reactors.

“Last week the US government reaffirmed at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP29, that it intends to triple nuclear power generation by 2050.

“A total of 31 countries have now agreed to try to triple their use of nuclear power by 2050, including the UK, France and Japan.”

Still think that Tom White’s statement is not supported by the facts?

Ken Gotfried Biara Gardens, Mt Claremont

Basil the bane of Labor

It is very telling that even before entering state parliament, Perth lord mayor Basil Zempilas already lives rent-free in the collective minds of our state Labor government.

The Labor Party fear Basil Zempilas, because they know he commands respect in the electorate even though they continuously, yet unsuccessfully, try to knock him over.

He will make a tremendous contribution to the next parliament as the member for Churchlands.

And regardless of when he eventually becomes leader of the Liberal Party, he will make an even greater contribution as a future leader and premier of Western Australia.

Matt Eggleston Malcolm Street, West Perth

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Peppermint Grove council doomed one of its signature peppermint trees this week because a local couple have trouble driving around it.

The owners of a $20million riverfront home, Paul and Zara Holmes a Court, pleaded with the council to let them remove the tree, although council bosses were against it.

“I’m quite a reasonable and rational person, but a tree in the middle of the driveway makes it quite tricky to reverse out,” Ms Holmes a Court told a council meeting this month ( tree swallows drive, POST, November 16).

“You can’t reverse straight back.”

The couple will be allowed to chop the tree but will pay the council to plant two young peppermints on the verge.

A green bonus is that many square metres of verge concrete will be ripped up, all at the home-owners’ expense.

The Holmes a Courts have agreed to have the driveway, widened in 1993 to enable cars to drive around the tree, narrowed to the regulation width.

The house was renovated and extended in 1993 when it was a condition of the development approval that the verge tree be retained.

Peppermint Grove council treasures each tree that contributes to the green environment, and is at present considering a new law that would require owners of trees on private

Red tape fizzle

By JEN REWELL

Do you believe me now? ’

the phone

No-one would listen, and then it was murder on

Mark Bombara murdered an innocent woman and her daughter in their Floreat home while his own wife and daughter were listening in on an open telephone line.

These horrifying events were detailed publicly for the first time this week when one of the parties to the call, Ariel Bombara, told her story in front of a large crowd in central Perth.

To try to prevent a repeat, she revealed the lead-up and ripples of pain that spread out from the trauma that unfolded inside a normal house in an otherwise quiet Floreat street in May this year.

Tricky tree doomed

and coercive control, Ariel and her mother fled their large Mosman Park home eight weeks before the murders, hiding and moving constantly before finding a flat.

“During that time, we were gaslit, told we were overreacting, crazy, but my father would never physically hurt us,” she said.

She told of her three attempts over weeks to get police to listen to their real fears that their lives were in danger, including telling them of his collection of 13 guns.

A tangle of red tape has overwhelmed the volunteers who were responsible for igniting the popular New Year’s Eve fireworks at City Beach.

Locals who founded Visit City Beach to promote the beach precinct said the bureaucratic requirements of hosting the event had become too much for the small volunteer group to handle.

The beachfront fireworks were instigated by the group in 2021 but were run last year by Cambridge council.

About 10,000 people flocked to the beach for last year’s free New Year’s Eve event.

The council withdrew its support for the event this year, saying it was focusing on celebrating the Town’s 30 year anniversary.

Daren Holscher, president of Visit City Beach and manager of Odyssea restaurant, said that the New Year’s Eve celebration event would not take place this year due to “logistical and compliance requirements”.

“We’re disappointed not to host a New Year’s Eve event this year, but we are fully dedicated to bringing new opportunities for locals and visitors to connect at City Beach,” he said.

“Our role is to foster community spirit through thoughtfully planned events that everyone can enjoy.”

The group will instead host a free family event, Carols by the Sea, on December 13.

Ariel told the 34th March Against Domestic and Family Violence on Monday that, like many other women, she bore the burden of the actions of a violent man.

After 35 years of abuse from Mark Bombara, 62, that included isolation

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Ariel Bombara spoke at the March Against Domestic and Family Violence rally at Forrest Place.

Don’t litter or loiter

What do you get if you cross a public bin and a parking sign?

Someone decided to find out this week in Subiaco.

Parking signs on top of a pole were shoved through the top of the rubbish receptacle in Nicholson Road, near the Derby Road roundabout.

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It is not known if it was the handiwork of someone with a compulsion to keep things orderly or an expression of their thoughts about local parking rules.

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People using the wrong type of plastic bag in their FOGO bin are derailing Cambridge’s composting service.

Councillors were told last week that some residents were spoiling the FOGO collection by lining their bins with material that was nonbiodegradable.

Councillor Jane Cutler confirmed that plastic was unnecessary, and that people could use a paper bag or newspaper to line their FOGO bin.

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Claremont anniversary a firestarter

Claremont councillor Jill Goetze briefly reminded the council meeting on Tuesday night that a special anniversary had just passed.

“This building was opened on [Tuesday] November 18, 2014 and that was as a result of a fire on November 18, 2010,” Ms Goetze said.

She recalled then CEO Stephen Goode wanted the opening of the building and the first council meeting to happen on the anniversary date.

“Getting close to the anniversary the builders kept asking if they could have extra time,” she said.

“[The CEO] kept saying to them; ‘I don’t care if you work 24 hours a day we are having the first meeting on November 18’, and we did.”

Anzac caretaker paid rent

Chennai this year.

The winning Australian players received medallions at the veterans carnival in Brisbane recently, but not before presenter Ian Healy had to sort out Sam’s errant dress sense.

Sam’s wayward collar caught Healy’s eye and while the other Australian players waited patiently for their medals, the record-breaking wicket-keeper attended to the wardrobe repairs with

A POST staffer was taken aback this week by a Shenton Park 14-year-old’s frank, candid and quite old-fashioned interest in the newspaper industry.

The POSTie, one of a group of former John XXIII College students asked to take part in a mentoring session for current Year 9s, quizzed the youngster after he expressed interest in a media career.

“Why do you want to become a journalist?” the seasoned reporter wondered.

“The POST is a great newspaper,” the youth replied. “I read it from cover to cover every Saturday.”

A woman who lived in Claremont’s Anzac Cottage for 25 years and invested her own money into its upkeep says she always paid rent to Claremont for the property.

A POST report last week said the woman saw herself as a caretaker of the cottage at 16 Saunders Street, Swanbourne. She was forced to leave in 2022 after Claremont increased the rent from $400 a week to $550.

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I have been fortunate to have had a diverse and fascinating career ’ ‘

Honey bids farewell

By BONNIE CHRISTIAN

Cottesloe MP David Honey has confirmed that he will not renominate for a state seat.

Dr Honey was dumped in February as the Liberal Party’s preferred candidate for Cottesloe in favour of developer’s lobbyist Sandra Brewer.

There has been speculation since that he might renominate as an independent candidate.

“As I have mentioned publicly, I was disappointed that I was not preselected to run again at the next election,” he said during his valedictory speech in parliament on Wednesday night.

“That said, I still believe that the Liberal Party is the best party to govern our state and hope that comes to pass in March next year.

“I have not decided my direction after parliament.

Forum’s double battle

By JEN REWELL

Cambridge councillors sent a clear message when they were presented with two different plans for the future of the Floreat Forum precinct at Tuesday’s meeting. They voted brusquely and unanimously to tell the WA Planning Commission to use the precinct structure plan created by the Town, not one created by the land owner APIL.

The decisions were greeted by applause from the public gallery, which included Perth lord mayor mayor and

Zempilas, and members of the community working group that helped develop the Town’s plan.

Planning director Luke Gibson said both “extremely detailed” PSPs would be forwarded to the department of planning, lands and heritage’s statutory planning commission.

“Once the matter is forwarded to the (planning commission) they will have an abundance of information on which to make the decision,” Mr Gibson said.

He said the time frame in the regulations for such a decision was 120 days, but extensions could be granted.

Melanie Foley, who helped

write the Town-led PSP, said there was strong support for the Town’s plan (894 submissions, 80% in support) and very strong opposition to APIL’s plan (1700 submissions, 90% opposed).

“This is a really strong message from the community and this cannot be ignored by any decision maker,” Ms Foley said.

“What began as a fractured and contentious issue has united the community, Town administration and elected members, as demonstrated by the clear opinions voiced in the public submissions, and ultimately resulting in a unanimous vote at council.”

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Fools’ gold swindle sprung

By BEN DICKINSON

A father and son have faced court over a fake gold scam that swindled four buyers of around

Tow truck driver Peter Giglietta, 67, and his 39-year-old son Zachary Joseph Giglietta, are accused of using Facebook Marketplace to sell four replica one-ounce ingots in April and May.

Police prosecutor Pat Prest told Perth Magistrates Court on Monday that the pair passed off the replicas as genuine Perth Mint gold.

“[One of the buyers] attended the Perth Mint to have it tested, where it was confirmed to be fake,”

Sergeant Prest said.

Peter Giglietta pleaded guilty to the charge at Monday’s hearing, while Zachary is due to enter a plea next month.

The elder Giglietta admitted he sold the fake gold under the name “Ryan D. Palmer” on Facebook.

Sergeant Prest told the court the account’s profile picture was a “distinctive” Bob Dylan album cover.

When police executed a search warrant at Peter Giglietta’s CBD home on May 22, they found the same album – as well as half a gram of methamphetamine.

Peter Giglietta’s lawyer, David Manera, said Zachary had bought the replica ingots online for $30 and arranged for his father to take them to the purchasers, who paid between $1500 and $2500 each.

Gold was valued at about $4100 an ounce this week.

“It was something that Mr Giglietta clearly should not have got involved with,” Mr Manera told chief magistrate Steven Heath.

“He’s very sorry and ashamed of what he’s done on this occasion, your honour.”

Peter Giglietta pleaded guilty to four counts of gaining benefit by fraud and one of methamphetamine possession.

Mr Heath said he would probably impose a suspended prison sentence next month, and order Mr Giglietta to repay the swindled buyers.

“I have been fortunate to have had a diverse and fascinating career thus far and I hope that continues post parliament.”

He was a forensic scientist then a senior Alcoa executive before entering parliament.

Dr Honey used part of his speech to underline the importance of community input in planning decisions.

“The principal factor controlling the price of housing is the availability of land,” he said.

“The government has total control over this factor.

“What has never had a significant impact on the supply of housing has been local community input into planning decisions.

“As I have pointed out in this place, we could deliver over 30,000 new residences in a year just a few years ago, under the old planning laws.

“Under the new planning

laws, which were apparently the solution to the supply problem, the state is struggling to deliver 18,000 new residences in a year.

“I am more than fascinated to hear the rhetoric from the property development industry representatives.

“Recently, an article appeared quoting the Property Council November 2024 report, which stated that since 2020, over 12,550 apartments have been approved for construction, but only 2140 had commenced or been completed.

“The article blamed red tape, even though, by their own admission, planning approval had already been given for the 10,410 apartments not commenced.

“Quite clearly, planning approvals have nothing to do with the lack of supply.

This plan for Floreat’s future is backed by councillors.

Four of these fake gold ingots were sold to unsuspecting buyers.

Up on the roof to spread light and joy

By JEN REWELL

Every November for the past 20 years, Fred Wilson has climbed onto the roof of his double storey City Beach house to put up an angel as the highlight of his Christmas light display.

But 78-year-old Fred says that it’s getting harder to keep his balance on the uneven tiles, and

decorating the first floor only.

When Fred first lit up his whole house in 2000, the Christmas display was the fi one in south City Beach.

“There was nothing here then, not one little light,” he said.

In the early days, simple icicle lights festooned the gutters and strings of coloured lights ran across the rooftiles.

In those days, that was enough to get on the front page of the POST, (City lights, December 21, 2005).

Now the house is strewn with thousands of lights, a nativity scene, three wise men, an angel on the roof, Santa climbing into the caravan, and many other illuminated vignettes.

Fred’s wife Michelle Kantsler said she preferred to leave the house when he started so that she didn’t worry about him being on the roof.

“He didn’t like to take his phone in his pocket in case it slipped out and fell off the roof,” she said.

But this tactic backfired a few years ago.

Neighbours saw Fred waving at them from his roof and, being friendly, waved back.

But Fred continued to wave and gesture to them, so eventually the neighbour came over to see what Fred wanted.

“As he walked over, he stepped over the ladder lying on the ground and asked me what I wanted,” Fred said.

“I wanted him to put the lad-

der back up so I could get down!”

Although putting up the display was a big task, it was worth it to see the joy on people’s faces, Fred said.

“The best part is watching the kids run over the grass like gazelles to see it,” Fred said.

“It brings the neighbourhood together, young people and old people.”

Fred’s tips for people starting out with Christmas lights are to assess what will fit in the space, start with basic things, and grow the collection slowly.

“You can’t go willy nilly,” he said.

The accumulated collection takes up most of his attic and half the garage in the off season.

He makes a lot of the shapes himself out of chicken wire, and says most things that break can be fixed with wire or string.

“The magic of night hides a multitude of sins,” he said.

Other people in the area use contractors to install their lights and have suggested that Fred “get someone in” to help, but he says it wouldn’t be the same.

“He’s got to do it himself,” Michelle said.

Fred and Michelle met while dancing and have been together for 30 years.

Fred was once an actor and was in the movie Breaker Morant, and also worked in the wool industry and prison system. Michelle, who taught at Newman College, said her love of Christmas stemmed from her German background. She was born in East Germany and was smuggled out when she was a young child.

be up the ladder again, to the consternation of his wife Michelle.

Fred’s stunning light display has been enchanting Christmas crowds for 20 years.

Dalkeith to get cockatoo sanctuary

By BEN DICKINSON

Lawn is set to be ripped up at Dalkeith’s Point Resolution Reserve as part of an ambitious project to save the endangered Carnaby’s and red-tailed black cockatoos.

Prominent botanist Kingsley Dixon is behind the rewilding plan, which was approved by Nedlands councillors at a chaotic and fi meeting on Tuesday night.

About 1.3ha of lawn bordering Jutland Parade would be restored to banksia woodland over five years, but questions linger over how it will be funded.

“Tonight is about bringing Carnaby’s home,” Professor Dixon told councillors.

“We have had an unrelating war on the one thing that Carnaby’s requires: banksia woodlands.

“The population is now in catastrophic freefall.”

Clearing banksia woodlands since European settlement has resulted in a desperate food shortage for cockatoos.

The problem has been compounded by this year’s exceptionally long, dry summer, which led to record presentations at wildlife hospitals.

Experts warn that Carnaby’s cockatoos are on the brink of mass starvation.

“As a child growing up in banksia woodlands in a place called Morley the sky was black with Carnaby’s,” Prof. Dixon told the meeting.

“You now see them in small

groups.”

Point Resolution’s Noongar name, Mandyooranup, means “Place of the Banksia”.

Prof. Dixon said banksias were still abundant in the area in his university days, but the council unwittingly killed them off with bore water and fertiliser used to care for the surrounding lawns.

“One by one, just as they went from the lawns of Kings Park, they had all gone by 1990,” he told the meeting.

About 300 species would be reintroduced to the area, including banksias, jewel beetles, and the orangeflowered west australian christmas tree.

Councillors unanimously backed the plan at Tuesday’s meeting, but not before angry exchanges over funding.

Mayor Fiona Argyle’s motion called for the “transformation of Point Resolution… into a banksia woodlands” but included no details about

how much the project would cost or who would pay.

Dalkeith councillor Noel Youngman said the Friends of Point Resolution had been “blindsided” by the proposal.

“I worry where the money is actually coming from,” he told the meeting.

Mt Claremont councillor Hengameh Amiry said she was worried the project would amount to no more than a “thought bubble” without concrete funding plans.

Ms Argyle said all the details had been thrashed out at a closed-doors agenda forum in 2023, and that Prof. Dixon would “rattle his can” to cover the cost of “about $500,000 to $600,000”.

“We’re going to be the first local government in the world to do this and you’re asking these questions because you didn’t attend the agenda forum,” Ms Argyle told Mr Youngman. Her plan was finally approved by unanimous vote.

Cott towers fail ‘pub test’

By BRET CHRISTIAN

Two new Cottesloe towers in the Cottesloe CBD are being considered under a “temporary” planning system that has lost its credibility, says local resident Phil Paterson

“Buildings of 15 and 17 storeys suddenly appear when there were 10 [allowed]” Mr Paterson told a council meeting on Tuesday.

“I’m fascinated by the continuing use of COVID-19 under the Part 17 pathway, which came in around 2020 with the aim of encouraging development.

“They are pretending to be under COVID.

“It was removed in December 2023 but this loophole appears to have been used by the applicants for Station Street.

“We’re in Western Australia now, where the premier is

offering $10,000 per person incentives to get tradespeople here from other states and from New Zealand.

“We have a massive shortfall in trades – 120,000 extra traders will be need in the next decade, just to meet the current demand.

“It doesn’t pass the pub test.”

He praised councillors and planning staff for time and work they had invested in scrutinising and writing reports on hundreds of pages of detail in a short time for the proposal.

“We’re up against some very big foes,” he said.

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Cockatoo crisis ... Fiona Argyle and Kingsley Dixon at Point Resolution.

The spectacular red-tailed black cockatoos also are under threat.

Photo: Paul McGovern

The street elevation of the 17 and 10 storey towners.

Subiaco

Highway bar for Nedlands

By BEN DICKINSON

Plans for a small bar on the top floor of a three-storey Stirling Highway office building have been approved by Nedlands councillors.

Businesswoman Tania SydneySmith wants to convert a private function space in her Spaces co-working building to a public bar named The Sky Lounge. The bar would accommodate up to 50 patrons at a time and would stay open until midnight on Wednesday through Saturday.

“It’s a space that [visitors] can share with their friends and family … in an environment that is not loud or intrusive,” Ms Sydney-Smith told councillors

at a meeting on Tuesday.

Eight Doonan Road residents lodged objections to the plan, most voicing worries about parking and noise.

But Ms Sydney-Smith said there was plenty of parking in her building’s 45-bay car park after hours, and noise would not impact homes.

“The acoustic report shows very clearly the noise only travels directly out onto Stirling Highway,” she said.

Councillors voted 5-3 to approve the change of use, but not before clashing over the opening hours.

Councillor Rebecca Coghlan said the bar should close at 9pm, even on weekends.

“It’s not welcomed by the

neighbourhood,” she said.

“Ratepayers and residents really count when it comes to amenity, far more than patrons coming from outside to drink and leave.”

Councillor Noel Youngman said Nedlands would forever be “Deadlands” if it stymied small bars.

“I get very concerned when all I hear is what old people want to do,” he said. “The thing that always upsets me is we don’t have more life in our suburbs.”

Ms Coghlan’s push to put the bar on a 12-month probation period was shot down in a 5-3 vote.

Ms Sydney-Smith must still be granted a liquor licence before she can open the bar.

West Leederville attacker back in jail

By JOHN TOWNSEND

A dangerous sexual predator who was released from indefinite detention last year, despite fears he might murder a future victim, has been returned to jail.

William Stanley Joseph Warmdean, 27, considered killing a 60-year-old woman he indecently assaulted and injured at West Leederville train station in 2015.

It was the most serious of a series of violent offences, including assaulting guests at a Cottesloe dinner party a month before the West Leederville attack, that led to his indefinite sentencing.

Many of the offences involved him assaulting women and girls he approached in public places.

But he was freed last year after Supreme Court judge Larissa Strk agreed to a state government request to release him into the community.

He has since committed 15 breaches of his release order and been returned to prison five times.

An extra jail term for offences committed while on release was due to be completed on Tuesday, December 3, but in a judgment published on October 25 Justice Strk ordered that he be held under an interim detention order when that sentence finishes.

An application to detain him

indefinitely under the High Risk Serious Offenders Act will be heard in March.

“The respondent has an extensive criminal history that includes convictions for serious offences comprising sexual offending,” Justice Strk said.

“I was not satisfied that the respondent would substantially comply with the standard conditions if released.

“I was not satisfied that a variation or imposition of additional conditions would ensure adequate protection of the community from the commission of serious offences.”

Warmdean told a prison psychiatrist last year that he had considered killing the woman he assaulted at West Leederville at 9.30am on a weekday in December 2015.

He had caught the train from Perth city to West Leederville to steal alcohol from a liquor store, but noticed the woman walking on a pathway and decided to follow her.

When she went through a gap in a fence to approach her unit complex, he grabbed her from behind, forced her to ground and knelt on her – breaking several ribs – and then removed her pants and underwear.

But he ran off when a person walking nearby shouted at him.

Consultant forensic psychiatrist Gosia Wojnarowska told the court that Warmdean “reported that he was anxious

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Dim view of the lantern festival

By BEN DICKINSON

A $50-a-head Lantern Festival due to be held at the Nedlands foreshore this weekend has no permits or council approval.

Organisers have promised “a magical experience” at Charles Court Reserve on November 30, when “hundreds, even thousands” of water lanterns will supposedly be floated on the Swan River.

But Nedlands council says it has heard nothing from organisers, even though the event is supposed to take place on council land.

“The event … does not have an approval or permit in place from the City of Nedlands,” a spokesperson said.

“Ticket holders should contact the event organiser for further information.”

The festival’s UK-based promoters contacted Nedlands Rugby Union Football Club in August to discuss using their clubhouse, but club president David Round said he had heard little since.

“The only involvement the club has is to open the bar facility and the toilets,” Mr Round said.

He said the club agreed to open its facilities, so long as the festival got council approval, but it later became clear that organisers never applied for permits.

“I was very aware of the prospect that this could have been a scam,” Mr Round said.

“We’ve emailed [ticketing platform] Eventbrite and

alerted them.”

Eventbrite listings for the festival were still online this week, but tickets were “sold out”.

So too were listings for other lantern festivals in Melbourne, Gold Coast and Adelaide.

A festival planned for Sydney on November 9 was “postponed until further notice”, according to the company’s website.

“Attendees have been informed and may choose to hold their tickets for the rescheduled date, request a refund, or use their tickets for one of our alternative events in other Australian cities,” reads a notice.

“We are aware of recent speculation and concerns regarding the legitimacy of our Lantern Festival events.

state that we do not condone any form of deceptive activity.”

Similar events in the UK sparked a trading standards investigation earlier this year.

Several were cancelled, while an aerial lantern festival that went ahead in Glasgow in September was labelled a “scam” by some attendees who said they were handed cheap helium balloons with LEDs taped to them.

The company behind the Australian festivals, CC Capital Global, is registered at an office building in Sydney.

Its directors are 21-year-old UK resident Ajay Corotana and 35-year-old Daniel Ray Spencer, who listed a Sydney residential address in company filings.

Neither Mr Corotana nor Eventbrite responded to

Mixed fortunes for Cottesloe trees

By BRET CHRISTIAN

A win for norfolk island pines and a loss for preserving trees on private property were the two main outcomes of a marathon debate at Cottesloe council this week.

Deputy mayor Melissa Harkins noticed that there was very little mention in the council’s masterplan about retaining Cottesloe’s signa-

species when they died.

Ms Harkins said that given widespread support for the pines, the council needed to “identify to ratepayers that we intend to retain the norfolk island pines in the district in specified areas.

The council agreed that any pines listed in the local, state and national heritage register be preserved and replaced with the same species.

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In March there was widespread outcry when the POST revealed an arborist’s report that recommended replacing the pines with other

It added that to ensure their preservation, those on the selected distributor and entry statement roads, Broome, Marmion, Eric and Grant streets, be specified as being retained in the street tree masterplan.

The long masterplan that was passed at Tuesday’s council meeting sets policies for the future greening of Cottesloe, aimed at achieving 30% tree canopy by 2040, up from 16% cover now.

Councillor Chilla Bulbeck said that target could not be reached without preserving significant trees on private property.

She said residents strongly endorsed encouraging the preservation of significant private trees.

The council voted last month to wait for the state government to make a decision (Cott’s private trees free to chop, POST November 23).

Ms Bulbeck had another try on Tuesday, seeking to persuade councillors to set up a register of significant trees, including on private property.

The council also voted to work closely with Cottesloe Coastcare, the volunteer group that since 2015 has removed 4.2ha from the completely degraded category.

The policy makes provision for employing a bush care officer, who councillors hope would harness the vast expertise accumulated by Coastcare.

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“Thousands” of these lanterns are supposed to be released onto the Swan River this weekend.

These heritage-listed norfolk island pines in John Street emerged as the winners in the Cottesloe council debate this week.

Dim view of council’s view of Sea View Golf Club

An open letter to the mayor and councillors of the Town of Cottesloe:

I trust you have read Paul Edmondson’s heartfelt letter to the POST (Please treat golf club’s future in a fair way, November 23).

As a Cottesloe resident I see the council supporting the tennis club, building a pavilion on Harvey Field to support football, rugby and cricket, supporting various other activities within our suburb.

But when it comes to the golf club, all I see is antagonism, lack

of respect, under-appreciation and a desperately unsupportive approach to the club in general.

Golf has been played at Sea View since 1908. Scotch College principal P.C. Anderson laid out the course, Frederick North was the first captain. Lady Edeline Strickland hit the opening drive on the opening day in front of a crowd including her husband, the premier. You may recognise some of these names.

We have a great legacy in our

suburb. One of which I believe we should be far more supportive.

I was there recently when Sea View hosted the local schoolboys tournament. It was an excellent afternoon with some great skills on display from the young men. You should be viewing Sea View as a jewel in our suburb, but instead it seems you will forever see them downtrodden and under-appreciated. I appeal to you all, please reconsider your stance with respect to Sea View Golf Club.

I fear your current thinking and direction is misguided at best. I implore you to work with the club to make this a great community asset rather than a down-trodden poor relation.

Peter Robinson Marmion Street, Cottesloe former member, captain and president of Sea View Golf Club

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Beaten by budget or lack of technology

At Tuesday night’s Cottesloe council meeting the debate on the Green Infrastructure Strategy got caught in invasive weeds.

screen monitor was in use for connecting a travelling councillor to attend the meeting live online.

course, for a council chamber loudspeaker to hear the proceedings either.

It took well over an hour to get through this one agenda item, with I think (I lost track) 11 councillor amendments being tabled, dissected and reassembled.

A pity, then, that the stalwart members of the public who were prevented from reading and watching the live manipulation of argument words in finalising the resolutions.

Prevented because the TV

With all the specialist consultant technical video recording set-up advice, an additional TV monitor has not been provided. What will they do if two councillors need to attend online?

Would the cost of a second monitor break the budget for some vestige of democracy transparency and forethought for the public community “customer”?

Apparently no need, of

Council was happy to commit more than a TV monitor’s worth to future unknown commitments for “healthy streets” road-calming initiatives provided by the state but necessitating major drainage and lighting costs to be paid by the Town – for a few hundred metres of local roads and, as councillor Mason pointed out, just 49 consultation participants.

Stephen Mellor Graham Court, Cottesloe

Mosman flats responses evade the real issues

It’s reassuring to know (Threat over state housing complaints, POST, November 16) that “Communities (department) takes complaints about tenancy matters seriously and undertakes investigations where appropriate”.

Reassuring also that housing minister John Carey believes the majority of public housing tenants are well-behaved, and that he and the government are doing their utmost to increase housing stock.

But none of that comes close to responding to the specific problems raised by the November 16 article in relation to state housing flats in Mosman Park (above right).

The problems lie with the admittedly very small number of tenants who are demonstrably unsuited to the accommodation they are in and can have

impact on their peace loving neighbours.

The proposition put forward by the contributors to the article were that there is no assessment of client needs and matching them to appropriate accommodation, which in special cases may be referred to a suitable NGO provider; nor a reassignment to alternative accommodation of clients demonstrably unsuited to the standard model.

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Brewer vs Horncastle – contrast in selection

I read with great interest the comments – better described as allegations – made by Rachel Horncastle in last week’s POST (Indy doctor to run in Cott) about her Liberal opponent for the state seat of Cottesloe.

Of particular note was Dr Horncastle’s apparent assertion that Sandra Brewer has been “hand-picked” and “supported” by property developers.

Sandra Brewer has been

involved with the Liberal Party for many years, since long before any particular role or association with any industry.

She has served on the party’s state executive and been committed to Liberal values.

Furthermore, she was selected as the Liberal candidate in the largest, most democratic process ever undertaken to choose a candidate in Cottesloe.

Compare that with the Teal movement’s modus operandi, which is to pluck random

candidates out of complete obscurity and then claim they are somehow the community’s independent candidate.

There are more faceless people involved in Teal candidate selection than the Liberals, or any other established party. We know nothing about the process or how Dr Horncastle came to be the candidate, apart from random “conversations” – whatever that means.

Charles Mackinnon Samson Street, Mosman Park

Minimal parking, max benefits

Two items in particular in last week’s POST grabbed my attention.

Robert Hunt (A car for every bedroom, Letters) suggests a car space for each bedroom in apartment buildings, and Lloyd Gorman reports on plans for student accommodation with zero provision for car parking (Flats for 844, but zero cars)

I read the first one several times, would this be satire, a joke?

We don’t need as many car bays as there are bedrooms. People can car-share, use public options, and even walk.

I applaud and fully endorse the second proposal.

Single student accommodation within easy campus walking distance requires no parking spaces.

They are able to move on their feet, cycle, take public transport. They don’t need to shop for a family, transport kids and prams, bags of fertilisers for a garden or home improvement materials. Their main focus at this stage of life is (should be) on study and many other activities revolve around campus (sports, entertainment facilities) anyway.

There are bus connections in all directions linking to train stations, and there are now plans for a ferry link to UWA as well. It is absurd to aim for reduced car traffic (with all its compelling benefits) while offering unnecessary car spaces across new developments.

G. Gmeinder St Leonard’s Street, Mosman Park

Clearing the air on energy production

I wonder what exactly a “debate” looks like when political proponents of nuclear power, such as Liberal candidate for Curtin Tom White (Fiscal responsibility around energy options, Letters, November 23) exclude the cost, not to mention any detail of timeline, implementation, water use, waste storage, security or community impacts.

What this debate clearly does mean, though, is a delay in the transition to renewable energy.

This is not just key for reducing our greenhouse gas emissions, it also means a delay in addressing air pollution and environmental impacts related to exploration, extraction, processing and transport of oil, coal and gas.

The latest research finds that each year about 11,000 Australians die prematurely as a result of exposure to air pollution (which causes heart disease, strokes,

asthma, lung cancer, dementia and diabetes). Reduced productivity from illhealth, welfare and healthcare costs would be dramatically lowered in a matter of years if we transition to renewable energy and phase out combustion of oil, coal and gas in our cities and our homes. We know this to be true from real-world evidence in places that have cleaned up their air.

So renewable energy is not “free”; it comes with enormous and immediate health, ecological and economic benefits.

George Crisp Kimberley Street, West Leederville

Lachlan gives WA kids the write start

By JEN REWELL

Lachlan Alder hoped to get 1000 pens and pencils when he asked people to donate their unused stationery items to his Write Start campaign to help school kids.

But the Dalkeith 12-year-old was thrilled to donate more than 6100 items to Give Write, in Subiaco, this week.

The Give Write charity collects unwanted stationery and provides it to WA students and teachers throughout the year.

The charity has been through a tough time with its landlord recently terminating its Subiaco lease, and it has not received any of the $500,000 pledged by premier Roger Cook in July.

A government statement at the time said the one-off funding would “help … families struggling with cost-of-living pressures, and make sure remaining funds from the WA student assistance payment go towards measures aimed at taking pressure off WA families”.

Lachlan said some people thought he was being overly ambitious with his initial 1000pen goal but donations flooded in once he designed a poster and his mum Melissa put out the word on social media.

He amassed thousands of items of new and gently used stationery, ranging from individual pens, pencils, erasers, rulers, scissors, glue sticks and exercise books, to full boxes

of the supplies.

Last year he collected 400 towels and blankets for the Dogs Refuge Home in Shenton Park, in a campaign he called Warm Paws Warm Hearts.

This year’s project began when he noticed the leftover items from his Scotch College booklist that he thought would be able to help others.

“I very sadly found out that one in six kids in Australia live in poverty, so I wanted to help,” he said.

Give Write CEO Monica Smith said teachers in some areas needed to provide their whole class with stationery.

“Other times they may have a student who comes in with nothing – they may be a refugee, or mum and dad have split and they’re not in a good head space,” she said.

Volunteers make up packs suitable for primary or secondary students, and teachers can select from a wide range of stationery items.

“We’d love to have hubs north and south of the river so it’s easier for people to donate and for the teachers to collect,” Monica said.

“Teachers come in all year round and we want to make it easy for them.”

Lachlan is still accepting donations for Give Write. For more information email donate@thewritestart.com.au or phone Melissa on 0409 388 034.

For more information about Give Write go to givewrite.org.au.

Club wants free hand

By BRET CHRISTIAN

David Rogers pleaded with Cottesloe council this week to allow members of his golf club to spend their own money as they wish.

Mr Rogers, president of Sea View Golf Club, is at odds with the council over upgrading the 55-year-old clubrooms, including building an access ramp for the disabled.

“As many members of our club have said to me, it’s not up to the council how the club expends its funds,” Mr Rogers said when

addressing the council meeting on Tuesday,

“I’m appealing to your sense of what is moral and what is right.

“Allow our members’ wishes to be granted and to proceed with the original development application rejecting the proposal before tonight’s meeting and fixing a problem that exists with our clubhouse.”

But mayor Lorraine Young told the meeting that the cash, up to $300,000, was likely to be money down the drain.

Club members have been lobbying the council to allow the improvements. (Please treat golf

club’s future in a fair way, POST Letters, November 23).

Another critic, former club captain and president Peter Robinson, wrote in an open letter to council members:

“You should be viewing Sea View as a jewel in our suburb, but instead it seems you will forever see them downtrodden and under-appreciated.” (See letter, page 12)

He accused the council of favouring other sporting groups in the Town.

Ms Young said Sea View occupies 50% of Cottesloe’s open

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The power of the pencil … Monica Smith, left, was thrilled to receive a big collection of pens and stationery from Lachlan Alder. Photo: Paul McGovern

Bees get foam treatment Playlovers theatre faces final curtain

By BONNIE CHRISTIAN

A Cottesloe tree has been filled with expanding foam to drive out a hive of bees.

The european honeybee hive had been in the tree at the corner of Napier and Nailsworth streets for several years.

The council had erected signs nearby warning about the active hive.

A Town spokeswoman said a bee removal specialist closed most of the hole and a hive box was placed over the remaining smaller hole.

It contained pheromones to attract the bees out of the hive and after a few weeks the hive box was removed and relocated.

“The Town does not have a council policy for dealing with beehives, it does not happen often, and cases are assessed individually, at the time,” she said.

“The Town does prefer to use this method, however, because the bees are relocated.”

The WA Museum says feral European honeybees are a threat to animals that live in hollows, particularly black cockatoos.

Feral bees that take over hollows mean there are fewer places for birds to nest.

“A number of black cockatoo chicks, honeyeaters and owls have been found dead in these hollows, often stung or engulfed by swarming feral bees,” the museum says on its website.

The species was introduced long after Australia’s native plants had adapted to other kinds of native pollinating insects, birds and mammals.

West Australian Family Owned - Since 1969

By BEN DICKINSON

Floreat’s crumbling Hackett Hall will finally be demolished after an impassioned plea from its neighbours.

The 1950s building in Draper Park has been surrounded by cyclone fencing since 2022, after a termite-riddled beam crashed through its ceiling.

Councillors narrowly rejected a demolition proposal in October, but they reversed that decision on Tuesday after a plea from neighbourhood representative Bill Vincent.

“It’s disgraceful. It’s verminridden. It’s an eyesore,” Mr Vincent told councillors.

“It’s got to go.”

Mr Vincent said Floreat residents’ faith in the council was at its “lowest ebb” after years of inaction on the building and the surrounding park.

An engineer’s report in 2017 called for urgent structural re-

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“This must be one of the mostused parks per square metre in the whole of Nedlands,” Mr Vincent told councillors.

“The past 15 years of promises from council … absolutely nothing has resulted.”

In a report, staff warned the hall’s roof was sagging at an alarming rate and was at risk of collapse.

“There is asbestos present throughout portions of the building, and should collapse occur there may be a risk of contamination,” they warned.

Replacing the hall is estimated to cost $7million, which the cashstrapped council cannot afford.

Ward councillor Kerry Smyth begged councillors to invest money in the park after the demolition.

“Don’t just leave it as a scar on the community,” she said.

Nedlands will survey nearby residents about what they would like to see in the park.

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A giant falls in Selby Street

By JEN REWELL

A mighty gum fell across Selby Street during high winds on Monday night, blocking traffic for an hour.

The large tree was one of five mature gums on the thin median strip between Cambridge Street and The Boulevard that separates Wembley from Floreat. It narrowly missed a powerline and bus stop where people had been waiting just minutes before.

Police were called and blocked access to that part of Selby Street

Much more than ‘block value’

By BEN DICKINSON

A whole block of flats will go to auction in Nedlands next weekend.

The four-unit complex at 127 Broadway is zoned for six storeys but selling agent Michelle Kerr said she had received “not a single bit of interest” from developers.

“It’s one of the best condition blocks of apartments I’ve ever seen,” she said.

“No-one’s going to buy it as a development site.”

The building was recently renovated and is fully tenanted.

while Town of Cambridge contractors arrived with chainsaws and a mulching truck.

It took about an hour for the leaves and branches to be cleared.

When the weight of the trunk was cut away, the huge rootball and stump tipped back into the hole.

A council spokesperson said tree inspectors would perform a “quantified tree risk assessment” on the other trees.

Stump grinding and remedial works would be undertaken later, the spokesperson said.

Support for cat control

By BONNIE CHRISTIAN

More than 100 people have supported introducing cat containment laws in Mosman Park.

A petition signed by 107 people was presented to councillors by resident Tom Kearney on Tuesday night.

It asked the Town to introduce an effective cat local law that protects wildlife and keeps cats safe at home.

Mosman Park Bushland had collected most of the signatures for the petition and of all the people approached, only two did not want to sign it.

He was motivated to start the petition after making a deputation in August about the devastating impact of cats in the town.

He said the response from Town staff was that they had not noticed any cats in the bushland.

“I’m not sure how much time these officers spend in bushland,” he told the meeting.

“I live right next to the bushland on Monument Hill, and I see cats entering the bushland more frequently than the No.999 bus to Fremantle.”

Infectious diseases specialist Duncan McLellan and his wife Priscilla bought the 880sq.m site for $2.25million in 2008, during the global financial crisis.

She said the buyer could sell off one or more of the apartments individually, or could build at the rear of the site.

Ms Kerr said she had been inundated with inquiries from investors.

The building will be auctioned onsite at 1pm next Saturday, December 7.

Mr Kearney suggested that this include keeping cats under effective control at all times, creation of prohibited areas to cover all parks, reserves and private gardens in the town and the introduction of regular, sustained trapping in bushland areas and making the results public.

Fines should be imposed on owners who fail to comply, with the law enacted by end of 2025.

Mr Kearney said he and Friends of

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He said there was no point in reporting the sightings because the Town’s current process was returning a microchipped cat to its owner without a fine.

Town staff must now prepare a report for councillors to consider.

High winds, recorded near the coast at up to 80kmh, toppled this gum on Selby Street.

This Broadway apartment building will go under the hammer as one lot.

Marg River burn an ‘impending disaster’

By BRET CHRISTIAN

Shenton Park activist Carole Peters sprang into action last weekend when told by Nannas for Forests in Margaret River of what they regard as an impending disaster.

“A beautiful section of longunburned forest” on Caves Road was about to be set alight.

Dr Peters, who has long campaigned to raise awareness of the perils of regularly burning native forest, joined 15 local nannas, including 85-year-old Janny Lane, to walk several kilometres into the bush.

She and others have pointed to new scientific research that shows regular burn-offs actually increase fire risk and severity by promoting undergrowth and

devastate wildlife.

The section of forest bounded by Vlam and Caves roads, in the Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park now displays Parks and Wildlife Service signs warning of an imminent planned burn.

“We were devastated that this burn will occur in our long-standing healthy forest,” the group said.

“We found a wonderful ecosystem with tall jarrah, marri trees, ancient balgas, lush understorey and a substantial wetland area with an abundance of paperbarks, wildflowers, frogs and insects.

“It is tragic that this long-established forest will be burned just to keepto (Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions)’s target of 200,000ha.

“Hot and destructive burns are happening in the Walpole Wilderness and, on a smaller scale, in the Margaret River region.

“We all remember with sadness the reignited and escaped controlled burns that resulted in the Margaret River wildfires of late November 2011.”

With prescribed burning continuing in the Frankland River area at Nornalup, and after the shocking Walpole burns incident, the nannas are determined to continue raising awareness.

“We feel that times have changed and the government needs to update its science and practices, in particular by requiring indigenous rangers to decide when and if a burn off is necessary,” they said.

Cross words over pedestrian closure

Local residents and workers should be consulted about the potential closure of a Subiaco train crossing, an independent candidate in next year’s state election said this week.

Rosemarie de Vries, a Subiaco councillor being backed by a Teal community group for the seat of Nedlands, said the issue was being raised with her when she was door-knocking.

She said Daglish residents and King Edward Memorial Hospital staff cited concerns about the possible closure of the pedestrian crossing between Stubbs Terrace and Railway Road, near Bagot Road, because of high frequency train movements.

The move by the Public Transport Authority was first

reported three months ago (Safety worries over high train traffic, POST, August 17).

Signs telling people to use other crossings – 560 metres away in Hay Street or 425 metres away at Daglish station – have been installed.

Ms de Vries said Public Transport Authority staff had been seen counting people using the crossing.

“I’m concerned about the lack of communication and consultation with the community,” she said.

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UWA parking fees double for staff

UWA staff parking fees are set to double while students will face a 50% hike.

A capped daily rate of $3 for the university’s approximately 3200 academics and other workers will soon jump to $6. Student parking will go from $2 to $3 a day.

“Parking fees at UWA have not changed in 11 years, leading to a widening gap between parking costs and public transport fares,” a UWA spokesperson said.

“The upcoming fee adjustment seeks to encourage more

sustainable transport choices and address this disparity.

“Revenue from the increase will be reinvested in transport services, including expanded shuttle bus routes, initiatives to improve public transport access, and improvements to parking services.

“UWA remains committed to finding balanced solutions to parking challenges while supporting sustainable and accessible transport options for staff and students.”

UWA’s 2022-23 annual report showed it took $2.7million in parking fees.

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By BEN DICKINSON

Plans for a 19-storey student accommodation complex near UWA with just 11 car bays have been lodged with the State Development Assessment Unit.

Singaporean developer Centurion wants to build the facility at 37-43 Stirling Highway, next to the heritage-listed former Nedlands post office.

The 2123sq.m site is owned by another developer, Hot Sand

Capital, which won approval to build an 18-storey apartment complex two years ago.

Nothing has been built.

Centurion’s new plans show 472 student beds, a ground floor commercial tenancy, communal study areas and a basement car park with just 11 bays.

The developer’s parking calculations are based on the assumption that students will use hireable electric share cars, and that one share car will service up to 50 apartments.

Only two ACROD bays will be

“The eight share car bays are expected to significantly reduce the demand for car parking at the site,” reads a report by Centurion’s transport consultant, Paul Ghantous.

Mr Ghantous found the impact on surrounding streets would be “moderate”.

The development would also include secured storage for 162 bikes, plus 12 outdoor bike racks.

“The substantial majority of residents are anticipated to be UWA students, with the Crawley campus being within comfortable walking distance,” read the developer’s planning

The plans are being advertised for public feedback until December 23 on the department of planning, lands and heritage’s website.

What a load of rubbish

Delays to bulk waste collections in Nedlands have left verges cluttered with rubbish for weeks.

Contractors West Bin were supposed to make the rounds between Tyrell Street and Rockton Road from November 11, but the rubbish went uncollected until this Tuesday.

A Jenkins Street resident said strong winds this week had scattered rubbish far and wide.

“Last year in May it was the same thing,” she said.

“When I lived in Claremont it was always collected within days.”

The resident said she phoned the council but was referred to West Bin, who told her they had staffing issues. Collections were also delayed last November when three workers were hospitalised after being exposed to hazardous chemicals.

Nedlands council did not respond to queries from the POST.

Cameron kept on despite opposition

Subiaco council has extended CEO Colin Cameron’s contract for another five years despite a third of the councillors opposing the move.

The employment contract for Mr Cameron, pictured, was discussed in secret at the council meeting last week.

Mayor David McMullen then announced the contract renewal.

“That was carried 6-3,” he said.

All eight councillors and the mayor took part in the meeting.

A 5-4 vote approved changing a clause in his contract from six to three months.

Mr McMullen congratulated Mr Cameron.

“I think I can now say the

council looks forward to working with you for another five years,” he said.

“And we look forward to see you deliver the work you have set out to deliver for the City and our community.”

Mr Cameron, an experienced local government administrator, started at Subiaco in August 2021.

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Shoplifting turns violent

Two retail workers were assaulted by shoplifters in Claremont last week.

Police are seeking three women in relation to the November 18 incident at a Bay View Terrace store.

The women were in the shop shortly after noon when a male staff member noticed several unpaid items in their trolley, according to police.

When the employee tried to retrieve the items he was pushed several times by one of the women, while another raised her hand and he retreated.

A female staff member followed the women into a car park, where one of them threw a metal water bottle, injuring her hand.

Information to Crime Stoppers, quote reference 11683.

A Graylands Hospital patient who allegedly punched two nurses has been found unfit to stand trial.

Marcus Andrew Gibson, 41, an involuntary psychiatric patient at the Mt Claremont hospital, was accused of assaulting the nurses in separate incidents on September 13 last year and January 15 this year.

Police prosecutor Pat Prest told Perth Magistrates

Card alert for bag snatcher

A thief stole a woman’s bag from her Peppermint Grove office this month.

The woman left her bag in her McNeil Street office about 8.10am on November 7.

The woman’s bank noti-

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fied her of five suspicious card transactions that afternoon.

She discovered the bag was missing when she returned to her office.

CCTV captured a man using her card at a petrol station about 3.30pm.

Information to Crime Stoppers, quote reference 11682.

No assault trial for Graylands patient with paranoid schizophrenia

punched a 23-year-old nurse in the face in January while she was sitting on a couch.

The unprovoked attack left the woman with lacerations to her face and a fractured nose, Sergeant Prest told the court.

Gibson’s lawyer said his client, who was excused from attending court, had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.

“He imagines that peo-

ple might be attacking him, or teasing him, or being rude about him, and then he lashes out,” the lawyer told chief magistrate Steven Heath.

Mr Heath said a report on Gibson’s mental state found him unfit to stand trial.

“He is already subject to supervision as an involuntary patient,” he said.

“I will discharge him with respect to these matters.”

Flasher tries circus trick

A 25-year-old man has pleaded guilty to indecently exposing himself at a Claremont Showground music festival.

Perth Magistrates Court heard on Monday that Hayden Taylor StockleySmith pulled down his shorts in front of a circus performer at Wildlands festival on January 6.

“He approached a circus performer and attempted to talk to him,” police prosecutor Pat Prest told the court.

“He said something to the effect of: ‘I just want to get naked’.”

He pulled down his shorts, put his hands behind his head, and swayed from side to side before being pulled away from the scene by his friends, Sergeant Prest said.

Stockley-Smith, who appeared in court in a suit and tie, had earlier pleaded not guilty to the

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charge of committing an indecent act in public.

He changed his plea on Monday.

“Guilty, your honour,” he told chief magistrate Steven Heath.

Stockley-Smith’s lawyer said his client had consumed “a considerable amount” of alcohol on the day of the incident.

“He has thought long and hard about this,” he said.

Mr Heath said he was concerned by two previous convictions for alcoholrelated incidents in 2016 and 2021.

“Two-and-a-half years later he’s back with his excess alcohol causing offending,” he said.

Stockley-Smith is due to be sentenced on December 9.

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Celebrate at Claremont Park

Local soprano Prudence Sanders and tenor Perry Joyce will join WA Symphony Orchestra to celebrate Christmas in Claremont on December 7.

Free family festivities will begin from 4.30pm in Claremont Park with a Christmas craft workshop, face-painting, a Silent Night silent disco and an opportunity to meet Santa Claus and his elves.

Members of the WA Symphony Orchestra will take the stage from 6.30pm with Prudence and Perry leading everyone in singing favourite Christmas carols.

The Claremont community voted on

Facebook for their favourite Christmas song, so you can guarantee that Santa Claus is Coming to Town will be on the Christmas songs hits list.

Mayor Jock Barker said the carols were a highlight of the Town’s event calendar.

“The Christmas carols event presents the perfect opportunity to celebrate the festive season while spending quality time with friends and family. It’s something I look forward to every year,” he said.

★ Santa Claus is coming to (Claremont) Town next Saturday

Thinking of those who are feeling blue

For many people, Christmas is a season of celebration and joy. Churches celebrate the birth of Christ. Families come together over meals and sharing gifts. It is often a big party. But the Rev. Reuben

Edmonds, minister of All Saints Floreat Uniting Church, wants to acknowledge that, for some people, Christmas brings mixed emotions.

It may be grief at the loss of a loved one and facing the first Christmas without them. Others may feel lonely

at Christmas or sorrow at broken relationships.

All Saints Floreat is holding a “Blue Christmas” service for those who wish to mark the hope of Christmas while acknowledging a time of grief and sadness, of feeling blue.

“There will be an opportunity to acknowledge the mixed emotions of Christmas this year and will include candle lighting to mark those who have died,” Rev. Edmonds said.

“The service will be followed by supper for those

who wish to stay and talk.”

■ The Blue Christmas Service will be held next Sunday, December 8, at 5pm. It will also be streamed and can be found through the All Saints Floreat website floreat.ucwa.au.

★ In their own-designed Christmas t-shirts, Voiceworks and VoiceworksPlus come together for carols.

Choirs at Lake Jualbup

VoiceworksPlus

returns to Lake Jualbup, Shenton Park, for its annual Christmas show, Carols in the Park.

Vocal ensemble

Voiceworks is a community choir and VoiceworksPlus is a performing arts and singing program for people with intellectual disabilities.

The choirs will come together this year.

VoiceworksPlus artistic director Joanna Worthington said: “We are looking forward to performing some Christmas songs chosen by the participants, together as well as some pieces from

Voiceworks’ repertoire.”

She said VoiceworksPlus were excited to show off their new Christmas T-shirts produced through the generosity of The Ladyman Trust.

“All our participants, volunteers and support workers voted unanimously for the winning design,” she said.

■ Carols in the Park will be on Saturday December 7 from 6 to 7.30pm at Lake Jualbup, on the corner of Herbert Road and Evans Street. Everyone is invited to bring a picnic, relax in the park and sing along.

Sip and shop at boutique market

You can sleigh Christmas shopping with Claremont’s Boutique Christmas Market.

Returning to the Showground for the third year, the intimate market features artists, crafts and food over three days.

With a complimentary glass of bubbles in hand, the emporium is a chance to shop local and discover thoughtful, one-of-a-kind gifts from 40 curated market stalls, ranging from handcrafted skincare and candles to childrenswear, swimwear, and streetwear, jewellery, books, festive decor and original art.

This year’s art stall lineup includes Chrissie Hogan, Persefone Maietta and digital prints by Urban Fable.

charcuterie, cheeses, gin from AmberChes Distillery and wines from Edwards Wines.

Chrissie Hogan’s ceramic work currently features in the Art Gallery of WA Design Store.

There will also be free tastings, from preservativefree vegan crackers and gluten-free gourmet treats like black limes and Haus The Cake to premium

■ The Boutique Christmas Market is in Wilkinson Gallery at Claremont Showground on Friday December 13, noon to 7pm, Saturday 14, 9.30am to 5pm, and Sunday 15, 10am to 2.30pm. Complimentary bubbles served from 4pm.

Amazing gifts for all ages

★ Local artisans and artists will hold a three-day market in Claremont Showground.

CHRISTMAS

Women to the fore in UWA concert

Did you know that the popular Christmas song The Little Drummer Boy was written by a woman?

American composer Katherine Kennicott Davis wrote it in 1941 and it was first recorded by the Trapp Family Singers of The Sound of Music fame.

This and many other Christmas songs and carols written by women will feature in Mirabilis Collective’s final concert of the year, Shine: A Radiant Celebration of Christmas Music by Women.

Mirabilis Collective is a family community of women musicians who celebrate the contributions of female composers and artists across generations.

This Sunday, in Wigmore Studio at the University of Western Australia, Shine offers a collection of Christmas

music, carols and new works by women.

There will be classics such as The Little Drummer Boy and The Holly and the Ivy, which is attributed to Mary Clayton.

More contemporary sounds include Christine Anu’s My Island Christmas, Joni Mitchell’s River, and a world premiere by Mirabilis singer, violinist and songwriter Julia Nicholls. Julia’s new Christmas song, Christmas Is Here, is all about the Nicholls family Christmases, reminiscent of the girlgroup sound from the 60s.

She will be joined by her sister soprano Lucinda Nicholls with Rachel Singer, their mother Stephanie Nicholls on oboe/piano, Tresna

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Stampalia on flute and Elena Wittkuhn on cello.

The concert will be narrated by jazz singer Ali Bodycoat.

Mirabilis invite attendees to join them in the courtyard after the concert for Bubbles and Brownies to celebrate the year’s end in good company.

■ Shine performs this Sunday, December 1, at 4pm at Wigmore Hall, UWA. Book through mirabiliscollective.com.

★ Lucinda Nicholls will sing her sister’s composition celebrating family Christmases

Merry Bossa Nova Christmas at Cott

Cottesloe singer Juliana Areias and her Bossa Nova Baby Trio will open this year’s Carols by Candlelight at Cottesloe Civic Centre.

Over the past few summers Juliana, aka Bossa Nova Baby, has performed Sunset Songs in North Cottesloe. This year she will add a Latin jazz lilt to the family event, welcoming everyone with some summer samba and Christmas-inspired bossa nova before the conventional carols.

“The idea and invitation came after my Australian citizenship ceremony at

Cottesloe Civic Centre in September this year,” said Brazilian-born Juliana.

award-winning female harmony chorus A Cappella West.

North Cottesloe Primary School vocal ensemble with students from Year 4, 5 and 6 will lead the carols.

Take a rug or low chair and enjoy the setting sun with a BYO picnic or grab something from one of the food trucks on offer.

Fresh Bread, Rolls, Cakes, Hot Pies, Doughnuts, Tarts, Coffee and more.

“I love the idea, it is a beautiful way to celebrate Christmas, our multicultural community, and to say thank you to Perth and Cottesloe for always being so inspiring and welcoming.”

Carols by Candlelight on the main lawn at the Civic Centre will include the Salvation Army Perth Fortress brass band and

Visitors can also donate non-perishable food items, unwrapped gifts or a gold coin to the Salvation Army’s Christmas Appeal. The Salvos provide food hampers and gifts to families needing assistance at this time of year.

■ Cottesloe’s Carols by Candlelight is next Saturday, December 7. Gates open at 5.30pm and Juliana will perform from 6.30pm before the traditional carols and music.

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★ Bossa Nova Baby, Juliana Areias kicks off summer with the samba.

A Bogan take on the classic tale

There will be no snow, no rattling chains, no sad turkey and no Dickensian poverty in a new version of the familiar tale of A Christmas Carol.

A new “bogan” version of the Christmas story is set in the sunny climes of Perth and poverty comes from a greedy, money-grabbing landlord, Ebenezer Scrooge, who says of the fun festive holiday: “Bah Hum-bugger off!”

After nine years of soldout Bogan Shakespeare shows at Fringe, Bogan Literature has created a new, yet familiar, holiday spectacle, A Bogan Christmas Carol, at Subiaco Arts Centre.

Delicious divas delight

DivaLicious sopranos Penny Shaw from Fremantle and Fiona Cooper Smyth from Nedlands are getting ready for an afternoon of festive fun.

Known for their duelling diva antics, stunning vocals and divine dresses, DivaLicious: Baubles and Bubbles! promises a

show of operatic drama, heavenly harmonies, and Christmas classics with a cheeky twist.

Having performed at Sydney Opera House, appeared on Australia’s Got Talent and won a Best Cabaret award at Fringe World early this year, the divas’ beautiful voices

and comedic talents have delighted audiences and converted non-operagoers into fans over the years.

Now they are taking their cabaret and opera hits to Perth’s newest hightech hotspot, Venue 360 in Burswood with state-ofthe-art tech, LED visuals and double-ring revolving stage.

“I just hope we don’t fall off!” Penny said.

Titivate the tinsel, buff up the baubles, and pop your corks as the delightful divas perform for just one show at 3pm on Sunday December 8, Venue 360, 20 Thorogood Street, Burswood.

■ Book through Humanitix.com.

Dean Lovatt is the founder and producer of BS Productions, writing, directing and performing in the award-winning Bogan series which began with local Aussie versions of Shakespeare’s classics including Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Hamlet, Julius Caesar and King Lear.

Bogan Shakespeare evolved into Bogan Literature as Dean expanded into Aussie adaptations of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, and now the Dickens classic.

“This version is less of a bogan stereotype and more of a traditional WA Christmas,” Dean said.

“From Dad at the barbecue in an apron, seafood and the last-minute frantic search for the last honey ham, to the anticipation of the annual Lynx gift pack

from Aunt Linda – which I actually got every year and cherished – it captures the unique quirks and traditions of the Aussie family Christmas.

“We thought long and hard about who the rich villain should be, floated the idea of Clive Palmer, but then decided that right now the greatest enemy of the people is the WA landlord.”

Landlord Ebenezer will

be faced with the literal and figurative ghosts of his past, present and future and asked the age-old question: “Mate, why are you always acting like such a prick?”

■ The special Bogan Christmas Carol performs at Subiaco Arts Centre from December 4 to 21. Book through artsculturetrust.wa.gov. au.

★ Dean Lovatt adapts the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Tale into a traditional WA sunny family Christmas shadowed by an evil landlord.

★ Christmas classics with a twist for divas

Smyth and Penny Shaw.

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Staff and councillors were given very tight deadlines to make a submission to the WAPC, which is the decisionmaker, not the council.

“The applicant has conditions that allow them to do updates at any time under the Part 17 path.”

Despite the efforts made by the council, the two tall towers will be considered by state government planners just weeks before the local council votes on its Precinct Structure Plan rules that conflict with the new project.

The structure plan will likely be approved for public comment at Cottesloe’s December meeting, while Peppermint Grove council’s input into the same plan is also imminent.

But the timing blip means that the Cottesloe plans for its central business district are unlikely to be taken into account by the WA Planning Commission when it considers them.

Meanwhile, the council will submit a list of reasons for not supporting the develop-

ment containing apartments, shops and a hotel (Flood fear for Cottesloe, POST, November 23).

The objections include:

• Its Village Precinct Structure Plan is in its final approval stages.

• The building height and massing will have a significant detrimental effect on the area, due to overshadowing of Napoleon Street during winter. Its height is considerably higher than the current controls of its local planning scheme.

• The built form and scale will be overbearing on the character of the area, including the heritage Albion Hotel, and inconsistent with the residential design codes.

• The design does not comply with height, separation or tree retention policies. Two healthy mature trees will be removed.

• Lane and street access points for cars are shown, when only the lane is permitted.

• A shortfall of 17 on-site visitor bays, plus a 165-car shortfall of non-residential uses. Stormwater is shown as being disposed of in tanks under the street which is not approved by the council.

West Leederville attacker

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about being caught and considered killing the woman, before being interrupted by a passer-by”.

Dr Wojnarowska said he did not express any remorse or empathy for his victim, nor did it appear that he fully appreciated the implications that a murder

charge would have for him or the victim.

But she recommended that Warmdean be released last year, saying that his risk could be managed in the community subject to a supervision order.

Warmdean received NDIS funding for 24-hour, seven-daya-week mental health support while in jail.

Planet Basil’s world at war

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If not, the poll would be leaked to the media.

Ms Mettam said she took the poll details to a professional pollster who said some of the questions were “flawed and clearly biased” – loaded to give a result favourable to Mr Zempilas.

She stood her ground, but last Monday night she learned that someone had carried out the threat and given the polling to the newspaper Mr Zempilas writes for, The West Australian.

The newspaper duly splashed the results on its front page under the heading “POLL CRISIS CRUELS LIBBY’.

Ms Mettam got straight onto the front foot. Next morning she fronted ABC Radio. She said she had no idea who commissioned the poll, only that it was anonymous business people. She told how she was being pressured to step down.

She called the people behind the poll “cowards in the shadows”.

That morning, she fronted a meeting of her fellow Liberal members at Parliament House and challenged anyone to move a motion of no confidence against her. Nobody did, and Ms Mettam survived.

There it could all have ended, except that the media had many questions for Basil Zempilas. Was he involved in a plot? Who commissioned the polling? When did he first become aware of it? Was he aware of the pressure being exerted on Ms Mettam apparently on his behalf?

On Tuesday afternoon Mr Zempilas emphatically denied any involvement or background knowledge until he read it in a

Mr Zempilas did not answer directly questions from the POST about whether Mr Sinclair was his campaign manager for the contest for Churchlands.

“I really have said everything there was to say yesterday (Tuesday),” he said.

The AFR also reported that Ben Small, the Liberal candidate for the federal south-west seat of Forrest, had confirmed

Churchlands are mugs – [that] they are idiots,” he said. On Thursday it was confirmed that Mr Sinclair was Mr Zempilas’s campaign manager for the seat of Churchlands. He expressed “deep regret” for not alerting the party to his possible conflict of interest for his role in the polling, and confirmed that he had “stepped aside” from the Zempilas campaign.

Basil Zempilas and former premier Colin Barnett open the Churchlands candidate’s electoral office in Wembley.

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Churchlands bush tidy-up

Bring gardening gloves, sturdy shoes, a hat, drinking water and the kids to spruce up Churchlands bushland this Sunday, December 1, from 8am.

The clean-up is organised by the Save Churchlands Bushland volunteer group, which is working to raise awareness about threats to the bushland by a proposed road project.

Members of the public are invited to meet on the corner of Coneflower Corner and Paperheath Parade.

For more information go to churchlandsbushland.com.

Meet the Ukraine ambassador

The Australian Institute of International Affairs for WA (AIIAWA) will hold An Evening with the Ambassador of Ukraine to Australia at UWA on Monday, December 2, from 6pm. Ambassador Vasyl Myroshnychenko will be guest speaker, and answer questions from the audience.

Tickets are $10 for AIIAWA members and $20 for non-members, available online by going to aiiawa.glueup.com and scrolling down to “Events”.

The talk will be in the Ashburton Room at Forrest Hall, 21 Hackett Drive, Crawley.

Freestyle your look with free style tips

Lovers of fine clothing at bargain prices are invited to the Solaris Cancer Care Op Shop in Cottesloe next Saturday morning, December 7.

They’ll find not only the store’s usual quality, pre-loved clothing for sale, but also a 20% discount on individually priced items –and free styling advice from Eco Stylist Loraine Martin.

Loraine said many people felt overwhelmed in op shops and struggled to find their treasures.

“So the day will be an opportunity for anyone looking for a special festive piece, or just a bargain designer piece, to work with a trained stylist to find their pieces and nail their looks,” she said.

She works closely with the Solaris Cancer Care Op Shop to help people learn more about how to shop sustainably to minimise textile waste and save on landfill.

“I can also prove how stylish you can be sustainably, via the amazing pre-loved donations that the centre receives,” she said.

Money from Op Shop sales went directly to providing support services for people living with cancer.

Christmas was not a happy time for everyone, so shops such

as the Solaris Cancer Care Op Shop gave shoppers the opportunity to support those who may be going through a diffi

Loraine said the Solaris shop was renowned for the donations of quality designer clothing it received, most of which sold for a fraction of the original purchase price.

“I would love to show you some of the amazing donations that the store has to offer and raise some awareness of the Solaris Cancer Care Centre and the Op Shop,” she said.

The shop is at 80 Railway Street, Cottesloe. It is open Monday to Friday 9.30am to 4pm.

Next Saturday it will be open from 9.30am to 1.30pm, offering a 20% discount on individually priced clothing, shoes and other items.

For more information phone the op shop on 9384 3544, email opshop@solariscancercare.org. au or email Loraine Martin on lorainem@iinet.net.au.

RIGHT: Loraine Martin wears a Lisa Brown silk dress she bought from the Solaris Cancer Care Op Shop last year. It was brand new with a $599 tag on it. She paid $45 for the gown and dyed it.

A red tailed cockatoo at Churchlands bushland.

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Celebrate with St Aidan’s

Treats for your ears and your Christmas table will be offered at St Aidan’s Uniting Church in Claremont next Sunday, December 8.

St Aidan’s is hosting “An Evening of Christmas Music and Carols” from 5 to 6pm.

Before the concert, from 4pm, there will be a Christmas stall of homemade treats. A light supper will be served after the concert.

Entry is by a $20 donation.

St Aidan’s is at 26 Princess Road, Claremont.

The Christmas service will feature Tim Chapman on organ and piano, soprano Alex Yew and oboist Maia Annells.

Kids cook up a sweet idea

A charity that works to house the homeless is about to receive a kind donation from a group of Floreat children.

The kids, all in Year 6, organised a bake sale on November 24 to benefit Shelter WA.

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goodies, and raised more than $350.

Proud mum Victoria Levadoux said: “Many people from the community came and supported the initiative.

“The kids were very grateful for all the support.”

Rest your mind

A workshop offered by the Emotional Intelligence Society of Australia will be held on Tuesday evening, December 3. The interactive session entitled Unwrapping the Tension at Holiday Time will be led by occupational therapist Kate Keisler.

Gain insight into how our nervous system affects stress. The workshop will be 5.30 to 8.30pm at Hollywood Bowls Club, 42 Smyth Road, Nedlands. Tickets $30. For more information visit eisa.org.au.

The swimming season is now in full swing at the Subiaco Primary School community pool.

While the school uses the pool for swimming lessons, training and carnivals, it also opens the pool to the community for the summer season, through to March 8. It can be booked for pool parties.

Pool committee member Peter Schwarzbach said Subiaco Primary was blessed

to have a beautiful pool for use by the whole community, where lifeguards were always watching.

The pool was funded and run by the Subiaco PS Parents and Citizens Association with sponsorship from the City of Subiaco.

For more information, including opening hours, go to subiacops.wa.edu.au and click on the “Community” tab in the menu at top right, or email pool@subiprimarypc. com.au.

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Wembley women’s footy is kicking off

Women wanting to give Australian Rules a try are invited to the Wembley Football Club’s come-and-try day on Saturday December 7, from 10am.

Team captain and former West Coast Eagles player Parris Laurie said the come-and-try day was “about giving AFL a go, doing a training session and meeting players and coaches”.

“We really want to show that playing football is fun and a great way to make new friends,” she said. The club has two women’s teams.

The senior women’s team began its first season in 2021, playing in the Perth Football League C Grade competition and winning the grand final. They went on to win the B Grade, and then back-to-back A Grade grand finals the next three years, so the second team was formed on the back of that success.

Three Wembley players – Amy Mulholland, Megan Kauffman and Joanne Cregg – have been drafted by the Fremantle Dockers.

Coaches Clint Johnson and Travis Austen said the second team was of benefit to those playing AFL for the first time. It provided a safe environment in which to learn new skills, have some fun, and make friends. Those who picked up the game quickly could push for selection in the top team.

On December 7 head to Pat Goodridge Reserve (off Selby Street) in Jolimont. Bring runners and a water bottle. For more information phone Clint on 0412 777 985.

Shenton history students look back for

Four history students from Shenton College were recognised recently with prestigious honours.

Leila Glass and Bella Le of Year 11, Chloe O’Donoghue of Year 10, and Year 8 student Zephyr Thomas received state or national level recognition.

Next year Leila and Bella will travel to Japan with the Premier’s Anzac tour to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.

Each year since 2004, the tour has given 10 WA students the opportunity to travel to reflect on the Anzac legacy and its

significance in modern history. Zephyr Thomas excelled in the National History Challenge and was named State Young Historian as well as National Young Historian in the Year 8 category.

Zephyr’s essay examined how religion influenced medical practices and social responses to the Black Death. He flew to Canberra to receive his prize at Parliament House.

Chloe O’Donoghue was named the National History Challenge’s Young Historian in the Year 10 category after studying what became known as the Great Emu War.

From left Chloe O’Donoghue, Zephyr Thomas, Leila Glass and Bella Le.

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Teachers thrown a special thank-you

Dalkeith Primary School celebrated World Teacher’s Day in style on Friday, October 26.

Children in the school’s Baha’i class thanked their teachers for their hard work with a special morning tea.

Shandeez Lewis, who teaches at the school and is a member of the Nedlands Baha’i community, said teachers not only instilled students with knowl-

edge and skills but nurtured them to be compassionate, responsible and honest citizens.

She said the students sang a song at the morning tea, which was provided by the Nedlands Baha’i community.

The United Nations started World Teachers’ Day in 1994.

RIGHT: Dalkeith Primary School staff about to enjoy the World Teacher’s Day morning tea.

Get ready for Subiaco’s sunset concerts

Mark your calendars now for six Sunset at Subi concerts from Sunday December

through to February 9 at Lake Jualbup or Market Square from 6 to 8pm.

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The last show, on February 9, will feature the tribute band Dusty Springfield and the 60s Chics at Market Square.

For more information go to subiaco.wa.gov.au/concerts.

Shane’s art shines in new gallery

A Shenton Park gallery is to open for the first time this Saturday, November 30, from 10am to 3pm.

The launch of the Alinea Gallery at 4 Orton Road will also feature its inaugural exhibition – by Shane O’Connor, also of Shenton Park.

Shane is a quadriplegic who has been producing awardwinning art for some time. His exhibition will run until December 19.

Between December 2 and 4 there will also be three halfday workshops at the gallery, where people with disability will be getting creative with artist Gill Treichel.

For more information contact Fran Wallis 9381 0173.

For more information about Alinea go to www.alinea.org.au.

Shenton Park artist Shane O’Connor, left.

Don’t miss the Roaring 20s Jazz Orchestra live in concert in Subiaco this summer.

Too old or fat to play footy? Nah

The Wembley Veterans Football Club says you’re never too old, too slow or too fat to play footy.

The club is calling on locals to join in the annual pre-Christmas program of AFL9s on Wednesdays at 6pm, when nine-player teams compete on a smaller field.

Club president Steve Chidgzey said AFL9s was a fun and more free-flowing version of the game.

“AFL9s is also high-tempo ‘touch football’ with no tackling or bumping, making it a great appetiser for folks looking to get back into Aussie Rules, for those wanting to try the game for the first time, or even just get a little bit fitter,” he said.

“We have guys of all skill levels, experience and ages ranging from 35 to over 60.

“The games are played in great spirit and are a fantastic way to regain some fitness leading into the festive season, but the camaraderie and social aspects are just as important.”

Wembley Vets are celebrating their 40-year anniversary in 2025. Join in the pre-Christmas AFL9s at 6pm each Wednesday until December 18 at Wembley Sports Park (next to Pat Goodridge Reserve) on Selby Street, Jolimont.

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no set teams or training required.

Wembley Vets are also seeking new players for their three age-based teams ahead of the 2025 AFL Masters season from April to August, with pre-season training from February. For more information email contact@wembleyvets.com.au or visit wembleyvets.com.au.

Back on the field … Players from 35 to over 60 years are invited to join Wembley Vets.

Local students win gold in Maths Olympics

Perth Modern School and Christ Church Grammar School students have taken out the top individual and teams prizes in WA’s Maths Olympiad hosted by the University of Western Australia.

Mark Lee, from Perth Modern School, was the most outstanding Year 9 student and the competition’s overall winner.

Perth Mod’s Terry Li was the most outstanding in Year 8 student.

Sally Huang, also from Perth Mod, tied with Lucas Feng from Christ Church Grammar School as most outstanding Year 7 student.

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The Western Australian Planning Commission is seeking public comment on a significant development application for a student accommodation facility of 19 storeys with 440 rooms and associated amenities, a retail tenancy and basement parking at 37-43 Stirling Highway, Nedlands.

The application can be viewed at haveyoursay.dplh.wa.gov.au/nedlandsstudentaccomm/ or in person by appointment at the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage, Level 2, 140 William Street, Perth. Contact SDAUconsultation@dplh.wa.gov.au or 6551 9450 for an appointment.

Submissions can be made online or posted to: Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage, State Development Assessment Unit, Locked Bag 2506, Perth WA 6001. Submissions close 23 December 2024. Late submissions may not be accepted.

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The Western Australian Planning Commission is seeking public comment on a significant development application for a three-storey building with nine apartments, basement parking and landscaping at 8 Bindaring Parade, Claremont.

The application can be viewed at haveyoursay.dplh.wa.gov.au/bindaringaparts/ or in person by appointment at the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage, Level 2, 140 William Street, Perth. Contact SDAUconsultation@dplh.wa.gov.au or 6551 9450 to arrange a time. Hard copies of consultation documents can also be viewed by appointment at the Town of Claremont offices, 308 Stirling Highway, Claremont, 8.30am-5pm weekdays. Call the planning department on 9285 4300 to arrange a time. Please note both offices will be closed during the holiday period.

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Perth Modern School’s teams won Most Outstanding at every year level.

The Year 9 team was made up of Mark Lee, Cassie Lee, Angela Huang and Tiger Varol.

The Year 8 team was Ashvin Balavignan, Victor Chen, Shayan Islam and Ethan Ang; and most outstanding Year 7 team was Grace Zhu, Zicheng Wang, Thomas Yuchen Kong, and Sally Huang. Winners were recognised at UWA on October 19.

The competition bans the use of calculators and this year attracted close to 500 individuals and 116 teams from 22 schools.

Scout leaders retire after

25 years of adventures

Felicity and Brett Chivers are hanging up their scarves after a quarter of a century of service to the Cambridge Scout Group.

The couple will retire from the group, based at Perry Lakes, at the end of this year to travel and spend more time with their grandchildren.

Felicity began volunteering with the Cambridge Scouts 25 years ago to support her children and has led weekly sessions for the Joey section of kids aged five to seven years ever since.

Two years later Brett, whose Scout name is Cracker, followed suit, eventually leading every age group and becoming group leader – which involved managing the organisation.

Together they have overseen the formative years of more than 1000 local children.

Scouting is a global movement that promotes selfconfidence and community involvement in young people through outdoor adventure and informal education.

Before the COVID pandemic the Cambridge Scout Group had 150 youth members and a three-year waiting list.

Robin Archer, a leader with the Cambridge Scout Group for 11 years, said Brett and Felicity were the group’s backbone.

“Together, over 25 years, they would have contributed 10,000 volunteer hours to help our youth,” he said.

Brett said he and Felicity had loved their time with the

many amazing adult leaders and helpers.

Together, over 25 years, they would have contributed 10,000 volunteer hours to help our youth

“From our weekly activities to numerous Scout camps, jamborees, many hikes including Tasmania’s Overland Track with six Venturers and of course our local Bibbulmun Track, we’ve been able to share many experiences with our fantastic youth members.”

The Cambridge Scout Group is now seeking a Joey leader

A parent committee has been set up to support the future group leader by managing membership, treasury, hall and equipment maintenance, and council liaison.

“Brett and Felicity have made an amazing contribution to countless young people and will be deeply missed,” Robin said.

From left Courtney Marchesi, Angela Huang, Tiger Varol, Mark Lee, Cassie Lee and Jack Bana.

Cambridge Scout Group leaders Felicity and Brett Chivers will be deeply missed.

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The Charlesworth Ballet School and Youth Ballet WA are bringing The Nutcracker to life in Mosman Park with a special matinee performance for seniors on December 18.

The matinee will offer tickets at the reduced price of $25, and include a panel discussion with Terri Charlesworth, Youth Ballet WA teacher Liam Blair, and Youth Ballet WA founder and Charlesworth Ballet School director Sonya Shepherd, who is Terri’s daughter.

Terri’s celebrated career has spanned many decades.

She is a former professional dancer and a founder and major contributor to the Australian dance

sector, who has inspired generations of young dancers.

Blair was lead choreographer for this production of The Nutcracker, bringing fresh creativity and technical expertise to the beloved holiday show.

Get cracking for seniors’ Nutcracker tickkets

The seniors’ performance will be at the Joy Shepherd Performing Arts Centre at St Hilda’s Anglican School for Girls, Bay View Terrace, Mosman Park, at 2pm on Wednesday December 18.

For more information and to book tickets visit trybooking.com and search “The Nutcracker – Seniors Community Event”.

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Society marks 20 years of cancer care

More than 130 guests gathered at the Parmelia Hilton Hotel recently to celebrate the 20-year anniversary of the Clive Deverall Society.

The society was set up to recognise and thank those who included a gift in their will to Cancer Council WA, which is based in Subiaco.

Cancer Council WA CEO Ashley Reid said the compassion, foresight, and generosity of the society’s members had shaped the future of cancer care in WA.

“As we celebrate 20 years of the Clive Deverall Society, we honour the

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Well done to Don and Peter Leeson on playing in the finals of the State over-60s pairs.

Keep it up, ladies pennants players. Four points

Winners on Wednesday November 20 were Phil Werrett, Cliff Racey and Christine Savage.

On Friday November 22 the winners were Annie Warrender and Sandra Hogben, and the runnersup Denise Davis and Val

Winners on Saturday were P. Lee, S. Parsons and B. Dick. Runners-up were a tie between G. Boyd and P. Kanganas, and T. Lee and J Medhat.

The ladies’ triples are being played now. The men’s fours start this Sunday, December 1 Book now for Christmas dinner on December 13.

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Thursday pennants on November 21 were once again disappointing with only 1st Division returning a meaningful result of four points, 2nd Division managing just one point and 4th Division none.

Saturday was a much better effort with 1st Division achieving the maximum eight points and 3rd Division seven points. Unfortunately, 5th Division were soundly beaten in their away game

Hollywood hosted Osborne Park for ladies pennants on Tuesday November 19. Anne Ormsby, Jean nine Millsteed, Thera Howat and Betsy Tapley lost 19-29 and Trish Pianta, Lesley Langley, Dot Leeson and Usha Nigam lost 17-27.

On Thursday November 21 2Gold hosted Wanneroo. Peter Hiatt, Milton Byass, George Sterpini and Tony Byrne lost their last end to go down 17-18. David Lindsay, Jim West, Peter Imms and Glen Morey lost 16-29, and Brian Marsland,

Palmer, Dave Leeson, Phil Hobbs and Wally Graham lost 10-31; and Mike Eginton, Mick Canci, Paul Scales and Jim West went down 20-26.

Sunday Scroungers saw Phil Hobbs defeat David Leeson 13-11.

The big event at the top of the hill last week was the start of work to convert one of our grass greens into a synthetic surface. It’s a big, expensive job but more than welcome.

With the number of greens being reduced,

Society was founded in 2004 and named after a former Cancer Council rmly believed in the power of community to change the course of cancer, and it was with that same spirit that the society tablished,” Mr Reid said.

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1 Blue ladies Saturday team had to play away at Wanneroo instead of at home on November 23. They came away with three points, so that was

There were varying results but 4th Division Red had a great win away against Kwinana, gaining seven points. Fifth Division purple were allowed six points from a

All the ladies’ Tuesday teams had wins: Premier 6 points against Warwick. 1 White gained four points at Vic Park and 2nd Division Blue gained six The best midweek men’s team was 5th Division gaining five points at

The club is holding a community Christmas party on Sunday December Mahjong is played at the club on Thursdays at 9am. All welcome

Members enjoyed a relaxing afternoon of social petanque last Saturday, November 23. This Saturday, November 30, another round of the President’s Cup will be played. Visitors are welcome on Saturdays and Wednesdays. Go to www. petanque-subiaco.com or Facebook pages for details.

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Kwinana big battery set for summer

By Nadia Budihardjo

Western Australia’s second big battery is on track to be switched on by Christmas, following the recent completion of the $661million project.

The second stage of Synergy’s Kwinana Battery Energy Storage system comprises 288 shipping container-sized battery modules and 72 inverter units.

It has a capacity of 200 megawatts and 800MW of

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storage, being connected to the South West Interconnected System.

Synergy chief executive David Fyfe said the project was delivered within a few weeks of schedule.

“Our coal-fired power stations are getting utilised less than thirty per cent now, so they’ve

been naturally displaced by the uptake of solar, and these batteries will play a unique role in the system,” he said.

Marking the completion of the Kwinana Stage 2 battery storage, Energy Minister Reece Whitby said the infrastructure would be able to power about 370,000 homes.

North-West salt projects primed for expansion

By Tom Zaunmayr

The entry of a new player to the North-West’s salt business is a sign of growth potential in a sector dominated by two companies for almost 20 years.

In September, Kerry Stokes-backed BCI Minerals received federal approval for a salt project near Karratha with planned output of 5.35 million tonnes a year.

BCI’s $1.4billion Mardie Salt has been plagued by cost blowouts and the implosion of the local potash sector but is already significantly developed and expects to be

exporting by late 2027. It is one of three projects of a similar size pushed by major salt players in the region.

Combined, the new projects would double the North-West’s salt annual output to about 28million tonnes.

Current North-West salt exports come from two players.

Mitsui & Co runs salt mines in Onslow, purchased in 2006, and Useless Loop, Shark Bay, which together account for about four million tonnes a year.

Cole tapped for WAPC chair

By Claire Tyrrell

Emma Cole is set to be the new Western Australian Planning Commission chair, following the retirement of David Caddy at the end of the year.

Industry sources have revealed that the former City of Vincent mayor and current WAPC deputy chair has been selected for the position.

The department of planning, lands and heritage would not verify the appointment, but sources close to the planning body have confirmed it.

Ms Cole has spent more than four years on the WAPC, appointed as a commissioner in February 2020 while she was mayor.

She left the WAPC after stepping down from her role with the City of Vincent in late 2023, but was reappointed to the commission as deputy chair in mid-2024.

As WAPC chair, Ms Cole will have the authority to decide on development projects of state significance and advise the minister on planning matters.

Salt is being processed in Onslow.

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Rio Tinto is comfortably the bigger of the two, churning out 10.3mtpa from its Pilbara operations.

Rio Dampier Salt made revenue of $US199million in the 2023-24 financial year, which boiled down to a $US61million profit.

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Outgoing WAPC chairman Mr Caddy announced his retirement in September this year after six years in the role and five decades in the planning industry.

Caddy to join expanded EPA

Outgoing Western Australian Planning Commission chair David Caddy will join the board of the state’s environmental watchdog.

Mr Caddy will join the Environmental Protection Authority board, which has been expanded from five to nine members as part of the state government’s approvals system reforms. system and reduce delays in processing applications.

Synergy’s second Kwinana big battery is completed.

Emma Cole Photo: David Henry

David Caddy will join the EPA board, after his stint at the WAPC.

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Sidetripping down memory lane

Art photographer Simon Cowling is returning to the gallery space he used to exhibit in more than a decade ago.

Gallerist Norah Ohrt closed Perth Galleries in 2012 after 25 years. It was one of four major Perth galleries that closed around

that time.

Simon, who had been represented by Norah, this weekend returns to the empty space for a joint pop-up exhibition.

“For me this is something of a homecoming,” he said.

“I’m thrilled to not only have a beautiful space for my pictures but a lot of fond memories of the place as a gallery.”

Simon will be showing his favourite pictures from the last decade in conjunction with ceramics by his longtime friend Kerry Wells and jeweller Lynndy Young.

Grant a true believer in world of doubt

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Now that Hugh Grant has graduated from handsome ’90s king of the British romcom into looking, according to his Love Actually character, “increasingly like my Aunt Mildred”, he has been liberated from the shackles of typecasting.

With some creepy square-rimmed specs and an autumnal op-shop cardigan, Grant is clearly ready to embrace the dark side in Heretic, the latest horror offering from A24 –the studio best known for Midsommar (2019).

Simon calls his collection of images Sidetripping II, “for the simple reason that I had my first Sidetripping exhibition here at Perth Galleries”.

explained, was a termed coined by a New York photographer Charles Gatewood in the 1960s and referred to capturing moments that are often only glimpsed or barely seen.

“My work is observational, capturing the sort of thing you might notice out of the corner of your eye,” he said of his

My future mother-in-law is always putting me down. A few months after meeting me, she started nitpicking my weight.

I’m not fat, but I’m a size 16. My fiancé and I go to dinner with his parents a lot, and she contests everything I say, like she is the only one well-versed on any subject.

One night at dinner she asked for a takeaway container for food she couldn’t eat, but then

quirky urban landscapes which are strong on colour and composition.

■ The exhibition of photos, ceramics and jewellery will be on show at the currently-empty space at 92 Stirling Highway, Claremont, from December 6 to 15, from 10.30 am to 2.30pm and 4.30 to 6.30pm daily.

Grant’s capacity for turning on the bumbling British charm serves him well as Mr Reed, the small-town resident who welcomes two young Mormon missionaries, Sisters Barnes (Sophie Thatcher) and Paxton (Chloe East), into his home to attempt to convert him – along with the promise of his wife’s blueberry pie in the oven.

Of course, alarm bells are clanging because tropes abound: it’s a stormy afternoon, the house is creaky, and Mr Reed warns the missionaries there is metal in the walls – a burning red flag their phones won’t work.

What’s less expected is the way in which the avuncular Mr Reed

Dark tunnels and things that go bump in the night ’ ‘

dives right into religious doctrine with his own copy of The Book of Mormon. And, as he toys with them fiendishly, how the narrative embraces a knotty intellectual enquiry into the nature of faith.

Of course, Mr Reed’s high-minded dismantling of organised religion is in service of a horror movie we are all well familiar with. Entrapment, impossible choices, dark tunnels and things that go bump in the night.

Grant clearly relishes the psychotic tension, as he knowingly sings along to Radiohead’s Creep. And he is well matched by Thatcher and East, who dig past their characters’ ingrained politeness to embrace the dichotomy of faith and doubt.

Co-written and co-directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods (A Quiet Place), there’s nothing new in the duo’s arsenal of how to make audiences sweat.

Although the film descends Mr Reed’s dank stairs into the utterly absurd, its dark, wellresearched theological conundrums are at least a novel way into the genre.

And Grant is a sinister triumph.

placed it in front of me so it would look like I was the one carrying it out.

She also pretends I’m not a significant part of her son’s life, and she’s even insulted someone in my family in front of me. My fiancé says he will talk to her about it, but I doubt he will say what needs to be said. Noreen

Noreen, at first the issues here seem to involve common courtesy, respect for others, or even the need to turn the other cheek at times.

But at a base level, your future mother-inlaw wants the dominant position, and she wants you in the subordinate position. There are no excuses – cultural, social, or religious – to justify what she did at the dinner. It was an act of pure animal dominance.

The only choice is to

respond in kind. There is an old saying that a son’s a son ’til he takes him a wife, but a daughter’s a daughter all of her life. If the first part of that saying is true of your fiance, your mother-in-law will be a manageable problem of your marriage. If it is not true of your fiance, you will have a problem which grows worse year by year. If you let behaviour continue unchallenged, it will only grow worse.

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■ Mr Reed (Hugh Grant) dismantles ideas of organised religion as he toys with his Mormon guests.

■ Blue Sari by Simon Cowling

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■ A captured moment: Brougham, Pilbara.

Treasures in our midst – keyboards to sculpture

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In his Shenton Park home full of beautiful old pianos, Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Lancaster graciously acknowledged: “As a 70-year-old it seems I am recognised nationally as being the Grand Old Man of Fortepiano.”

He joins Cottesloe artistjeweller Dorothy Erickson among nine senior artists recognised as this year’s State Cultural Treasures. The State Cultural Treasures Awards (formerly State Living Treasures) acknowledge lifelong contributions by senior WA artists.

“It’s very nice to be thought of in that way,” Geoffrey said of being named a cultural treasure. “It’s very loving and rather wonderful, I think”.

Geoffrey is a pioneer of performance-led research and one of the world’s leading early keyboard specialists, having worked at the forefront of historical performance practice for 50 years as a pianist, orchestral director and music educator.

He spearheaded the collection of historically important keyboard instruments through the Founding Pianos Project at WAAPA, making Perth home to a priceless

collection of original instruments.

Cottesloe jeweller Dorothy Erickson said she had had quite a year, having started it with an Order of Australia for “services to jewellery design and the arts in WA” followed by a solo exhibition of new work Hesperia in Sydney and a retrospective at the Art Gallery of WA where she was presented with her Design Institute of Australia Hall of Fame Award.

Inspired by WA’s flora and landscapes, she said: “I’m proudest of taking our landscape to the world.”

She has exhibited in Australia, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas, and said her proudest moment was being invited to stage a solo exhibition of her Pilbara collection in Galerie am Graben in Vienna – one of the world’s top three jewellery galleries.

She and Geoffrey are

joined by Fremantle sculptor Tony Jones, guitarist Ray Walker, actor, writer and director Jenny Davis, abstract artist Trevor Vickers, artist and cultural knowledge keeper Peggy Griffiths-Madij, artist and senior Pintupi woman Katjarra Butler and Kimberley musician Peter Ghouse in being named cultural treasures.

The awards acknowledge

the ability of artists to engage, move, involve and entertain audiences, honouring their skill, imagination and originality.

“The clear connecting thread woven between these astonishing artists is a deep commitment to community and mentorship,” culture and arts minister David Templeman said.

Tony Jones is widely

celebrated for his iconic public artworks including Eliza, which stands in the Swan River at Crawley, and C.Y. O’Connor off Coogee Beach.

“Eliza is a work that has developed its own life,” Tony said of the clothing and signage often attached to her.

In 2013 Tony established the biennial Sculpture at Bathers to celebrate the talents of WA sculptors.

“I recognise this is a privilege and a bit of a legacy for a long time in the paddock,” he said of his cultural treasure status.

Self-taught guitarist Ray Walker has mastered so many different styles of music he is now regarded as one of the country’s finest musicians.

He has had a long association with the WA Symphony Orchestra, and ran the jazz program at WAAPA from 1984 until his retirement in 2017. From WA Youth Theatre Company to Agelink to Theatre 180, Jenny Davis has nurtured and supported and valued the young and the old through her memoir plays, classical adaptations and writing WA stories.

“I feel proud to be called a treasure,” she said. “It’s such a beautiful word to have – I treasure the fact that I’m a treasure.

“But really, it’s an award for the community you’ve worked with. You get awards because of what you’ve achieved with everybody else.”

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The Shots 2024 photography exhibition celebrates the diverse art of photography, from striking landscapes and captivating wildlife to innovative abstract art. The exhibition will run from this Saturday, November 30, to December 15 in the Moores Building, 46 Henry

Street, Fremantle, open daily from 9am to 4pm with a different exhibiting photographer present each day to share their creative process. Admission is free with a suggested gold coin donation for the artists.

■ ■ ■ Local artists are gathering for an open studio weekend

Painter Mary-Jane Malet, mixed-media ar tist Leone Broadhurst, and photographers Christine Backus and Elizabeth McPhee are showing their works in an Open House at 26 Willis Street, Mosman Park next Saturday, December 7 from 11am to 5pm and Sunday from 1 to 4pm.

■ Shenton Park musician Geoffrey Lancaster is delighted to be recognised as the Grand Old Man of Fortepiano.

Photo: Paul McGovern

■ Dorothy Erickson

■ Early birds, Freshwater Bay by Mary-Jane Malet. Right: Shots 2024: Morning Light by Max Maujean.

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Sylwestrzak from Woodlands are among

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Super-sized trophy home

This mega-mansion on a 2572sq.m site with ocean views is so vast a few families could share it.

There are nine bedrooms, six bathrooms, six living areas, two staircases and three kitchens in the sprawling home that wraps around a 78sq.m indoor pool.

It is one of the most unusual and extravagant homes in the beachside suburb, which has its fair share of both.

Property records show it was owned originally by a member of the Salim family, billionaires from Indonesia with interests in food, retail, timber, banking, hotels, property

In the 1990s, they bought up three adjoining properties between Windarra Drive and Taworri Way to create a private estate, with access from both streets.

They needed a Perth base while their son was studying at UWA. No expense was spared in building the house, with extensive timber, granite, chandeliers, a sunken lounge, bar and

From the street, it looks like just another mansion hidden behind mature palm trees and a secure fence.

What sets it apart from other trophy homes in the expensive street is the big front garden, which is like a mini-park.

Two separate driveways, one on each boundary, lead to a port cochere – a status symbol often seen in Peppermint Grove

Once the solid timber doors open, you almost need a map to find your way around the house with two separate wings.

A window in the hotellike foyer looks through to the bar on the other side, which in turn has a view of the central atrium and pool area.

The house has changed hands twice since the Salim family built it, including in 2022 when it went for $6.5million, Landgate shows.

Agent Vangelis Katsaitis said the $20million price tag reflected the growth in City Beach in the past two years, and was also based on land value.

“City Beach is highly undervalued,” Mr Katsaitis said.

The most recent sale in the neighbourhood was $5million for 12 Taworri Way, a four-bedroom and two-bathroom house on an 879sq.m site.

$300,000 WEMBLEY

13B/19 Herdsman Parade

Wembley’s “tiny home”, which used to be a deli at the apartment complex, last changed hands for $162,500 in 2021.

AGENT: Max Denn, KPR Real Estate. ■ ■ ■

$1.26million CLAREMONT

609/2 Bovell Lane

Shopping will be easy for the buyer of this twobedroom and two-bathroom apartment above Claremont Quarter.

AGENT: Rhonda Moore, Gordon Davies Real Estate.

Last year, 1 Taworri Way went for $4.9million, and this was a five-bedroom and five-bathroom house on 877sq.m.

Mr Katsaitis described 65-67 Windarra Drive as the largest coastal estate in the Perth metropolitan area.

He is marketing the property overseas, on the east coast and locally to buyers looking for a trophy home with a range of options.

“There is an opportunity to landbank for future generations, refurbish, build a new home that could accommodate a helipad and a couple of tennis courts, or apply to subdivide into three lots,” he said.

$2.3million COTTESLOE 4 Burt Street

This 1980s house, between Stirling Highway and Curtin Avenue, was sold in an online auction.

AGENT: Trent Vivian, Vivian’s Real Estate.

$3.27million SUBIACO

15 View Street

Behind the character facade is a renovated four bedroom three bathroom abode with a studio in the back garden.

AGENT: John Hunter, William Porteous Properties.

■ City Beach has never seen anything like this before – a nine-bedroom mansion on a triple-sized block, built by a billionaire Indonesian family in the 1990s.

■ The house wraps around a 78sq.m heated indoor pool.

“When it was built, it was the biggest indoor residential pool in Australia,” the agent said.

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Gill St Deli on the market

A corner store in Mosman Park has hit the market with a price guide of high $2millions. The 470sq.m property has basement storage, a one-bedroom apartment and a commercial space operating as the Gill St Deli. The shop comes with a five-year lease to Charlie and Natasha Galbally who have plenty of experience in the local hospitality scene (Pep’s Wine Bar and The Other Side Cafe). Agent Nick Holt said a corner store had been operating at 13 Gill Street since 1910. “It’s been a part of the community for a very long time,” Mr Holt said. “The corner store has adapted and grown with the community and will continue to do so well into the future with its new owner.” He said two lots were permitted on the R40 site. For more details, phone 0477 443 996.

Right back to the foundations

The Swanbourne house where the late WA Art Gallery director George Pitt Morison painted the famous Foundation of Perth for WA’s 1929 centenary celebrations has been demolished (Farewell to

■ “I always liked the look of it and it was my first long-term investment,” said the owner of this commercial property for sale in Gill Street, Mosman Park. It comes with three separate tenancies – the shop, basement storage and a one-bedroom apartment.

field of dreams, Sporting POST, September 14). Pitt Morison built the Fraser Street house on a 1518sq.m block in 1903 and lived there until he moved back to Melbourne not long before his death in 1946. The rickety wooden studio where he produced WA’s most famous painting was demolished in 1968 after being damaged in the earthquake that hit Meckering. Real estate agent Alexander James paid $3.3million for the site in 2020 and then subdivided it into two blocks.

■ A Business News rich-lister deemed this Mosman Park house worthy of a $10.9million spend.

Chipping Road has set a record for the long street, which adjoins a reserve and runs parallel to West Coast Highway. It was sold by Scott Swingler

Just two auctions, just one sale

It was a quiet weekend for auctions, with only two properties up for grabs. The only one to sell was 31 Webster Street, Nedlands, which went under the hammer for $2.7million. Agent Vivien Yap said four bidders competed for the 3x2 on a 1012sq.m site. “A local family from the same suburb bought it,” Ms Yap said. “They plan on doing a beautiful renovation.” In other

1 Pakenham Street, Fremantle

Deco design and luxury

ous building reminiscent of the beautiful art deco architecture seen in Miami, Florida.

Art deco design has influenced everything from bridges to buildings and ocean liners since it first appeared in Paris just before World War 1.

The curves, horizontal lines and nautical elements such as porthole windows also inspired architect Barry Baltinas when he designed Perth’s Miami apartments.

Mr Baltinas was given free rein to create a luxuri-

One of the best locations in West Perth was chosen –a big site adjoining Kings Park with no neighbour on its southern boundary.

Since it was built in 2001, the complex has attracted high-net-worth individuals looking for a private and secure bolthole close to Perth city.

There are five apartments in total, and each takes up a whole floor.

This apartment for sale, second from the top, is leased at $10,863 a month

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until January 17.

Agent Jody Fewster said the corporate tenants would like to extend their lease for two years.

“The apartment can be sold with tenants in place or with vacant possession,” Ms Fewster said.

Elegant curves are eve-

rywhere, from windows and doorways to kitchen cabinets and some walls.

In the kitchen, a long window with rounded corners frames a beautiful view of the trees in Kings Park.

The same elegant shape is mirrored in the bulkhead

above the kitchen bench.

One of the three bedrooms is almost a full circle, and it opens to a balcony with treetop views.

The small complex is big on communal facilities, including a heated infinity pool, a spa, sauna, gym and games room.

Only five apartments in complex Kings Park and city views

Agents scramble to get properties sold AUCTIONS

ext Saturday and Sunday, December 7 and 8, will be a bumper weekend for auctions with seven local properties scheduled to go under the hammer, Holidays for some pri-

is around the corner so agents are taking advantage of the window to sell before buyers switch off.

Agent Vivien Yap has five auctions next weekend – and there is a reason for the timing.

“December 7 is my dad’s birthday, and seven is our lucky number,” Ms

■ This block of four apartments in Broadway, Nedlands, is one of the top properties to be auctioned next weekend.

The following properties are up for auction next weekend:

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7

■ DALKEITH •9am: 57 Circe Circle, a renovated character home with five bedrooms and four bathrooms on a 1012sq.m site.

■ NEDLANDS •11am: 11 Lupin Hill Grove is a modern, two-storey home with four bedrooms and three bathrooms on a 709sq.m site. •1pm: 127 Broadway, a block of four apartments owned by a local doctor, property records show. The building with 2x1s is on an 880sq.m block between Broadway Fair Shopping Centre and the river.

Michelle Kerr is the agent.

■ SHENTON PARK •3pm: 83 Evans Street, a 3x2 limestone home on a 337sq.m site near Lake Jualbup.

■ WEMBLEY DOWNS •12.30pm: 17 Buntine Road, a 2020 home on an 809sq.m block. Peter Kasten is the agent.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8

■ NEDLANDS •2pm: 49 Clifton Street, a renovated 3x1 on a 455sq.m site.

■ WEMBLEY •2pm: 59A Lake Monger Drive spreads over three levels with seven bedrooms and six bathrooms. Dean Bradley is selling the 671sq.m property opposite Lake Monger/Galup.

■ Take your pick from views of the city or Kings Park.

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■ Curved windows in the kitchen frame spectacular views of trees.

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No-one would listen, and then it was murder

At home were Jennifer and 18 -year old Gretl, whose older sister had gone to the shops. Bombara demanded to see his wife and barged into the neat Petelczyc family home.

“While unpacking [at the new apartment], Mum received a call from her best friend Jenny. We heard Jenny telling her 18-year-old daughter to go and hide,” Ariel said.

“My father had turned up looking for Mum, and he didn’t believe her when she said Mum wasn’t there so he forced his way into their home.

“We heard Jenny say: ‘Mark, put the gun away.’” Gretl was texting her absent sister, imploring her to call police.

Ariel was also frantically

calling police as she and her mother listened in to the horror unfolding in Floreat.

Two gunshots rang through Mrs Bombara’s phone. Her best friend and her daughter were dead.

Jenny’s phone went silent.

Bombara then shot himself dead.

Neighbours clearly heard the gunshots. Within minutes the street was jammed with police, paramedics and their vehicles.

“I had fought for eight weeks against every person who tried to convince us we were overreacting,” Ariel said.

“The police who dismissed us, the people who said, ‘Oh, but he doesn’t rape you or hit you, so it can’t be that bad’.

“All I can ask is, do you

believe me now?” Ariel sounded a warning for people suffering from coercive control.

“My father was a dictator, and his coercive and controlling behaviours were constant,” she said.

“He was a master manipulator who would twist Mum’s words and gaslight her until she couldn’t trust her own mind.

“He kept her isolated from friends and family.”

Police have been conducting an internal investigation into what occurred before the tragedy.

• Advice and practical help is available. Women’s Domestic Violence Helpline: Free call 1800 007 339. In an emergency call 000.

Nina won gold with broken back

• From page 1

minted showing a portion of the Eiffel Tower at the centre.

“I think I’m still coming down off the excitement of the Olympics,” she said.

Cross words over pedestrian closure

“While public safety is paramount, the community do not want the pedestrian crossing closed.

“It is an important amenity for them.

“I’m also concerned that closing the crossing goes against efforts by the City of Subiaco to provide affordable parking for hospital staff and visitors and to ease parking challenges in the area.” All day parking along Stubbs Terrace – on the Daglish side of the tracks – was recently reduced to $5 by the council to help KEMH staff (Maternity workers face a ‘world of pain’, POST, October 19).

“For the first few nights I slept with the medal under my pillow.”

Nina was joined at PLC by another former student and Olympian, Jacqui Swick, who rowed in the women’s eight in Paris where the team finished fourth, the best result for an Australian women’s eight in Olympic history.

Every PLC student who met the champions had enjoyed

state or national success in their sports.

Principal Kate Begbie said these kinds of interactions helped the girls’ feel confident in their goals.

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“These meaningful interactions serve as goalposts for our students, helping them visualise their aspirations and navigate challenges with a sense of purpose,” she said.

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Club wants free hand

space but only 5% of residents are members, and the clubhouse should be upgraded to make it more accessible to the general public.

The council was examining three options to include as a condition of the club’s lease when it runs out in 2026.

All three would involve wrecking the new work proposed by the club.

The options are to gut the existing building and refurbish it, a total rebuild, or a refurbish with extensions.

The changes would allow more facilities such as a cafe/ restaurant and gym.

Ms Young said the council was keen to see the club succeed, and it was common ground that the clubrooms needed work, including providing universal access.

She said the club seemed to be working on a five to 10-year timeline, but depending on the final decision, the path could be significantly shorter.

The improvement now proposed by the club could be “sacrificial”, alienating club members when they found out their funds had been wasted.

“I really think that approving piecemeal work to the existing

Honey bids farewell

• From page 5

“Making a lot of money for a handful of property developers in my and nearby electorates is not and never will be the solution to our housing problem.

“We need more land made available in Perth.

“We need to stop this hyperfocus on turning Perth into a megacity and focus much more on allowing people to live safe and fulfilling lives in the rest of our vast state.

for their funds to be spent on a redevelopment project if it delivers a better clubhouse.

The council has revealed it gave Sea View Golf Club a grant of $48,000 for improvements to its clubhouse including the building of an access ramp for disabled people.

Back in 2017, the council voted to give the club $18,000 that the club said it needed for the ramp. plus $12,000 for disabled access to the upstairs toilet.

Neither was ever built, because the club said the prices quoted were $30,580 for the ramp and $183,600 for disabled access.

The club spent the money on other things on its list, including upgrading the kitchen, to the consternation of council staff at the time.

“Public funds have to be

but the council voted to rubberstamp the way the funds were spent.

As landlord, the council’s consent is needed for work at the golf course.

On Tuesday the council voted not to provide consent for the club’s development application to proceed to the WA Planning Commission for the refurbishment work.

After the meeting Mayor Young said the golf clubhouse is past its prime and in need of redevelopment.

“Members’ funds are derived from the rent-free use of a prime community asset representing 50% of Cottesloe’s public open space,” she said.

“How those funds are applied in improving the clubhouse is

“Property developers don’t like communities having a say in planning decisions.

“Their open contempt for councils, councillors and the communities having any say at all is plain for all to see whenever they broach this topic.

“While property developers may see themselves as the ascendant authorities on all things to do with planning, it is important to remember that their primary concern is their own profit.

“The local communities are the ones left to deal with the outcomes of poor planning decisions.

“All sides of politics must recognise the corrosive influence of property developers on our political processes and stand up for their constituents, not donors.”

Housing minister John Carey told a forum last month returning planning powers to local government would be a disaster.

areas by giving a say to local communities.

“They’re prioritising the perceived interests of a few loud voices in wealthy suburbs,” Mr Carey said.

“The Liberals are telling people they’re going to return power to local government. I can tell you that’s a disaster.”

Dr Honey had lived in Cottesloe for 30 years before entering parliament and pointed out that the suburb had around 50% more social housing than Rockingham and a “disproportionately large percentage of medium and high-density housing at 43% of total dwellings.”

This week was parliament’s final sitting week for the year.

The state election is scheduled for March 8 next year.

He said the Liberal and National parties were trying to win back seats in metropolitan

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EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST

Independent Community Member to sit on CEO Performance Review Committee

About the role

In accordance with Council’s decision of 23 July 2024 expressions of interest are being called on for an Independent Community Member to join the CEO Performance Review Committee.

It is anticipated that the CEO Performance Review Committee will operate until October 2025.

Applications to be the Independent Community Member to participate in the CEO Performance Review Committee, would be welcomed.

About the successful candidate

The Independent Community Member being sought will be a ratepayer, a resident or an elector of the City of Nedlands but cannot be current elected members or staff members of the local government.

the ability to participate in and constructively contribute your independent perspective to the process however the Independent Community Member will be encouraged to complete the CEO Performance Review Training Course run by WALGA on Tuesday 11 March 2025.

What we offer

The role is an honorary role with reimbursement of costs for training, travel and meals as applicable.

Additional details

Further details are available on the City’s Employment link on the City’s website at www. nedlands.wa.gov.au/council/work-with-us/careeropportunities.aspx including Guidelines for Local Government CEO Recruitment and Selection, Performance Review and Termination.

How to apply

Applications outlining interest and substantiating details of no more than 3 pages with the subject heading Independent Community Member for the CEO Performance Review Committee can be submitted online via the City of Nedlands website before 5pm AWST, Friday 20 December 2024.

of Governance Legal and Risk, Alyce Martin: 08 9273 3500 or amartin@nedlands.wa.gov.au

An impression of the proposed alterations to Sea View Golf Club.

This graphic from UWA’s 2020 Master Plan for the Crawley Campus shows a ferry jetty but no rowing club or water sports club.

Food for thought over sport funding

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John townsend

This is the time of year when WAFL football managers are exceptionally nervous.

No, they are not worried about their players getting into serious strife off the field. That happens so rarely that it barely registers on the social outrage scale.

And while they are committed to attracting and retaining the players who will underwrite their next premiership charge, the reality of AFL recruiting is that nothing can be guaranteed until the national league has its every last crack at the talent pool.

What is keeping the footy managers awake at night is their TPP, the Total Player Payment schedule that records the benefits paid to or on behalf of those players.

WAFL clubs could pay up to $245,000 this season and will match it next year. That’s about what the AFL’s biggest stars get in a month.

operations for a year or more.

The WAFL financial year ended last month, the individual returns have been lodged with the WA Football Commission, but for the managers, the over-

Most clubs have just one individual responsible for the salary cap. It sits alongside their equally onerous job descriptions to manage recruiting, coaching, football and ground operations, compliance and the numerous daily and weekly challenges that

running foul of head office for their own errors.

East Fremantle lost four premiership points this year –one game – after being sprung for their 2022 failure to record $18,903 in super payments, a sign-on fee and football boots as match awards.

Joel Renouf is the Sultan of Skim surfing

with cameron bedford-brown

Cottesloe skimboarder Joel Renouf gets a beaver call when he busts a grumpy for a steezy shove it, mellon-collie or suitcase drop.

For the uninitiated that means other skimboarders slap their boards in appreciation when Joel performs a manoeuvre well and lands it smoothly.

Fifteen-year-old Joel is taking great strides in his bid to become a top skimboarder, winning the under-17 and placing third in the semi-pro open divisions of the Exile Octoberfest at Newport Beach in California.

I couldn’t find a skimboarding term that describes getting tubed onto the sand so I’ve named this move by Joel the Burial, as opposed to the Aerial. Photo: Mike Sparks

Their penalty was only half that imposed on South Fremantle a year earlier for not recording $12,051 spent on a coach without required accreditation and a welfare payment to assist a player whose career was ended by a broken neck sustained during a match.

Now Perth (about $20,000 in unrecorded fringe benefit tax payments) and East Perth ($20,000 in legal fees for a player who recorded a match-day positive to a banned stimulant) are facing the draconian penalty of 12 premiership points being stripped from them next season.

If that happens, it is possible one or both of them will become the first club in the league’s 140 seasons to finish with negative points.

Allocating existing resources – rather than creating new ones – is the primary challenge in numerous walks of life.

There is enough food produced on the planet to feed every one of the eight billion individuals who inhabit it.

Yet one billion of them go hungry every day while numerous millions gorge themselves.

The food is not spread evenly, and never will be, which is why some people starve and others get fat.

The same applies in sport funding.

While Indian wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant is about to be paid $4.9million to bash sixes in the IPL, and a couple of dozen AFL players will receive at least $1million to get a kick in that league next year, their sports have to maintain a delicate balancing act to extract maximum value from their finite resources.

waged to balance the equation between the endless demands of the sport’s high profile top end and the needs of the battlers keeping the foundation of the game alive and thriving.

One person who has managed to extract a massive dose of cash for a vital project is former Australian wicketkeeper Ian Healy, who helped put together a $35million package to redevelop his Brisbane club Northern Suburbs.

Shaw Park is now the best equipped club cricket facility in the country, with three exquisite ovals all featuring television-quality lighting, and a breathtaking practice facility.

It has already hosted one Sheffield Shield match and is sure to hold more depending on what happens to the Gabba as the new Queensland government contemplates the infrastructure needed for the 2032 Olympics.

“We operated out of two dongas when I played here,” Healy told me during a recent trip to Brisbane. “It used to be the worst club ground in Brisbane; now it is the best in Australia.”

He said the project took 10 years of hard graft from conception to completion and needed a big stick at one point.

The Renouf name is well known around Cottesloe in the real estate world and Joel’s dad Jayson is a stylish surfer who carves up the waves.

Joel has been skimboarding for four years and was recently crowned Cottesloe Board Riders club champion in the under-17 division, without dropping a heat.

“I started skateboarding and one of my friends was skimboarding and he said why don’t you try this and I’ve been hooked on it ever since,” Joel said.

“Surfing is something I enjoy and helps me, but skimming is the thing I really like the most and want to continue pursuing and see where I can go with it.”

Joel is sponsored by the oldest skimboard manufacturer, Victoria Skimboards, and receives free boards sent over from America, as well as WA brand Mazorca wetsuits.

Skimboarding has a steep and painful learning curve, which often results in punishing tumbles on the sand.

Skimboards also have sharp edges, which Joel discovered after an incident at City Beach

when the wind blew his board into his head, resulting in five staples.

While skimboarding is not new in Australia it’s still an underground sport which has grown in popularity in recent years due to such amazing proponents as Americans Austin Keen and Blair Conklin.

“I definitely look up to Blair Conklin a lot, he’s a great ambassador for the sport and I got to meet him,” Joel said.

“I’m hoping to go back for the Vic comp in August next year and compete again at the Octoberfest.”

The WAFL football managers, who are having to do more and more with less and less, are on the front line as a war is

“Cricket Australia were dragging their feet and we had to threaten to go it alone and find the funding ourselves,” he said.

“They eventually got involved and backed us, now we have a magnificent asset that will bent the community for decades to come.”

Healy’s success indicates that while there might be enough resources to spread across the sporting landscape, the allocation depends on who is doing the asking. Like the planet’s food, there has never been a greater gap between the haves and have nots. And when it comes to getting a mouthful, it is who you know that counts.

Brad Dodd was a premiership football manager at East Fremantle before joining Perth recently.

Perth could start next season on negative points after a salary cap breach.

Ian Healy Oval at Shaw Park in Brisbane.

Former Docker Kepler Bradley runs Claremont’s football department.

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�There were so many different and hugely imaginative ideas this week, from angels and devils to imaginary animals, monsters and ghosts and cartoon characters like Elle’s despicable Gru and Sophie’s Pikachu.

In among a lot of ballpoint sketches, I was drawn to Naomi Denniss’s delicate and detailed pencil sketch of a cactus.

Naomi, 11, from Dalkeith, has just arrived in Perth from Hong Kong and this is her first entry into the competition.

She has used colour sparingly but effectively to highlight the rare dessert blossoms that pop out in this harsh climate.

Our other winner is Olivia Carr, 10, from Cottesloe, who has done

Get decorating

It is almost me to put up the Christmas tree. Here are a few ideas to add your own decora ons to make it a truly family a air:

Candy Canes

Green pipe cleaners and some Christmas-coloured beads can be transformed into stripey fun candy canes. Don’t shout about it, but this activity is great for practising fine motor skills, too!

Cut the pipe cleaners to size. Slide one bead to the end of a pipe cleaner, turning the end around the bead to keep it in place. Alternate red and white beads until the pipe cleaner is full.

Turn the end around the last bead, and bend into a candy cane shape to hang on the tree.

Hanging spiral Christmas tree

These spiral trees are a great chance to practise your scissor skills. Trace a spiral on a piece of coloured card.

Cut along the spiral line. Decorate with stickers, pompoms and glitter (nothing too heavy).

Use a hole-punch to make a small hole in the middle of the spiral ornament.

Thread the hole with a short piece of yarn and tie it into a loop and pull the spiral up.

Gingerbread friends

If you are handy with a needle, craft a couple of gingerbread friends by tracing gingerbread cookie cutter shapes onto felt. Cut out two silhouettes and sew together around the outside with a whipstitch. Leave space to push in a little stuffing and then close up. Decorate with buttons, yarn, and felt accessories.

a beautiful and colourful picture of two chubby chicks in their nest waiting for the worm their parent has just returned with. Keep up the great work – and don’t forget to use those coloured pencils!

Tongue Twisters

Flies fly but a fly flies.

Q. What story do ghosts like best at bedtime?

A. Ghoul-dilocks and the Three Scares!

Q. What do you call a gorilla with bananas in its ears?

A. Anything you like. It can’t hear you!

It’s a nice night for a white rice fight.

Q. What’s spotty, scary and has 16 wheels?

A. A four-legged monster on roller-skates!

Q. Why don’t elephants use computers?

A. They’re too afraid of the mouse!

Q. What do you get if you cross a monster with a pig?

A. Frankenswine!

Q. Why did the girl go to night school?

A. To learn how to read in the dark!

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