POST Newspapers 24 May 2025

Wardens flee traffic danger

By JEN REWELL

The busy marked crossing outside PLC in Peppermint Grove has been abandoned by traffic wardens who find it is too dangerous.

But principal Cate Begbie dresses in her brightest colours each day to herd her students across the busy four-lane highway.

Ms Begbie is not allowed to hold a flag or banner to stop vehicles – she has not done the required training – but she waits for a gap in traffic and boldly

Hundreds of speeding cars detected

“This isn’t a future risk, it’s a current danger,” she said.

“Every day without action increases the chance of a tragedy.”

A trained warden who was given a job on the McNeill Street crossing said he felt he was “risking his life” every time he walked out onto the highway.

He asked to be moved and was shifted to a quieter crossing.

A previous crossing guard was hit by a vehicle’s wing mirror and is still too traumatised to

Freedom

Crossings Unit told PLC that the crossing would be unmanned indefinitely, and that no wardens were willing to staff the location, because of the risk.

Last year, 401 speeding cars were recorded exceeding the 40kmh school zone limit in one 80-minute period.

Other locals use the crossing before and after school, including a child who has special needs and is in a wheelchair.

“We don’t want to be standing

of the presses

promised $700,000 for a pushbutton crossing with lights to be installed on Pearson Street near ahead when Labor won the Former

Neds faces sack

By BEN DICKINSON

Nedlands council is facing the sack as toxic relationships between councillors continue to cripple its basic functions.

Local Government Minister Hannah Beazley has threatened to dissolve the council in frustration at its dysfunction.

what is available for me to do and I can absolutely say that I’m putting nothing on or off the table.”

Ms Beazley has instructed her department’s acting director general to send a please-explain letter to the council detailing what she says is “very obvious dysfunction”.

It will be the only rotary newspaper press in the state outside of the monopoly news-

The press has spare capacity to print other independent newspapers and similar full-

POST editor Bret Christian said planning for the new project

began exactly two years ago, on the day the only other remaining press, in Mandurah, closed down.

The closure of the Mandurah press posed an existential threat to the POST and other independent media in WA.

Two country papers closed immediately, while others struggled to cope with soaring printing prices.

The POST press project ramped up the day the Australian Financial Review ceased printing in WA, following its owners’ disputes with the same printer used up until now by the POST.

Mr Christian said the new press was close to the testing stage and would be printing the POST each week in the new financial year.

It would take only half a day to print the POST’s 50,000 copies each week.

The project is being financed from the POST’s resources with some help from supportive local business people.

Contact bret@postnewspapers. com.au or printers@fairmaiden. com.au for further information.

“I’m at the end of my tether,” Ms Beazley told ABC Radio.

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Cottesloe MP David

Stop right now … PLC principal Cate Begbie steps up for student safety on a crossing that has scared off trained wardens. Photo: Paul McGovern

The new press in its early stages of assembly. Photo: Bret Christian

Risk factors

I share concerns about the increase in sexual assaults on women jogging alone in isolated areas.

As I occasionally try to get some exercise walking through some local bush parks, I often come across and surprise people completely oblivious to their surroundings.

With drinking straws plugged into their ears and their eyes fixed on their whole world in their hands, they cut themselves off from any audible or visual warnings of approaching potential danger.

‘Tone deaf’ Liberals missed the point

How wonderful to have the boys-club wisdom of Noel Crichton-Browne gracing these pages (Chaney, Bishop and ‘sliding door’, Letters, May 17), long after his ungraceful exit from the Liberal Party.

Not content with taking cheap shots at Kate Chaney during the election, he now points out why Ms Chaney was wrong about Julie Bishop as a viable leader.

Ms Bishop was clearly the strongest candidate, having been deputy PM, and would send a strong message to female and moderate Liberals when the Abbott and Morrison governments’ treatment of women was a national issue.

That’s the point Ms Chaney was making.

Like Noel, the Libs were tone deaf to this, and haven’t changed. Sussan Ley is their tokenistic placeholder, unlikely to contest the next election.

Roger Hughes Ruislip Street, West Leederville

‘Nedlands said no’ to foundation’s

offer

Eliza Clapin (Just WHY is Allen Park excision necessary? Letters, May 17) asks why the A-Class Reserve status could not be retained and the investment in a new park also go ahead.

On three separate occasions Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation suggested exactly that to the City of Nedlands – that PCHF invest in the revegetation and landscaping, and the City retain total control.

On all occasions, including at a full council meeting where we presented a detailed scheme with thousands of native plants and 60% new tree canopy, the council said “No”.

At some stage sick kids need to be put first, and we can make this space genuinely “A-Class” after two decades of neglect by the City of Nedlands.

Ian Campbell Chairman Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation

‘A’ for always on Allen Park reserve land

Nedlands council has certainly had its ups and downs in recent times and has received media flak from all quarters. But when it does something right, that should be noted too.

The council has now voted unanimously to accept a design for the section of A-Class reserve in Allen Park between the WA Bridge Club and the under-construction children’s hospice.

The public gallery erupted into applause as the motion included the preparation of a detailed landscaping plan with a reasonable, but not exorbitant, budget and a commitment to further consultation with all relevant stakeholders.

Best of all, this is parkland that everyone can enjoy including the children, staff and visitors to the hospice.

Planning and Lands Minister John Carey should question why the WA Health Department has asked him to excise the land from its A-Class protection, and in such haste.

It makes no sense at all to risk the future of this important public pathway that links Allen Park’s eastern and western playing fields and is part of the nationally recognised Whadjuk Bush to Beach Trail.

If Mr Carey excises this parkland, removes its protective classification and hands it to

the Health Department to manage, nobody can guarantee it will remain part of Allen Park reserves into the future. That is fact.

As Lisa Samaha has pointed out (Swanbourne ‘dustbowl’ a sand dune ecosystem, Letters, May 3), this land is part of a fragile ecosystem, home to nesting rainbow bee-eaters, reptiles, birds and insects.

Importantly, the area is a firebreak that has been maintained by the City of Nedlands for many years and is even more important now with a children’s hospital adjacent.

It must be protected for future generations and remain as A-Class reserve.

High speed hijack

Although Cottesloe Mayor Lorraine Young disingenuously says otherwise (Secrecy over foreshore path, Letters, May 17) my concern with the new bike path along Marine Parade, which council minutes say will be similar to one beside Curtin Avenue, is not to lower its 25kmh speed limit but rather to keep it separate from the existing foreshore path, which needs a 10kmh limit to protect pedestrians from higher-speed bikes.

Kevin Morgan Pearse Street, Cottesloe

Daryl Binning Bull Creek Drive, Bull Creek

Denise Murray Sayer Street, Swanbourne

Traffic snarl led to carpark birth

By LLOYD GORMAN

Henry Gilmore was expected to be born at King Edward Memorial Hospital.

He threatened to arrive on a plane, but instead was born in the Fiona Stanley Hospital carpark before spending more than two months in intensive care there.

Expectant mother Chloe Gilmore was being airlifted to Perth from Esperance last September when her labour intensified as the plane approached Jandakot airport.

Medics decided that peak hour traffic meant she should be taken to Fiona Stanley rather than KEMH.

Very sick newborns from KEMH are usually rushed to Perth Children’s Hospital for emergency and life-saving surgery and treatment.

A KEMH replacement maternity hospital will be built next to Fiona Stanley after the state government in 2023 unexpectedly dumped the originallyplanned site at nearby QEII Medical Centre.

The Murdoch announcement caused a mass outcry from clinicians who warned the 20km distance and likelihood of heavy traffic between there and PCH would risk the lives of newborns in need of urgent treatment.

It was Flying Doctors Day at the Royal Flying Doctors Service base in Jandakot airport

west of Esperance, was published on the RFDS website to help raise awareness of the work done by the flying medics.

She was 28 weeks pregnant with her third son when she faced a frightening complication – bleeding caused by a subchorionic haemorrhage.

Chloe was admitted to

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“The doctors thought that they could calm everything down but decided it was safer to send me to Perth via the RFDS,” she said. Doctor Tom and retrieval nurse Ali accompanied her on the flight, and she was already having sporadic contractions when they got on board.

Cambridge urges planning revolution

By JEN REWELL

Raise the stakes to $100million or scrap the developer’s dream.

That is the wish of Cambridge councillors who called an urgent meeting this week to support a change to the state government’s planning and

development approval process.

The WA Local Government Association wants the WA Planning Commission to abolish an approval process known as the Part 11B significant development pathway.

Part 11B is a “tailored assessment pathway” for develop-

ments over $20million, introduced in March 2024, which allows the WAPC to determine approvals and “apply additional discretion”.

If Part 11B is not abolished, WALGA says the cost threshold should be raised to $50million.

Cambridge wants it raised to $100million.

The approval process has frustrated Cambridge locals who have seen three Part 11B projects approved – including multistorey developments in Wembley and City Beach – despite protests from local

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Tower spikes student wheels

By BEN DICKINSON

Hundreds of UWA students will not be allowed wheels of any kind when they move into a 19-storey Nedlands tower that was approved this month.

The state’s Statutory Planning Committee took just 19 minutes to unanimously approve the $60million development by Singapore-based Centurion Corporation, despite unanswered questions about how its 472 residents would get to classes or do their shopping.

The project was the first approved under a controversial new “significant development pathway”, known as Part 11B, which allows developers to bypass

councils and development assessment panels for any project worth more than $20million.

“It is gross over-development,” Nedlands MP Jonathan Huston said after the approval.

“It blatantly disregards the impact on local residents through increased traffic, parking, overshadowing and over-looking.”

A total of 472 students will share just eight on-site hire cars in Centurion’s development, while fewer than one in three will have space to store a bike.

Staff at the State Development Assessment Unit endorsed Centurion’s plans, finding that the eight hire cars – one for every 59 residents – would

“significantly reduce the demand for car parking at the site”.

“The number of car parking bays proposed is appropriate for the number of anticipated residents and visitors given it is located within convenient walking and cycling distance to the key UWA catchment area,” their report read.

The site, on the east side of the Williams Road intersection, is a 1.1km walk from UWA’s Reid Library.

Other residential colleges on the north side of Stirling Highway, all of which are closer to the campus, all provide at least limited parking for students.

Nedlands council in its submission

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Chloe and Brendon Gilmore at home in Munglinup with sons Darcy, Edward and Henry.

Henry Gilmore was born in the Fiona Stanley Hospital carpark.

Murdoch marathon

Quick decision … It took just 19 minutes for state planners to approve this 19-storey tower.

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Bill Macleod found plenty of memorable sights on his Vietnam river cruise. So long from Halong

Bill Macleod didn’t want to miss a word of the POST’s latest edition while he was cruising down the Red River in Vietnam.

Even the looming presence over his shoulder was not enough to spoil the Claremont resident’s relaxation as his boat floated past Hanoi and out into stunning Halong Bay.

The bay is a UNESCO world heritage site and contains more than 1900 limestone islands, some of which are familiar from movie blockbusters such as Pan and Kong: Skull Island.

“Having an email subscription for the POST means I can keep up with

goings-on in my neighbourhood while travelling abroad,” Bill reported. “Not to mention reading the riveting comments in Letters to the Editor.”

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Willey wields stick

Senior member Stephen Willey kept a tight rein on State Administrative Tribunal proceedings this week.

He admonished one lawyer for answering a question for a witness.

He stopped a witness from reading notes from a phone.

When two lawyers were quietly discussing a question they wanted to put to a witness, Dr Willey said: “It’s not going to be by committee.”

But when he was told that a witness was not an expert on a matter, he waved it off.

“We have town planners in here giving evidence on all sorts of matters all the time about things they’re not actually qualified to give expert evidence in,” he said.

Judy to have a blast

Daglish protestor and painter

Judy Blyth is a volunteer and participant at Never Again: The Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition, which opened this week.

The travelling exhibition marks the 80th anniversary of the use of atomic bombs for the first time.

Two anti-nuke banners created by the life-long local environmental and social justice campaigner are on display as part of the exhibition at the Holmes à Court Gallery in West Perth.

Artefacts from the ruins of the bombed cities – including a pocket watch that stopped at the exact moment of the blast – which killed an estimated 250,000 people, mainly civilians – are featured in the exhibit.

A series of talks and other events are also planned as part of the visiting display.

Judy is also volunteering at the exhibition, which runs until June 21.

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Trash

talking at Cottesloe

Imagine the conversation inside the car parked overlooking the ocean at Cottesloe on Monday evening.

“It’s such a beautiful view and a beautiful place, let’s throw all our McDonald’s wrappers and drink containers out of the window and drive away, right past that rubbish bin at the end of the lawn.” Grubs.

Judy Blyth is an indefatigable anti-war campaigner.

Bench to rule on tuart

By JEN REWELL

The fate of an ancient City Beach tuart tree that sparked local vigils is now in the hands of the State Administrative Tribunal.

The centuries-old tuart, which once had an enormous canopy that spread over neighbouring properties, was ravaged by workers in March and is now reduced to a single trunk.

Stephen Willey, the SAT senior member, heard that Cambridge council’s tree protection laws had come into effect two months after it gave approval for a house at 81 Branksome Gardens.

He reserved his decision though he identified discrepancies in Cambridge’s actions.

“At some level the Town’s case is suggesting that someone doing exactly what was shown in their plans can render them liable for prosecution,” he said.

“That sounds really harsh.”

Tree canopy advocates organised a vigil on a neighbouring property in March to stop the tuart being removed.

Cambridge issued a stop work order a few days later.

Property owner Lisa Zorzi appealed to the SAT to have the stop-work order removed so her builders could begin the excavation work necessary to build her new six-bedroom house.

Cambridge approved it in September.

Craig Slarke, from McLeods Lawyers representing Cambridge, said there would have been no issue with removing the tree had it been felled before the protection laws were passed on December 10.

But the tree was being cut down without specific approval to do so, he said.

Ms Zorzi’s lawyer, Verauli Saragih, from Green Arc Legal, argued that the approval of the house included removal of the tree.

“From the applicant’s point of view it seems like you’re trying to catch them and they’ve got out the door,” Dr Willey said to Mr Slarke.

Dr Willey heard that the council had provided advice of the new rule to anyone who had been given development approval within the past two years.

He questioned principles of planning and how they related to “significant” trees.

“Why is a tree viewed differently than anything else, and you can just pull them down without getting any kind of approval?” Dr Willey said.

“Is this a case where local governments have looked the other way and taken the view that trees on private land are not ‘development’, regardless of whatever contribution they may make to the public realm?”

Witness Petar Mrdja, an experienced planner, said landscaping was being taken

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Choppers’ near miss at Cott

By JEN REWELL

Two helicopters avoided collision by just 120 metres when they flew towards each other over Cottesloe beach on a busy Sunday morning in February.

The pilot of the Surf Life Saving WA craft on beach patrol took immediate evasive action when a crew member in the back seat spotted a sightseeing helicopter approaching from above it.

An Australian Transport Safety Bureau report on the incident revealed that no investigation was required despite the near-miss.

“For this occurrence, no investigation has been conducted and the ATSB did not verify the accuracy of the information,” the report said.

But it provided a description of the incident between the SLSWA rescue helicopter and the sight-seeing helicopter the report did not identify.

The rescue helicopter was flying south at about 300ft (90m) above sea level on a routine beach patrol at 10.20am on Sunday February 2.

A sightseeing helicopter from Jandakot with three passengers was tracking northwest towards Cottesloe at an altitude of about 1500ft.

As the sightseers crossed the coast, “the pilot commenced a descending left turn to take up a southerly track, converging with and crossing in front of the AS.350 as it descended”, the report said.

But the system in the Bell was set to “broadcast-only” which meant the pilot could not use it for “enhancing situational awareness” as it approached the coast and did not know the rescue helicopter was below it.

The areas along the coastline operate in transit lanes under visual flight rules, which means that aircraft do not have to follow a specific, predetermined flight path.

The lanes are popular sightseeing and operational routes, with, at times, multiple smaller aircraft operating within the lanes, the bureau’s report said.

“Operators and pilots … should consider the limitations

of the visual ‘see and avoid’ principle and utilise all available methods and technologies for ensuring safe aircraft separation,” the report said.

The Westpac helicopter spent 510 hours flying up and down the metropolitan coast in the 2023-24 summer.

The sightseeing operator told the ATSB it was highlighting the need for continuous situational awareness and communication, particularly in areas such as transit lanes. It planned to upgrade the helicopter’s avionics to include an in-and-out broadcast functionality to its tracking system.

The Bell was spotted by the rear left-seat air crew officer of the rescue helicopter, who observed the sightseers “on our left, close”.

The sightseers then descended in front of the rescue helicopter.

The rescue pilot immediately turned to the west to ensure separation was maintained, then advised the sightseeing helicopter of the conflict.

Both helicopters were equipped with technology which allowed their position to be tracked by satellite navigation or other sensors.

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Workers started to remove this ancient tuart in City Beach before Cambridge council stopped them.

Close call … The flight paths of the two converging helicopters over Cottesloe Beach. The rescue helicopter hovering over a shark last year.

Dark night for Subi residents

By LLOYD GORMAN

About 500 Subiaco residences were left in the dark overnight when the local power system suffered two separate outages this week.

People in the Wandana state housing complex in Thomas Street were among those hardest hit by the power failure on Tuesday night.

Lifts in the 10-storey block of

flats stopped working for about 10 hours, trapping many of the tenants on the upper floors.

“Approximately 330 customers in the vicinity of Bagot Road in Subiaco lost power at around 7pm Tuesday evening due to an underground cable fault [near Wandana],” a Western Power spokesperson said.

“Crews were able to isolate the fault and reconfigure the network and all homes and businesses had their power

restored by 1am Wednesday.

“As the fault is on our underground network, specialist testing and complex repairs are required so a temporary generator is supporting homes and businesses while crews work as quickly and safely as possible to repair the damage.”

A further 118 homes in Churchill Avenue lost power about 6.55pm on Tuesday because of a transformer fault, but were back on line by midnight.

Yogi has vision for eye machine

By BEN DICKINSON

A Nedlands professor’s AIpowered eye scanner is leading to earlier detection of preventable diseases in WA’s remote Aboriginal communities.

Notre Dame professor Yogi Yogesan has spent seven years developing the TeleEye Scan, a retinal imaging machine that can detect in minutes a host of common eye conditions.

“It’s so simple that anybody can use it with 15 to 30 minutes of training,” he said.

“It’s ideal for GP clinics, Aboriginal healthcare workers and nursing posts.”

Aboriginal people in Australia are three times more likely to suffer blindness and vision impairment than the rest of the population, in part due to lack of access to optometrists and ophthalmologists in remote areas.

artificial intelligence to determine the image quality.

That alleviates a common problem with manual eye scanners in remote communities, which are often operated by nurses or other healthcare workers.

“If you don’t get a good image the first time you cannot always go back and find the patient,” he said.

The TeleEye images are uploaded to where another AI tool scans them to identify the warning signs of glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, cataracts, and other diseases.

It gets a reply within one minute ‘ ’

“Within one minute it gets a reply whether or not the person needs to be referred,” Prof. Yogan said.

An ophthalmologist then makes a formal diagnosis based on their own examination.

Prof. Yogesan and his team last year screened about 60 people in the Kimberley communities of Muludja and Bawoorrooga for an evaluation study, in collaboration with the Foundation for Indigenous Sustainable Health and TeleMedC Australia.

“Ten of them needed immediate referral – they had severe eye conditions,” he said.

“Some of them didn’t see an eye doctor all their life.”

Prof. Yogesan’s machine takes pictures of patients’ retinas, which are then assessed by an

The AI was trained using 520,000 images of eyes with various diseases to help it identify their visual characteristics.

It can categorise conditions as mild, moderate or severe.

The TeleEye costs around $10,000, but Prof. Yogesan is working on a new model that he says will cost less than $2000. The technology is already being used in India, Singapore and Germany with regulatory approvals.

“We’re not replacing human expertise, we’re augmenting it,” Prof. Yogesan said.

Professor Yogi Yogesan and Dr Toshi Sinha with the TeleEye Scan, which is helping to catch preventable eye diseases in remote communities. Photo: Paul McGovern

“Bog standard” – the toilet design was also rubbished.

Dunny creates big stink

multiple-property ratepayer.

Rowe labelled the design as generic and prefabricated with no architectural integrity, when a building was needed in appearance and location sympathetic to its

A Dean Street resident called the proposal a “ludicrous bog-standard beige

“We already have toilets that are a state embarrassment at Cottesloe main beach,” the resident wrote.

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to be walked always arise with toilet blocks, Cottesloe CEO Mark Newman told a council meeting this week.

“Some people think we shouldn’t put in toilet blocks,” he said. “It’s always controversial.”

Two possible locations put out for public comment are on the Marine Parade verge, opposite Salvado Street and near the Dutch Inn playground.

They would attract “loiter-

reasons, the resident said.

The biggest south Cottesloe residential landholders have each hired a high-profile planning consultant to compose exhaustive critiques of the toilet design and its suggested locations.

“Only two locations were advertised. Neither is appropriate,” the Rowe group wrote in a six-page submission on behalf of the other

The names of people objecting to the toilets have been anonymised in council reports, but one is clearly able as the Forrest family interests.

The toilet will attract vandalism, drug use and loitering, says a submission on behalf of Mr Forrest.

He continues to buy and build homes surrounding his historic Beach House home on Marine Parade (Cott superblock gets supersized again, Changing Hands, POST, May 3).

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Subi short-stay scrutiny

By LLOYD GORMAN

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Five submissions were against the Redfern Street plan, which proposed up to 10 guests, and six opposed Darbon Crescent (eight guests).

Councillors spent an hour at Tuesday night’s agenda briefing forum quizzing staff about aspects of the applications, including the effectiveness of management plans for the properties, complaints, amenity impacts and parking.

Councillor Mark Burns said cities such as Edinburgh and Dublin brought in short-stay accommodation believing it would be a tourism boon but instead it had proved to be “a city killer”.

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Shirley’s shelter saved

By BEN DICKINSON

The late Shirley Fyfe would not approve of a restored timber gazebo being named in her honour, according to her son.

“She would have hated this,” Robert Fyfe said at the shelter’s grand reopening in Dalkeith on Wednesday.

“She didn’t want any recognition for anything at all.”

But Shirley Fyfe, who died in 1996, has much to be remembered for.

During more than 50 years living in neighbouring Wavell Road she volunteered tirelessly to help those in need.

“She would feed people who needed help, she would listen to them, she would take them shopping,” Robert told a gathered crowd on Wednesday.

“She was a lovely community spirit. We miss her greatly.”

Shirley was also a founding member of the WA chapter of Men of the Trees, a global treeplanting charity since renamed Trillion Trees.

She and her family bought the group its nursery site in Hazelmere that it still uses today.

The Waratah Avenue park was named in Shirley’s honour after her death, after she was nominated by a long-time friend.

The gazebo started life decades earlier as a bus shelter, built sometime between the world wars.

But in 2023 it appeared destined for a date with a bulldozer after being found to be infested

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Robert and Allison Fyfe inspect the restored gazebo named for their mother, along with Nedlands mayor Fiona Argyle. Photos: Paul McGovern

with termites.

Extensive damage to structural beams left the roof in danger of collapse, council staff said at the time.

Money worries left the structure in limbo until July last year, when Robert and his sister Allison pledged $20,000 towards

“We just wanted it fixed,” Robert said. It’s now looking as good as new – resplendent in white with sturdy green benches beneath a pitched roof.

Mayor Fiona Argyle said the gazebo, surrounded by trees, was a fitting memorial to Shirley’s environmental legacy.

“This is a small rotunda, but it means so much,” she said.

Robert said he was looking forward to holding up his end of the bargain.

“I’ve been trying to pay the council for months,” he said. “All I need is an account number.”

Cars slow to make trains go

By JACK MADDERN

Claremont motorists have been slowed by Public Transport Authority works designed to make the nearby train line more efficient.

A section of Gugeri Street has slowed to 40kmh to accommodate the installation of a big pole as part of the PTA’s new digital radio system.

The project is designed to

make the rail network more efficient as it deals with Perth’s growing population.

Commuters make about 150 million annual trips on the metropolitan and regional networks.

The Fremantle line was the busiest of the six metropolitan lines, with a 10% rise in passengers from the 2023-2024 year.

The Labor government has pledged to drop fares to a flat $2.80 across the whole network by the start of next year.

A weekly commute for some West Australians could cost as little as $28.

The pole is one of a series to be erected along tracks to upgrade the public transport network system from analogue to digital.

The network still requires fitted digital equipment before it becomes operational.

The PTA said work on Gugeri Street will continue for another few weeks. It said nearby residents were informed of the works.

Work is under way at the train line in Claremont.

Bellinge faces more charges

By BEN DICKINSON

The obstetrician accused of killing a Nedlands woman in a highspeed crash in Dalkeith has been hit with extra driving charges.

Rhys Henry Stone Bellinge has been behind bars since February, when he allegedly drove his Jaguar at 130kmh in Birdwood Parade before losing control and hitting a station-

Elizabeth Pearce, the 24-year-old passenger in the rideshare vehicle, was killed, while 25-year-old driver Muhammad Usman was seriously injured.

Shifting Sandbar for playground

By BRET CHRISTIAN

A wrestle over where to place a $60,000 sculpture donated by Gina Rinehart’s companies appears to have been settled.

The sculpture Sandbar, a painted steel work by James Rogers from Walcha, NSW, one of Australia’s leading sculptors, had three options offered for its final home in Cottesloe.

One was Grant Marine Park while another was the John Black Dune Park near the new skate bowl.

But Cottesloe council appears to have settled on a third option near the railway line, at the East Cottesloe nature playground opposite Albion Street.

Mr Rogers exhibited Sandbar at the 2023 Sculpture by the Sea, when Hancock Prospecting and

Roy Hill acquired the work and event director David Handley arranged for it to be donated to Cottesloe council.

Mr Handley and the sculptor were on a working party to determine where to place Sandbar.

A long process followed to consider insurance, maintenance and other issues, such as the likelihood of kids climbing on the sculpture.

Mr Rogers said he had never heard of the sculpture used for climbing.

A previous council meeting was told that the work was guaranteed for 10 years and could last for 100 with some painting.

The council appears set to accept the working group’s recommendation for the playground site.

Dr Bellinge has yet to enter a plea on charges of manslaughter, aggravated dangerous driving causing bodily harm, and driving under the influence of alcohol.

Police filed four new charges against Dr Bellinge this week relating to his driving in the days leading up to the fatal February 15 crash.

Police allege dashcam footage shows Dr Bellinge exceeding the speed limit by more than 45kmh on three occasions on February 9.

He is accused of driving at 119kmh in a 70 zone in Thomas Street, Subiaco at 8.05pm, then at 112kmh in a 60 zone in Winthrop Avenue, Nedlands.

He allegedly drove on the wrong side of the road in May Drive in Kings Park 10 minutes later, then at 103kmh in a 50 zone in Victoria Avenue, Dalkeith, about 8.30pm. He has been charged with three counts of reckless driving exceeding the speed limit by more than 45kmh, and one count of dangerous driving. When Dr Bellinge’s bail was denied in February, a police prosecutor told the court the obstetrician was ranting about his estranged wife in dashcam footage captured minutes before the fatal crash and attempting to “move other vehicles off the road”.

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James Rogers’ sculpture Sandbar is likely to be installed at the East Cottesloe playground despite fears that children will climb on it.

Flowers mark the spot where Elizabeth Pearce died in February.

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Woolies shelves West Perth shop

By LLOYD GORMAN

Woolworths has shelved for two years plans for a $55million development in West Perth.

An extension of time for the stalled redevelopment of a former Princess Margaret Hospital carpark in Murray Street was approved by Perth City Council planners last month.

The supermarket giant – which reported a $1.7billion profit in the 2023/24 financial year -- blamed the latest setback on spiralling construction costs and complications.

“We received approval for a two-year extension on our current West Perth development application,” a company

spokesperson said.

“This was necessary as we continue to assess the variables of the site, largely due to the increased construction costs facing a number of development projects in WA.

“We’ll continue to keep the community informed of our progress.”

Plans for a $26.5million development – including a hightech store where robots would pack customers’ orders – were approved in 2021 and expected to be built by 2023.

A fresh development application for a new $55million redevelopment – including a supermarket, self-storage facility and 15 purpose-built units for people with disabilities – was

approved last year.

“The development application at 707 Murray Street, West Perth was due to expire this year, but due to project delays, it has been granted a standard two-year extension – a common practice for developments of this kind,” said Perth deputy Lord Mayor Bruce Reynolds.

Subi cars sidelined

By LLOYD GORMAN

Subiaco wants to take back its streets for bicycles and pedestrians.

Saying that roads should not just be for cars, Mayor David McMullen launched an $850,000 2km route through Shenton Park as part of its Safe Active Street program.

Traffic calming measures and a 30kmh speed limit were applied to Keightley Road and Excelsior and Evans streets to link the busy thoroughfares of Thomas Street and Railway Road.

“We want to see prams and bicycles and people all going for a walk or travelling down streets like this and taking back the roads so they are no longer just about cars,” Mr McMullen said.

“When done right a Safe Active Street implements local traffic calming measures which encourage people to walk, wheel and ride.

“If done right they create accessible and attractive roads and public places for users.”

Upper House member Samantha Rowe, representing Transport Minister Rita Saffioti, said the project would help people access the many important local destinations in the area, including QEII, Shenton College, Rosalie Primary

School and the Nicholson Road skate park.

“It’s really important we are able to enable people to get to and from these places without the need for the use of a car,” Ms Rowe said.

“We know replacing a few short car trips every week with active and public transport improves health and wellbeing and saves money while avoiding traffic congestion.

“Walking, riding, scooting or catching public transport to school helps students to develop road awareness, build independence, and create a sense of belonging in their local community.”

Evans Street residents provided stiff resistance to the SAS project when it was first mooted by City planners in 2022 due to fears of increased traffic.

The council then supported a motion by councillor Rick Powell, who was at the launch, to monitor Evans Street traffic before, during and after construction.

“It might take us six months to collect all the data and we will be measuring traffic flow, not just in Evans Street but the surrounding streets as well to see if the lived experience aligns with what we think the project is going to deliver,” Mr McMullen said.

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Subiaco mayor David McMullen, MLC Samantha Rowe and Andrew Turns from West Cycle check out the new Safe Active Street in Shenton Park. Photo: Paul McGovern

This Woolworths proposal has been hit by delays.

Thin end of the wedge

Nobody doubts that providing a pleasant outlook for dying children is A Good Thing.

And the Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation promises that its proposed development of a garden park adjacent to the children’s hospice now under construction will not interfere with the current land use as a public thoroughfare between the carpark and the oval, and part of the heritage Whadjuk Trail.

But what assurance do we have that the path will stay open? And why is it apparently necessary that the area be permanently excised from the Allen Park A-Class reserve?

My biggest concern here is the precedent this sets.

Anywhere in WA, future developers will know that, with a “good-enough” story, the entire conservation estate is available (“open for business”), and that the responsible minister is prepared to simply override the concerns of local government and the community.

Surely, this is the thin end of the wedge.

Ian Fordyce Hotchin Street, Dalkeith

Caged and kaput ... The dead tree adorning a Nedlands verge practically outside Mayor Fiona Argyle’s house.

The desertification of Nedlands: Water-wise or water-woke?

The City of Nedlands is up for a Gold Water Prize from the Water Corporation and consequently has entered the race for the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize (Water win takes Neds to the world, POST, May 17).

However, have we really seen any real world advantages of this in the City of Nedlands? I think not!

Mayor Fiona Argyle has been quoted as saying “I think water is one of the key things” and “Our city is home to some of

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the most beautiful streets and parks in the state, and we are working hard to ensure that we can maintain their beauty in a sustainable manner”.

This is not what the residents see! When I drive around I see verge tree after verge tree dead or dying due to lack of attention from the council. So what is this water-wise council doing with our water?

The legacy of a green Nedlands is running out fast. This is exacerbated by an unfathomable amount of redevelopments, clear-felling entire blocks and then either poisoning or failing to look after the verge trees on the block under development.

Indeed, the irony of this happening to the verge tree on the block next to the mayor’s own house is laughable!

Moreover, placing a wire fence around a verge tree does little when the tree in fact is dead or dying.

As the responsible owner of verge trees, councils are required to maintain and water them because they are considered assets to the community.

Nedlands council is preaching sustainability, but is turning our oasis into a desert!

It is time to wake up, stop seeking some kind of platform on the international stage and look after its own green legacy for future generations.

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Fiery ferry gets move-on notice

By BEN DICKINSON

An abandoned ferry stranded on the Point Walter sandbar since March has been destroyed in a fire.

The 23m party boat, which was extensively vandalised during its two-month beaching, went up in flames around 3.30am last Friday, May 16.

It had been grounded since March 8, when it appeared to have broken its nearby mooring and drifted onto the sandbar.

“Crews from Fremantle and Cockburn attended and extinguished the fire by 4.40am,” said a spokesperson for the Department of Fire and Emergency Services.

The cause of the blaze is undetermined, according to DFES, although police officers attended the scene.

“The boat was fully engulfed and destroyed beyond repair,” a police spokesperson said.

The vessel, which could carry

Party Boat Charters sold the boat to another group around five years ago.

The Department of Transport issued a notice to the owner, whose identity has not been made public, to remove the vessel.

“If the owner fails to do so, the DoT will remove the vessel from the water and seek to recover from the vessel’s owner,” the department said in March.

A spokesperson said this week that the department had taken over the operation.

“The department … has been working to secure a contractor to remove the vessel in compliance with State Government purchasing requirements,” a spokesperson said.

“The vessel had been fenced off for public safety.

“A contract was awarded last week and it is anticipated the vessel will be removed in the coming week.

“This will be done with the co-

TSubi probes $3m design contract

By LLOYD GORMAN

Subiaco’s new council chambers could cost up to $50million, based on the size of the proposed design contract.

The $3.2million contract will be closely scrutinised by Subiaco councillors at their meeting on Tuesday.

Design fees usually comprise between 5% and 12% of a commercial building’s construction costs.

Melbourne architecture firm Lyons, which was widely criticised for its design of CBD white elephant Yagan Square, is the front-runner of 26 contenders

to design Subiaco’s new civic headquarters.

The new complex would replace the Rankin Gardens chambers that were closed after a fire in 2022.

Councillor Rick Powell asked staff at this week’s agenda briefing forum what the council would get “for our $3.25million, because that seems to be a lot for just a plan”.

CEO Colin Cameron said it was expected the design contract would be for the redevelopment of the civic centre area, including the council chambers. He said a lot of the informa-

tion had already been provided to councillors through bulletins and workshops and there would also be a concept verification process.

“But assuming council are able to land on a specific scope of work and take that out to tender this would take us right through to the completion of the project,” Mr Cameron said.

“Clearly there’s gateways where you don’t just hand over a cheque for that amount of money.

“You go through a process and if there’s a point in time where [either party didn’t want

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There’s your problem … This grounded party boat was destroyed in an inferno. Photo: Paul McGovern

Councillor’s a counsellor

By LLOYD GORMAN

Subiaco city councillor Rosemarie de Vries is also a counsellor, at Earthwise in Bagot Road, Subiaco.

Ms de Vries – who stood as an independent candidate for Nedlands in last month’s state election – recently qualified as a counsellor from the University of Canberra.

She said she was passionate about giving back to the

community and came up with the idea for “Check-in Chat” after talking with Earthwise manager Jen Korab.

“Whether you’re feeling overwhelmed, curious about counselling, or just need someone to listen, the service aims to provide another arm to the range of supportive services offered by Earthwise,” she said. “Everyone is welcome.”

Ms Korab said what Ms de Vries was doing was really

Subi artist rubs out hub project

By LLOYD GORMAN

A Subiaco artist and campaigner for a local art hub has abandoned the project after blaming council inaction for stifling it.

Monia Allegre will focus on her individual career after being disappointed that Subiaco has made little progress since the hub was a key plank in the 2021 mayoral election.

“I was here four years ago, asking for the construction of an arts hub for Subiaco,” she told a council meeting.

“[It would be] for the benefit of the community, young and old, for artists and for everyone and mental health of all of us.”

There had been a lot of meetings and a feasibility study but “nothing happened”.

important and badly needed.

“It will mean so much to anyone who needs it and the fact they will be able to have a chat and a cup of tea or a ciggie while sitting under a tree – not in a room – with someone listening to them will create real opportunities for healing and help,” she said.

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“I’m really concerned by that because I and my colleagues are actually exhausted now,” she said.

Ms Allegre has been closely associated with the proposal since 2021 and fronted the council with other members of the Unicorn group – a collection of 40 visual artists – to tell councillors she had had enough.

Both mayoral candidates in the 2021 election – David McMullen and Julie Matheson – championed the art hub idea as part of their campaigns.

Ms Allegre asked Mr McMullen why there had been “no tangible progress” and challenged CEO Colin Cameron to outline what he had done to make it happen.

“The time and energy I’ve devoted to this cause over the years has taken a toll, and I no longer have the resources to continue.”

She withdrew from the project at last month’s council meeting.

A motion for the City to lodge an expression of interest for the 1909 outpatient building at the former Princess Margaret Hospital site is on the agenda for the council meeting this Tuesday.

Mr McMullen defended the council and said an art hub was closer to reality than ever before but revealed that residents would have been concerned if it was too much of a focus.

“If in the last 3½ years we put all our energy into a Subiaco arts hub there would have been a fair portion of the Subiaco community who would have wondered what on earth we were doing,” he said.

Mr McMullen said finding a suitable location had been a challenge.

It had been unsuccessful in a bid to use the heritage-listed Princess Margaret Hospital boiler house but would consider submitting an expression of interest for the outpatient building.

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Subi to auction Rosehill

A heritage-listed house owned by Subiaco council will be auctioned at 2pm today.

The Federation Queen Annestyle bungalow at 8 Rupert Street was built in 1909 and called Rosehill.

The lot includes the house –which has been owned by the City for decades and was used as offices for Tony Costa when

he was mayor, and the vacant block next to it at No.6.

Neighbours told the POST the property got a new picket fence, fresh paint job and new paving in the backyard to get it ready for sale.

It stands next to the vacant block where the 1960s redbrick community centre was recently demolished to become a pocket park.

Mosman shakes up parking

Mosman Park is gearing up to tighten its parking standards.

Minimum and maximum nonresidential parking ratios would determine future parking spaces across Mosman Park.

These determine how many parking bays are allocated to a site, measured by a property’s size, land and occupancy.

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opments relying on street parking for their site parking demands.

Parking spaces may vary depending on zones and proximity to heritage-listed buildings or bus and train stations.

The ratios were formed by the state’s WA planning manual to standardise car parking ratios across WA.

A community consultation process would be expected should the Town confirm the changes at Tuesday’s council meeting.

Nedlands faces sack

investigation into potential non-compliance with the Local Government Act”.

Asked on radio if she was considering putting the council into administration, Ms Beazley said: “Yes, I am.”

The threat comes as yet another meeting was derailed by a councillor’s walkout after a heated argument between Mayor Fiona Argyle and councillor Hengameh Amiry.

“You’re screaming like a mad woman,” Ms Argyle told Ms Amiry over Zoom on May 6, after Ms Amiry objected to being muted.

“It’s not a good look.”

Ms Amiry logged out, causing the meeting to lose quorum.

It was the third leg of the April monthly meeting, which failed to reach quorum on April 22, got rescheduled to April 29, lost quorum on that date when councillor Fergus Bennett walked out over an unrelated spat, and has now been abandoned for a third time.

Councillors failed for the fifth time to make a decision on a critically important item – the appointment of independent members to their audit and risk committee.

A total of 56 people have applied to join the committee, which is grappling with the fallout from last year’s failed financial audit, but two seats have been unfilled for months amid councillor infighting.

Councillors also failed to agree on who would chair the CEO performance review committee, meaning it cannot meet.

Moments before Ms Amiry’s exit, councillors voted to hire a landscaping consultant to

draw up a detailed plan for land next to the children’s hospice now under construction in Swanbourne.

The land, which is designated A-Class Reserve, is in the process of being seized and downgraded by the state government after a drawn-out fight.

The Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation wants to spend $4million turning it into “complementary parkland” for the hospice.

Chairman Ian Campbell has accused the council of blocking the project and allowing the roughly 4000sq.m lot to become a “dust bowl” through decades of neglect.

Nedlands has fought to keep the land under its control as A-Class Reserve, and has produced its own, more modest landscaping plan.

“$4million should be spent on the hospice, not on a park,” Ms Argyle told the May 6 meeting.

But Ms Amiry said the council lacked the funds to make its plan a reality, and claimed Ms Argyle had failed to make cuts to consultant budgets that she promised as part of last year’s scaled-back rate rise.

“We constantly have votes such as this reaffirming our commitment to this area, but in fact, on the ground, nothing happens,” she said.

Councillor Rebecca Coghlan thrice called points of order against Ms Amiry, all of which were upheld by Ms Argyle.

Ms Argyle told Ms Amiry to stop talking and made a dig at her for being overseas.

“Are you in Portugal or London?” she asked.

“It’s not your business,” Ms Amiry replied.

The pair began talking over each other, culminating in Ms Argyle’s “mad woman” jibe.

Ms Argyle has repeatedly criticised Ms Amiry for being overseas in recent months, claiming she was on “five months paid leave”.

Ms Amiry is actually on four months’ approved leave, which she told the POST was to care for her elderly mother in London.

She said she would return a month early due to the “chaos” at Nedlands.

Councillor Noel Youngman was on a leave of absence for the May 6 meeting, Ben Hodsdon was an apology and Fergus Bennett was absent, according to published minutes.

Melanie Pollard’s seat has been vacant since she resigned in January.

The state government is accepting public feedback on the Swanbourne land excision until May 26, via max.corr@dplh. wa.gov.au.

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Don’t expect trees to live forever

Jen Rewell’s story about the old jarrah tree which is dying or dead (Hero tree dead after 450 years, POST, May 10) is interesting and sad for some people, but a few of the points and comments made need some clarification and correction.

Firstly, the tree is not 450 years old. It’s most likely closer to half that age, or 250 years at the most, based on ring counts and trunk diameter measurements of hundreds of our native jarrah and marri trees by foresters over many decades.

Not that this matters a great deal, but over-exaggeration when commenting on our natural history isn’t helpful.

Second, like humans, trees are not immortal. We may count ourselves blessed to live for a century. Our jarrah, marri and karri hardwood trees rarely live beyond 250 to 300 years.

Third, this tree obviously has reached the end of its natural life. It has lost most of its main branches, its trunk is scarred, and the small, newer branches are typical of an old tree clinging to life.

But an old dead tree is still a haven for birds and insects, with its hollows providing important habitat.

Fourth, it is common at this time of year, after a long, dry summer and autumn, to witness the yellow and red colours of the leaves of a tree or shrub

which has succumbed from drought.

Other, younger trees in the vicinity of the old jarrah are also showing drought symptoms. This is not uncommon

during autumn months, especially when rainfall is less than average.

Much ado about Mochi

My daughter’s little dog Mochi, a chihuahua/dachshund cross, is a plucky little thing.

The other day she escaped from her home near Broadway Fair in Fairway and ran towards the UWA campus.

She was followed but was soon out of sight. As I was preparing to join the search, she appeared running up my driveway in Archdeacon Street, about 1½ kilometres away.

Meanwhile, several very caring people had stopped their cars and tried to catch her.

She crossed many roads, even ran alongside Stirling Highway, but was too quick and wily for them, so they followed her until stopped to protect Mochi.

Lost cash saga

Please allow us a shout-out to good work at Wembley Police Station.

After my husband dropped an envelope of cash in Coles carpark three weeks ago, we undertook an extensive search of the area and went to the bank to check, all without success.

Turned out it was found and handed in at Wembley Police Station by a young boy with his mother.

The sergeant was determined to trace the owner and eventually contacted us.

This week we visited the police station, wrote an encouraging note of thanks and included a small reward to a very honest young man and a great mum.

Plus huge thanks to the amazingly tenacious sergeant.

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I enjoy reading Noel CrichtonBrowne’s letters to the POST. He is always factual and honest. He tells us how it is, nothing is fabricated.

As he stated quite correctly in his letter Chaney, Bishop and ‘sliding doors’ (May 17) Julie Bishop was deserted by her female colleagues when she made her bid for the  Liberal leadership. She was not wanted as party leader, and Kate Chaney was quite wrong to state otherwise. Love your work, Noel. Avril Tranthim-Fryer McKenzie Street, Wembley

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Uni rapist gets 20 years

A man who raped a UWA student inside her student accommodation in 1998 has been brought to justice through advancements in DNA technology.

Michael Anthony Woodhall, 52, was sentenced to 20 years and three months in prison on Friday after he pleaded guilty to three violent sexual assaults and a burglary in the 1990s.

The spate of brutal crimes went unsolved at the time, but DNA evidence collected from victims provided a breakthrough nearly 30 years later.

Cold case detectives were able to match the sample with data from public genealogy websites, leading to Woodhall’s arrest in 2023.

He was the first suspect in Australia to be charged because of the new in-

vestigative technique, which was famously used to identify California’s Golden State Killer in 2018.

Woodhall admitted in the District Court to sexually assaulting a 45-yearold woman who had been walking through Carine Open Space on the night of March 19, 1995.

The then 22-year-old Woodhall threatened the woman with a knife before dragging her into

Victim rage sets accused free

A 20-year-old man has escaped an assault charge after his alleged victim walked out of court.

Duncan Bennell was due to face trial in Perth Magistrates Court this month on a charge of assault occasioning bodily harm in West Perth on December 17 last year. But a police prosecu-

tor asked for the charge to be discontinued just as the case was due to be assigned to a magistrate.

“There was a plea offer from the defence on the table,” the prosecutor told the court.

“The complainant became extremely hostile and left the building.”

Mr Bennell was told he was free to go.

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Exactly one year later, on March 19, 1996, Woodhall entered the home of a 19-year-old woman in Scarborough, woke her, and threatened her with a knife before sexually assaulting her.

The woman’s suffering was compounded at the time by police who did not believe her claim and charged her with making

She stood trial and was

A woman who lived in a Crawley student residence woke around 2am on February 4, 1998, to find Woodhall standing in the corner of her room.

The court heard he threatened the woman with a knife, bound her hands with stockings, put his hand over her mouth and raped her.

Four months later, on June 14, he entered

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a 22-year-old woman’s residence in Kelmscott.

A struggle ensued, during which the woman bit Woodhall’s hand, causing him to flee the scene.

District Court judge Mara Barone last Friday sentenced Woodhall to 20 years and three months imprisonment for 16 offences, including six counts of aggravated sexual penetration without consent and three counts of deprivation of liberty.

The sentence was backdated to Woodhall’s March 2023 arrest.

Detective Sergeant Justin Meeres, from Cold Case Investigations, called the new investigative technique “gamechanging”.

“This case is a prime example of how horrific crimes committed 30 years ago are never forgotten by the West Australia police force,” he said.

Speaker strolls from shop

A man pushing a pram stole a Bluetooth speaker from a Claremont Quarter shop on Saturday May 3. CCTV footage shows the man taking a Sprout Alpha speaker from a rack and leaving without paying. He was wearing a blackand-white vertically-striped T-shirt, black pants and grey sneakers. Anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers and quote case number 11893.

Wandana search sparks vehicle charges

A 27-year-old man has been charged with three vehicle thefts after police executed a search warrant at the Wandana public housing complex in Subiaco.

Detectives raided a flat in Wandana’s B Block around noon on Monday May 12.

A neighbour said a detective asked them if they had seen a red motorbike around the complex.

The suspect was arrested in the Perth CBD and is being held on remand.

He lives in Atwell, according to police, but is “connected to” the

Fragrant disregard

A woman stole a highpriced bottle of perfume from a Claremont cosmetics store on May 11. The woman walked into Mecca Cosmetica in Claremont Quarter around 4.50pm, sniffed some tester perfumes, then grabbed a bottle of Byredo Blanche Absolu and left without paying. A 50ml bottle of the fragrance retails for $381. Police would like to speak to a woman who was wearing a black hijab and a floral dress with black leggings.

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Wandana apartments. The man was charged with three counts of stealing a motor vehicle and one each of aggravated home burglary, stealing, and possession of a prohibited drug with intent to sell or supply. He will remain behind bars until his next appearance in Perth Magistrates Court on June 19.

Any information to Crime Stoppers, quote case number 11894. Police would like to speak to this woman.

Michael Anthony Woodhall was sentenced to 20 years and three months in jail.

Make waves for healthy oceans

Find out how to fight plastic pollution and cut seafood waste at World Oceans Day on June 4.

More than a dozen marine scientists will give a fast-paced series of ocean-related presentations over breakfast at Scarborough Beach, with live music from 7.30am.

The Western Australian Marine Science Institution in Nedlands, and Australian Marine Sciences Association will be at Scarboro Surf Life Saving Club to show one-minute, one-slide presentations and video reels in an accessible, lively format.

WAMSI CEO Dr Luke Twomey said the World Oceans Day event would give people the chance to hear about a wide range of ocean-related topics including wildlife, ocean currents and implications of climate change.

that “their temperature, chemistry, currents and life drive global systems that make the Earth habitable for humankind”.

Dr Twomey said: “About 90% of West Australians live within 50km of our coast and we are an ocean-loving state, so we are really keen to improve people’s knowledge of what is going on under the waves.

Oceans produce at least half of the world’s oxygen ‘ ’

Other topics to be covered include sharks, ghost nets and technology.

Oceans produce at least half of the world’s oxygen and absorb about one third of carbon dioxide produced by humans, but are under increasing pressure.

World Oceans Day was designated by the United Nations in 2008 to improve knowledge of oceans and inspire us to care for them.

The UN emphasised that oceans play a vital role, noting

“Some of the problems faced by the oceans, like warming temperatures, coral bleaching and plastic pollution, can seem overwhelming.

“But we will be making time for some positive news and tips on making very real changes to help the oceans.”

AMSA WA branch president

Dr Shannon Dee said: “We’ll be following the marine science presentations with a clean-up of Scarborough beach to do our bit to stop further marine pollution.

“Information about what’s collected will also be shared with the Australian Marine Debris Initiative.”

World Oceans Day starts at 7.30am on Wednesday, June 4, at Scarboro Surf Life Saving Club in Scarborough. Presentations start at 8am.

The event is free but register by going to eventbrite.com. au and searching “wamsi and amsa”.

World-class cellist to play beloved concerto

The principal cellist of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Rod McGrath, will perform with the South Side Symphony Orchestra on June 15.

Considered one of the finest cellists in the world, he will perform Dvorak’s Cello Concerto with the community orchestra in The Theatre at Corpus Christi College,

Murdoch Drive in Bateman.

Mr McGrath has played with the London Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestra, and for the recordings of orchestral soundtracks for films such as Star Wars, Braveheart and Raiders of the Lost Ark.

But his orchestral career began with a community orchestra in Wolverhampton, in the UK.

“Community orchestras

gave me my first experience of belonging and a shared joy in music,” he said.

“It’s a privilege to come back to this setting and share such a powerful piece of music with a local audience.”

The Symphonic Splendour Performance will be on Sunday June 15 from 2.30 to 4.30pm

To purchase tickets visit trybooking.com and search “South Side Symphony Orchestra”.

Brekkie by the breakers … Join Luke Twomey and Shannon Dee at the beach on World Oceans Day, June 4.

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Is artificial intelligence a threat to our democracy?

The impact of technology on political systems around the world will be the topic of a presentation in Crawley on Thursday, May 29.

Nardine Alnemr will examine how artificial intelligence (AI) technologies might support, undermine or transform democratic processes.

Dr Alnemr is a lecturer in politics and policy in the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, and fellow of the Indo-Pacific Research Centre. She will discuss how in the recent elections of US President Donald Trump, India Prime Minister Narendra Modi,

Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto, and even in Australia, the victors appeared to be those who took the better advantage of technologies.

Can AI foster more inclusive public deliberation, with AI-facilitated online forums, language translation tools, or real-time summarisation of citizen input?

There are concerns about risks it poses, including amplified disinformation, entrenched bias, and automated decisions that evade transparency or contestability.

The discussion has been organised by the Australian

Join members of The Good Ancestors group, pictured, to discuss what we can do to slow global warming.

Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) WA in collaboration with the Forrest Research Foundation and the Indo-Pacific Research Centre of Murdoch University.

It will be from 6pm to 8pm in the Ashburton Room, Forrest Hall, at 21 Hackett Drive, Crawley.

Tickets are $10 for members and $25 for non-members and can be purchased by going to aiiawa.glueup.com and clicking on Upcoming Events.

AIIA aims to promote interest in and understanding of international affairs in Australia.

For more information visit internationalaffairs.org.au.

Take action to fight climate change

All who care about global warming are urged to join a forum organised by Mark Newhouse of Wembley.

Mark is a member of The Good Ancestors group, which will host the forum in Maylands on the evening of May 30.

The forum is titled “The Climate Crisis: What Can We Do?”

Mark said many people were troubled by the growing impact of climate change, and those feelings were worse when they felt powerless to do anything.

The Good Ancestors forum was will begin the evening with a science-based summary of the reality of climate change, to be followed by discussions about how to respond to that reality.

Long-time climate activist and advocate Paddy Cullen will talk about how he maintains his energy and stays positive. ference.

The forum will be from 6.30 to 9pm next Friday, May 30, at The Rise community centre in Maylands. It is free but a $10 donation would be appreciated. To register go to couragerenewalwa.com.au and scroll down to Events.

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Pause, reflect and heal in Kings Park

Take a walk on the quiet side with Kings Park Guides on Thursday, May 29, at 10am.

The themed walk has been developed to showcase the history and natural setting of the Place of Reflection within the park.

The Place of Reflection was designed to create a sense of peace, healing, hope and renewal. It includes walking paths, contemplation decks and seating.

It also includes the Marlee Pavilion, where groups may hold organised events.

The Pavilion was set up by the Association for Services to

Torture and Trauma Survivors, the Healing Hearts Foundation, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, Kids WA, Compassionate Friends WA, Soroptimist International of South Perth, Lotterywest, the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority, and Friends of Kings Park.

The Walk on the Quiet Side costs $10 and goes for one hour on paved paths. To book go to eventbrite.com.au and search “A walk on the quiet side”.

For more information phone Kings Park Visitors Information Centre on 9480 3634.

On your bike for fun and fitness

Fun, fitness, friendship is the mantra of the Over-55 Cycling Club, and new members are welcome to dust off their bikes and join in.

Member Robin Garbutt said many of the club’s 320-strong membership lived in the western suburbs.

But others come from across Perth to join the rides, which explore metropolitan neighbourhoods including City Beach and Leederville as well as regional areas and even international destinations.

With no club-house, members start each ride from a park, often in Burswood.

Rides are usually Wednesday mornings, but some are on Saturday or Monday.

Robin said members could choose their riding group to suit their fitness and any medical issues. This meant everyone could enjoy their time in the sunshine exploring the hundreds of kilometres of shared paths in Perth.

Riders must wear the highvisibility club jersey and ID lanyard and whistle, and members were trained in correct riding techniques.

Toast the history of Cottesloe

The club also organises annual cycling “camps” at RAC or Big 4 campgrounds at Busselton, Albany, Nannup, and Australind to explore those areas.

Since the club had started

“There are plenty of opportunities for choosing distance, speed and start location, as well as socialising over coffee,” she said.

in 1984 some members had arranged small-group cycling tours in France, Germany, Italy, and South Africa.

For more information go to www.https://o55perth.bike/ or email ridecaptain@o55perth. bike.

Members and friends of the Royal Western Australian Historical Society are invited to high tea at Sea View Golf Club on Wednesday June 11. Author and society president Richard Offen will give a presentation about Cottesloe’s colourful past while attendees enjoy a feast. Cost is $60 per person. Tea and coffee is included. Wine and champagne can be purchased at the bar. The event will be 3 to 5pm at the golf club in Jarrad Street, Cottesloe.

To book, and for more information, phone RWAHS on 9386 3841 or email admin@ histwest.org.au.

The Marlee Pavilion, to be showcased on a walk in Kings Park.

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No partner? No problem!

Discover all the flair and elegance of ballroom dancing, but without the concern of a partner treading on one’s toes.

Kim Stock, an experienced ballroom dance instructor, teaches solo ballroom dancing classes and says it is beneficial for balance and keeps the mind active.

Solo ballroom dancing uses the traditional steps of ballroom, but no partner is required.

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Visit the Kimberley in Fremantle

Visit one of the world’s most spectacular and pristine landscapes from the comfort of the WA Maritime Museum. The Great Kimberley Wilderness virtual reality cinema experience will be showing at the Fremantle museum from May 31. Put on VR goggles and feel yourself swoop over stunning waterfalls and coastlines in this 35-minute documentary.

Also, from 3 to 5pm on May 31, hear from the film’s makers who will be at the museum to offer a rare glimpse into the art of documentary filmmaking. For tickets to the documentary go to visit.museum.wa.gov. au and search “Kimberley”. For more information about the Meet the Filmmakers special event phone 1300 134 081 or 9431 8413 or email reception@ museum.wa.gov.au.

Be confident online with free tech talks

Feel more confident about using technology and spotting online scams with a series of free sessions called Tech, Tea and Treats at Subiaco Library from May to November.

On the last Friday of each month, starting May 30, the sessions will include a brief talk on a technology-related topic, and the chance to chat to an expert.

Attendees will be given tasks to try on their smartphone or tablet while they enjoy a cuppa and a treat.

Topics will include iPhone basics, scam awareness, protecting your personal information online, safer online shopping and banking, and the best smartphone apps for travel.

The first session on May 30 is called “Can you spot a scam?”

The guest speaker will be from a federal government service that

offers resources and classes to help people use digital technology with confidence.

This session will include helpful information about “phishing”, tax and Medicare scams, and how to get help if you suspect you’re being scammed.

Mayor David McMullen said: “Digital scams are more prevalent than ever, and it’s important that we educate ourselves and our community to ensure we are as protected as possible.

“Series like this one at Subiaco Library are a great way not only to improve digital literacy, but also to increase awareness of how we can stay safely connected online.”

All Tech, Tea and Treats events are free but bookings are essential by going to subiaco. wa.gov.au and searching “tech”.

Fly solo … Kim Stock, centre, teaches solo ballroom dancing classes. Photo: Paul McGovern

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Leap from a plane in support of women with breast cancer

Join the daredevils who on June 14 will skydive to support those who have breast cancer.

Leap for Life is the new name for Jump for Jane, and this year the annual skydive event will celebrate 12 years of raising money for Breast Cancer Care WA.

More than 15 courageous people will jump from a plane 14,000ft above the Turquoise Coast with help from the team at Skydive Jurien Bay.

Among them will be Jarrah – the grandson of Jane Loring after whom Jump for Jane was named. Jane was a BCCWA board member who died from breast cancer in 2013.

Jarrah was just four years old when he lost his grandmother. Now he’s a teenager and this year will be his first skydive, to honour her memory.

“This fundraiser was started for my Nin, and I want to raise money for Breast Cancer Care WA to help people,” Jarrah said.

“Watching my dad do the first jump was really cool and I’ve wanted to do it myself since I was little.”

His best friend will join him on the skydive. Jarrah said he hoped others would feel inspired to support the cause.

Jump for Jane was created as a tribute to Jane Loring’s adventurous spirit and en-

during legacy. Its new name, Leap for Life, is to reflect the fundraiser’s growth and its inclusive spirit.

Leap for Life 2025 participants have already raised more than $33,000 and aim to beat last year’s total of $37,338.

BCCWA began 25 years ago and offers free services across the state to people with breast cancer. These include home nursing, counselling, cleaning, gardening, and transport.

It receives no government funding, and last year helped more than 1900 people and their families.

For more information go to breastcancer.org.au.

Voiceworks show to be simply the beast

Join the VoiceworksPLUS choir for Simply the Beast – a program of songs about animals – this Wednesday, May 28, in Shenton Park.

VoiceworksPLUS is a performing arts group that promotes the talents of people with intellectual disabilities.

The enriching and fun program teaches acting, singing and movement to help participants build social and communication skills and self-confidence.

Arti stic director Joanna Worthington said Simply the Beast was a musical love-letter to all the animals everyone at VoiceworksPLUS admired.

“This time our mid-year show is longer, including 21 songs,” she said.

“We work collaboratively to determine our theme, title, choreography, costuming and script, and we are excited to hear our audience sing along.”

VoiceworksPLUS is supported by City of Subiaco and is part of Vocal Ensemble Voiceworks Inc,

which is affiliated with Voice Moves (WA).

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Warm your heart with classics

Warm up this winter with a series of five classical recitals at the Grove Library Community Precinct in Peppermint Grove.

The 2025 winter season will be on Sundays June 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29.

On June 1, be enchanted by the Cygnus Arioso chamber music collective and opera star Paul O’Neill.

The June 8 program will feature Wind Quintet Plus and showcase the collaboration of quintet percussionist Paul Tanner.

Concert 3, on June 15, will feature the guitar talents of Don Candy and Glenn Rodgers, and the Sartory String Quartet will bring classical masterpieces to life on June 22.

The final concert will be the all-female musicians of

Be enchanted by the Cygnus Arioso chamber music collective, pictured.

the Mirabilis Collective, in a celebration of female composers and songwriters. Each concert starts at 5pm at The Grove Library, 1 Leake Street, Peppermint Grove. Tickets start at $40 each, or there is a subscription for all five concerts. Go to trybooking.com and search “Winter Grove Classics 2025 Subscription”.

Take part in a pain research survey

Researchers at UWA are calling for people to take part in a survey about facial pain management.

The study is to focus on the management of chronic facial pain, but those who do not have the condition are needed to be part of it.

“The research aims to improve management strategies and ultimately help to develop better treatment and prevention options for the wider community,” she said.

Researchers are seeking par-

Supeetha Suntharamoorthy, from UWA’s dental school, said the study aimed to compare how habits, choices and daily activities affected people with and without chronic orofacial pain.

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Participants should not have chronic orofacial pain, a history of cancer, multimorbidity or mobility disorders. For more information email Associate Professor Omar Kujan at omar.kujan@uwa.edu. au or phone 6457 7670.

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Hockey tragics celebrate a good old stick

A stranger might expect that hockey player John Milner retired from his beloved sport many moons ago.

But John, aged 97, retired from the game only three years ago.

John is one of the merry members of the Western Hockey Masters Saturday division, which is based at Perry Lakes.

Recently his hockey mates celebrated his 97th birthday and his contribution to the club, which has members who hail from far and wide.

Western Hockey Masters member Bruce Mercer said John was one of the club’s founding members when it began in 2013.

“The numbers have grown over the years with current membership in excess of 65,” he said.

And they don’t restrict their season to the traditional cooler months. They play all year round.

Bruce said a sophisticated process was in place to select teams each week from the players who had added their name to the “I will play this Saturday” list. A rotating selector listed the playing positions for each team.

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numbers have grown over the years with current membership in excess of 65

“This division was started for those players too old to continue playing club hockey,” Bruce said.

“Numbers were small to begin with, mostly hockey tragics who had played club hockey, most since school.”

Players came from many clubs and even if at first they didn’t know each other by name, they all recognised familiar faces from decades of play – often on opposing teams.

“Most weeks we have three teams who play a round-robin competition,” he said. “You only play if you nominate.”

After the game players returned to the club-house – generously provided by the YMCC Hockey Club – for refreshments.

Bruce said John Milner’s “goal sneak” antics were sadly missed on the field.

And what are John’s tips for staying healthy and active? Keeping fit, enjoying social interaction, and maintaining a positive outlook and a sense of humour.

“And don’t argue with the umpire.”

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Learn new things at the over-55s

expo

City of Subiaco seniors are invited to the Positive Ageing Expo on Thursday, May 29, from 10am to 2pm.

Local clubs and businesses that offer activities and services for people aged 55 and over will be represented, and a free morning tea will be served.

The expo, at The Third Place community centre at 325 Barker Road, is designed to promote a healthy and active lifestyle for those aged 55 and over by meeting new people and discovering new things to do.

For more information email culture@subiaco.wa.gov.au or phone the City of Subiaco’s community development officer positive ageing on 9237 9222.

For more information about The Third Place email thethirdplace@salvationarmy. org.au or phone 9381 8658.

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Congratulations to Blake Nairn from Cambridge and Fiona Panting from Geraldton on winning the State Pairs.

Monday May 12: 1st David Hughes and Phil McShane; 2nd Geoff Parker and S. Lofthouse; Plate Frank Honey and Mark James.

Wednesday May 14: 1st David Heath, Annie Warrender and Dae Miller; 2nd Geoff Parker, Jay Medhat and Elizabeth Morrissey; 3rd Mary Ann Hart, Pam Islip and Marilyn Boss.

Friday May 16: 1st Yogi Shah and Chuck Belotte; 2nd Michael Marsh, Carole Nolan and Dinah Shah. All are welcome at Cambridge Bowling Club’s Biggest Morning Tea fundraiser for Cancer Council WA, at 10.30am on June 10.

Thirty-four bowlers enjoyed the fine and sunny conditions on Thursday, May 15.

David Steinberg, Celia Bakker and Pat Clohessy were best performers with a margin of 28 shots. Other winners were Brian Page, Ross MacKenzie, Sue Harris and Rob Wood +10; Lindsay Richardson, David Mildenhall, Phil Stewart and Ron Day +8;

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Alan Pitman, Les Pedder and Rod Tilt, also +8; and Ian Freedman, Sally Day and Andy McGlew +1. In similar conditions last Saturday 37 players turned out for sets play under the tutelage of club captain Martin Saunders. With points being awarded for sets won and ends won Ross MacKenzie, Ric Mapley, Helen Clohessy and George Klug were the best performers with 17 out of a possible 22 points. Other winners were Martin Saunders, Pat Clohessy, Ian Freedman and Sue Hassell 16 points; Andrew Foster, Celia Bakker and Rob Wood 15 points +13; John Pole, Keith Allan, Julia Wallis and Jeff Irwin 15 points +5; and David Steinberg, Heather Hince and Tony Payne 13 points. Thursday “Gadabout” Triples are to commence on June 12. Players are to select their own partners and put their team on the board.

and Ron Palmer lost 11/17; bur Usha Nigam, Thera Howat, Lesley Langly and Nada Bonny won 17/10 to give us a skinny overall aggregate of 28/27.

In three bowls pairs on Thursday May 15 Ron Palmer and Ron Middleton beat Mike Basford and Hayden Lowe 12-6; and John Horsfall, Ray Fells and Glen Morey just got home over Jim West and Wally Graham 12-11.

On Saturday Mike Basford, John Horsfall, Jeannette Middleton and Glen Morey overcame Ron Palmer, Betsy Tapley, Jim West and Ron Middleton 14-10.

The main event at Mosman Park last week was hosting bowlers from Singapore. A great afternoon was enjoyed by everyone and some very good bowls were played. A lovely afternoon tea was enjoyed to finish off the day.

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Friday Pairs on May 16 was well attended and was won by Catherine Chappelle and Aidan O’Sullivan. Second were

Brian Cranswick and G. Parker, and the winners of the second round were Jeff Adams and Bob Kershaw. Saturday competition could do with a few more bowlers. The winners on May 17 were Melissa Kouvanis, Richard Webster and Ron Hassall. Second place went to Ron Kop and Con Kouvanis playing heroically as a pair instead of three. There is mahjong at the club every from 9am. All that is required to join in is a social membership of the club.

The President’s Cup club competition continued in beautifully fine conditions last Saturday, May 17, with 22 players taking part. Ravin Parianen was a convincing winner.  Other successful players were Guy Soubeyran, Peter Cheyne, Rob Dunlop, Megan Cheyne and Lida Valkova. The club will have social play this Saturday, May 24. The club also welcomed a group of French visitors who enjoyed their national game at Subiaco. Visitors are welcome on Saturdays and Wednesdays. Consult our website, www.petanquesubiaco.com for details.

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Members of the Western Hockey Masters celebrate the birthday of John Milner, seated at centre, aged 97.

Discover new things to do by meeting volunteers from local clubs at the Positive Ageing Expo. Pictured are Onslow Tennis Club volunteers at a previous expo.

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Green light for Carillon revamp

By Nadia Budihardjo, Elisha Newell and Claire Tyrrell

Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s Fiveight is one step closer to building its $400million Carillon City project after a panel’s approval.

The Metro Inner Development Assessment Panel has unanimously approved Fiveight’s application to redevelop the CBD arcade.

Fiveight is the property arm of the Forrests’ private investment company Tattarang.

The proposed arcade redevelopment includes a 22-storey hotel and 35 levels of student accommodation, as well as new retail and dining options in the heart of Perth’s CBD.

The 238-room hotel will face Hay Street Mall, and the 803-bed student accommodation is designed to complement Edith Cowan University’s new city campus, which is slated for completion this year.

Existing properties on the site will be demolished to make way for the redevelopment.

The City of Perth threw its weight behind the Fiveight development this month and officially endorsed the project before it went before the DAP panel.

DAP deputy presiding member Francesca Lefante supported the proposal, which she described as a “catalyst for

reactivation of the CBD”.

She commended the proposal’s inclusion of a podium level with access to daylight, which she said would attract more activity in the city.

“It’s something we don’t see in the city … the inclusion of opening it up to the daylight is a fantastic idea,” she said.

“It will give an area of difference and create an opportunity that we have talked about in planning terms as being a significant and important element to get the street to engage with the public elements.”

The issue of the need for the CBD to grow its residential population was raised, with arguments that the project should include permanent residential facilities.

Ms Lefante said the incorporation of student accommodation and hotel components would provide a similar, if not greater, benefit than permanent housing.

“The temporary use of space can create as much if not greater activation than permanent residential,” she said.

Presiding member Karen Hyde commended Fiveight on its approach to the design of the project, noting its scale and complexity.

“It is of a capital city scale, it is a project that will add vibrancy, surveillance, legibility, permeability to an area that desperately needs all of

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those,” she said.

“It is an architectural statement [which is] exactly what a capital city needs … it’s a much-needed reuse of the site.”

She said that City of Perth modelling had shown that the design minimised

overshadowing and she was comfortable with the proposed plot ratio.

Fiveight successfully applied for a 9.5% plot ratio bonus, on the provision that a pedestrian link was included within the development.

$70m flows to medical research

By Nadia Buhihardjo

The state government has committed more than $70million towards medical research, including allocating $25million among 20 WA institutions.

It had invested $47million in its future health research and innovation fund in the past six months with 108 recipients receiving grants.

A further $25million had been committed to 20 medical research bodies through the research infrastructure support program.

New life for Mediterranean

By Claire Tyrrell

The former Mediterranean Restaurant in Subiaco has been sold after GBW Property abandoned plans to redevelop the site.

GBW pulled the pin on a proposed five-storey apartment building at the 414 Rokeby Road site in August and appointed Subiaco agents Sterling Property to sell it.

The Mediterranean Restaurant was the place to lunch in the 1980s.

Aust II Pty Ltd bought the site for $3.13million.

Australian Securities and Investments Commission records show that Sternship Advisers directors Robert Hamilton, Hugh Packer and Tim Day own Aust II.

Sternship Advisers is a Perth-based boutique advisory firm.

Aust II’s name mirrors the name of Alan Bond’s

78 Dalkeith Road, Nedlands

The grants included $9.6million to the Kids Research Institute, $2.4million to Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, $3.3million to UWA and $1.3million to Murdoch University. Medical Research Minister Stephen Dawson said the state government has expanded the previous RIS program to include universities and hospitals.

yacht Australia II, which was used to win the 1983 America’s Cup.

Mr Bond and fellow high-flyers Laurie Connell, Robert Holmes a Court and Brian Burke were regulars at Perth’s most famous long-lunch haunt of the 1980s.

Mr Bond and Mr Connell bought the restaurant for $2million in 1989 and it has had several different lives

since then, including as the

“The RIS program is all about backing our homegrown research teams so they can crack on with translating their innovative research into practice and commercialisation, leading to improved health outcomes and local jobs for the WA community,” he said.

Set discreetly along Dalkeith Road, number 78 exemplifies a thoughtful synthesis of period architecture and contemporary family living. Guided by the timeless principles of the

Fiveight’s $400million Carillion project will enliven the CBD.

Mission impossible to get through final M:I

Almost two years after part one of the ostensible final episode of the M:I franchise comes The Final Reckoning, the eighth film since Tom Cruise first played Impossible Missions Force (IMF) field agent Ethan Hunt in 1996 as a baby-faced 34-year-old.

Varying in quality over almost 30 years but always led by a combination of high concept nonsense, sleek locations, and Cruise’s death-defying action, the previous instalment, Dead Reckoning Part One, was a highlight, not least because of the spectacular European locations –including Rome, Venice and, memorably, the cliffs of Norway, off which Cruise famously raced a motorcycle.

The Cruise-performed stunts continue in the way-too-long, 170-minute second part.

But, as the first ever sequel of the franchise –all the other films stood alone – there’s a whole lot

of expository claptrap to remind audiences of the silly, convoluted plot.

Something about saving the world from a rogue AI “entity” intent on global annihilation.

Returning director Christopher McQuarrie, who co-wrote this with Erik Jendresen and has now directed four out of the eight films, also used up all the pretty locations in the first part. They’ve been traded for the drab subterranean

passageways of London and, in a key action set piece in which Hunt must retrieve the “source code” of the “entity”, the freezing grey depths of the Bering Sea. Technically impressive, but take me back to sunny Rome!

Several regulars return, including Simon Pegg and Ving Rhames as Hunt’s tech-whiz colleagues, and Haley Atwell and Pom Klementieff are back from Dead Reckoning as a pickpocket and unhinged assassin respectively.

All acquit themselves with shiny charm and an abiding commitment to helping Hunt save the world.

But let’s face it, it’s about action, not character development, and the amusing highlight is a

vertiginous caper that begins with two bi-planes, and ends – after lots of swooping, sweaty-palmed mid-air cockpit-swapping –with no planes at all. It’s a giddy high, literally. But after almost three hours, it’s hard-won.

Scramble to Camelot next month

Rev your engines and journey back in time to celebrate a forgotten chapter of local history.

Camelot Arts Club rediscovers a lost piece of Mosman Park’s motocross history on June 14, with a special screening of the documentary Harley Scramble: The Birth of Australian Motocross, followed by a Q&A with champion riders, and a display of vintage motocross bikes.

First held in 1928, the Harley Scramble was WA’s

Mike and I began dating more than a year ago. I quickly knew I was in love with him, but he was never sure. He would tell me in different ways that he liked me, but he didn’t “crave” me.

After we broke up I found out I was pregnant. He stood by me through it all, but in the end I had a miscarriage. Through it all we became best friends.

But Mike is very picky, obsessed with hot, thin girls with big breasts. He also says he must have a brunette with brown eyes, cute face, tan, sexy,

premier motocross event. For 36 years, each June up to 20,000 people flocked to Buckland Hill and the Rope Works Circuit – a stone’s throw from the Camelot theatre.

Camelot is bringing the spirit of the Scramble back home and dedicating the event to Peter Nicol, a five-time Harley Scramble winner and 1950s motocross great, who died in March this year at the age of 94.

The family-friendly event is on Saturday June 14 from 5pm, with the Harley

■ For 36 years people flocked to Buckland Hill for the annual Harley Scramble.

Scramble documentary, vintage bike display, pizza and Swan Draught for sale and a Q&A hosted by “Mr Speedway” Con Migro with racing legends Bob O’Leary, Bill Watson, John Steyntjes, Don Russell, Neville Cutts and Kevin Russell. Book through camelotartsclub.com/ harley-scramble.

different light?

smart, a good job and good in bed. At uni he had a serious relationship with the best-looking girl he ever dated. She left him and he says no one lives up to her.

Lately I feel depressed. I’m beginning to doubt my own attractiveness because he doesn’t find me hot enough to marry. I used to think I was attractive but now feel no guy would want me. Do you believe that in time Mike might see me in a

Tracy

Tracy, Mike is the dog in the fable who dropped the bone from his mouth to seize the reflection of the bone in the water. He craves an illusion. He is superficial. He’s not looking for a partner, he is looking for a possession. He doesn’t care who it is, he cares what it is. Any woman’s future with him is precarious. Breast cancer, an accident, stretch marks – any brush with the externals of life and he’s gone.

Of course you are depressed. You are supposed to feel depressed when you are in a depressing situation and won’t leave. You’re starting to devalue love. You are starting to think as he does.

Someone who loves you doesn’t compare you to others and find you lacking. Someone who loves you makes you feel good about yourself, not doubt yourself.

He is corrosive, and the only woman Mike can’t damage is a female version of himself.

Wayne & Tamara

■ Another mission, another location, another stunt for Tom Cruise as field agent Ethan Hunt.

Spaceman shines on City of Light

“I’m not into high art. I just make cool stuff,” American artist Brendan Murphy said of his highly collectable spaceman sculptures.

Phrases like “Dream way more…love is real…dreamin’ is free and Life is electric” adorn the large shiny metallic spacemen.

Brendan’s Boonji

For the past few years, artist and sculptor Britt Mikkelsen has been preoccupied with taking care of her family, some with life-threatening health issues. From many days and nights spent in hospital waiting rooms and at bedsides, she used her art as a remedy – a way to process her emotions. Remedy is a new exhibition of sculptures, drawings and paintings at Stala Contemporary in West Leederville.

“This exhibition is a catharsis of sorts, an attempt to understand the complexities of our bodies; our weaknesses, but also the unbelievable strength of us as humans,” Britt said. Remedy is on show from May 31 to June 28. Britt will talk about the exhibition and her art as a remedy in conversation with Artists Chronicle editor Lyn Di Ciero, on Saturday June 14 from 11am.

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The Royal Agricultural Society of WA’s annual Perth Royal Art Prize for Landscape returns with a total prize pool of $20,500. Entries are now open until July 6 for WA-based landscape artists.  The exhibition of finalists, once part of the Perth Royal Show, will be on display at Wilkinson Gallery in Claremont Showground from August 31 to September 7.

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■ Anaia Kakulas, a Year 11 student at MLC, has won the Year 11/12

Spaceman has landed in Perth and was unveiled this week in Stirling Gardens in the city along with the opening of an exhibition at Gullotti Gallery of his popular space figures.

“It is not about going into space that interests me,” Brendan said, walking around his spaceman sculptures covered with love and dreaming equations.

“It is about me imagining

THE galleries hanging

section of the Lester Prize Youth Awards with her portrait titled The Way Forward. Lottie Ercleve from Shenton College was highly commended for her portrait of activist Mechelle Turvey. Lester’s Youth Award, an adjunct to the adult award, is open to all high school students across Australia from Years 7 to 12. The finalists are on show at WA Museum Boola Bardip until July 20.

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After a successful oneday event last week, local artist Alexsandra Guinan is extending a showcase of her collection titled Oscillation to this Saturday and Sunday, May 24 and 25, and Friday to Sunday May 30 to June 1, from 10.30am to noon each day. She said her work, inspired by nature, oscillates between soft, fluid, light ones and strict lines, bold textures and solid colours. Oscillation is showing at Little Star Studio, 375 Hay Street, Subiaco.

who is inside that suit. It is about a spaceman who is brave enough to step out into the unknown. Isn’t that what we all want in life?”

The self-taught artist said that what he missed out in technique he has, over 20 years, made up for in materials.

He began using 3D printing almost a decade ago, and with a team of scientists developed his own highly polished coloured chrome finish for the carbon fibre figures.

“I’ve separated myself from other artists with layers of magic tricks,” he said with a grin.

He now has two studios, a steel factory in Miami and an art studio near his home in Palm Beach, and a team of seven full-time employees.

His solo exhibition at Gullotti, titled Life

is Electric, is his first in Australia and showcases the development of his style from abstract, text-filled paintings to his now-famous sculptures, along with his latest, a “collectables” small sculpture series.

Although there were a few complaints about his 7m tall carbon fibre and steel Boonji (a made-up word) Spaceman being

installed in the gardens where the Ore Obelisk once stood – and was removed in 2021 – Brendan said it was the then-Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas who persuaded him to donate the sculpture to Perth.

“His energy and vision sold it to me,” Brendan said.

“And I’ve always believed that if I do my job right, everyone will be happy.”

All about Beatlemania

How did four humble Liverpool lads conquer the pop world and leave a legacy here, there and everywhere?

English opera director Jamie Hayes comes to Perth for ArtsNational’s next lecture, The Beatles: Here, There and Everywhere.

This is a fully illustrated talk with musical examples and excerpts of the exceptional moments and enduring influences of the Fab Four’s music across rock ‘n’ roll, blues and R&B to jazz, rock and psychedelic pop.

Although Jamie has spent a lifetime in opera and is married to mezzosoprano Jean Rigby, his passion is for the enduring pop music of The Beatles. His talk also highlights the many unsung heroes without whom The Beatles would not have become the band we know of today. It is a chance to relive some of The Beatles’ greatest moments and their greatest music at the ArtsNational lecture next Saturday, May 31 at 2pm in UWA’s Social Science lecture hall on Hackett Drive.

Perth’s sculpture will bear the City of Light brand, born from astronaut John Glenn’s first orbit of Earth in 1962.

“It will inspire wonder and spark the imagination,” Brendan said.

■ Brendan Murphy’s Life is Electric is now open at Gullotti Gallery in Cottesloe and will be on show for eight weeks.

■ Britt Mikkelsen has sculptured bodies and bones. AROUND

■ The Way Forward by Anaia Kakulas.

■ Four unlikely lads: Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison, circa 1965.

■ Life is electric and fun for artist Brendan Murphy. Photo: Paul McGovern

■ Park on Fire by Alexsandra Guinan. Photo: Alberto Caielli

SARAH McNEILL

One of the earliest homes in Subiaco’s heritage precinct, this perfect example of a classic Colonial home was built in 1905, and was occupied by WA’s first Labor premier, Henry Daglish.

In spite of some renovations about 30 years ago, all the Queen Anne style hallmarks have been maintained.

The stained glass, arched doorways, functional grand fireplaces and high ceilings with decorative designs led to the home being classified by the National Trust of Australia in 1981 and placed on Subiaco’s heritage list.

A commemorative plaque is on the footpath outside the home.

modern functionality

The owners loved the historical aspects and said: “Those kinds of details are a pleasure, and they’re all functional. The spaces are all usable, so it doesn’t seem fussy or pretentious.”

An extension by the previous owners in the 80s modernised the rear of the house and added a new kitchen, living room and an attic room among other additions.

The current owners called their work a seam-

less transition between the old and new and said they hadn’t felt the need to make any big changes since.

“It goes back to that thing about functionality.

The house is big enough to accommodate contemporary living, even though it has details which are turn of the 19th to 20th century,” the owners said.

They have installed air-conditioning, and the yard’s well-maintained garden comes with a pool.

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An outdoor living area blending into the well landscaped garden and a pool for the summer heat.

By Sarah McNeill

A new life for JahRoc?

For almost 40 years JahRoc was synonymous with beautiful craftsmanship. Now the owners of the internationally acclaimed boutique furniture and design house have decided to part company after 38 years, and so a spectacular property on Caves Road West in Margaret River opens up a new opportunity for another entrepreneur.

The JahRoc workshop and studio at 5702 Caves Road, Burnside, just outside Margaret River township, is set among 14.5ha of pristine, native bushland, some of which backs onto national park and access to secluded surf spots.

The property has the potential to be a private hideaway retreat, a health retreat, commercial gallery or retail outlet (subject to approval).

The JahRoc team, Gary, Lara, David and Joanne, even suggest someone might like to pick and run with the JahRoc brand.

After almost 20 years of working out of tin sheds and backyards, the JahRoc team built a substantial and beautiful manufacturing workshop that was well insulated and with spectacular views of the bush. With the same attention to detail that they put into their artful furniture, the 495sq.m warehouse was crafted with 300mm-thick rammed limestone and a fusion of timber, glass, concrete, limestone and iron, always mindful that it could be repurposed in the future.

represents the highest price this year for a home in Perth.

Ms Yap and her husband, Dr Johannes Yap, bought the 1095sq.m house site in 2014, for $4.6 million

Built to be as green as possible, it has its own water supply and solar panels and is a solar passive design.

Contact Mark Hay on 0418 953 742 for more details and expressions of interest.

Record price set by Mosman icon

Vivien Yap from Ray White Dalkeith confirmed last week that she had just sold her own architect-designed family home at 2 The Coombe, Mosman Park, for a record $21.5 million

The deal, struck on Anzac Day,

“We spent seven years designing and building our dream home and we were not looking to sell, but the offer came, and I negotiated the deal on behalf of my husband,” Ms Yap said.

Since their son was now living in Queensland the house was too big for the couple, but they would continue to live there for six months while they found their next family home or project.

Tom Brooking of Brooking Designs developed it in response to the complexities of the triangular shaped site with limestone, with a vertical cluster of living spaces around a central spiral feature staircase. “It’s an iconic home,” Mr Brooking said, “very elevated and a very dynamic build.”

There have been a lot of changes and growth in Perth, but the Federation Filigree masterpiece that is Beaufort House has remained a constant.

Perth’s rapidly expanding population following the Gold Rush of the 1890s created a high demand for rental accommodation close to the city. The three-level terrace house at 237 Beaufort Street was built as a boarding house in about 1897, and well into the 1930s remained a boarding house primarily for women when it was listed as “Trained Nurses Home”.

It later became a bed and breakfast, popular for its location within walking distance of shops, cafes and bars.

Since 2008 it has been a private residence, and now it is for sale for the first time in a generation. Its

character features are beautifully intact with original jarrah floorboards, a grand staircase, high ceilings, ornate fireplaces, wide arches, stained-glass windows original gas lighting fixtures and filigreed verandas. A nod to its history includes working servants’ bells, and a servants’ back staircase to the kitchen. It is a true historical treasure in a city that loves shiny steel and glass. Sitting on 288sq.m, the sixbedroomed terrace house is zoned for both residential and commercial. Expressions of interest close on June 2. Contact Harry Stevenson 0422 970 993.

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Beaufort St classic hits the market

■ This unique Mosman Park home has set a new sales record.

■ JahRoc’s thoughtfully crafted workshop is set in bushland

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Roger and Jill Lucas bought an empty block from City of Perth in 1973 and Montague Grant Architects built their dream home, telling Jill “it is a timeless design because this is a home, not just a house”.

Soon after its completion the couple went travelling and Jill said the dollar was so ridiculously good they could afford to bring back some fabulous fixtures. Brass light fittings from Germany and a pub sign Marquis of Sailsbury bought in an auction in England are among the many memories in this much-loved mid-century family home. Jill leaves this three-bedroom home with many joyful memories, including decorating one of the trees at the front with shoes so that passing school children would think shoes did grow on trees.

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Whitewashed recycled brick walls, New Guinea Rosewood cladding and wide American oak floorboards have been meticulously crafted to create the ultimate beachside home.

Designed by Michelle Orszasky of acclaimed Sydney architects Clayton Orszasky, the home is a perfect balance of contemporary, elegant design with organic practicality. Soaring raked ceilings, double-glazed glass sliding doors on all sides and a north-facing courtyard seamlessly pull together inside and out.

The heart of the home is the kitchen with a 6m marble island.

Mere metres from the beach at North Cottesloe, the home is set among lush landscaped gardens by Sydney landscaper Will Dangar of Dangar Smith Barin.

Family was at the heart of the renovations that transformed an old Claremont cottage.

A stylish makeover in 2017 thoughtfully and seamlessly blended the original early-1900s cottage with a large contemporary family space and a kids’ upstairs area dedicated to fun.

Upstairs, the white pitched roof has the air of a dolls house, but it is all perfectly designed for practical play and its functional skylights ensure the area is light and bright.

A dedicated craft room further encourages creativity. With its three small, pretty bedrooms it is a perfect children’s retreat.

Downstairs, a coastalstyle kitchen dining area with practical travertine marble floors and whitewashed brick walls opens

All about family living

out to a large alfresco living/dining area.

Created for year-round entertaining, in the summer it looks out across a north-facing garden to the pool, with a spectacular towering gum lit up at night. An outdoor bar beneath a kitchen servery allows for drinks and food to be passed out to guests

with ease.

In winter, remote controlled block-out blinds, an open wood-burning fire and a television turn this into a cosy living room.

Behind the kitchen, the scullery has access to the carport, designed so children can run in and dump bags and dirty shoes.

The spacious main

the ensuite to the garden. The two impressive “his and hers” walk-in wardrobes feature an original fireplace and ornate rose ceilings that are a reminder of the history behind this family home.

The impressive renovation retains the charm of the original home with

high ornate ceilings, original fireplaces and bay windows and the elegance of a formal lounge that opens easily to the fun, functional and contemporary heart of the home.

Across the road is the popular Mrs Herbert’s Park on the edge of Freshwater Bay which is, according to

bedroom looks across

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the owners, the community focal point.

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■ The original 1900s home, set is a large lush garden, has been transformed.

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Subi artist rubs out hub project

• From page 23

The council will debate a potential submission at its May 27 meeting.

“I would urge you and other members of the creative community in Subiaco to not give up on the arts hub or having a presence at Subiaco East,” Mr McMullen said.

“I hope this won’t be taken as smoke and mirrors, it’s anything but. An arts hub doesn’t just happen, it needs a whole movement in support of the arts.

“I hope you agree this paints a very real and sincere picture of a city and a council that supports and is committed to the arts.”

Mr Cameron offered a list of arts-related projects and events backed by the City, which he said few other local governments would be able to match.

“The City will soon appoint architects to design the new administration at 241 Rokeby Road in our civic precinct with opportunities for art exhibition space to be considered,” he said.

Tower spikes student wheels

that the building needed at least 62 extra bike bays and car parking was “insufficient”.

The Department of Transport warned there were “few long-term cycle network routes within the locality and no designated cycle paths along Stirling Highway”.

Despite the warnings, SPC members asked no questions of SDAU staff about parking or transport during their brief discussion.

“I think it’s very well thought-out,” committee member Chris Harman told the meeting.

“Over time as everything else gets built out I think it’ll tie in relatively seamlessly.”

Centurion must prepare “strategies for additional bicycle parking” according to an approval condition imposed by the SPC, but none of the state’s decision-makers specified by how much.

Centurion’s planning consultant, Matthew Cain of Planning Solutions, told the meeting the tower would help ease pressure on Perth’s overheated rental

market.

“This type of development responds to a clear gap in the market,” he said.

“[It] assists with reducing pressure on the housing market by freeing up traditional housing stock often occupied by students.”

SPC chair Emma Cole agreed, telling the meeting that Perth had “one of the lowest levels of student accommodation in Australia”.

She conceded that a “relatively high” 85 people had lodged objections to the plans.

But she said a previous approval for an unrealised 19-storey development on the site had set a precedent.

“I think that is an important consideration,” she said.

“We have an incredibly important emerging health and knowledge precinct of which this lot forms part.”

SPC member Rebecca Moore said she had “significant concerns” about the height of the development, which will sit across a narrow lane from one-storey houses.

“I don’t think enough work

has been done at all,” Ms Moore said.

Fellow member Claire Franklin said she was worried the building may not always be used as student accommodation.

“I have expressed concerns about the long-term use of this land for the purpose of this development, which is predicated on many of the dispensations for car parking, plot ratio and so forth,” she said.

Despite speaking out against the plans, neither committee member said anything when Ms Cole asked if there was any dissent to the approval.

Williams Road resident Eric Pegrum, who watched the meeting via livestream, said neighbours’ objections were toned down and sanitised in the SDAU’s report.

“People’s issues and concerns get washed out of the summary,” he said.

“I think the whole thing is a bit of a sham, to be honest.” Centurion has four years to start construction.

Cambridge urges planning revolution

• From page 3

residents and against the recommendation of the council.

Deputy mayor Ben Mayes said the WAPC was ignoring local planning frameworks that captured the community’s local knowledge of an area.

“Twice in two weeks I have fronted the WAPC in support of council decisions and on behalf of our community, pleading our case to refuse developments that are inconsistent with our adopted local planning framework,” he said.

“Both times it seems our concerns were ignored.”

There are 18 current Part 11B applications for developments in suburbs including Claremont, Nedlands, Sorrento, Rockingham, South Perth, Inglewood, Woodvale, Pinjarra and Busselton.

“Local planning frameworks are just that, they’re local, and they represent a three-way contract between the Town,

our residents and the WAPC,” Mr Mayes said.

“Local knowledge is irreplaceable, and its importance should be held in much higher regard.”

The draft calls for the state government to be accessible to local communities, consistent and accountable, and to respect local planning frameworks when deciding on new developments. It also wants changes to another part of the WAPC framework: reforming development assessment panels by

raising the threshold from $2million to $5million, and ensuring equal representation of specialist members and local government members.

The development of Floreat Forum is not part of the Part 11B pathway, as was incorrectly reported last week, but is waiting for the WAPC’s Statutory Planning Committee to approve a precinct structure plan.

The SPC is required to make a decision on the Floreat Forum development by June 30.

Bellinge faces more charges

Dr Bellinge’s lawyer had offered the court a $1million surety if his client was granted bail to live at his father’s riverfront mansion in Jutland Parade, but magistrate Clare Cullen said the risk was too great.

“If his mental health is so poor that he poses a risk to the health or safety of any person, including his wife or others, I need to take that into account,” Ms Cullen said. Dr Bellinge is due back in court on Wednesday, via video link from Casuarina Priison. • From page 11

• From page 3

Traffic snarl led to carpark birth

“They calmed me down and reassured me that we were just going to be at King Edwards for monitoring and probably sent home in a couple of weeks,” Chloe said.

The Subiaco maternity hospital is WA’s biggest and the only referral centre for complex, high acuity pregnancies.

“Ali and Tom stayed with me (in the ambulance), telling me how many corners we had left to go around, telling me to just breathe, don’t push, everything’s fine,” Chloe said.

She gave birth to Henry a few minutes later on the ambulance stretcher in the Fiona Stanley carpark.

“We heard him cry, and they ran us into emergency,” she said.

“There were faces everywhere and Henry was out, and once we got inside I could still see Tom

and Ali, they hadn’t left me.”

The tiny fighter spent 10 “critical weeks gaining strength” in the neonatal intensive care unit before being allowed to return home to his parents and brothers Darcy and Edward.

“If we did not have the RFDS (to transfer me to Perth) I think we would have been in a bit of danger, being that Henry was only 28 weeks and one day,” Chloe said.

She joked that Henry’s dramatic entry was in the family genes.

“(Father) Brendon was actually born in Munglinup in an ambulance on the side of the road, so Henry must have wanted to top his dad’s birth story,” she said.

One of the main contractors for the $2billion hospital collapsed recently but Health Infrastructure Minister John Carey said building works were on track to start this year. • From page 3

Subi short-stay scrutiny

• From page 7

And he said the Spanish government had withdrawn the licences of 64,935 properties registered with Airbnb.

Mayor David McMullen said City planners were being asked to make an assessment under the planning framework, which didn’t exist in Spain or the European Union.

He asked Mr Burns to keep his question relevant.

Development director Alex Petrovski said he was aware of these issues happening in other parts of the world.

“That wouldn’t affect our consideration as it’s not one of the things that we consider under the planning framework,” he said.

dunny in the sandhills above the Dutch Inn groyne, its waste flowing to a septic tank.

Council staff say a third option would be to have a new aesthetic design for the toilet block and tuck it in the sandhills, near the original dunny site.

This would add $100,000 to the

ing, because a pump would be needed to push effluent uphill to the main sewer on Marine Parade.

The council received 390 responses to its survey, with people living closest opposed, and those further away or outside Cottesloe mostly in favour.

It now appears set to defer to provide another solution, perhaps a redesigned building in a third location, possibly directly opposite Beach Street concealed behind the dunes near the groyne.

The council will hold workshops to discuss other options if this resolution is passed next week.

Bench to rule on tuart Subiaco probes $3m design contract

• From page 5

more seriously now.

“There’s recognition that we need to retain trees where possible, but in this instance, the tree clearly was to be removed,” he said.

Ms Saragih said critical elements of the approved plans included retaining walls, while other parts should not be considered as significant, such as deckchairs by the pool, seats around the dining table, and

Wardens flee traffic danger

• From page 1

Honey pleaded with Transport Minister Rita Saffioti last year for measures to safeguard PLC students and residents of the nearby Grove unit development, but his requests fell on deaf ears.

Ms Begbie has now pleaded for help from Main Roads, the Road Safety Commission, and Police and Road Safety Minister Reece Whitby.

“I and other PLC staff have once again had to step in to help children cross, despite having no formal training or authority to do so,” she told them.

She asked for a permanent fixed speed camera to be installed, a coordinated intervention from WA Police and Main Roads to reassess the safety of the crossing, and an emergency response plan.

“This is not a hypothetical risk; it is real, immediate and entirely foreseeable,” Ms Begbie said.

“Without urgent action, the likelihood of a tragic incident is increasing daily.

“We’re calling on the WA Government to stop passing the buck and start protecting our children.”

beds in the bedrooms.

“Are you bound to put the furniture where it shows on the plan?” Mr Willey said.

“Equally, the application of development doesn’t speak of the removal of any trees.”

Ms Saragih said it was impossible to proceed with various elements of the plans without the removal of the tree.

“Encroaching into a tree of this significance, in terms of its height, size and canopy cover and the length that it’s been there, in my experience, there would have been damage that would have occurred in the root system had it tried to be retained,” Mr Mrdja said.

Dr Willey may take several weeks to consider his decision.

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• From page 18

to work with the other] … then we’d have conversations in relation to that.

“That’s contained in the terms of the contract as to how you would provide notice etc that you wish to stop this process or whatever.”

Councillor Mark Burns said he did not feel “transparent” about the overall amount involved in the project.

No estimation had been made public by the City but using the architect’s fees as a guide, he said people in the development sector would be able to “extrapolate” a figure.

“Nobody is going to think this is a $3million project that we are spending $3million to get the architects to look at it (but) nobody thinks it’s a billion-

Mr Cameron said choosing the architects was the first step in the two-phase process.

The architect would meet elected members and staff to discuss the project in more depth once the contract was signed.

“That conversation will be

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rich in developing or verifying the concept because what they

Ultimately it would be up to council to decide the scope of the project when it was going out for tender.

The meeting was told community consultation would take place after an architect had been chosen.

The site of the original concrete “dunny” in the sand dunes above Dutch Inn groyne. It is a possible site for a new public toilet.

The empty, fire–damaged Subiaco council offices.

Drought over as Palace reign supreme

THE Sporting

John townsend

It took 132 years for the longest winning streak in sporting history to come to an end.

That was the glorious moment in 1983 when Perth buccaneer Alan Bond transferred his piratical talents from business to yachting to seize the America’s Cup.

It has taken 120 years for the longest drought in sporting history to come to an end.

That was at Wembley Stadium this week when Crystal Palace, the subject of more than a century of broken dreams and failed campaigns, won the FA Cup.

It was the first trophy in the club’s history and ignited a celebration far more spectacular and heartfelt that those experienced by sporting juggernauts for whom victory is not only expected but commonplace.

I got a taste of FA Cup excitement in 1991 by attending the final between Tottenham and Nottingham Forest at the previous Wembley Stadium.

That match was soon shrouded in heartache when Tottenham’s mercurial Paul Gascoigne, then the biggest star of the league and one of the most magnetic athletes on the planet, ruptured an ACL and was carted off on a stretcher.

The atmosphere was electric, though no greater than the AFL or NRL grand finals I have attended, Wimbledon, MCG or Lord’s Ashes Tests, major league baseball or Augusta Masters.

turned to the Old Dart but he never lost his passion for Palace during his time in Australia and was ecstatic when the final whistle sounded with his team 1-0 up.

“After years of suffering, yesterday made it all worth it,” he said to echo the emotion of any lifelong supporter whose team has finally achieved the unthinkable.

“FA Cup Winners 2025 is now embedded in our history and our first major trophy.

“Yesterday will remain with me forever.”

Crystal Palace traces its history back to 1851 – the same year that New York Yacht Club started its 132-year reign – when the Great Exhibition of London was held in a giant glass palace at Hyde Park.

That early convention centre was later transferred pane by pane to south London where the workers started a soccer club that eventually transitioned into the modern version.

Breaking a long drought always creates special moments and so it was at Wembley last Saturday.

University Cricket Club broke a 50-year premiership drought recently and it was the joy of a former UCC team-mate this week that brought home the magnitude of Crystal Palace’s feat. Kenny Thiedeman has re-

It was a bare-knuckle club in a tough area for much of its history, although a $400million redevelopment of Selhurst Park is about to gentrify the precinct.

It is long overdue.

WA journalist Daniel Garb, who was working in England in 2013, acted as guide for Ashes reporter Malcolm Conn and me to attend a Crystal Palace match at Selhurst Park.

It was almost a full-day adventure. We had to catch the

overland train from London Bridge to Norwood, walked for another half an hour through the fairly seedy suburbs approaching Selhurst, were denied a drink at a couple of pubs because we were not wearing the red and blue of Palace, then joined the queue waiting to get into the ground.

That was even more intimidating, yet enlightening.

After navigating a brick maze entry designed to separate people entering the ground (God knows how it would have worked had a fire broken out and the

20-odd thousand present tried to escape all at once) we were able to experience a Premier League match from close range.

The crowd would not have passed muster in the AFL.

The Tottenham chants were as loud as the Palace ones and ranged from fully-fledged racist onslaughts to relatively witty takes on favourite players.

Mile Jedinek, captain of Australia and Palace, was one of the latter, although Roberto

Soldado quickly won over the Spurs fans by scoring the game’s only goal during his debut for the club.

“He came from sunny Spain to play at White Hart Lane,” Spurs fans sang. “Soldado, Soldado.”

That was about it for the game and Crystal Palace fans soon went home disappointed. It might have taken more than a decade but the disappointment has now evaporated. Palace are the champions and the celebrations are not going to end any time soon.

Suicide plague needs AFL attention

Suicide is the single biggest killer of Australians up to middle age.

It accounts for about a third of all deaths of Australians aged 15 to 24 and about 20% of people aged up to 45.

More men than women kill themselves but the demographics are not as significant as the fact that the suicide plague is a national crisis.

It is a plague that mostly lurks in the shadows until it claims a prominent footballer.

And when that happens, recognition of his sporting triumphs and appreciation of his best attributes descend like an opaque veil over his actions.

But where is the public anger? The gut-wrenching fury that underlines so tellingly that his life was not just an individual event but part of a

wider realm?

Where is the acknowledgment that his wife has been left a widow? His children fatherless? His parents devastated onlookers questioning their every decision in his upbringing?

Those survivors will be angry. Despairing. Shattered and bewildered.

Yet the consequences of his actions are scrutinised far less than the platitudes and cliches that will be uttered on his behalf.

“At least he’s at peace, now.”

He might be okay but no one around him will be.

And when a prominent footballer takes his own life, even with decades spent in the cocoon of a club where mental health awareness is emphasised at every turn,

where considerable resources are committed to identifying and resolving such issues, where every person is asked to question their peers about their state of mind, it suggests that the system is not working. … that failing to acknowledge the actions of prominent footballers and the nine other Australians who take their own lives every day is actually not reducing the toll.

The AFL is being urged to introduce a round every season dedicated to mental health awareness. It should go further. It should introduce the Don’t Kill Yourself round. And hammer that point without using the furtive language and polite deceit that is making no difference to the suicide score.

As the sun set on a golden day of competition at the Margaret River Pro, the sun also set on Jack Robinson’s chance for back-to-back wins.

The fan favourite failed to rise to the occasion befitting the incredible waves by losing the final heat of the day to Hawaiian Imaikalani deVault.

Day two of the Margaret River Pro was pure chaos with big clean waves of consequence.

The result was surfing carnage – busted boards, battered bodies, snapped leg-ropes and egos impaled on Poseidon’s wrathful trident.

Surfer’s Point lived up to its fearsome reputation, producing mountainous walls of water that humbled even the world’s best. It’s on days like these that

the Pro truly earns its prestige.

The biggest waves seen this year forced competitors to dig deep and push far beyond comfort and control in a violent symphony of beauty and brutality. Danger was everpresent as Hawaiian Barron Mamiya found out after being trapped in an underwater cave with his legrope wrapped around a rock.

“I got this wave and tried to ride out early and it caught up to me and tumbled me, hitting rock,” Mamiya said.

“All of a sudden, my board is wrapped around a rock and I started feeling around underwater and I’m touching the top

really panicking and like I’m going to drown right now at Margaret River.

“Luckily I got my leash off and I came up and I was like, oh my gosh, I don’t even care

ing world No.1 Italo Ferreira in the round of 32.

WA’s own young Willow Hardy etched her name into surf folklore with an act of fearless commitment.

ishing into an oceanic blueblack hole as the avalanche detonated behind her. It was a moment that defined the day – raw, real and unforgiving.

WA’s Willow Hardy during the Margaret River Pro. Photo: WSL/Miers.

Crystal Palace fans celebrate their club’s first trophy, 120 years after they started their existence.

Eberechi Eze scored the only goal of the FA Cup final.

Life-long Palace supporter Kenny Thiedeman had plenty to smile about at Wembley Stadium.

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