POST Newspapers 12 July 2025

Coup in Nedlands

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Sacked Nedlands mayor Fiona Argyle claimed to be the victim of a political conspiracy after the resignation of four councillors prompted Local Government Minister Hannah Beazley to dismiss the dysfunctional council.

Three independent commissioners will be appointed to run Nedlands as soon as Cabinet approves their selection.

Ms Argyle will remain as mayor until then but has been effectively stripped of her powers.

“It’s a political coup,” Ms Argyle told the POST.

“They got together and all decided to resign on the same day.

“I believe they were acting in concert with the government.”

These claims have been denied by those involved.

Councillor Ben Hodsdon said the resignations had been coordinated “to a certain degree” among the four councillors.

But he said he did not know until Monday whether the other councillors would follow his lead.

“I feel that they were consid-

ering it themselves anyway,” he said.

“Any outsider looking in would say it’s not functioning to the capacity that it should be.”

Ms Beazley flagged the sacking of the entire council on Monday night after the mutiny earlier in the day forced her hand.

Councillors Hodsdon, Noel Youngman, Hengameh Amiry and Fergus Bennett all submitted their resignations that left the troubled council without a quorum.

The departed councillors have all missed a string of meetings

Argyle rant reveals Neds reality

Anyone who heard Nedlands mayor Fiona Argyle’s radio interview on Monday night would understand why her council needed to be put out of its misery.

Given the opportunity to defend her leadership amid news that the entire council faced the sack, Ms Argyle worked herself into an incomprehensible lather for a citywide audience.

In her trademark streamof-consciousness style, she declared: “I am really a good mayor who is highly educated and works hard.

“If anyone says anything bad

about me, I will sue them.”

She went on to declare “everyone loves dying children” when asked about her dispute with the state government over the Swanbourne children’s hospice site, before loudly and repeatedly imploring ABC interviewer Geraldine Mellett to “think globally, act locally”.

“That is Class A Reserve, the most protected land in our

country,” she said. “Give it away to dying children?”

Ms Argyle spruiked the council’s efforts to win the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize – an urban design award primarily of interest to local government insiders and platinum frequent-flyers.

“I’m a globalised girl with almost three university degrees that can speak two languages,” Ms Argyle said. “I have done nothing but work really hard for that City.”

The bizarre fusillade of buzzwords, self-flattery and threats

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POST presses start on new era

Your copy of this week’s POST was printed on the newspaper press set up by this masthead with the support of local business people and other local independent newspapers.

their support in helping bring back some healthy competition to what was a one-printing-press town.

A mechanical glitch on its commissioning week meant that although two other suburban newspapers were successfully

able online.

“Start-up issues are to be expected for such an enormous challenge and change,” Mr Christian said.

“Our readers and advertisers have shown incredible goodwill, through dozens and dozens of messages of support and concern.

“It has highlighted how valued the printed paper is in our community.”

this year, causing many of them to be abandoned for lack of quorum.

“I can no longer continue to serve in a council environment that I believe is consistently toxic and dysfunctional,” wrote Mr Hodsdon, a council veteran of 23 years who was first to resign on Monday morning.

is considering running for Perth lord mayor.

And she believes her opposition to a council push for a 10% rate rise was the catalyst for the resignation of four councillors that prompted Local Government Minister Hannah Beazley to dismiss the council and appoint three commissioners.

“The constant infi of productive dialogue, bullying behaviours, weaponising [of] the code of conduct … and the unwillingness to address serious concerns have made it impossible to effectively represent the community.”

Mr Hodsdon’s term as councillor was set to end in October.

Ms Argyle, who was due to serve until 2027, pointed to the departed councillors as responsible for the dysfunction.

Mr Youngman and Ms Amiry both quit later in the morning, leaving the council with the legal minimum of five members after the government reduced the number of councillors from 12 to eight, two years ago.

The council finally collapsed a few hours later when Mr Bennett joined the exodus.

Councillors were paid $2000 for July last Friday.

“Sadly, it has become clear that the City and the council

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Ms Argyle was sceptical about the timing of the resignations, with Ben Hodsdon, Hengameh Amiry, Noel Youngman and Fergus Bennett quitting within a few hours of each other on Monday.

“They resigned in school holidays when I was overseas,” she said.

“They resigned on Monday, the first working day after Friday when they got paid for this month.

“They clearly got together and decided to resign one after another.

“It’s a political coup. It’s appalling behaviour.”

Ms Argyle said she believed some councillors turned on her when she opposed the push to raise rates by 9.5%.

“It really came to a head when that group wanted to put up the rates 9.5% and I insisted it be 3.6%,” she said.

“I’ve just tried so hard to be a good mayor for the people of Nedlands.

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One caller underlined the widespread concern.

“It’s like learning your best friend is in hospital,” she said.

The name of the new printing company emerged during discussions on the project’s risks after the only other printer in Mandurah shut down two years ago.

The turning point came when Mr Christian quoted Cervantes: “A faint heart never won a fair maiden”. Fair Maiden Printing was born, run by Louis Bailey: production@fairmaiden.com.au.

BEN DICKINSON

Free press … POST editor Bret Christian celebrates this week’s first new print-run.

Sacked Nedlands mayor Fiona Argyle

Hannah Beazley Ben Hodsdon Noel YoungmanHengameh Amiry Fergus Bennett Fiona Argyle

POST Opinion – BEN DICKINSON Ben Dickinson has covered Nedlands council meetings for the past 10 years

Gift that keeps on giving ...

Crucifying Nedlands council regarding the WA children’s hospice – what a big, beautiful media distraction for the State Government.

The gift that keeps on giving since 2020.

The Government continues to make and conflate scurrilous allegations against Nedlands regarding the hospice with its decision to appoint commissioners.

Non-Government members of the Legislative Council will soon have the opportunity to vote for the establishment of a Select Committee into Land Development and Planning.

The tabling of Nedlands council minutes and papers at such a committee will demonstrate beyond all doubt that the City has conducted itself as a model management body of A-Class reserves at all relevant times, particularly its decisions in relation to decisions it made regarding the children’s hospice.

The same cannot be said of the Government.

Peter Taranto Lynton Street, Swanbourne

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New beginning at Nedlands

It is not often that elected representatives who are being paid a stipend voluntarily resign their posts.

But that is what Ben Hodsdon (a very long serving councillor), Hengameh Amiry, Noel Youngman and Fergus Bennett have done. They should be commended by Nedlands residents and ratepayers for having done so because they have experienced and understood the total unsustainability of the council operations as they were.

The residents and ratepayers of

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Cat containment coming to Cottesloe

Cottesloe council’s resolution supporting cat containment (Cott drags feet on stay-home cats, POST, June 28) acknowledges shifts in community attitudes to responsible cat ownership.

It’s a credit to Cottesloe resident Joan Sharpe and the 729 residents who signed her petition.

Council didn’t support their call for the immediate development of a local law because, as things stand, a local law requiring cats to be under effective control in public places would be unenforceable.

It is understood that the minister responsible is planning changes to legislation to give local governments the power to contain cats.

Cottesloe would then develop a local law based on a template developed by the WA Local Government Association.

Or the minister may introduce a state law similar to the control provisions in the Dog Act. That would make individual local laws unnecessary.

The Cottesloe community is passionate about our natural environment.

Nedlands deserve better than the incompetence and dysfunction we have seen.

The four resigned councillors have taken a stance on principle, and that is rare.

With the appointment of commissioners, and eventually new elections for the whole council, the City has a chance for a new beginning and a new commitment to commonsense.

Bill Hassell Loneragan Street, Nedlands

But it also expects its council to deliver real outcomes. Using ratepayer funds to develop an unenforceable cat-containment local law would not meet those expectations.

Sorely missed

Alas, no POST last weekend resulted in a severe case of malnewstrition!!

(Jo-Jo) including other Broadleaf Weeds

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Lorraine Young Mayor, Town of Cottesloe

John Bell

Kyle Way, Claremont

Bush bandits strike again

By JACK MADDERN

Bush bandits have again stolen hundreds of newlyplanted shrubs from Buckland Hill.

It was the second time in a year that Mosman Park community groups saw their saplings uprooted.

Friends of Mosman Park Bushland and Friends of Bird Park planted 600 shrubs along the stretch of bushland off Stirling Highway and near the Buckland Hill entrance last month.

A Mosman Park resident walking on Sunday discovered 400 plants missing and another 180 pulled up and strewn in the area.

The same thing happened last December when 800

plants were trampled or stolen.

“We’re in shock and can’t believe that somebody has done it again,” FMPB convener Sue Conlan said.

“We’ve been planting all of June, so why did they pick that spot yet again?”

The community groups checked markets for tree sales but had no luck.

They hope CCTV footage might yield some results.

“It’s just so disappointing,” Ms Conlan said.

“We even had people beforehand offering suggestions on how to avoid this happening again.

“We’ve got to do something, put up a sign or some fencing for next time.”

Ms Conlan estimates the planting project cost $5000

with time dedicated by about 40 volunteers.

“We hoped to green that habitat for local wildlife, and if you plant a bunch of trees, it’s a lot less likely that some developer will pave the area over with concrete,” Ms Conlan said.

They replanted most of the 180 shrubs, though Ms Conlan feared they would not be able to claim insurance on the stolen ones.

They were also frustrated that no charges have been laid over the previous incident despite the thief being identified and their car licence plate recorded.

Fremantle police urged anyone with information to come forward.

Police said there was nothing to link the two incidents.

Shops lodge Xmas petition

Cottesloe shop owners pleading to preserve their peak Christmas trade have presented a petition to a developer about to demolish their Station Street shops.

The businesses in Station Street have been ordered to vacate by December 1, forcing them to miss their best trading month, devastating owners and leading to what they say will be an enormous impact on the community.

The WA Planning Commission approval of contentious 15 and 17-storey apartment towers on the site

will require a dozen local businesses to move out.

Claremont Drapers owner

Mary Gatica-Evans said the loss of small businesses would erase the heart and history of the local community.

“They’ve forgotten about humans, they’ve forgotten about loyalty,” the owner of the 111-year-old business said.

Ms Gatica-Evans urged developers Matt McNeilly and Leonie Baldock to allow the shops to remain open until January 1 so they could retain their Christmas trade.

The shops had been given notices to close every six

months for the past few years, leaving them in limbo.

“It’s really hard to run a business when you’re given six months and you don’t know whether you’re going to go on or you’re going to stop,” Ms Gatica-Evans said.

“The trouble is that they’re stopping us on December 1, before Christmas, we’re not even going to get Christmas trade.”

Krista Parolo, who has owned Scandi & co for three years, said a third of her business came during the December period.

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Owner fled dog attack

By JACK MADDERN

A vicious dog attack in North Fremantle has led to a woman pleading for the attacker’s owner to be held responsible.

A large dark brown and white american staffordshire terrier savaged Clancy, a 12-year-old kelpie, while Clancy was walking with owner Loz along the North Fremantle cliff on June 28.

“When I saw the (staffy) coming along the track, I retreated into the small park on Cypress Lane,” Loz said.

“I do not trust (staffies), a previous dog of mine was attacked by a (staffy) and the top of my finger had to be sewn back on.”

She said she asked the man walking the staffy to give them some space but he ignored the request.

She said the staffy then attacked without warning.

“The owner was not strong enough to pull him off as the dog was so big and determined,” Annie said.

“He was killing him and this guy couldn’t control his dog.”

They managed to get the dog off Clancy but Loz said the man, his dog and a young teenage girl accompanying them quickly left the scene.

“I yelled at him to stop and to give me his name and address, but he ignored me,” she said.

Clancy underwent surgery at Port City Emergency Vet with costs

totalling $2500. Loz said she was now too traumatised to go for walks with her dog.

She said the same man and dog lunged at a different dog and its owner walking along the path at the end of Rule Street.

“Any man who leaves a traumatised elderly female to deal with her old injured dog and racks off, surely cannot be trusted to do the right thing with his dangerous dog,” Loz said.

She is urging anyone with information about a dog matching the description to contact community safety officers at Fremantle council on 1300 360 666.

There have been numerous reports of dog attacks this year.

A woman mauled by a rottweiler at Lake Claremont in January required surgery for severe head injuries.

Sue Conlan, front right, and other local conservationists devastated by their planting efforts being sabotaged once again. Photo: Paul McGovern

the 12-year-old kelpie recovering from emergency surgery.

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Celebrating life in the fast lane

Jeff Williams and Maynard Inkster have spent the past decade in Britain building up their successful university enrolment tech company Enroly.

The former Floreat residents

LEFT: Floreat residents Maynard Inkster, left, Mia Minchinton, Christian Kennedy, Andrew Larsen, Richard Howe, Jeff Williams and Ian Inkster get into the Formula 1 spirit at Silverstone.

History repeats … In its edition of March 14, 1995, the POST reported that dysfunction and crises at the Nedlands City Council led Paul Omodei, then the Local Government minister, to issue his ultimatum to the council. Just after this front page was published, seven of the 12 councillors resigned, leading to the collapse of the council, just as happened this week at the same council. Commissioners back in 1995 then ran Nedlands until new elections were held.

sold the business recently and celebrated with a day out at the British Formula 1 Grand Prix at Silverstone.

They were joined by a group of friends and investors, as well as the POST, to watch Australian Oscar Piastri come second to his McLaren team-mate Lando Norris.

“Some of us are now based in the UK, others still live in Perth, though all of us originally grew

up in Floreat,” Jeff said.

“It was a celebration for Maynard and me after selling Enroly.”

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“I worked so hard on tree protection and the environment.

“I don’t take donations. I pay for a lot of things myself, awards and trees etc.

“Now the ratepayers have to pay for three commissioners.

“It will be a million dollars if they are there for a year.

“I might stand for lord mayor of Perth if this goes on.”

Ms Argyle said the minister had threatened in May to

FiFi for Lord Mayor?

dismiss Nedlands, but had refused to see her to discuss issues with the council.

“I tried to get a meeting with her to explain the background of problems within the council, both through her ministerial and electoral offices,” she said.

“She refused to meet me.

“I’ve been told nothing by the minister this week. No email. Nothing.”

Ms Argyle also said she suspected The West Australian newspaper was against her

Fiona Argyle

Whalebone Classic: Best weekend of the year

By RAELEY JONES

Get ready to feel the vibe.

From national surfing champions to rising local talent, the Whalebone Longboard Classic returns to Cottesloe this weekend for its 26th year, bringing together generations of surfers and a whole lot of community spirit.

The standout names include eight-time champion and Perth favourite Georgia Young, defending open men’s champion Jack Medland, and 23-year-old Aya Smith from Mt Claremont, who will surf in the open women’s division for just the second time.

For Georgia, who grew up surfing at Cottesloe, the event is more than just a comp, it is her favourite weekend of the year.

“I just absolutely love it,” she said. “It’s my friends, it’s my family, it’s the spot I grew up surfing, it just means so much to me every year.”

Known for its grassroots charm and friendly atmosphere, the Whalebone has become a mainstay.

“Everyone’s catching up after their heats, there’s social events, people bringing their families, I think it’s got the best vibe of any comp,” Georgia said.

“Some of my favourite moments are when it’s hailing and everyone’s huddled under the tents together, it’s just so West Australian.”

For Aya Smith, a member of the Cottesloe Longboard Club and kitchen volunteer at past

events, this year’s comp will be her third time surfing at the Whalebone, and her second in the open women’s division.

“The first time I entered I was pretty scared,” said Smith, “but there’s such a strong sense of community.

“Everyone’s super friendly and it almost feels like a mini surf festival. You’re out there with your friends and every-

one’s cheering each other on.”

Now part of a growing wave of young women stepping into the lineup, Smith said it was exciting to see more female surfers taking part each year.

“When I first joined the club there weren’t many girls, but now there’s a whole young crew and a wait list,” she said.

“It’s really good seeing that balance and encouraging each

Huston urges fair deal for our state schools

By LLOYD GORMAN

Government schools in the western suburbs are often disadvantaged because the Department of Education treats them like “privileged” semi-private schools, Nedlands MP Jonathan Huston told parliament last month.

Jonathan Huston

Mr Huston said the thousands of students attending state-run primary and secondary schools in his electorate should not be penalised because of a postcode. He said he had been visiting

the public primary schools in the electorate.

“The principals have told me that often they are treated in some ways by the department as if they are a semi-private school,” he said.

“They feel they are treated as though they have a higher socio-economic index and therefore do not deserve more funding because there are more pressing needs.

“Surely one of the requirements we have is to treat all children equally, particularly

children in the public system.”

The Liberal MP who took Nedlands back from Labor in the March 8 poll listed the “wonderful” state-run primary and high schools in his area.

“Some have significant heritage buildings, like Subiaco Primary School most particularly. Its facilities are very old,” he said.

“They would love to have a brand-new school built, but they love the heritage buildings they have.

“Let us not penalise children from the western suburbs, from Churchlands, Cottesloe

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other to just go out and enjoy it.”

That growth is something Young has helped nurture firsthand, having mentored junior girls over the years through events like Wahine Day at Cottesloe Longboard Club.

Medland, of Dunsborough, will return to defend his open men’s and old mal titles, trophies that still sit proudly in his Moonshine workshop.

“It’s a beautiful spot, a bit of a hub where everyone from up and down the coast can come together,” he said.

“It’s got such a rich history, and it’s a great weekend whether you’re competing or just soaking up the vibe.”

At the heart of that history is Peter Dunn, the local longboarder who founded the Whalebone Classic in 1998 after discovering a whale’s rib bone while diving off Isolated Reef.

“It looked like an elephant tusk,” Dunn said. “I pulled it out and thought imagine if I could create a contest called the Whalebone. And I did.”

Dunn said he was proud of what the event had become 26 years on – a celebration of surf, spirit and community.

“It’s all about family, fun, and good vibes in the spirit of the whale,” he said.

“People love being at that arena looking down on their favourite surfers. And I’m so proud now to see how many ladies and girls are involved.”

The Lavan Whalebone Longboard Classic, presented by POST Newspapers, runs from Friday July 11 to Sunday July 13 at Isolated Reef, Cottesloe. Entry is free for spectators, and all are welcome to come down, grab a coffee, and enjoy one of WA’s most iconic surf events. For live scores, visit liveheats. com, and follow @surfing_wa and #WhaleboneLBClassic for updates throughout the weekend.

Generations of style … Eight-time Whalebone champion Georgia Young, right, and rising local Aya Smith, 23, from Mt Claremont, are among the women leading the charge at this year’s Lavan Whalebone Longboard Classic, to be at Cottesloe this Friday to Sunday, July 11 to 13. Photo: Raeley Jones / Surfing WA

Tim shares SAS resilience secrets

By JEN REWELL

“I’m a resilience nerd,” says City Beach man Tim Curtis.

Tim is a Special Air Service veteran who spent a decade working in the Middle East, and was one of the co-authors of the best-selling book The Resilience Shield.

Tim Curtis

He has now poured everything he has learned into a new book, Building Resilient Kids, in the hope that others will benefit.

Tim spent two years talking to child-rearing experts, going through child psychology research and gathering the “wisdom of the ages”. He said he was aware that

he was not an expert in parenting, because his overseas work had meant he had been an inconsistent presence in the family home.

“I talk to my failure, in the book” he said.

“I didn’t know anything about it.”

He said he had always been fascinated by how people reacted differently to stressful situations, even when they had received the same level of training.

“I looked at the elite performers on the planet, and thought, ‘how do we bring that back to help kids?’” he said.

He said helicopter or bulldozer parenting did not set kids up for success.

Small is cheaper

By BRET CHRISTIAN

Cold water has been poured on the notion that bigger councils are more efficient, with rates in WA’s smallest council, Peppermint Grove, rising just 2% this year.

It brings to 1.7% the tiny Shire’s average rate rise since 2018/19.

“We’ve been able to trim a bit and save a bit here and there, which keeps our rates fairly low,” an understated CEO Don Burnett told last week’s council meeting.

Subiaco mayor David McMullen defied anyone to engage in the “national sport”

of complaining about council rates and whinge about the City’s 1.9% increase for 2025/26.

It was the lowest increase of any metropolitan local government and the fourth year in a row Subiaco had delivered exactly the same modest rate increase, he said (Winsinrate rises, POST, June 28).

Stirling, Perth’s biggest council, put its rates up 4.5% this year while Joondalup was 3.95% and Cockburn 3.5%.

Nedlands rates have risen 4.8%,Cambridge 3.3%, Mosman Park 4.7% and Claremont and Cottesloe each 3.9%.

Parents who did not count goals in sport, or rushed to drop off a forgotten school lunch, were not setting their kids up to be resilient.

“When kids are having issues, we want them to struggle a bit,” Tim said.

“Failure is a chance to learn.”

He said his book explained the evidence-based model of resilience, which was as relevant to children as adults.

Social layers were important, including a close support system, which included family, mentors and coaches.

“As the kids get older, or if there is family breakdown, mentors take on a far more important role,” he said.

His book has tools and techniques for various situations, and espouses mindfulness, meditation, sleep, diet and exercise, chores and part-time jobs.

“The emphasis must be on effort rather than on achievement,” he said.

Kids should be allowed to be self-sufficient yet recognise the importance of connections and partnerships through life, through teachers and school.

“You are never too young or too old to start,” he said.

“We must teach our kids to be kind, to show empathy and do things that are morally right.”

After serving with the SAS regiment, Tim was Australia’s adviser to Sierra Leone, worked for the United Nations in Afghanistan, and provided crisis management in Dubai.

the brutal civil war in Sierra Leone.

“The most feared fighters were the child soldiers,” he said.

His professional life meant he had seen the worst that humans could inflict on others, including meeting child soldiers during

More than 100,000 children were kidnapped, force-fed alcohol and drugs, and turned into trained soldiers during the civil war.

“They were trained to be fearless and to think that murder and rape was normal,” Tim said.

“Even the British-trained solders were afraid of them.”

Many children went through rehabilitation programs after the war to learn how to be kids again.

Wordswor

to reveal WA secrets

By JEN REWELL

An incredible selection of WA history will be auctioned when a landmark Peppermint Grove home gives up its secrets this weekend.

Marie Louise Wordsworth, who was a doyen of the Liberal Party, was a passionate collector whose eye for quality and history was respected by experts across the country.

The David and Marie Louise Wordsworth Collection catalogue lists

from 1830-1850.

The house overlooking the river is where Ms Wordsworth lived for many years before going into care. David died last year and the collection is being sold by her family.

Paul Sumner, from auction house Artvisory, said it was exceptional for its “sheer scale”, and many pieces would resonate with WA people.

“It is the most exceptional West Australian collection,” Mr Sumner said.

Governor Stirling’s chart of the Swan and Canning river systems.

Rare pieces were expected to draw a lot of interest from collectors, museums and galleries, but there were plenty of lots that have mod-

“It’s not just for mega-

A portrait of Governor James Stirling is the most valuable piece in the col-

It has not been publicly exhibited in Australia and Mr Sumner suspects the portrait, which is from the Stirling family, predates a similar portrait which hangs in the State Library of NSW.

“It’s an interesting time for that kind of history,” he said.

Artvisory staff were going through cabinets and discovering uncatalogued treasures as they hung tags

and placed stickers on the items for the pre-auction viewing.

Rugs were rolled, pictures hung, silver cutlery laid out, bonnets and black boots were all on display.

Finely turned jarrah furni-

More charges for Pep Grove entrepreneur

By BEN DICKINSON

A western suburb entrepreneur has been re-arrested just two weeks after he was convicted of assaulting the mother of his child in Peppermint Grove.

ZipTel founder Keaton Wallace, 47, cut a last-minute plea deal with police on June 25, when he was due to stand trial on domestic violence charges.

He instead pleaded guilty to kicking his then-partner in her torso during an argument in his Peppermint Grove house in April 2022.

He was released on a community-based order after the woman admitted she had barged into his house and thrown her keys at him, starting the confrontation.

Mr Wallace was arrested again

Claremont verge ire is growing

By JACK MADDERN

A second Claremont resident has come forward to vent frustration at confusing rules that have seen a neighbour’s utility parked on his front verge for weeks on end.

Alex Dykes has added his voice to that of College Road resident Samantha Hillbrick, who points to far-reaching problems with the policy (Residenttakesaxetobattle-axe verge rules, POST July 5).

Ms Hillbrick’s neighbour occupying the house at the back of a subdivided block on College Road was parking up to three cars on the street-front verge for days on end, causing neighbourhood friction.

Mr Dykes said he was dealing with a similar problem on his Davies Road verge.

He shares his strata block with five other residents who were getting tired of the man from the back of the block parking on their shared verge.

“He owns a second ute that he parks out the front,” Mr Dykes said.

“Everyone has asked him if he could move it, but he doesn’t.”

The council has deferred the issue to be tabled again during a general review of Parking Local Laws.

ture was laden with beautifully displayed silver spoons, ivory carvings, white milk glassware, crystal decanters and enamelled mantel clocks.

Portraits, hand-drawn maps, navigational charts,

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on Wednesday night after police filed three new charges dating back to the weeks before he was due to go to trial.

Police allege he pursued the same woman with intent to intimidate in Claremont sometime between May 31 and June 19.

He was also charged with breaching a family violence restraining order and protective bail conditions in Fremantle over the same period.

Mr Wallace appeared before Magistrate Catherine Crawford on Thursday morning after spending the night in a cell.

Defence counsel Roisin Keating did not apply for bail.

Mr Wallace will stay behind bars at least until his next court date on Tuesday.

Auctioneer Paul Sumner admires one of the gems in the Wordsworth collection – a portrait of Governor James Stirling.

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Celebrating Shenton Park’s hidden histories

The City is currently inviting nominations for places in Shenton Park to be included on the Local Heritage Survey.

The Survey is a resource that provides the City with a cultural and historical record of the area and tells the story of the development of the district.

Places of heritage value, including buildings, streetscapes, gardens, man-made parks and trees can be nominated for inclusion on the Survey.

Some places in Shenton Park that have already been listed within the Survey include Lake Jualbup, the Yilgarn Street Heritage Area, the West Subiaco Workers’ Homes Board Heritage Area, a Morton Bay Fig tree on the south side of

A quick monthly update from Mayor David

Community safety is a community priority; and Council has now adopted our first Community Safety Framework. This is about more than just crimes and policing. We won’t roll out CCTV everywhere and anywhere. We will however take a coordinated, evidencebased approach to the separate but interrelated issues of: Homelessness; Social wellbeing and mental health; Partnerships and collaborations; and Public spaces and infrastructure. So, when you next enjoy one of our activations or events, you are actually becoming part of the solution.

Calling young writers

Onslow Road, and houses along Herbert Road, Keightley Road, Evans Street, Commercial Road, and Hopetoun Terrace (to name a few!).

Nominations for the survey close on Monday 4 August via www.haveyoursay.subiaco.wa.gov.au/shenton-lhs.

Pictured above is the Rosalie Wine Saloon on Keightley Road, c. 1930, courtesy of Subiaco Museum.

The City will be hosting a free walking tour; ‘From “primeval forest” to established suburb in 30 years’, from 10am to 12pm on Saturday 12 July, which will offer a historical overview of the suburb’s transformation, hosted by heritage consultant Annette Green. Visit www.subiaco.wa.gov.au/events to book your spot.

The 2025 Craig Silvey Award for Young Writers is open for submissions at 9.30am on Friday 18 July. Western Australian school students from years one to twelve are invited to submit original stories.

There will also be a series of writing workshops at Subiaco Library to help writers hone their stories. Book your spot via www.subiaco.wa.gov.au/events.

Visit www.subiaco.wa.gov.au/award to read more and make a submission.

Reminder: Have your say on the Shenton Park Community Centre

The City is reimagining the Shenton Park Community Centre, and we’d love to hear from current users, or anyone who would like to have their say on the future of the Centre.

Visit www.haveyoursay.subiaco.wa.gov.au to fill out our online survey before Monday 28 July.

Tidying our laneways

The City’s annual laneway pruning program sees our Street Maintenance team prune and remove dead vegetation from around laneways to ensure safe clearances around fence lines, and to keep our streets and laneways looking smart.

Read more at www.subiaco.wa.gov.au/news.

Grants supporting community events

The City has awarded $15,000 to five community organisations in its latest grant round.

Recipients and initiatives include the Subiaco Women’s Shed, Learn to Square Dance classes, The Dining Hub; facilitated by the Rotary Club of Subiaco, and an Entrepreneurship and Business Skills workshop for neurodivergent members of the community aged 8 to 16.

Read more at www.subiaco.wa.gov.au/news.

2025-26 Rate Notices to be issued in October

The City is transitioning to a new software system, which will result in a one-off change to the timing of Rate Notices and payment deadlines for 2025-26.

City ratepayers will receive their 2025-26 Rate Notices in October 2025.

This year, ratepayers will have a new payment reference number on their Rate Notices, and this new number must be used when making a rates payment.

BPOINT details have also changed.

Read more at www.subiaco.wa.gov.au/news.

Development Assessment Panel (DAP) application at 25 Rowland Street, Subiaco

The City is inviting public comment on an application for a seven storey mixed use development (comprising 18 serviced apartments and one commercial tenancy) at 25 Rowland Street Subiaco. The application will be determined by the Metro Inner Development Assessment Panel.

The development plans can be viewed at www.haveyoursay.subiaco.wa.gov.au, or in person at the City’s Administration Centre or Subiaco Library during business hours.

Any comments should be submitted in writing through the online submission form on the City’s website, via email to city@subiaco. wa.gov.au or by mail addressed to the Chief Executive Officer, City of Subiaco, PO Box 270, Subiaco WA 6904 and must be received by 5pm Friday 25 July 2025.

Improving our Online Services

The City is rolling out enhancements to our online services, meaning you can access them 24/7 on any device, benefit from faster response times, and have more transparency around the progress of your interactions with the City.

The types of requests that can be made via online services have expanded, meaning community members can continue to submit requests for new bins, street maintenance, tree pruning, rates enquiries and even more City services.

Visit www.subiaco.wa.gov.au/onlineservices to submit your enquiry.

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Tree protection comes to Mos Park protection Park

By JACK MADDERN

Restrictions have been placed on Mosman Park residents in a bid to protect the Town’s tree canopy.

Mature trees on private land will receive automatic protection after the significant tree register was scrapped at last week’s council meeting.

Residents will now have to opt out rather than opt in for tree protection.

The protection would extend to all mature trees 8m high or with a 6m canopy and not considered a weed.

Mosman Park resident Thomas Kearney welcomed the increased tree protection.

He has been in a three-month battle with the committee of owners at his unit complex after staging a sit-in protest to save a 30-metre norfolk island pine from being removed.

Pedestrians cross over too many trains

By LLOYD GORMAN

The two pedestrian crossings at City West station could be closed and replaced with an underpass or overpass due to the doubling of trains on the Fremantle line.

The heavily-used level crossing at Daglish station is already under review and faces closure.

The Public Transport Authority has developed a business case for the City West project and last month awarded a $99,000 contract to a firm to come up with a project development plan based on the business case. Fremantle line train journeys

have jumped from six to 15 an hour in peak times since the Ellenbrook line opened last December and the airport line in 2022.

“This increase in train services results in a significant increase in pedestrian crossing closure times,” the PTA tender said.

“Access to City West Station is facilitated via two pedestrian level crossings consisting of safety gates and flashing warning lights”.

DDR Consult Pty Ltd has until mid-September to complete the City West development plan.

“As our train network grows,

frequency of train services, it’s appropriate for the Public Transport Authority to assess

sure it remains fit for purpose,” a PTA spokesman said.

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is there anything to protect it?” Mr Kearney said.

“And the answer was no, currently.”

He hoped the new protections would not be taken badly by other residents and encouraged them to value their trees more.

The Town already has one of the lowest tree canopy rates in WA, according to a post on social media this year.

But Mosman Park have made efforts to increase their canopy with 641 trees due to be planted this winter.

Researchers, urban planners and canopy surveyors have said protecting mature trees on private land is necessary to maintain WA’s canopy.

They said local governments cannot do more on public land.

UWA ecohydrologist Sally Thompson said she was alarmed at developers’ tendencies to axe trees and pave over the area with hard surfaces.

“This reduces our flexibility to plant trees in the future and increases the costs of doing so,” she said.

She believed it might be necessary to start introducing protections for “soft ground” to restrict hard surface expansions.

Curtin urban planning professor Jake Schapper said Perth received the worst of urbanism and none of the benefits from suburbanism.

“Rather than retaining any of the green, we’re going to this sort of butchered urbanism, which is we just turn the entire lot into a hardstand to get three or four houses on it as a result,” he said.

Pushback from developers

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Town of Mosman Park Deputy Mayor Georgie Carey and Bliss Brosnan from the Town’s Parks and Garden crew help plant a record number of trees.

Pedestrians cross the train line at City West. Photo: Jack Maddern

Salt in the wound

By JEN REWELL

Water pumped from Herdsman Lake is warmer, twice as salty and has more oxygen than Perry Lakes.

The surprise findings were revealed when Perry Lakes volunteers examined the lake’s water, thanks to a new piece of measuring equipment worth more than $3000.

Excess Herdsman water that used to flow out to sea is now diverted to Perry Lakes.

The volunteers heralded the arrival of the “waterproof portable logging multiparameter meter”, as a new era.

They tried out the new equipment and learned how to test the water, calibrate the instrument, and read the results on

They also found that the water pumped from Herdsman was quite different to its target.

North Freo marina plans under fire

A marina proposed for the Swan River in North Fremantle is being considered by the Swan River Trust.

A spokesperson from the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions said a draft report would be advertised for public consultation, before being finalised and sent on to the Minister for the Environment for determination.

The North Fremantle Community Association is trying to convince the state government to reject the plans.

Gerald MacGill, from the association, said the proposed marina would comprehensively impede access to most of the river.

“It is non-productive and designed to cater for an exclusive cohort of boat owners who mostly live elsewhere,” he said.

A new marina would make it harder for people to access the river foreshore.

A 1994 foreshore plan drawn up through community workshops had proposed a series of sandy coves with river beaches and public jetties.

None of these aspirations had

privatisation and alienation of the area from the public continues unabated,” Mr MacGill said.

The Swan River Trust provides strategic advice on the management and protection of the city’s river systems.

The instrument can detect the temperature, salinity, acidity, conductivity (the presence of salts), turbidity (cloudiness), and the oxidisation reduction potential.

Don MacFarlane, an adjunct hydrology professor at UWA and long-term volunteer at Perry Lakes, said that knowing more about water quality change over time would help keep the lake healthy.

“What we’re trying to do is to find out the risk of algal bloom,” he said.

Harvesting the typha (bullrush) or the floating weed azolla to reduce the amount of nutrients in the lake would lower the chance of an algal bloom, he said.

Findings will be shared with the community and the council.

The Friends group is now hoping to buy a $630 machine to measure phosphorus, which is the key nutrient that can contribute to algal blooms.

Citizen scientists Sally Wilson, left, and Brian Hewitt learn water quality measuring techniques at Perry Lakes.

LEFT: An early photo of Harvest Road Jetty. ABOVE: Plans show where the proposed marina would sit in relation to the existing jetties.

leaves court.

Make that dangerous diving

A man who drove his Jeep off Claremont Jetty and into the Swan River after a three-hour standoff with police has appeared in court.

Alan Adnan, 32, is out on bail while he faces charges that include dangerous driving, indecent acts in public and armed robbery following the April 30 incident ( terror hits twice, POST, May 3).

In Perth Magistrates Court on Wednesday he

to a committal hearing on October 29. He has not yet been required to enter pleas.

Mr Adnan said nothing outside court, where a person wearing a surgical mask used an umbrella to try to block a POST reporter from taking his photograph.

MID-YEAR SALE

Antisemitism in Subi went unreported

An antisemitic message was scrawled on the ground in a public place in Subiaco not long before walls in Dalkeith were similarly targeted earlier this year.

Subiaco council’s administration confirmed there had been a single case of antisemitic graffiti in January, but did not say where.

Once the City became aware of the offending material, a contractor was despatched to remove it as quickly as possible – after taking a photograph as evidence.

At the start of February a swastika and the words “F--- Jews” were drawn in large black letters on the fence of a family home

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in Viking Road, Dalkeith ( Despair and arrests over Nazi scrawl, POST, February 8).

Charges were laid against two men in relation to the graffiti in Dalkeith, and more in Dianella.

Police commissioner

Col Blanch said police had identified suspects within hours of becoming aware of the incidents after locals came forward with CCTV footage.

The incident in Subiaco had not been picked up by the media until now. At a recent council meeting councillors approved a “Community Safety Framework” that includes purchase of a mobile CCTV unit, predominately to help curb illegal dumping (CCTV may swat Subi fly tipping, POST, June 21).

“There is enough scope also within [the CSF] for the new mobile CCTV unit to be deployed to combat vandalism … graffiti, which includes offensive words or signs being smeared on footpaths and other public places as has happened in the recent past,” said councillor Garry Kosovich.

Woman, 81, blames alcohol for rampage in Jolimont

An 81-year-old Jolimont woman has admitted terrorising her neighbours in a series of drunken rampages.

The woman smashed a bird bath, threatened a neighbour with a broom, and was found lying naked in front of her unit complex’s letterboxes earlier this year, a police prosecutor told Perth Magistrates Court last week.

“I’ve been in the watchhouse [lock-up] five times,” the woman told magistrate Anne Longden after pleading guilty to 10 offences.

“Alcohol is a big issue – I become more verbal.”

Ms Longden said she was troubled by the behaviour of the woman, who had

no criminal record until last year.

“I’m worried about you being locked up again,” she told the woman.

The police prosecutor said Wembley police had engaged various agencies to help the woman, but they believed her behaviour was “caused by alcohol consumption” – not her age or mental health.

“One of the neighbours has moved [as a result],” the prosecutor told the court.

Ms Longden wondered if the woman needed further medical assessment.

“It’s still unusual that alcohol’s become such a big problem at 81,” she said.

“I’m worried if there’s more offences … you might need to stay in custody.

“I don’t want that to happen.”

The woman told Ms Longden she was seeking counselling to deal with her alcohol abuse.

“I have a number of options,” she said. She pleaded guilty to six counts of breaching a misconduct restraining order and one each of breaching a police order, damaging property, being armed in a way to cause fear, and disorderly behaviour in public.

Ms Longden ordered a pre-sentencing report by a community corrections officer.

The woman is due to be sentenced on September 19.

Police help Alan Adnan from the river after the incident. RIGHT: Mr Adnan

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Indulge your sweet tooth with our delicious house-made rustic mixed berry galette. The delicate tartness of the seasonal berries, paired with the buttery, flaky pastry and almond frangipane is a match made in heaven. For an even more decadent experience, serve it warm with a generous scoop of ice cream or a dollop of double thick cream and fresh raspberries.

IMPROVED ONLINE SERVICES

The Town of Cottesloe is upgrading its information technology solutions with Datascape, a modern cloud-based software suite, which will allow the Town to streamline internal operations and improve the way services are delivered to our residents, ratepayers, and customers.

Once the implementation is complete, requests and payments can again be made online. The Town is also introducing a new MyCottesloe on-line portal, where registered users can self-manage online payments, reports and service requests. Our Customer Service team will continue to offer in-person service and over the phone assistance. The launch of the new system has been a huge project and we look forward to offering faster and more efficient services for our community!

PFJ BEACH CLEAN UP THANK YOU

Earlier this month the Town of Cottesloe co-hosted a beach clean up at north Cottesloe. This year the clean up crew was led by local high school students. Thank you to the hard working students and North Cottesloe Surf Life Saving Club members for coming along to clean up the beach. An audited 66 kilograms of litter was picked up, with pieces of glass, cigarette butts and hard plastic remnants being the top three most collected items.

SIGN UP FOR ERATES

Register to receive your rates notice delivered directly to your email. Go paperless - save time, money and the environment! Register for eRates to receive your rates notices, final notice and instalment reminder notices via email. Visit erates.cottesloe.wa.gov.au to register.

We would like to advise our community that following the implementation of the Town’s upgraded software solutions, new reference numbers for rates transactions will be provided on the upcoming 2025/26 annual rates notice. Please locate the new number on your rates notice to use when making rates transactions. Please note that previous reference numbers are no longer valid.

AUSTRALIA DAY – DATE FOR FUTURE EVENTS

The Town of Cottesloe is seeking community feedback on the preferred date for holding Australia Day events from 2026 onward.

Previously, local governments were required to hold a citizenship ceremony on 26 January, as outlined in the Australian Citizenship Ceremonies Code. However, in 2022, the Australian Government updated the Code to give councils greater flexibility. Ceremonies can now be held on 26 January or within a three-day window before or after that date.

Find out more and complete a short survey on Engage Cottesloe at https://engage.cottesloe.wa.gov. au/australiadayevents. Submissions close on Sunday, 27 July 2025 (5pm).

NEW PLAYGROUND AT HARVEY FIELD

As part of the Town’s Public Open Space and Playground Strategy, the next playground upgrade has begun! Harvey Field playground on Broome Street is taking shape. Installation of the new playground and landscaping works have commenced. The new playground will feature; a spinning/climbing carousel, balancing logs and rocks, a garden tunnel, swings including a basket swing, climbing platform with a double slide, seating and a picnic table, and native planting.

We look forward to celebrating the completion of the new playground with our community soon!

WASTE AND RECYCLING GUIDE

The Town’s 2025-2026 Waste and Recycling Guide, designed with the Western Metropolitan Regional Council, includes everything you need to know about bin collections, FOGO, recycling initiatives and verge valet collections in an easy to read format.

The guide was recently delivered to residents and is available on the Town’s website at https://www.cottesloe.wa.gov.au/residents/waste-management

COUNCIL MEETINGS

Council Agenda Forums are usually held on the third Tuesday of the month at 6pm and Council Meetings are usually held on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 6pm at Cottesloe Civic Centre, 109 Broome Street, Cottesloe.

Full details of Council Meetings are available on our website at www.cottesloe.wa.gov.au/council-meetings/. Agendas are available at the Civic Centre and on our website. The next Council Meeting is on Tuesday, 22 July.

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Drunk, or not?

By BRET CHRISTIAN

A prominent botanist has debunked the widespread belief that flocks of white little corellas are so drunk they won’t get out of the way of cars.

Flocks of the birds have been blocking Cottesloe streets for the past four weeks as they feast on the seeds of norfolk island pines.

The pine cones scatter their winged seeds which glide on the wind to sprout new trees far from the parent tree.

Many observers believe that the seeds contain an ingredient that makes the birds drunk as they feed in the middle of roads, oblivious to car drivers

who creep their cars along, sometimes blowing their horns.

“They’re not drunk, it’s what they do,” said Kingsley Dixon, of City Beach, an eminent retired botany professor.

“All the parrot family are fast learners, and what they’ll do is react to situations.

“They’re acculturated to humans. They predict a problem.

A car is coming, they know most people slow down, so it’s not an unsafe activity.

“If they see a dog coming, they’ll take off. Because they know dogs are bad.”

They had quickly learned to anticipate driver behaviour.

Professor Dixon said a coating of resin surrounded the

Bay.

A greener Mosman Park

for these young trees as they grow. Together, we’re creating a greener Mosman Park for generations to come.

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‘Do more to stop business pain’

seed. There was nothing to make them drunk.

“They open it up to get the little embryo, which is a small thing, a little like pine nut, but a bit smaller,” he said.

“It’s not the easiest seed for them to get into because of the length of their top mandible.”

They gather in large numbers on the verges and on the roads, where cars crush the pine seeds, making them easier to open.

Prof. Dixon said the flocks of feral corellas began with cage escapes.

They are taking over nesting hollows in trees, displacing native birds such as cockatoos.

“They breed like rabbits,” he said. “They’re terrible.”

Gwen Speirs, on behalf of the Mosman Park Ratepayers Association, accused the Town of what she saw as a failure to help the eight businesses left on Wellington Street deal with the current and future impacts of the development.

At the June 24 council meeting she posted a recent POST report in which business owners revealed they were already seeing parking and customer accessibility problems.

“It is disappointing to note that the council is failing to live up to community expectations,” she said.

“These local businesses provide services that connect, embrace and enhance the unique character and wellbeing of our community.”

Both Ms Speirs and the Town noted that the development has

The Town is managing rodent populations safely and (FGARs), which break down faster and are safer for native wildlife like owls, frogmouths, goannas, and snakes. To learn more about how you can help protect local wildlife and manage rodents safely, visit:

> mosmanpark.wa.gov.au/live

Latest Council news Council adopted a new local planning policy, LPP41 Consulting Rooms in Residential Areas, at its meeting on 27 May 2025.

> mosmanpark.wa.gov.au/council

Plastic Free July

This Plastic Free July, the Town of Mosman Park is encouraging our community to take simple steps that make a big difference.

From bringing your own bags and coffee cups, to saying no to single-use plastics, every small action adds up to a cleaner, healthier environment – for our streets, parks, beach and beyond.

Not sure where to start? Visit our website for tips and tricks on how you can reduce waste and protect our beautiful environment.

> mosmanpark.wa.gov.au/plasticfreejuly

closed off accessibility to the block’s former disability parking bays.

Mayor Paul Shaw said the Town has communicated appropriately by writing to the affected businesses, extending a line for community feedback.

Ms Speirs didn’t think that was enough.

“How can you know what is happening and how they are feeling?” she asked.

“Has anyone from the Town been in contact personally, so not by letter and emails, but has anyone walked the talk?”

Mr Shaw conceded that unintended impacts on noise, traffic, dust and parking would occur and be extremely disruptive for the community.

He reiterated that the council did not recommend final development approval for the five-storey $76million mixed-use development, which was approved by the WA Planning Commission against strong local opposition in August 2023.

“We have limited ability to control some of these impacts, (but) we’re doing our level best,” he said.

Lines of communication continue to be open for the local community to first contact the developer, Icon Construction WA, on 9330 2344, and next the Town if they have concerns.

Paws and protocol

Planning a walk with your dog or heading to the oval for a kick?

Our ovals are shared by dog walkers, sports clubs, families and more - and knowing what’s on can help you pick the best time to visit.

You can now check local sport training and event times online before you head out. A little planning helps everyone enjoy our public spaces safely and respectfully - players, spectators, and pups included.

> mosmanpark.wa.gov.au/dogsandsport

Upcoming Council meetings

Meetings start 6pm sharp in our Council Chambers. See all 2025 Council Meeting dates at

> mosmanpark.wa.gov.au/council

Mosman Park Playgroup Mondays and Thursdays | 9am-11am Alf Adams Pavilion Mosman Park

Parent Drop In Clinic Every Wednesday | 9am-10.30am The Grove Library, 1 Leake St Peppermint Grove What’s on in Mosman Park

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Flocks of feral little corellas plot to block Cottesloe’s John Street for norfolk pine cone fodder.

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Campaign funding ‘was community-driven’

As the newly elected Member for Cottesloe, I want to clarify the suggestion that the Liberal Party spent $79,513 on my campaign (‘Libs threw cash at Basil’, POST, June 28).

This implies a centrally controlled, top-down operation. In reality, my campaign was community-driven, funded through local support, grassroots fundraising and my own oversight.

Every dollar came from local residents and personal supporters through business lunches, sundowners and intimate events.

All decisions and management of the campaign account were made locally by my team, with a clear and deliberate focus on transparency, integrity, and full compliance with WA’s election campaign funding and disclosure requirements.

the very beginning.

I’m grateful to the local branches who held successful events, especially the Peppermint Grove branch and the Curtin Division, and members from the Cottesloe, Claremont, Mt Claremont and City Beach branches who made supportive donations.

These contributions ected genuine local engagement, not institutional funding from the Liberal Party.

Unlike my opponent, who received $35,001 from Sydney-based Climate 200, my campaign reflected genuine community backing and my personal commitment.

I take these responsibilities seriously, because earning the trust of the community means doing things the right way, from

That approach doesn’t end with my campaign; it reflects my ongoing commitment to representing the Cottesloe constituency as an engaged, accessible, and communitygrounded member.

Sandra Brewer, MLA Stirling Highway, Cottesloe

Changing times, changing names

Bruce Strang (Wrong call on Lake Monger, Letters, July 5) complains that changing the name of Lake Monger is divisive and unnecessary.

Native species loss that far outweighs ‘rat control’

Carly Figgis (There’s a positive side to roaming cats, too Letters, June 28) argues that her roaming cat “Ed Sheeran” is doing a public service by killing rats.

This narrative, however well-intentioned, is deeply misleading and dangerously out of step with reality.

Cats kill more than a billion native animals in this country every year. That’s a fact, backed by peer-reviewed research.

to live here, they have simply been wiped out from your neighbourhood.

Loving your cat and protecting native species aren’t mutually exclusive. But you must stop pretending that roaming cats are helping. They’re not.

And don’t get me started on kookaburras …

I’ve attached a photo of “Mr Fluffy” to document his activities

Elected reps isolated by ruling

In March I emailed all Town of Cambridge elected members inviting them to meet, individually or as a group. to discuss a legal opinion I had obtained from top-tier law firm Thomson Geer regarding the proposed Ocean Village Shopping Centre development and the Town’s powers under Local Law 43. With one exception, who merely acknowledged receipt, none responded or accepted the offer.

More recently, when I phoned a councillor to again propose a meeting, I was told they needed to check with the mayor and/or CEO. Days later, the councillor called back to say they had been advised not to speak with me unless I first released the full legal advice to the Town – despite the fact I had paid for it privately. They cited the need to preserve “impartiality”.

This raises serious concerns. Councillors are elected to represent ratepayers, not to act solely on advice from the Administration.

Get used to it, Bruce.

As Emperor Lothair of the Holy Roman Empire is reputed to have first said: “Times change and we must change with them.”

Bruce Mackintosh  Rupert Street, Subiaco

I dare say the same was said about proposed changes to New Holland and Van Dieman’s Land, not to mention Persia, Ceylon, Siam, Burma, Democratic Kampuchea, Holland, Irish Free State and Turkey.

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State government guidance and the WA Local Government Association’s Elected Member Roles and Responsibilities make it clear that engagement with the community is not just permitted, it is actually expected. What purpose does local government serve if residents can’t even speak directly to their representatives?

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GENERALCOMMENTS

Whyistheresomuchdistress,upset,andviolence insociety?

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Mosman Park students celebrate Naidoc Week

Sharing kangaroo stew and making Noongar-language booklets was all part of the fun when the students from Mosman Park Primary School and Mosman Park School for Deaf Children celebrated Naidoc Week a little early.

Naidoc Week was this week, July 6 to 13, but with the special permission of Noongar elder Aunty Freda Ogilvie, the students enjoyed a host of activities from June 23 to 27.

They shared Aunty Freda’s famous kangaroo stew with damper, created story stones, painted bark and headbands, wove bracelets, and crafted Noongar-language booklets, all under the shade of the school’s fig tree.

One of the most popular activities was the face painting, applied by students from nearby Iona Presentation College and St Hilda’s Anglican School for Girls.

A Naidoc Week assembly was held on Friday June 27 at which students performed the 2025 Voices for Reconciliation song Solid Rock by Goanna, signing the chorus in Auslan.

They also sang the school song Under the Fig Tree in Noongar, translated from English by Nan Roma Winmar.

Aunty Betty Garlett closed the assembly with a traditional smoking ceremony – an act of cleansing and respect, and a commitment to walking together

with open hearts and minds.

The assembly was followed by yarning circles with students gathered in multi-age groups to reflect on Aboriginal language, history and culture.

The students have been exploring Aboriginal history, language and culture since Reconciliation Week, May 27 to June 3.

The Naidoc celebrations included curriculum-related activities such as Deadly TwoWay Science, Dreamtime stories, Noongar-language classes, and excursions to Kaarta Koomba (Kings Park) and WA Museum Boola Bardip.

Mosman Park Primary School teacher and Naidoc Week coordinator Natalie Campbell said: “Our schools are proud of the meaningful work we do during Naidoc Week and Reconciliation Week, as we continue to celebrate mitment to truth, respect, and

Bring native plant species back to life

Hear from an expert about how to restore native vegetation at the July Night Chats at Lake Claremont on Tuesday July 15.

Dr Marion Cambridge will present her expertise and experience on restoring seagrass meadows off the southwest coast, and her own farm north

of Perth. Dr Cambridge and her husband, Emeritus Professor Hans Lambers, have begun restoring a former 1800ha sheep and wheat farm they bought for education and conservation purposes. About 400ha of the land already contains some of the greatest botanical diversity

in the world. Night Chats will be on Tuesday July 15 at Claremont Lawn Tennis Club, Shenton Place. Doors open at 5.30pm for refreshments before the 6pm start. No bookings are required, just turn up. All welcome. Entry is free but a gold coin donation is appreciated.

Mosman Park Primary School students from left Jojo Ejai, Nevaeh Farmer, and Brooklyn Farmer with their faces painted for Naidoc Week. Photo: Verity Drewettsen

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Time when Freo was a wartime submarine base

A maritime history expert with a special interest in shipwrecks and sunken crashed aircraft will give a talk about wartime Fremantle on July 21.

Ross Anderson will be guest speaker at the Naval Historical Society WA Chapter meeting in Claremont.

His presentation, Fortress Fremantle: Maritime Archaeology and Heritage 1942-1945, will cover the critical time after the fall of Singapore and how Fremantle became a base for US, British and Dutch submarines in World War II.

He will discuss what became known as Fortress Fremantle, and World War II archaeological sites nearby.

These include the Cockburn Sound anti-submarine boom defence net, and a motorised submersible canoe used by the secretive Special Operations Executive.

The steel canoe was nicknamed Sleeping Beauty and designed for clandestine reconnaissance or sabotage missions against enemy ships. It was lost during a training exercise in Careening Bay, Cockburn Sound, in 1943.

Ross will also discuss Wing Commander Learmonth’s Bristol Beaufort bomber that crashed off Rottnest Island.

He has been a maritime archaeologist for more than 25 years and is president of the Australian Association for Maritime History.

Shipwrecks he has worked on include Trial (1622), Batavia (1629), Zeewijk (1727), HMS Pandora (1791), and HMAS Sydney II and HSK Kormoran (1941).

Ross has also studied the Broome flying boat wrecks from 1942.

The meeting will start at 6pm at Claremont Tennis Club. There is public parking off Davies Road. Entry $5. For more information and to register in advance email Meg Nicolson by July 17 at nhs.megnicolson@gmail.com or phone 0422 844 227.

An afternoon well spent at St Aidan’s

Chinese folk songs will be part of a recital to be presented by young local musicians and singers at St Aidan’s Uniting Church in Claremont this Sunday, July 13, from 3 to 4pm.

The mid-winter concert will be led by organist Tim Chapman and include pieces by Bach, Haydn, Telemann, Faure, and musical theatre.

Entry is via $20 donation at the door.

For more information phone 0407 445 754.

Free classes for budding writers

Young fiction writers are invited to three free classes at Subiaco Library during the July school holidays.

The first, History in Writing with author Mark Greenwood, will be from 10am to noon on Tuesday July 15 for kids aged 9 and up, and will look at how to write about historical events, objects and settings in fiction.

Writing about Historic Objects will be on Thursday July 17 from 10 to 11.30am and use historical objects from Subiaco Museum to inspire writers aged 7 years and up.

The last class is a creative writing session, also on Thursday July 17, from 2 to 4pm. Writers can ask questions of the City of Subiaco

Library Youth Librarian Kirsty Lightfoot.

Youth Librarian, or use games or writing prompts to start writing a new story.

Book by going to the subiaco. wa.gov.au events section. Entries for the 2025 Craig Silvey Award for Young Writers open on Friday July 18 and can be submitted via the subiaco.wa.gov. au awards section.

Tap your toes to Rando tango

Multi-talented Subiaco lawyer John Rando will be guest speaker at the July 14 meeting of the Probus Club of Subiaco.

John is a civil and criminal lawyer, musician, social scientist and self-proclaimed social media influencer.

He began his legal career in Subiaco and his association with the city has spanned half a century.

John is a blues singer and performs as Marlon B Rando “a legend in his own lunchbox”.

He was born in Sicily and likes to think he may be distantly related to the Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus.

At the Probus meeting he

will chat and answer questions about his early career in law, and about music and existential philosophy.

He will also entertain with a tarantella or tango to be played on his accordion. Dancing is encouraged.

Visitors and new members are welcome to attend the meeting on Monday July 14 in St Edmund’s Anglican Church hall, 54 Pangbourne Street, Wembley, at 10am after a brief business session.

The $5 entry includes morning tea and a door prize ticket. Register by emailing Kerry Eivers on kerryeivers@yahoo. com.au or phone Gay Eivers on 9381 1306.

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Film shows fight to save reef wildlife from drilling

A documentary about the campaign to protect Scott Reef will be screened for free in Shenton Park at 7pm on July 11.

Climate advocacy group Go Beyond Gas Curtin will host the screening of Coral’s Last Stand at the Shenton Park Community Centre.

The 30-minute documentary follows author Tim Winton, musician John Butler and other Australians as they visit Scott Reef off the WA coast, home to many endangered species.

They explore the life of the reef and its inhabitants, and damage drilling for gas and oil in Browse Basin will do to wildlife.

The screening is free but for more information and to secure your spot go to Eventbrite.com.au and search

Tim Winton, right, with Australian Marine Conservation Society WA director Paul Gamblin.

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Shenton Park Community Centre is at 240 Onslow Road. Doors open at 6.30pm. For more information about the Go Beyond Gas Curtin group go to gobeyondgas.com.au.

Map where Subi served around globe in WWII

Go on a global tour of locations where Subiaco men and women served in World War II, when Hollywood Subiaco Learners Club meets on Friday July 18 at 3pm. Army Museum curatorial volunteer Robert Mitchell will present a talk titled Here, There and Everywhere, charting the places in Australia and abroad where local men and women served. He will support his presentation with artefacts from the Australian Army Museum of Western Australia.

This is the third and final in a series of presentations offered by Hollywood Subiaco Learners Club called WWII – Myths, Maelstroms and Memories. Register at 2.45pm for the talk at Hollywood Subiaco Bowling Club, 42 Smyth Road in Nedlands. Or register in advance by emailing donarosa49@gmail.com.

Costs per session are $5 cash for members and $10 for nonmembers.

For more information find Hollywood Subiaco Learners on Facebook.

2025–26 Rate Notices will

This year, your Rate Notice will be issued in October instead of July. Payments will be due in November What’s new:

• Your payment information has changed. Before making payment, please check both the biller code and reference number on your 2025–26 Rate Notice.

• Do not use payment details from previous years.

Do you write fiction for young people?

The Fellowship of Australian Writers WA is calling on writers to join its team for the national Write a Book in a Day fundraising event this Saturday, July 12.

Teams of all ages enter from around Australia and proceeds go to The Kids Cancer Project. Write a Book in a Day

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will involve the Furphies at Collins team writing and illustrating a book in one intense and exciting session from 8am to 8pm at historic Tom Collins House, 88 Wood Street, Swanbourne.

The book is to be suitable for Young Adult readers aged 12 to 18, and selected books submitted for the competition will be given to children in hospital to enjoy.

Bronwen Channon, above, will coordinate the Furphies at Collins Write a Book in a Day team.

The Write a Book in a Day project at FAWWA will be convened by author Chris Oakley, who began the competition in 2002 with the Katherine Susannah Pritchard Writers Centre and what was then Princess Margaret Hospital.

He will direct the FAWWA writing team as they brain-

storm ideas and define the plot, assign chapters to write and complete the final edit before the book is submitted by deadline.

Illustrator Ricky Arnold has also signed up and the writers will be coordinated by FAWWA committee member Bronwen Channon, who has previously taken part in the event with Chris Oakley. Their resulting book was judged Highly Commended. To sponsor the event or to donate go to humanitix.com and search “Write a Book in a Day”.

For more information email Bronwen Channon at fellowshipaustralianwriterswa@ gmail.com, or visit thekidscancerproject.org.au and click on “Ways to help”.

Age with grace with U3A

The U3A Western Suburbs branch will next meet on Monday, July 14, at the Grove library.

At 1pm Merriene Scott will present a talk titled Living with Grace, about the importance of behaving with grace with those around us.

Merriene, who recently published her fourth book, A Journey of Thoughts, will emphasise the importance of being kind, especially when others are struggling with stimulation, information and

trauma overload

At 2.30pm Judy Joukador will present a talk titled The Purple Road – a Guide to Positive Ageing. She will speak about ageism, how older people are treated, and the rate of elder abuse, and encourage discussion. Visitors are welcome and there is a $3 charge.

For more information phone Sath Moodley 0413 212 513 or email sath.moodley@ gmail.com

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There were no results for Monday or Wednesday June 30 or July 2, due to rain.

Saturday July 5: 1 Geoff Palmer, Frank Honey and Derek Gadsden +24; 2 Mark James and Andy Jenkins +20; 3 Peter Kanganas, Adrian Cocks and Brian Dick; 4 A draw between Ted Delaney and Jay Medhat, and Alan Wilson and Ross Williams. Tickets are now on sale for the club’s Christmas in July dinner. Join us on July 18 at 6pm for a threecourse meal. Cost $35 a head. Club members and non-members welcome. Book by phoning 0407 450 462.

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Despite B green being partly under water, 14 players did battle in the sunshine on Thursday July 3. Winners were Ric Camins, Ross MacKenzie, Rob Wood and Ron Day +12; David Steinberg, Kent Warburton and Bev Copley +6; and Alan Rowe, Richard Verco, George Klug and Helen Clohessy +2.

Saturday July 5 saw 42 players compete in sets play. 1st Lindsay Richardson, Jeff Irwin and Les Pedder 2 sets and +15 shots. 2nd Alan Pitman, Ron Stapleton, Rob Wood and Gwenda McIntosh 2 sets +8; 3rd Rick Mapley, Ian Freedman, Debbie Wilson and George Klug 2 sets +5. Other winners were John Pole, Alan Davison, and Andy McGlew 1 set +17; Ross MacKenzie, Kent Warburton and Ron Day 1 set –2; Gof Bowles, Brian Burton, Julia Wallis and Ken Brooke 1 set –3;

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Martin Saunders, Helen Clohessy and Peter Wiesner ½ set –2; Michael Joyce, Celia Bakker, Lindsay Brown and Tom James ½ set –7; Wendy Ireland, Tony Payne and Chris Biris ½ set –11; and Andrew Foster, Cheryl Brown and Bruce Fiegert ½ set –18.

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Last week we played against two Joondalup teams. Margaret McHugh, Betsy Tapley, Anne Ormsby and Thera Howat were defeated 17-19, but our second team Usha Nigam, Dot Leeson, Lesley Langley and Jeannine Millstead won 18-12. Thursday July3 saw triples play. Craig Hirsch, Milton Byass and Kim Jefferis beat Alan Evans, Peter Hiatt and Ton Byrne 15-11. Belinda Wade, Mike Basford and Wally Graham lost to Mick Canci, Ron Palmer and skipper David Allport 10-13. In triples on Saturday Belinda Wade, Ron Palmer and Rob Campbell drew with Mike Basford, David Allport and Tony Byrne 10-10; and Billy Gerlach, Peter Hiatt and Wally Graham won over Mick Canci, Jannette N Middleton and Mark Wilde 18-9. Sunday Scroungers saw Peter Hiatt win over Mark Wilde 13-12.

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The rain won on Wednesday July 2 but on Friday the weather was much improved. Friday

Proposed Partial Road Closure and Amendments to North East Precinct Structure Plan, Local Planning Policy 128 (NEP Design Guidelines) and Local Development Plan

The Town of Claremont has prepared proposals to close portion of the intersection of Shenton Road and Claremont Crescent together with amendments to the North East Precinct Structure Plan, Local Planning Policy and a Local Development Plan to guide development of Lot 11578 Shenton Road (and its surrounds) in accordance with the Land Administration Act 1997, the Land Administration Regulations 1998 and Planning and Development (Local Planning Schemes) 2015, and we are seeking your comments on the proposals.

Details in relation to the proposals can be viewed at the Town’s Administration Office, or by visiting the website. The closing date for comment is Monday 25 August 2025 at 5.00pm. For further information please visit www.claremont. wa.gov.au, email toc@claremont.wa.gov.au or phone 9285 4300.

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pairs winners were Kerry Anderson and Marie Hagan. Second were Mark Bright and John Pallett; third Cameron Hoffman and Mark Robertson, and the WOL went to Jerome Clayton and Andrew Foster.

Saturday triples winners were Ron Kop, Peter Jones and Iris Newbold; runners-up were Ian Thomas, Richard Webster and Con Kauzanis.

Members are reminded about the coming wine and cheese night. Tickets can be purchased at the office. Monday dinners can be booked at the office, too. Enjoy an easy dinner on a Monday evening.

Mahjong is Thursdays at 9am. Players need only a club social membership to take part.

Warm winter weather last Saturday greeted Subiaco players for a fun afternoon of social petanque.

Open competition returned on Sunday with the Corcoran Triples Trophy, named for Joe Corcoran’s great contribution to the WA petanque community. The weather held off until the final’s heavy rain. Subiaco member Avinash Ramjuttan and partners Vick Ramjuttan and Prakash Seboruth won the trophy.

The club’s President’s Cup final round for year will be this Saturday, July 12.

Visitors are welcome Saturdays and Wednesdays. For more information visit petanquesubiaco.com.

Branch out into tree care

Friends of Lake Claremont is calling for volunteers to adopt a patch of land to care for newly planted seedlings. The community group said urgent weeding help is needed to ensure the survival of seedlings planted last month. Native groundcover, shrubs and trees were planted on the edge of the conservation category wetland where seven mature moreton bay figs were cut down due to the polyphagous shot-hole borer.

If you would like to “adopt-a-spot”, email Friends of Lake Claremont folc. wa@gmail.com or turn up for morning tea at 10am this Sunday, July 13, at the Friends of Lake Claremont Shed, down the limestone track leading from Lakeway Street in Mt Claremont.

Attendees are invited to join in the busy bee before the morning tea, at 8am in the same location.

For more information go to friendsoflakeclaremont.org.

Shenton Park from bush to ‘burbs

The City of Subiaco is hosting a free guided walk to explore the histories and heritage of Shenton Park.

The walking tour, titled From Primeval Forest to Established Suburb in 30 Years, is this Saturday, July 12, from 10am to noon. It will be led by heritage

consultant Annette Green. Annette will tell the stories of the people who built homes, raised families, and shaped a diverse community

Trace the footsteps of the area’s early residents and discover how social change and architectural trends are reflected in the

Development Assessment Panel (DAP) application - 25 Rowland Street, Subiaco

TThe City is inviting public comment on an application for a Seven storey Mixed Use development (comprising 18 Serviced Apartments and one commercial tenancy) at 25 Rowland Street, Subiaco.

The application meets the criteria for a Development Assessment Panel (DAP) application and will be determined by the Metro Inner Development Assessment Panel. For more information on DAPs, visit https://www.planning. wa.gov.au/development-assessment-panels.

The development plans can be viewed on the City’s website at https://www.haveyoursay.subiaco. wa.gov.au, or in person at the City’s Administration Centre, Level 2, 388 Hay Street, Subiaco, or the City of Subiaco Library, 237 Rokeby Road, Subiaco during normal business hours.

Any comments with respect to the application should be submitted in writing through the online submission form on the City’s website, via email to city@subiaco.wa.gov.au or by mail addressed to the Chief Executive Officer, City of Subiaco, PO Box 270, Subiaco WA 6904. Comments should clearly indicate the name and address of the person making the submission and the proposed development to which the submission relates. Comments are to be received by 5pm on 25 July 2025.

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streetscapes seen today. Attendees are advised to bring water and to wear a hat and comfortable shoes. The walk will be about 3km, starting at the Palms Community Centre at 430 Rokeby Road, Shenton Park and ending on the corner of Rokeby Road and Thomas Street.

Repair the planet

Next time you are tempted to throw out something broken, think again.

The Repair Cafe in Doubleview is run by volunteers who fix a wide range of household items, clothes, bikes, toys and even small pieces of furniture and electrical appliances. Skilled volunteers fix items free of charge, with any replacement parts charged at cost. They will be at it again this Saturday, July 12, from 10am to noon.

The Doubleview Repair Cafe was started in 2018, and recently celebrated receiving its 2000th item when a couple brought in their

ailing coffee machine. It opens from 10am to noon on the second Saturday of every month from February to November, in the Guide Hall, 228 Hancock Street. All are welcome and no bookings are required.

While items are being fixed their owners are invited to grab a cuppa and bickie and meet other locals at the “Chatter and Natter” tables.

Donations to help cover overheads are welcomed.

For more details search online for “Repair Cafe Doubleview” or go to transitiontownstirling. weebly.com.

Vitality cafe serves lunch and fun

The Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay will hold its second Vitality Cafe in Nedlands on Thursday, July 17.

The Vitality Cafe aims to support the physical, mental and social wellbeing of older adults with a two-hour session once a month. Each will include light physical activity, mentally engaging exer-

cises, a brief informal talk and the chance to socialise.

A light lunch will be served. Cost $10 per person.

From 11.30am to 1.30pm in the John Leckie Pavilion at College Park, Nedlands.

For more information and tickets go to trybooking.com and search “vitality cafe”.

Billy tea to toast Subi walks

A walk around Subiaco on this Sunday, July 13 will finish with Anzac biscuits and billy tea in the Earthwise community centre garden.

The special walk will be to celebrate 24 years of See Subi on Sunday walks, which are free and offered by volunteer guides.

The walk will start at the corner of Hensman Street and Hamersley Road at 1.30pm, to explore the southwest corner of Subiaco’s civic precinct.

Find out about the area’s artworks, gardens and the contribu-

tion of community organisations based there – including Subiaco Primary School.

The Earthwise visit will include a guided tour of its garden and explanation of the activities and services it offers.

The op shop and garden stalls will be open for purchases. See Subi on Sunday walks take about 90 minutes and are suitable for all ages. Attendees are invited to offer personal anecdotes of their connections to the areas visited. See Subi on Sunday walks are free. There’s no need to book, just turn up.

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Friends of Lake Claremont coordinator Tony Barr, pictured, is calling for weeders to help new seedlings thrive.

Visitors Tatiane and Ivan bring in their coffee machine –the 2000th item for repair at the Repair Cafe in Doubleview.

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Boning up on pearl future

By Elisha Newell

A Broome biotech company plans to grow outside the town’s usual tourism trails and tales and leave its customers with a souvenir beyond the usual pearls.

Marine Biomedical is a private company seeking to enter the bone substitute market with a product that gives pearling waste a new lease on life.

The biotech’s flagship product is PearlBone, a bone grafting putty made from nacre, the inner layer of the silver-lipped pearl oyster shell.

Scientists believe this pearling byproduct could lead to a medical breakthrough, most notably because of its regenerative properties and similarity to bone.

CEO Patrick Moase said there was evidence of nacre being used as a bone substitute as far back as the 7th Century CE.

“Archaeologists have uncovered a Mayan skull – we’re not sure if it was from a king or queen of the time – where doctors cut up a couple of pieces of nacre from the mollusc and embedded it in the

jawbone,” he said.

“It integrated perfectly … and that was our first indication that pearl shell might have some benefits in repairing bone trauma.”

Marine Biomedical opened its first manufacturing facility in Broome in 2023.

Government funding helped it recently open a “clean room”, a sterile facility used for PearlBone preparation.

Shells are supplied by Willie Creek Pearls, the family business run by Swanbourne man Rob Banfield who is on the

Packer fund turns from US to Asia

By Sam Jones

Cottesloe fund manager Packer & Co has reduced its exposure to the US stock market and pivoted funds to Asia to offset the impacts of global trade tensions.

In its end of financial year market update, Willy Packer’s eponymous fund raised concerns about inflated US stock prices in the context of the country’s growing budget deficit and unpredictability on trade.

WA’s biggest home-grown boutique fund manager is known for its global focus

and preparedness to take big positions based on both strategic outlook and particular opportunities.

The fund’s interests in four Chinese tech companies – online fashion platform Vipshop, Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent –make up around 10 per cent of its total portfolio, reflecting the fact that the firm’s equity holdings were now primarily in Asian markets.

“With such a disconnect between expensive US stocks and the precarious economic outlook, we have

reduced our exposure to the US stock market and have repatriated the bulk of our US bond holdings to Australia,” Packer & Co said.

“Thirty years ago, Asia’s largest economies – China and India – accounted for just 12 per cent of the global economy with enormous populations largely living agrarian lives.

“Today, these economies account for a quarter of global GDP, twice the size of the US.

“With a combined population that is eight times larger than the US, we see scope for more growth.

“We recently took our profits and reinvested the proceeds in China’s tech giants, which were hard-hit during the broader sell-off.”

Packer announced in November it had paid a $10.5million dividend for the 2024 year.

That was up from $9million the previous year.

Marine Biomedical board. designed to prepare PearlBone for international markets, where the demand for natural orthopaedic solutions is growing.

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transfusions. The global market for bone graft substitutes was valued at $US5billion in

surgical interventions, and higher rates of sporting injuries and trauma incidents.

PROPOSAL TO UPGRADE AN EXISTING MOBILE PHONE BASE STATION

1. Vodafone and Optus are proposing to upgrade an existing rooftop mobile phone base station at 20 Richardson Avenue, Claremont WA 6010

2. The proposed upgrade will consist of:

• Removal of three (3) existing Vodafone/Optus shared panel antennas.

• Installation of three (3) new Vodafone/Optus shared panel antennas (each less than 2.8m in length).

• Installation of twenty seven (27) remote radio units and other ancillary equipment including GPS antennas, antenna mounts, feeders, cabling, combiners, safety signage and other associated equipment; and ancillary works within the existing equipment shelter.

3. In accordance with Section 7 of the Industry Code C564:2025 Mobile Phone Base Station Deployment, we invite you to make comments about the proposal.

4. Please direct comments to Lynette Brandwood at TPG.Submissions@servicestream.com.au 0429 392 255 or by post to Level 3, Zenith Tower B 821 Pacific Highway, Chatswood NSW 2067 by 5pm Saturday 26 July 2025.

For more information about the proposal, scan the QR Code or visit www.rfnsa.com.au/6010009

Shifting focus ... Packer & Co fund manager Willy Packer.

From left, Marine Biomedical board members Paul Anderson and Robert Banfield, chairman Mal Di Giulio, Minister Stephen Dawson and Prof. Minghao Zheng open the PearlBone facility in Broome.

Austen classic becomes a smashed hit

Pride and Prejudice with five actors on one set in one act – with shots of tequila thrown in. That was the challenge set for Brisbane playwright Matthew Semple by producer Alex Woodward of Woodward Productions.

Rising to the challenge, Plied and Prejudice sees five actors playing 20 characters in just 90 minutes, with all notions of British etiquette thrown out the door as each night a different actor is set a further

challenge of downing several shots of tequila before narrating the fast-paced show.

The show that began as a two-week season in Brisbane ran for five months. It then went to London where it is enjoying an extended season including Perth actor Emma Andreatta in the cast.

“An Australian cast doing a British show by a revered English writer was the ultimate litmus test,” Matthew said.

The Cowan story, in words and music

Perth Symphony Orchestra opens another chapter of WA Stories about three remarkable West Australians – Edith Dircksey Cowan, Richard Walley and Jon Sanders.

The first story is about Edith Cowan and her remarkable life, from early personal tragedy to her groundbreaking election as the first woman in any Australian parliament, and her historic achievement as the first woman in the

British Empire to have a Bill passed into law.

With storytelling by Lit Live’s Sarah McNeill, the live music is by female composers, many of whom created beautiful art in defiance of the social limitations placed on them at the time.

■ PSO’s WA Stories II about Edith Cowan performs in WA Museum’s Hackett Hall on Friday and Saturday, July 24 and 25. Book through humanitx.com/wa-stories.

He admitted that before he settled on his successful comedy adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic novel he wrote a full-length “hourslong” version. Then he lovingly ruined it to get to the heart of the story of Elizabeth Bennet and Mister Darcy and throwing in a party atmosphere.

■ Plied and Prejudice with a Perth cast performs Downstairs at The Maj from July 18 to August 17.

Camelot focuses on Ukraine

Camelot Arts Club is putting Ukraine art, culture and filmmaking in the spotlight next week.

Raising funds for a Ukraine crisis appeal, Camelot will screen two films next Friday, July 18.

A Delicate Balance is a short film showing how circus brings joy to children during wartime, with footage captured by Perth cir-

■ Edith Dircksey Cowan

My mother has a personality disorder and I feel very sad that as she ages and gets ill she is unable to change her ways. Being raised by her has impacted me and my siblings and I cannot be around these people because their behaviour is so hurtful. Other relatives are judgmental that I do not help my vicious, mean-spirited, yet ill mother.

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I cry when I see other mothers and daughters. I can’t count on my mother for anything, and she has only minimal interest in my two beautiful daughters.

There are no support groups for adult children of nasty, mean-spirited, self-centred parents. But the hurt never goes away.

cus trainer Chris Mayhew. The documentary Porcelain War follows three artists who have remained in Ukraine during the war, using clay, cameras, and courage as their tools of resistance.

A Ukrainian arts display and authentic dessert stall will add to an evening of art, hope and resilience, from 5.30pm.

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■ A cast of five share drinks, laughter and an abreviated version of Pride and Prejudice.

Circus continues to make children smile in wartime.

Heritage with contemporary interior

The river end of Chester Road has some of Claremont’s most prized heritage houses from a period the Heritage Council describes as “the birth of the suburb”.

This house for sale was the first to be built in the street, and it is part of the Chester Road Heritage Area which includes six neighbouring properties.

The Federation bungalow-style home was built in 1897 with many elegant features associated with the era, such as stainedglass windows, ornate plasterwork, arches, jarrah floors and high ceilings.

It was the character features, plus the location near the river and parks, that drew the owners to the home in 2020.

“It was just before COVID, and our son was only five months old,” one of the owners said.

“We felt very lucky to be in lockdown in this beautiful home, and this neighbourhood with a strong sense of community.

“It was exactly what we needed during that challenging time.”

They lived in the twostorey house for almost a year to get a feel for it before beginning a comprehensive renovation.

The layout of the

four-bedroom and threebathroom abode was perfect but they wanted to make the interiors more contemporary.

They engaged Judith Barrett-Lennard, who has been called Perth’s grande dame of interior design.

Through her company, JBL Design, Judith has been renovating some of

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the finest homes in the western suburbs for 40 years.

“Judith has an amazing eye for colours and fabrics and a unique style which we love,” the owner said.

“She is exceptional at creating elegant and luxurious spaces while keeping a sense of home and warmth.”

They were inspired

by interiors of New York “brownstone” houses that blend historic charm with an industrial and modern aesthetic.

The renovation included many custommade elements, ranging from steel-framed doors to marble and stone fireplaces.

“A lot of work was also done on the electrical and

lighting of the house,” the owner said.

The home has a Category 3 heritage listing with Claremont council.

CONTACT: Vivien Yap 0433 258 818 and Laura Johns 0411 824 496. Things you will love

Near the river, parks

High-end renovation

Lots of storage

$2.55million JOLIMONT

1 Pollen Grove

The design of Box House maximised its 312sq.m site on the corner of Anther Lane.

AGENT: Clare Nation, Haiven Property Group.

$2.727million WEMBLEY

69 Holland Street

There are four bedrooms and three bathrooms in this renovated character home.

AGENT: Nathan Tonich, Whitefox.

$5.3million CITY BEACH

13 Larundel Road

The sale of this home with a resort-style pool area set a record for the street, RP Data shows.

AGENT: Scott Swingler, Shore Property.

■ Behind the 1897 exterior is a beautifully-renovated home with interiors by Judith Barrett-Lennard.

■ The main living area was renovated with steel-framed doors that look out to a French-style garden.

■ The timeless kitchen has white cabinets and a Carrara marble benchtop.

■ Four months after it was damaged by fire, Albert Hall is back on the market. Agent Sarah

take a buyer with creativity, passion and deep pockets to rebuild the 1900 property,

right, is launching the heritage-listed

North Freo heritage up for a rebuild Albert Hall in North Fremantle was gutted by fire in February but the bones of the original structure still stand, presenting an opportunity for a buyer to re-build the heritagelisted building, which cannot be demolished. “If I was 20 years younger, I would love to do it,” one of the sellers said on Tuesday morning as she walked through the charred ruins of her former home. “With creativity, passion and vision, you could do something really special.” The cause of the fire was accidental, investigators found. “We still don’t know what caused it,” she said. “This was my home for more than 30 years and I miss it terribly.” Albert Hall was on the market

when the fire caused an estimated $2million damage. Ray White agent Sarah Bourke said some of the buyers who were circling to buy it back then were still interested, “Since the fire, I’ve had about two calls a week and the strongest interest is from people in the building industry,” Ms Bourke said. Buyers will need to do their own due diligence by contacting Fremantle council. The 434sq.m property will hit the market this Saturday, and offers close on August 4 For more details phone 0474 310 500.

Sheraton carpet lives on in Bay View Tce

The Sheraton Hotel was the place to be in the 1970s, and people came to marvel at the lobby with

■ The shagpile carpet that adorned the floors of the Sheraton Hotel lobby was also used in a Mosman Park house, left, that went under offer recently. Photo: State Library and Galeforce Photography, 1982

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shagpile carpet and a futuristic light fitting. When the late Jean Forsyth heard that the leftover carpet was being auctioned, she jumped at the chance to buy it for her Mosman Park house. The carpet with swirling patterns was installed during a renovation of the family home opposite St Hilda’s Anglican School for Girls. “Our parents started renovating the house in the late 1970s, and by 1981 the renovations were complete and the carpet was in the house,” her daughters said. The carpet, together with the mirrored wall tiles and eye-catching wallpaper, captivated potential buyers at recent home opens. The two-storey house, on the corner of Mosman Terrace, went under offer recently for an undisclosed sum. Agent Jody Fewster, of Ray White Cottesloe Mosman Park, brokered the deal for 1 Bay View Terrace, which almost lost its street number in 2007. Wealthy couple Pankaj and Radhika Oswal wanted that number for their own mansion, “Taj on Swan” fi

23 is being leased instead. The agent for 2301/4 Seddon Street is Tonia McNeilly

Quick sale for upscaled Wembley ‘cottage’

■ Renovated character homes are in demand, judging by the quick sale of 51 Nanson Street, Wembley.

about the plan to take her number, and objected to the council (Grove’s ‘little India’ stirs partition row, August 18, 2007).

Keen competition for Mosman Park properties

All the auction action last weekend was in Mosman Park where two properties owned by the same family were sold as a deceased estate. Both went to first-home buyers, agent Claire O’Meara of Ray White Dalkeith Claremont, said. Competition was fierce, with nine people putting their hands up for a 3x2 at 49 Monument Street

The 298sq.m property, adjacent to Mosman Park Shopping Centre, was knocked down to a final bid of $1.68million. Six bidders competed for the 2x1 at 9/9 Boundary Road, which fetched $770,000. Cooling temperatures and the start of the school holiday means a quieter auction market in the western suburbs. A penthouse at One was advertised for auction this Saturday but the 3x3 on Level

■ ■ There was plenty of competition for 9/9 Boundary Road, Mosman Park, which went to a first-home buyer for $770,000.

A Wembley character home with a bold, architect-designed addition was snapped up within a week of hitting the market. The fourbedroom and three-bathroom house at 51 Nanson Street was priced from high $2millions to low $3millions. Property records show the sellers paid $1.3million for the pink weatherboard in 2018. They engaged David Robinson from Son & Son Architects to draw up the plans for the addition which was completed by Swell Homes. “We wanted a clear distinction between the 1920s front and the new extension,” the sellers said. “We made the rear extension double storey to maintain the outdoor spaces the 653sq.m block could offer – perfect for family life with two children and a dog.” They named it Culver Cottage as a nod to their UK roots. “My husband’s childhood home had views of Culver Cliff on the Isle of Wight,” his wife said. “This little tribute helps us feel connected.” It was sold by Craig Gaspar and Declan Turner of DUET Property Group.

■ The warehouse-style addition with soaring walls to display artworks is among the many features of a Swanbourne home that sold for $3.9million.

Walls cry out to be covered in art Artist, designer and builder

Maryanne Fiore has sold her Swanbourne house for $3.9million A yellow slide in one bedroom and a warehouse-style addition with soaring walls to display artworks are among the many features of the artistic home at 32 Servetus Street Maryanne transformed the original 1928 Federation-style bungalow which had a dated 1980s extension. When it hit the market in October, Maryanne said: “I virtually grew up on a building site because my father has been involved in the building industry for more than 60 years.” The 6x5 on a 1214sq.m site was sold by Candie Italiano of Ray White Dalkeith Claremont.

Bourke,

property in North Fremantle on Saturday. It will

which cannot be demolished.

Denco Renovations

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HOLIDAYS & RESORTS

Tree protection comes to Mos Park

• From page 9

had reduced tree protection planning, he said. It was possible to increase both housing and mature tree protections, he said, but changes would need to be made to developers’ approaches.

Mosman Park’s tree register report noted numerous problems, such as low turnout of applicants in other councils, the costs of hiring arborists, and the uncertainty of how it would apply for changes in property owners. Nedlands, Cambridge and Peppermint Grove have introduced tree protections on private property.

Residents who wish to remove a protected tree on their property might have to seek approval from the Town or consult a qualified arborist.

The change is due to be advertised and opened for public consultation upon approval by the Minister for Planning.

Wordsworth hoard to reveal secrets

and prints jostled for space on the walls, and there were silk lamps and upholstered chairs galore.

Rare hand-drawn charts showing lands intended for settlers from 1829, including several by Capt. James Stirling and Capt. Matthew Flinders, are some of the historical gems.

There are maps of the southern coast drawn in 1792, maps from Nicholas Baudin’s voyage in 1807, and engravings of explorers’ ships.

There is a suite of botanical prints, and also the earliest illustration of a WA eucalypt painted by a French botanist in 1792.

Also included are portraits and illustrations of indigenous figures, as well as a small collection of indigenous art.

There are many letters and documents, including one from the Court of St James regarding the appointment and commission of Capt Stirling as governor of the Swan River Colony.

Other interesting pieces include Alexander Forrest’s 18 carat gold pocket watch and his octant, which he used during expeditions.

Ms Wordsworth was described by the National Gallery as “one of Western Australia’s most passionate and respected collectors”

during a previous exhibition of selected works.

“Her passion for West Australian colonial furniture was pursued with a singular intensity, with the best aims in mind,” the gallery said at the time.

A large part of the auction is the Prinsep Collection, which Ms Wordsworth acquired after learning about it at a dinner party.

“It hasn’t seen the light of day in years,” Mr Sumner said.

In 2007, Ms Wordsworth paid $530,075 for an 1862 watercolour of Perth, but her purchase was kept secret until she revealed the painting dur-

ing a party at her house for members of the WA Historical Society.

Ms Wordsworth bought the Captain Stirling Hotel in the 1980s, which was thought to be a sentimental purchase as the hotel was originally built for her father.

She was advised to demolish and rebuild it, but she said this would have resulted in “a tasteless, ghastly monstrosity”. There are several viewing times at the home before the live auction on Sunday July 13 at the Cottesloe Civic Centre. An online auction for other items closes online Monday July 14 at 9am.

Fair deal for our state schools

• From page 5

and even Scarborough, who go to a public education facility.

“They deserve the same attention as anybody else.”

He urged the Labor government not to use a $36million public endowment trust to pay for its “pet projects”.

If that money was divided up equally between the 800 public schools across WA each electorate would get between $600,000 and $700,000, a “meaningful amount”.

“Go down to Jolimont or Daglish. It is not Jutland Parade,” he said.

“They are very hardworking people on double incomes.

“Their children are in schools that need support just like any other.

“Please do not think of the primary schools in the electorate of Nedlands as somehow privileged; they are not. They are governmentfunded schools and deserve the same attention, teacher aides and infrastructure as any other school in WA.”

Pedestrians cross over too many trains

• From page 9

“While all pedestrian level crossings on the Transperth rail network meet the highest rail crossing safety standards, the PTA is monitoring the relevant crossings to understand the impacts of an increased frequency of trains.

“This will help inform the PTA’s investigations into potential changes to these crossings, which may include replacing the crossing with an overpass or underpass.

“No decision has been made

regarding the Bagot Road level crossings. An underpass is also available at Daglish Station a few hundred metres away.”

The PTA paid KPMG Australia $132,000 last year “to investigate removal or grade separation of the crossing to manage increased potential for risk taking behaviour”.

The PTA said the study was necessary because of the increase in train traffic and that “the pedestrian crossing at Bagot Road will continue to be monitored closely and

the data used to inform any decision on its future”. That crossing links Stubbs Terrace on the Daglish side of the tracks with Railway Road on the Subiaco side and is popular with locals and hospital workers.

A High Frequency Crossing sign erected at the Daglish level crossing last year points to the next nearest access points, 375m to the Daglish station underpass or an underpass in Hay Street 560m away.

• From page 7

HOLIDAYS & RESORTS

Tree protection comes to Mos Park

• From page 9

had reduced tree protection planning, he said. It was possible to increase both housing and mature tree protections, he said, but changes would need to be made to developers’ approaches.

Mosman Park’s tree register report noted numerous problems, such as low turnout of applicants in other councils, the costs of hiring arborists, and the uncertainty of how it would apply for changes in property owners. Nedlands, Cambridge and Peppermint Grove have introduced tree protections on private property.

Residents who wish to remove a protected tree on their property might have to seek approval from the Town or consult a qualified arborist.

The change is due to be advertised and opened for public consultation upon approval by the Minister for Planning.

Wordsworth hoard to reveal secrets

and prints jostled for space on the walls, and there were silk lamps and upholstered chairs galore.

Rare hand-drawn charts showing lands intended for settlers from 1829, including several by Capt. James Stirling and Capt. Matthew Flinders, are some of the historical gems.

There are maps of the southern coast drawn in 1792, maps from Nicholas Baudin’s voyage in 1807, and engravings of explorers’ ships.

There is a suite of botanical prints, and also the earliest illustration of a WA eucalypt painted by a French botanist in 1792.

Also included are portraits and illustrations of indigenous figures, as well as a small collection of indigenous art.

There are many letters and documents, including one from the Court of St James regarding the appointment and commission of Capt Stirling as governor of the Swan River Colony.

Other interesting pieces include Alexander Forrest’s 18 carat gold pocket watch and his octant, which he used during expeditions.

Ms Wordsworth was described by the National Gallery as “one of Western Australia’s most passionate and respected collectors”

during a previous exhibition of selected works.

“Her passion for West Australian colonial furniture was pursued with a singular intensity, with the best aims in mind,” the gallery said at the time.

A large part of the auction is the Prinsep Collection, which Ms Wordsworth acquired after learning about it at a dinner party.

“It hasn’t seen the light of day in years,” Mr Sumner said.

In 2007, Ms Wordsworth paid $530,075 for an 1862 watercolour of Perth, but her purchase was kept secret until she revealed the painting dur-

ing a party at her house for members of the WA Historical Society.

Ms Wordsworth bought the Captain Stirling Hotel in the 1980s, which was thought to be a sentimental purchase as the hotel was originally built for her father.

She was advised to demolish and rebuild it, but she said this would have resulted in “a tasteless, ghastly monstrosity”. There are several viewing times at the home before the live auction on Sunday July 13 at the Cottesloe Civic Centre. An online auction for other items closes online Monday July 14 at 9am.

Fair deal for our state schools

• From page 5

and even Scarborough, who go to a public education facility.

“They deserve the same attention as anybody else.”

He urged the Labor government not to use a $36million public endowment trust to pay for its “pet projects”.

If that money was divided up equally between the 800 public schools across WA each electorate would get between $600,000 and $700,000, a “meaningful amount”.

“Go down to Jolimont or Daglish. It is not Jutland Parade,” he said.

“They are very hardworking people on double incomes.

“Their children are in schools that need support just like any other.

“Please do not think of the primary schools in the electorate of Nedlands as somehow privileged; they are not. They are governmentfunded schools and deserve the same attention, teacher aides and infrastructure as any other school in WA.”

Pedestrians cross over too many trains

• From page 9

“While all pedestrian level crossings on the Transperth rail network meet the highest rail crossing safety standards, the PTA is monitoring the relevant crossings to understand the impacts of an increased frequency of trains.

“This will help inform the PTA’s investigations into potential changes to these crossings, which may include replacing the crossing with an overpass or underpass.

“No decision has been made

regarding the Bagot Road level crossings. An underpass is also available at Daglish Station a few hundred metres away.”

The PTA paid KPMG Australia $132,000 last year “to investigate removal or grade separation of the crossing to manage increased potential for risk taking behaviour”.

The PTA said the study was necessary because of the increase in train traffic and that “the pedestrian crossing at Bagot Road will continue to be monitored closely and

the data used to inform any decision on its future”. That crossing links Stubbs Terrace on the Daglish side of the tracks with Railway Road on the Subiaco side and is popular with locals and hospital workers.

A High Frequency Crossing sign erected at the Daglish level crossing last year points to the next nearest access points, 375m to the Daglish station underpass or an underpass in Hay Street 560m away.

• From page 7

Shops lodge petition

She hoped to stay open during December and then leave Cottesloe on a high.

A petition pleading with the developer to give them more time was submitted to the property manager last week.

Joy Cao, from Neehow Massage, has collected signatures from all the other business owners.

They asked to stay open until the site’s demolition or, at the very least, until January 1 to give them Christmas trade.

“Why not let us stay?” Ms Cao said. “We are only asking to stay until demolition, using the area and paying to stay here the whole time.”

She is also sceptical of dealing with the developers after seeing some other business owners getting different responses.

Some shops had already closed and found new locations outside Cottesloe.

Ms Cao said she got a response from the property manager in which they agreed to discuss their future this month.

Claremont Drapers has been in Cottesloe for the past 15 years after being a Claremont landmark for nearly a century.

The store is full of quirks like the mannequin Chesty Bond, which has been with the shop so long it has been adopted as the unofficial mascot.

The shop is Ms Gatica-Evans’ passion and pride, formed the

Come December 1 business owner

Mary Gatica-Evans and her store’s trusty mascot Chesty Bond will be forced to close up shop.

basis of her friends and community, and has become an integral part of her life.

Coming to terms with losing it will be difficult, she said.

“Retailers that love their little businesses love them, they’ve got the passion, it doesn’t bring you money, it doesn’t bring you fairness, but it brings you what you enjoy doing,” she said.

Reopening in another location would require a lease she was not sure she could risk.

“If it goes wrong, you can lose your house,” she said.

“I can’t do it, and I’m old now and not young enough to weather those types of changes.”

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Coup in Nedlands

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are not fulfilling the duty of good governance to the standard demanded by our community,” Mr Bennett wrote.

The departed councillors had all clashed with Ms Argyle, who accused them of scheming with the Labor government to overthrow her.

Ms Beazley said she wanted “boots on the ground as soon as possible”, but the three commissioners first had to be recruited and then approved by cabinet.

She denied any government involvement in the resignations.

“Not by me and not to any of my knowledge,” she said.

“I’ll be bringing an end to the embarrassing saga of dysfunction and disunity at the City of Nedlands.”

Ms Argyle, deputy mayor Kerry Smyth and councillors Rebecca Coghlan and Blane Brackenridge were put on notice on Monday night that they would all be sacked, but would remain in place until the commissioners were officially appointed.

The absence of a quorum means that in the interim they cannot pass a council vote to progress the business of the council.

In a fiery radio interview on Monday night, Ms Argyle said she had “done nothing but work really hard for the city” and claimed she had been bullied.

“I was elected and re-elected two to one against two guys [Mr Youngman and Mr Hodsdon] that ran against me to be mayor,” she said.

She said she had repeatedly called police while mayor and had been physically blocked from entering the council chamber, but she did not say by whom.

“It is absolutely appalling,” she said.

“My family want me to quit.”

Ms Beazley said October’s scheduled council elections were “a possible end date” for the commissioners’ appointments, but she would not rule out them serving longer due to “complexities” in the Local Government Act.

Those commissioners are likely to be tasked with approving Nedlands’ annual budget, which was due to be voted on by councillors later this month.

Ms Beazley praised the four departed councillors, saying they had made “a personal sacrifice”.

“I think [they] have made the right decision in the best interests of their ratepayers,” she said.

But Kerry Smyth, soon to be dismissed as deputy mayor, cast the resignations as an act of sabotage.

“I am deeply disappointed by what appears to be a deliberate attempt to disrupt the effective functioning of our local government,” she said on Tuesday.

“Claims of dysfunction have been raised by individuals who have not actively participated in council proceedings.

“In contrast, those who remain committed to serving our community have continued to uphold their responsibilities.”

Poor attendance and walkouts have plagued council meetings in recent months, many of which have had to be abandoned after failing to reach a quorum.

Mr Hodsdon said a big factor in his resignation was a proposed 40-year licence agreement over land next to the controversial children’s hospice in Swanbourne, that the Perth Hospital Children’s Foundation wanted for a playground.

Mr Hodsdon, who voted to accept the offer, tried to persuade his fellow councillors to reopen negotiations with the foundation in May, but his motion was not discussed after nobody would second it.

Ms Amiry, Mr Youngman and Mr Bennett were all absent.

“Because of that obstinance on the council’s behalf [the land] loses a lot of protection,”

Mr Hodsdon said.

Ms Argyle likened the land – the disused former site of a bowling club – to some of the world’s most famous parks.

“It is like giving away Hyde Park, Jardin de Luxembourg,

the Royal National Park in Sydney,” she said.

Mr Youngman, who has clashed bitterly with Ms Argyle after losing two mayoral elections to her, said on Monday that he had simply “had enough”.

“It just doesn’t work,” he said of the council.

“I’ve got to be able to work with my integrity.”

He said a full spill of all council positions was an opportunity for a fresh start.

“You’ve just got to get people with integrity to stand up,” he said.

“I hope they’ve been watching what’s going on.”

CEO Keri Shannon, who has regularly clashed with Mr Youngman and other councillors, is tasked with overseeing the handover of power to the government-appointed administrators.

Ms Beazley would not guarantee Ms Shannon’s position on Tuesday.

“When the commissioners come in, they’ll need to be working with the CEO and assess the administration and how that’s functioning,” she said.

Ms Beazley said there was nothing stopping Ms Argyle and the other sacked council members from renominating for their positions.

“I would encourage the mayor and councillors … to use this time to rest, reset, and reflect on both their behaviours and their decision-making,” she said.

Nedlands MP Jonathan Huston and Cottesloe MP Sandra Brewer, who both represent parts of the council’s territory, welcomed its dismissal.

Ms Argyle shared the cover of a book named All the Cool Girls Get Fired on her social media on Tuesday.

“Maybe I’ll set up a new political party and re-run,” she said on radio.

“Maybe I’ll run federal.

“I can do whatever, I have choice, I’m an educated, smart woman.”

Argyle rant reveals Neds reality

shocked and bemused talkback radio callers, but was familiar listening for those who have endured Nedlands council meetings over the past four years.

While Ms Argyle has been a contributor to the toxic environment that has brought the council into disrepute, the end result has truly been a team effort.

Dalkeith councillor Noel Youngman, twice beaten by Ms Argyle in mayoral elections, has regularly and pointedly attacked her at meetings, calling her a “fool” in front of residents.

Former councillor Andrew Mangano called Ms Argyle “a piece of shit” in a closed-door meeting early in her tenure.

Other councillors have regularly failed to turn up to meetings, causing meetings to be abandoned when they failed to reach quorum - precursors to this week’s ultimate quorum fail that finally brought Nedlands undone.

Councillor Melanie Pollard resigned in February after attending just three meetings – out of 25 – in her seven months on

council.

Ben Hodsdon, whose resignation on Monday triggered this week’s crisis, has been living between Perth and Thailand for the past year.

Like Mr Youngman, he lost the last mayoral election to Ms Argyle.

Hengameh Amiry and Fergus Bennett have both walked out of meetings after feuding with Ms Argyle, causing them to be abandoned for lack of quorum.

Ms Amiry was near the end of four months paid leave when she quit on Monday, although she did attend some meetings from London via Zoom in that time.

Ms Argyle herself has Zoomed into recent meetings from overseas after repeatedly publicly castigating Ms Amiry for doing the same.

The toxic atmosphere has inevitably affected the council’s long-suffering staff, many of whom have sought refuge with other employers.

More than half of the City’s workforce left in a six-month period last year, taking with them a wealth of institutional knowledge.

The longest-serving executive,

CEO Keri Shannon, has been in the job just 14 months.

High turnover was cited as a factor in the City’s failed financial audit last year.

The chair of the audit committee, councillor Leo McManus, resigned his council seat, and efforts to appoint new independent members were hamstrung by infighting.

The situation, clearly, was untenable.

Whatever their faults, Mr Hodsdon, Mr Bennett, Mr Youngman and Ms Amiry have done their community a favour by forcing a resolution to the sorry saga.

But to truly draw a line under it, Nedlands will need new councillors who are competent, mature and prepared to put their community first.

The Nedlands area is home to some of the most successful and talented people in WA, but woefully few have put up their hands.

Just six people nominated for three council vacancies at the last election, and only a third of eligible voters cast ballots. “Sadly, you get who you vote for,” Ms Argyle said on radio. She was right on the money.

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Chris farewells his grass castle

Chris Marsh looked out onto his 18 hectare backyard every day for 34 years and reminded himself how lucky he was.

That backyard was his world for every one of those days.

“People used to say I was just a gardener,” he said. “They might have been right but it was a pretty good garden.”

Chris will retire today after 48 years at the University of WA, most of them taking care of the grass, turf and various sporting fields of McGillivray Oval where he lived in the caretaker’s house for more than three decades. He and wife Sandra were moved out 10 years ago when one of the regular UWA audits decided that having a live-in ground manager and turf curator in a lonely cottage far from company constituted an untenable insurance risk.

Chris did not see it that way.

Once surrounded by bush and the paddocks containing agriculture department sheep, with his solitude disturbed only by the occasional inebriated student recovering from a Triple P night or a disoriented tourist searching for the beach

(although the odd body discovered in the changerooms or carparks provided some angst), he was in his element.

“It was a brilliant place to work,” he said. “And to live.”

“This place gave me so many challenges, whether it was preparing cricket wickets from week to week, putting down the clay courts at the tennis club or having the synthetic hockey surfaces out the back.

“The running track is a different beast again, then you add the baseball diamonds and things like that.

“This is one of the biggest, if not the biggest, multi-sport complex in the country.

“We had so many sports, so many events and so many people go through here.

“I worked out once that tens of thousands of people a year use the facility, making millions over the time I’ve been here.

“What a life!”

That life started in 1977 when Chris, who qualified as an architect but was more eager to work with his hands and outside, got a job with UWA’s grounds department.

He was a solid club cricketer at Claremont-Cottesloe and footballer at University, keenly interested in sport and curious about the elements that made cricket pitches work.

Those elements combined in his new working life, although he realised that he needed a tertiary qualification to under-

McGowan wins confidence vote

WACA chair Gail McGowan has survived a board vote of confidence prompted by last week’s POST revelations that NRL newcomer Perth Bears would be based at the WACA Ground as a condition of the government’s recent $15million handout. McGowan has paid positions on two statutory boards – the Mid West Ports Authority and Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority – and a long working relationship with Treasurer and Sport Minister Rita Saffioti from her time as director-general of the Department of Planning. Saffioti’s office made it clear

to the WACA this year that McGowan was the only suitable candidate to replace outgoing chair McGowan asked fellow board members last Friday to vote on whether she had a conflict of interest in the WACA’s negotiations with government over the funding deal. The vote was comfortably

The POST sent McGowan a series of questions, including how it was in WACA’s best interests to host the Bears for the next few years, whether WACA members should be consulted and were there were any other conditions tied to the funding. She did not respond.

“I prepared a pitch at James, the uni was happy to host the match and before you know it, Elton was walking out to play with Dennis Lillee and Rod Marsh.

“Elton got a duck and on the way back in dropped his daks to moon the crowd, but was pretty happy with the day.”

That high point was matched by an Australian hockey Test at McGillivray that Chris said was played on the most immaculate sward of grass he produced in his time at UWA.

The trials he faced ranged from the organic challenges of maintaining high-quality grass for high-use events to the changing political winds that blew though the university.

Chris Marsh is about to say goodbye to McGillivray Oval.

RIGHT: Chris with a segment of turf taken from James Oval in1991.

pin his formal position and to qualify for a salary as a skilled tradesman.

A certificate in turf preparation from Bentley TAFE provided the formal foundation for the next few decades as one of the best cricket curators in the state.

Chris prepared three pitch squares at McGillivray, usually rotating his heavy roller across the west, east and north blocks, while commuting to the main campus at Crawley where he was responsible for the pitches at James Oval.

That ground provided one of his great memories when he responded to a call from a cricket friend involved in promoting Elton John’s imminent concert tour.

“He told me that Elton wanted to play a cricket match in Perth and could I help?” he said.

He operated through the tenures of 11 different vicechancellors, not all of whom were keen on the value of sport, while about six separate master plans threatened to transform the Marsh backyard.

They included proposals for West Coast to use the facility as a training base, a WACA plan to convert one oval into a state cricket ground suitable for Sheffield Shield matches, and other deals with the Western Force and Perth Glory.

battle only to look out the window one day and there was Professor Bloomfield and a group of phys ed students all swinging golf clubs on my grass,” Chris said.

“He had introduced a golf unit into the curriculum and had organised to use McGillivray for the practical element. He was too good for me.”

Chris’s major interest was preparing cricket pitches and he applied for the job as curator of the Melbourne Cricket Ground during the days when his former Claremont team-mate John Lill was secretary, as well as a WACA Ground vacancy.

There were also challenges within the university’s academic arms.

John Bloomfield was UWA’s most prominent and highly regarded physical education figure for many years.

He was also a keen golfer who was eager to use McGillivray as his own driving range.

That was a no-no for a ground manager equally keen to maintain his physical and metaphysical turf and it took a concerted – and mostly good-humoured – effort to keep the influential Bloomfield at bay.

“I thought I had won that

Longboards line up for the Whalebone

Cottesloe beachfront once again transforms into a stage of sliding elegance and salty tradition with the running of the 26th annual Whalebone Classic this week.

More than just a comp, the Whalebone is a love-letter to longboarding’s golden era, a throwback to when surfing was all about feel, nose rides that defy gravity, cross-steps like ballet on water and longboards as classic as the stories behind them.

Cottesloe Longboard Club president Martin Richardson said the Whalebone was the second largest surfing event in WA.

But the lure of such high-profile positions was soon sapped when he realised that he did not want to leave the paradise that he had helped create.

“I was young and rash when I applied at the MCG and a while later Ian Brayshaw suggested I put in for the WACA job and so I had an interview with the CEO Tom Ivankovich,” he said.

“It was not me, though.

“I didn’t want to be stuck in a stadium just doing wickets. I had started to become interested in athletics and baseball and all the sports that were here.

“I love cricket, but preparing the athletics track to help Steve Hooker become a world champion, or getting the place ready to host the World Police Games or World Masters or Gay Olympics, provides plenty of motivation and fulfillment.

“Yeah, this place has given me so many more challenges.”

Chris said he would continue to drive past and through McGillivray, while his growing interest in photography and documenting the sports that he has influenced would provide a pursuit for years to come.

“The Whalebone brings the tribe together, whatever the weather,” he said.

“This is the one we look forward to the most each year, bringing the best longboarders in the state to our home turf.

“The Cottesloe crew are really strong this year and hopefully they can take advantage of the varied conditions anticipated.”

Swell conditions on opening day on Friday are predicted to be in the two to three-metre range, accompanying north to north-easterly winds with rain and stronger north-westerlies on Saturday.

surfing with cameron bedford-brown

Finals day on Sunday is looking bigger and cleaner, which will be a boost for competitors

“State champion Jack Medland will be competing, and former Australian and state champ Georgia Young, who has a stranglehold on wins in the women’s, makes a return to defend her title,” Martin said.

“The highlight on Sunday will be the Old Mal division.

“The winner will secure a place in history, writing his name on one of the best trophies in the world of surfing.

“Cottesloe community is all about the beach and surfing and a big crowd is expected to come down, so bring it on.”

The event traces its roots back to 1998 when local longboarding legend Peter Dunn discovered an old whalebone lodged in the reef.

Inspired by the find he launched a contest in honour of the majestic creature and a tradition was born.

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Competitors and founder Peter Dunn, far right, at the Whalebone Classic. Photo: Courtesy Martin Richardson

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I have a handful of entries this week, but because we couldn’t get a printed copy of the paper to you last weekend, I’m repeating the doodle so more of you get a chance to make some great art. Nia Kuppusamy, 11, from Floreat, and Sean Herring, 9, from Jolimont, were our winners last week for their very imaginative

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School holidays for fun and learning

THE WINTER school holidays are here but the chilly weather shouldn’t stop you having loads of fun. Here’s a few ideas to amuse and entertain you and the family.

• Terracotta Warriors:Legacy of the First Emperor at WA Museum

Boola Bardip will feature the Ancient China Activity Zone where families can engage with Chinese history through hands-on activities that are both fun and educational.

• The School’s Out Winter Fest at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre will entertain from morning until early evening with ice-skating,

carnival rides, snow slides, sideshow games, and sweet winter treats. PCEC reopens for Winter Fest Nights on Saturdays with a slightly edgier vibe, perfect for families with tweens and teens.

• Scitech is packed with live science shows, interactive workshops, backto-back planetarium shows, and a massive hands-on activity that’s sure to spark your curiosity.

• The City of Perth Library can entertain the littlies with a range of craft activities. Budding storytellers can join award-winning author Raewyn Caisley for a morning of

creative writing, or learn to draw characters with bestselling cartoonist Gavin Aung Than in a comic book workshop.

• Once the sun sets, Kings Park is transformed with Lightscape with more than 20 spectacular installations from both international and local artists, each exploring the beauty and wonder of the natural world. It’s a sensory journey of light, sound and magic.

• There are some great workshops at Fremantle Arts Centre including crafting your own mosaic rainbow unicorn using an array of colourful

outer-space drawings using the parallelogram shape. Nia’s befuddled cat was being delivered to space and Sean’s ferocious dragon is fighting a UFO.

From outer-space to outdoors, there were some lovely kite-flying drawings, Indiana’s sunny beach scene, Elsie’s beach at Rotto and Markie’s clever diving board.

I hope you’re all enjoying your holiday and I look forward to seeing some more great art this week.

Q. What is a spaceman’s favourite chocolate?

A. A Marsbar!

Q. What do you get if you cross a snowman with a shark?

A. Frostbite!

Q. Why don’t aliens eat clowns?

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Q. What was the first animal in space?

A. The cow that jumped over the moon!

Q. What do you call a sick Martian that looks like a bird of prey?

A. An ill eagle alien!

Q.  How do you throw a party in space?

A . You have to planet!

tiles, make weird and wonderful papier mache creations with Louise Snook or design and make your own quirky little house in clay.

• John Curtin Gallery in Curtin University has a photo montage workshop inspired by the Carrolup

artworks created by young Aboriginal children who were taken away from their families. Explore the world of visual storytelling through composite images, disparate photographs, pre-made images and found material.

Vouchers will be mailed and valid for 4 weeks. These Doodlebug contestants have won.

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Indi Price, Indiana Meling, Estell Starlette, Markie Thompson, Oscar Sibra, Patrick Momen, Henry Arnold, Elsie Delamotte, Fiona Earl-Spurr, Charlotte Conaty.

Sean Herring (9)

Nia Kuppusamy (11)

PCEC ice skating

Curtin craft City Perth Library

Lightscape