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Cops identify City Beach thugs

By BEN DICKINSON

A group of balaclava-clad teenagers who have terrorised City Beach locals for months have been identiﬁed by police.

Wembley police Senior Sergeant Craig Wanstall said ofﬁcers had identiﬁed about 20 boys who have harassed residents near Beecroft Park late on Friday and Saturday nights, following a tip from one of their parents.

“In the very strongest way I’m

saying to the parents of these children: Be aware of where your sons are, because everyone’s had enough,” Sen. Sgt Wanstall said.

“They’re getting on e-scooters and just terrifying the locals.”

Many of the boys, aged 14 to 16, are City Beach locals who attend nearby schools, according to police.

A group of boys assaulted a local father in March when he confronted them after they yelled racist abuse at him and his family.

The late-night attack left the

father with a cracked rib, and his family traumatised.

“They are becoming like a mob or a gang,” the father told the POST at the time.

“We want parents to be aware that this is what their kids are getting up to, and to hold them accountable.”

Other locals have reported boys egging houses, throwing water balloons at moving cars, and waking residents up by knocking

Wardens back at danger crossing

By JEN REWELL

Two experienced traffic wardens have volunteered to return to the dangerous PLC crossing after the POST revealed that school students were in extreme peril on Stirling Highway.

They braved speeding traffic in Peppermint Grove on Wednesday and Thursday to help students cross the busy four-lane highway.

Police officers pinged 73 drivers on Tuesday, mostly for speeding through the school zone.

Police commissioner Col Blanch confirmed that the POST’s report last week (Wardens ﬂee trafﬁc danger led to the rapid response.

“Because this story received such prominence some other trafﬁc wardens have actually stepped forward who are very experienced ones and said they’re happy to go down and help the kids,” Mr Blanch said on ABC radio.

One of the wardens asked to transfer from his post outside Shenton College because “the Stirling Highway crossing has a notorious reputation”.

“A lot of the crossing wardens are elderly people who have retired.

“There are 700 warden positions across the state who we employ. We don’t have enough.”

the crossing would be unmanned indeﬁnitely because the risk meant no wardens were willing to work there.

“That particular crossing is

WA Police Children’s Crossing Unit had told PLC previously

PLC principal Cate Begbie, who has often acted as a warden at the crossing, said a permanent solution was needed.

Docker faces choke charges

By BEN DICKINSON

Fremantle Dockers veteran Ryan Crowley faces a lengthy legedly choked his girlfriend unconscious in her Claremont apartment during an overnight Police say the 41-year-old imprisoned Lauren Dunn, 34, inside a Freshwater Parade ﬂat from Tuesday evening until Wednesday morning.

He choked her, slammed her head against the ground, and smothered her with a pillow, police said in court.

“It’s one of the most serious examples of family violence

that I’ve had the misfortune to read to the court,” police prosecutor Glenn Morey told Perth Magistrates Court on Thursday.

“It must have been absolutely terrifying.”

But Mr Crowley’s duty lawyer Peter Illari said he intended to ﬁght most of the charges.

“He’s strongly disputing the vast majority of the allegations here, certainly any allegation that relates to any physical contact,” Mr Illari said.

Sgt Morey told Magistrate Adam Hills-Wright that Ms Dunn, who was in an on-and-off relationship with Mr Crowley, invited him to the apartment shortly after returning from

Sydney, where she spends most of her time.

Mr Crowley arrived around 8pm, but quickly became abusive and Ms Dunn, who once starred on Married at First Sight, asked him to leave.

He refused, according to police.

“The victim continued to cook dinner … and then removed herself to the bedroom to distance herself from the accused,” Sgt Morey told the court.

When she emerged an hour later, police allege, Mr Crowley was on her couch watching TV.

Ms Dunn later called 000, but police say Mr Crowley forced

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“The arrival of two new wardens at the crossing this week is a welcome development and offers some short-term peace of mind for our students and families,” Ms Begbie said.

“However, given that we’d previously been told that the

site was too hazardous for wardens – and in light of the accidents and injuries at the crossing – it’s clear that only a permanent, engineered solution will truly address the risk.” She said the speeding data

Senior Sergeant Craig Wanstall at the scene. Photo: Paul McGovern

Ryan Crowley and Lauren Dunn

Whatever happened to basic manners?

I was sitting quietly on the train into the city, minding my own business – as civilised people once did – when a young person answered his phone and proceeded to conduct and then continue his conversation on speaker. Loudly. For all to enjoy.

This individual, sporting more tattoos than a Japanese Yakuza and an outﬁt best described as “post-apocalyptic gymwear meets pyjama chic”, treated the entire carriage to his conversation, with his friend “Brah”, about gym routines, someone named Serena, and how “vibes were off” at last weekend’s party.

I didn’t catch every word –mostly because I was busy internally weeping for civilisation – but I heard enough to conﬁrm that, yes, the end is indeed nigh.

Where did this notion come from, that the world needs to hear other people’s conversations? In my day we kept our conversations private, and our underpants below the top of

our trousers.

Perhaps it’s time to bring in designated “silent carriages” –or, better yet, reintroduce some long-forgotten social skills into the school curriculum.

Start with “Please”, “Thank you”, and “Nobody wants to hear your call on public transport”. We used to have standards. We used to have shame. We used to have belts.

M. Arlin Park Street, Subiaco

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Press on, POST!

On Saturday morning I sat at the kitchen table and read the POST, one of the great joys of life and something I did daily before The West Australian lost its marbles and the local edition of the Financial Review evaporated.

And I was delighted to read on the front page that the POST has bought its own press.

After almost 50 years I had been dead scared we were going to lose a unique and wonderful little newspaper that has never been afraid to state its views, not to mention those of its many dedicated letter writers.

But the bigger picture is the POST’s commitment to the newspaper as a medium and to print-journalism in general.

I hope you guys can turn a proﬁt from your obviously substantial investment, and perhaps

If I understand Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation chair Ian Campbell correctly (Letters, May 24), he feels more land at Allen Park must lose the protections of A-Class reserve because Nedlands council is useless and rejected PCHF’s offer.

I think we can all agree that the City of Nedlands has some challenges. However, this won’t be forever, and this land does not belong to the current council or City administration. It’s part of the protected public estate, held in trust for future generations.

Perhaps it was foolish of the City of Nedlands to reject the foundation’s offer, perhaps not. I am not a full bottle on the details, but my recollection is that the offer involved a 40year licensing agreement and there were concerns that it had a “sting in the tail” to use Ben Hodsdon’s terminology.

In any event, while this may have been frustrating it does not explain why it is

New era … The POST’s own press under construction.

enable the re-emergence of the many local newspapers around the state that we’ve lost. Maybe even the much-missed local edition of the Fin.

Rod Easdown Marlow Street, Wembley

PS: You have the best movie reviewer in the state.

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Still no reason for Allen Park excision

now necessary to remove the protections of A-Class reserve.

Putting aside the fact that the current construction work on the foundation’s children’s hospice is the main reason this area looks neglected, surely the answer to a neglected but protected park is to make it less neglected. Not less protected. There are plenty of examples of signiﬁcant donor funds invested in A-Class reserves.

If what is truly wanted is a beautiful, protected community space that is guaranteed

to remain open to all in perpetuity, surely this is achievable without removing its A-Class reserve status.

It feels like there is an invitation here for the community to come together to make something special and inclusive. I am sure I am not the only one who would love to see some responsible, respectful, transparent and open dialogue around how that could be achieved.

Eliza Clapin Sayer Street, Swanbourne

Double standards on Neds trees

Well said, Olivia Bruce (The desertiﬁcation of Nedlands: Water-wise or water-woke? Letters, May 24): It’s deeply disappointing to drive around the city and see “verge tree after verge tree dead or dying due to lack of attention from the council”.

I’ve long thought it an anomaly (to put it as mildly as I can) that Nedlands council

assumes the right to restrict what we can do with trees we have planted in our own gardens, while verge trees that are the council’s responsibility apparently can be left to die. Developers and even residents can’t be compelled to look after verge trees; it can only be the council’s job. Noel Wright Vincent Street, Nedlands

More traffic chaos around PLC

It is unfortunate that the principal of PLC has to stand on Stirling Highway ushering her students across (Wardens ﬂee trafﬁc danger, POST, May 24).

It means that while she is doing this she has no idea what chaos is being caused on the other side of the school grounds by other students being dropped off or picked up by their parents.

School trafﬁc turning into McNeil Street backs up both ways and completely blocks The Esplanade and Bindaring Parade to normal road users.

It is also a problem to drive up past the school because with all the parents lining up in View Street with the median strip normal trafﬁc can’t pass.

It’s time something was done about the inconvenience some schools cause the community. Perhaps parents could drive to the Showground where they can park and drop off their children to be bussed to individual schools.

Claire Brittain Richardson Avenue, Claremont

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$75m bill for chambers?

By LLOYD GORMAN

Subiaco’s new council ofﬁces could cost more than $75million, according to the only councillor to oppose the appointment of a Melbourne architect to design them.

The council voted 7-1 on Tuesday to give architects Lyons a $3,275,258 contract to design a new civic centre on the Rokeby Road site of the current chambers closed by ﬁre in 2022.

Lyons designed Perth CBD white elephant Yagan Square, which has just had a multi-million-dollar makeover.

Councillor Mark Burns said he had the “utmost respect and admiration” for those who shortlisted 26 candidates but could not support a project he predicted would top $75million.

“After 40 years of involvement with local governments and commercial property and with trepidation I foresee this project breaching $75million,” he said.

“The motion will not have my support.”

But Mayor David McMullen said the council was selecting an architect, not approving a budget for it.

Leaving the old chambers in Rankin Gardens as a “burnt out shell” was not an option.

The new building would be part of a wider redevelopment of the surrounding civic precinct, that included Rankin Gardens, the library and museum.

“We’re not building a Taj Mahal for ourselves or anyone else,” Mr McMullen said.

Many of the councillors involved with this decision would not be on council by the time it was built.

“It’s not about ourselves, it’s for the City of Subiaco, now and in the future, and for the community”.

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Liv kicks on to 100

By JACK MADDERN

Once Liv Newcombe picked up an Aussie Rules football, she knew she could never put it down.

Now she’s all set to play her 100th game with the Swanbourne Tigers next week.

It marks a major milestone for the 15-year-old and for the growth of the sport among girls.

“I’m stoked, but I’m also pretty nervous,” Liv, pictured right, said.

Swanbourne Tigers co-president Greg O’Shannessy said Liv would be the ﬁrst girl from the club to reach the 100-game milestone.

“Obviously, we are very proud for her, of her achievements, and her parents,” he said.

“It’s a big deal. We’re glad that the girls are getting recognition from the wider community that realise what a big achievement it is.”

The girls’ program has risen from no teams ﬁve years ago to now having teams in nearly every year group, he said.

“I would really like to take footy further, whether that’s playing or being a part of any club,” Liv said.

Starting out in Melbourne watching her older brother play, she quickly left the sidelines to join in at just four years of age.

With a bit of help from their dad, she managed cheekily to bypass Auskick’s ﬁve-and-up rule.

She carried on playing until

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By BEN DICKINSON

motorcycle riders.

“Traditionally, motorcyclists thought they were a little bit immune to police enforcement on the road,” he said.

“They can be very fast, they’re very agile, they can go places cars can’t go.”

Five riders were arrested in four days earlier this month after they each tried to evade police in ﬁve separate incidents.

One of the riders, a 20-year-old man from the eastern suburbs, was tracked from Bateman to Woodlands by aerial surveillance on May 8 after allegedly riding at more than 45kmh over the limit on Kwinana Freeway and failing to stop when directed.

He was apprehended after riding into a cul-de-sac in Talbot Way, and the Yamaha motorcycle was impounded.

On May 9, a police aerial unit tracked a rider to a house in Balga after he similarly tried to evade police.

“You can’t outrun our assets in the sky,”

Commissioner Blanch said.

“We’re following them home. We’re sending mobile police units to the houses. We’re seizing their motorcycles.”

Nedlands calm shocks

By BEN DICKINSON

Nedlands councillors held a productive and courteous meeting on Tuesday night.

This rare event came a week after Local Government Minister Hannah Beazley threatened to sack the council, following a string of meetings derailed by shouting matches insults and walk-outs.

“Make no mistake, I am watching the City of Nedlands very closely,” Ms Beazley said last week.

Three councillors who have regularly clashed with mayor Fiona Argyle – Noel Youngman, Hengameh Amiry, and Fergus Bennett – were all absent.

The remaining councillors, Kerry Smyth, Rebecca Coghlan, Blane Brackenridge and Ben Hodsdon, cleared a backlog of critical decisions

with little fuss.

It was a far cry from last month’s meeting, in which Ms Argyle called Ms Amiry “a mad woman”.

Councillors ﬁnally recruited an independent member to join their audit and risk committee, which is tasked with avoiding a repeat of last year’s failed ﬁnancial audit.

Corporate services director Amanda Alderson has been trying to ﬁll the vacancy since January, but ﬁve separate meetings all failed to make a decision after heated disagreements, walkouts, and failures to reach quorum.

The new independent member, whose identity is not yet public, was supposed to be joined by a second –but the applicant preferred by staff withdrew their nomination to join a different council.

Councillor Hodsdon made a bid to de-escalate Nedlands’ dispute with the state government over its plan to seize A-Class land in Swanbourne to create a park for the neighbouring children’s hospice.

Mr Hodsdon wanted to reopen negotiations with the government that would allow for the park’s development without it being wrested from the council’s control, but his bid failed to ﬁnd a seconder.

Swanbourne residents Tracy McLaren and Peter Taranto urged councillors to stick to their guns and continue developing their own plan to landscape the land, even though it is just weeks away from being seized by parliamentary vote.

“There’s already a plan for parkland development of the area,” Ms McLaren said.

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Insomnia in Subi

This mattress dumped on the Subiaco side of the Hamilton Street bridge offered a blank canvas for a spot of guerilla graffi at the weekend.

Like some piece of obscure street art – or a statement about the current housing crisis –the words “Sleepless in Subiaco” were written neatly in large letters on the discarded bedding.

What comes down must first go up!

At a passing glance it might have looked like a parachutist had landed in Shenton Park last week.

But the “chute” in question hadn’t fallen from the sky and was in fact reaching for the skies in the park around Lake Jualbup.

The 12m aerofoil belongs to Spencer Pawle from nearby Gloster Street.

Spencer learned paragliding in Christchurch, New Zealand, and brought his love of the adventure sport back home to Subiaco.

On Monday morning last week he first tried to get airborne at Swanbourne

listening

but the winds were too gusty so took a different course of action a bit closer to home.

He spread it out on the ground and waited for a breeze to blow.

“I was ground-handling it,” Spencer explained.

“It’s important to have control over it when you’re doing it. It’s about sharpening your skills.”

Double trouble with Big Brother

Two of WA’s newest multi-function traffic cameras were rolled out in Cambridge over the past couple of weeks.

First revealed in the POST (Super-camtomonitorCity Beach, April 19) the allseeing AI-powered monstersize system, bristling with cameras, was back on West Coast Highway this week.

Just around the corner and down the road a little way, a second one has been neatly tucked among the tall palms along The Boulevard, near Wembley Golf Course.

Apart from speed checks, the system can also detect if drivers and passengers are not wearing seatbelts, or if

The AI powered traffic camera lurked near Wembley Golf Club.

drivers are handling mobile phones or other devices.

Unlike its first appearance in the area as part of a three month trial period, the super-cams are now dishing out fines.

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This section of the Sandover Walk will be ripped up when work starts on the high-rise towers. Sandover history to be run over

The history of Sandover medallists from Allistair Pickett to Andrew Krakouer is about to be removed from Subiaco.

No, they don’t face the fate that caused Barry Cable’s three Sandovers to be excised from the Sandover Walk surrounding Subiaco Oval (Rewriting Cable history, Sporting POST, December 2, 2023).

Work will start soon on

UEM Sunrise’s One Oval high-rise development at the western end of the ground, with the edge of the oval that contains the Sandover Walk set to be used as a laydown area for trucks and materials. It means that the names of several medallists from the early part of this century will be torn up – at least until One Oval is completed and the damaged area restored.

$75m bill for chambers?

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Other councillors said the new civic centre would be a “humble” development.

“The budget hasn’t really been talked about,” councillor Rick Powell said.

“Councillor Burns threw a number out there this evening and we’ve all said we don’t want it to be a Taj Mahal.

“It’s meant to be humble and the price tag needs to reﬂect that”

Mr Powell said the process had been “ﬁrst class” but he was not comfortable about the community consultation.

Councillor Russell Jones said it was too soon to talk about costs.

“(Lyons) have been chosen because of their abilities they demonstrated throughout the concept contest,” he said.

“While their design concept might be used as a starting point its quite possible the ﬁnal design will bear little resemblance to their competition entry … at this stage we still have no real design we can share”.

“I think it could be argued that we should ask the community what they want in terms of facilities, costs and the like and then ask the architects to design that,” he said.

Uplifting experience … Spencer Pawle spreads his wings at Lake Jualbup.

Kingsley blue wins gold

By JEN REWELL

A blue great sun orchid from WA was the star of the show at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show in west London, thanks to City Beach botanist Kingsley Dixon.

“There aren’t any blue orchids in nature anywhere else in the world,” Professor Dixon said.

“People were fascinated by them.”

The display was awarded a gold medal by the Royal Horticultural Society.

Queen Camilla is known to be a keen orchid grower and spent a lot of time at the orchid exhibit.

Prof. Dixon said it took three days to set up the intricately arranged diorama.

Orchid stems poked up out of sandy gravel dotted with large rocks, moss, banksia cones, and a photo of Bluff Knoll.

The banksias were taken from Prof. Dixon’s Waroona property, which was ravaged by ﬁre last year.

“Part of what we were telling about in the exhibit is that the Australian bush is resilient,” he said.

“From that terrible bushﬁre,

The other Australian orchid in the display was the donkey orchid – a common sight for those who bushwalk locally.

“We had planned on using three grass trees which we knew were in London, but the week before we got there they got sold for £22,000 each, so we had to improvise,” he said.

It was the ﬁrst time native Australian bushland orchids

had been exhibited at the Chelsea Flower Show, which has been an annual event since 1913 but dates back to 1833.

Because it is held in the English spring, it is out of season for Australian orchids, but Prof. Dixon was able to source some great sun orchids from a botanist colleague in Germany

“We have lots of blue ﬂowers here in WA but we just don’t appreciate them,” he said.

Nearly all Australian orchids are not found anywhere else in the world, and are all notoriously difﬁcult to propagate.

The Orchids in the Wild display was organised by Orchid Conservation Chelsea, and supported by a list of organisations including the University of WA.

Although Prof. Dixon did not meet the Queen, because security was very tight, he was able to have some jarrah honey delivered to her.

This week, Queen Camilla’s equerry contacted him to thank him for the honey and get his details so the Queen could write to him.

While at Chelsea, Prof. Dixon spoke to Kazuyuki Ishihara, designer of the winning show garden, Cha No Niwa Japanese tea garden.

Mr Ishihara was intrigued by photos of Prof. Dixon’s Japanese-inspired teahouse, which burnt down during the bushﬁre in 2024.

He gave several elements

from his show garden to Prof. Dixon to be used in the tea house when it is rebuilt, and wants to visit.

“Plants are the ultimate diplomats,” Prof. Dixon said.

Swanny to get its own Daisies

By JACK MADDERN

The owners of Cottesloe landmark Daisies will expand into Swanbourne after local backlash was not enough to stop Claremont council approving their new venture.

Side Piece Deli is expected to open in August on the site of Choux Cafe after Daisies owners Sam Kaye and Pia Prior earmarked the Shenton Road location nearly a year ago.

They had already spent $700,000 on the project before Claremont council approved it on Tuesday.

“The hold-up was just this whole sort of saga with council and them trying to liaise with all the locals,” Mr Kaye said.

“All of our cafes have always been community-focused.

“I just think they probably

look at Daisies and go, I don’t want that next to me.”

Locals were concerned the new cafe would increase trafﬁc, parking problems and noise at the busy intersection.

Military antique dealer John Burridge, whose shop is next to the cafe, questioned how parking would be provided.

“I’m not going to be a condom on the prick of progress, but I think they’re trying to push it into something a bit more commercial,” he said. “(It is) more than what this street can handle.

“For the ﬁrst time in 44 years, I feel very uncomfortable having seen the plans submitted to council.”

Kerry Wells and her husband Nick Bolto have lived nearby for 40 years and say the street already has problems with congestion and risky driving behaviour.

They installed a $50,000 car

turntable because backing out of their driveway had become so dangerous.

“We are not kidding about the situation on the road, someone is going to get killed,” Ms Wells said.

They were not impressed with the plans they saw.

“Many statements are simply guesses by the applicant and not based on the lived experience the residents have of the operation of the cafe in this residential survey,” Ms Wells said.

Mr Bolto expressed serious concerns that the cafe could comply with noise regulations.

Mr Burridge said the cafe’s plans originally tried to claim parking spots that were not theirs.

This was a miscommunication, the Town said.

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Professor Kingsley Dixon with the exhibit’s gold medal award. Photo: Australian Orchid Foundation

The ultimate diplomat … The great sun orchids star at the Chelsea Flower Show. Photo: ABC

Business partners Sam Kaye and Pia Prior in the alfresco part of their recently approved Side Piece Deli cafe. Photo: Jack Maddern

Doris, D-Day and Doodlebug

By LLOYD GORMAN

D-Day will always be inextricably linked with the 14th birthday of Claremont woman Doris Nash.

As the 81st anniversary of the military invasion that helped end World War II approaches next Friday June 6, Doris –who will soon mark her 95th birthday – still remembers it in great detail.

In fact, while her family home was all but destroyed on her birthday by a German V1 “Doodlebug” flying bomb in June 1944, her little corner of London was at the heart of the operation to liberate Europe.

“I always remember my 14th birthday,” she said. “It was in June 1944, two weeks after D-Day. The Blitz had ﬁnished in 1941, but the Germans were still bombing us.

“Doodlebugs were rockets

with a whole tonne of explosives sent over by the Germans from France. They were bombs with wings but no pilots.

“Hitler started sending them a week after D-Day as revenge. When the engine of a Doodlebug stopped, it would just fall out of the sky onto whatever lay below.

“The buzz, the silence, and the explosion. This horrible cycle still scares me today.”

On June 23, the day Doris turned 14, she and everyone else in the area were forced to take cover in air-raid shelters as Doodlebugs buzzed through the air above them.

“I heard the motor cut out, I started counting. I knew I had 10 seconds before something dreadful happened,” she said.

“In the dark of that shelter, and in those 10 seconds, I felt very afraid.

“Then there was an enormous explosion. It was right nearby.

Our whole shelter shook.”

When the all-clear sounded, she and her family emerged to ﬁnd all the windows and doors of their house had been obliterated by the blast.

“Even the plaster had been blown off the walls, leaving the bare brickwork exposed,” she said.

“We had nowhere else to turn, so we had to keep living in what was left of the house.”

Lost in the rubble was her most prized possession, an autograph book with the signature of famed big-band musician Glenn Miller, whose plane would vanish just six months later.

“Some people came by to clear away some of the rubble, but the rule was clear: If you could still live in a bombed house, you had to stay put,” she said.

“The Salvos came around with cups of tea and did anything they could to help us. To this day, I always make sure to donate from my pension to the Salvos.”

A woman who lived across the road from them survived that attack but was killed a few days later when her workplace was bombed.

Doris was an eyewitness to the buildup for D-Day.

Aged 13, she was sitting on a wall in Glenthorne Road, Hammersmith with a friend when a seemingly endless convoy of trucks carrying soldiers drove past.

“Then we saw the planes ﬂying overhead,” she said.

“They were so low we could have touched them. They were only just above the houses.”

But she is particularly proud of the role her neighbourhood played in the preparations for D-Day.

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“The local church, St Paul’s, was a special place with a lovely peal of bells,” she said.

“Not far away was St Paul’s senior school. When war broke out in 1939, all the students were evacuated to the countryside for safety.

Churchill

“The army took over the empty classrooms and it then became Supreme Allied Headquarters for General Bernard Montgomery.

“During the war, I knew Monty had once been a pupil at the school. His headquarters at St Paul’s wasn’t publicised at the time, but everyone in Hammersmith knew.

“Apparently, he enjoyed using the headmaster’s ofﬁce as his own.

“It was in that school that

he developed the plan for the D-Day invasion.

“He presented the strategy to US General Dwight Eisenhower, Prime Minster Winston Churchill and King George VI in the lecture theatre at the school on May 15, three weeks before the invasion.

“They approved the D-Day plans that day – a short walk from my house.

“The thought that such history unfolded near the church where I was christened and married still amazes me, even now.”

A chapel at the school was destroyed by a Doodlebug on June 16.

“Imagine if it had been a month earlier and it had killed Montgomery, Eisenhower, Churchill, and the King,” Doris said.

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Keeping the home fires burning … Doris Nash with a photograph of her “handsome husband” Sid, who served on the Royal Navy battleship HMS Anson during World War II.

Vintage fun … Doris in the driver’s seat of a classic car.

beckons for David Honey, the former member of parliament for Cottesloe.

mayor when elections are held in October.

asked me or suggested that I should consider running for the mayor’s position,” Dr Honey said this week. “I’m considering that.

mit myself, I need to talk to a whole range of people in the community, just to see whether there is support.”

selection for Cottesloe and did not contest the seat in the March election.

has said she has not made up her mind on whether she will re-nominate.

she would throw her support behind deputy mayor Melissa Harkins, who she rated highly.

“I would 100% put up my hand for the mayor’s job.

achieve what we have started,” she said.

respect for Lorraine Young and

Subi rejects short-stay squeeze

By LLOYD GORMAN

Two Airbnb-type properties in Subiaco that tried to increase the number of people who could stay in them were blocked by the council this week.

About 20 concerned neighbours sat in the public gallery during Tuesday night’s council meeting and some spoke about the issues created by transients, including late-night parties, antisocial behaviour and troublesome parking.

No.6 Redfern Street, already operating as Short Stay Rental Accommodation for up to six guests at a time, was the subject of a development application seeking an increase to 10 guests. Another application, for 19 Darbon Crescent in Subi Centro, sought permission for an extra

two people, increasing the permitted number of guests to eight.

Nine residents stood up at the council meeting and told councillors why that would be a bad idea.

Redfern Street resident Michael Plumbly said the closeknit nature of the neighbourhood was being threatened.

“My concern is that by supporting the increased number of tenants, and therefore increasing the renters’ return on investment, a precedent is set that the City is actively encouraging non-resident investors to purchase properties to rent,”

Mr Plumbly said.

“This application seeks to house 10 people in a Subiaco workers cottage.

“How many more can be squeezed into a Subi Central McMansion?

“This application seeks to

degrade a residential area into a business district by stealth.”

He implored councillors to learn from “mistakes” made in other places and to preserve the local community.

“Approving this application encourages investors at the expense of our local community and will exacerbate the housing issues that Perth and cities around the world are currently trying to mitigate,” he said.

Darbon Crescent resident David Taylor said people in the street were concerned about “the never-ending rotation of tenants” at No.19.

Most households in the area had two to three people living in them, he said, adding: “The occupancy of 19 Darbon can be eight people or more if they have friends visit.

“This adds to pressure on

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Subiaco houses that owners say could host up to 10 people at a time as Airbnb-style short-stay acccommodation.

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Free laundry services at support centre

The City’s weekly homelessness support walk-in centre is introducing free laundry services from Orange Sky Australia.

Orange Sky aims to provide support and inclusion to anyone experiencing homelessness or hardship, with a focus on improving hygiene, health, and quality of life.

The City ﬁrst engaged The Salvation Army’s Homelessness Services Team in September 2023 to deliver a weekly walk-in centre to help support some of our most vulnerable community members.

Since then, centre workers have referred people to accommodation services, mental health providers, and

Architect announced for new Civic Precinct

At its May Ordinary Council Meeting, Council endorsed the appointment of Lyons as lead architect ﬁrm for the design of the new Civic Building and its surrounds.

The Civic Building at 241 Rokeby Road sits alongside the Evelyn H Parker Library, Subiaco Museum, the Fallen Soldiers Memorial, and Rankin Gardens.

The selection involved a two-stage tender process which saw three submissions considered by a panel of architecture industry leaders.

Mayor David McMullen said, “With Lyons and their team now appointed, the ﬁrst order of business will be to map out a design process and timeline to get to a preliminary design - which we will be excited to release for the important exercise of community consultation.”

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

5000kg of donations received

Residents have avoided almost 43 tonnes of carbon emissions, thanks to a recent household collection of pre-loved clothing and accessories.

The collection is part of an innovative partnership between the City of Subiaco and Good Sammy, which makes it simple

physical health services, as well as providing essential material aid, ﬁrst aid, and other services including haircuts, grooming, and showers.

Mayor David McMullen said, “By introducing new services like Orange Sky’s free laundry, we increase the walk-in centre’s support offering, and continue to make a difference for vulnerable individuals – who otherwise would have limited access to the types of basic services available at the centre.”

Visit www.subiaco.wa.gov.au/news to read more.

for residents to divert household items from landﬁll.

Thank you to the 577 households who donated pre-loved clothes, shoes, handbags, kitchenware, toys and more as part of this collection. Stay tuned for the next one!

Visit www.subiaco.wa.gov.au/news to read more about the collection.

Heritage grants awarded

The City has approved ﬁve grants for works on heritage properties as part of its Heritage Grants Fund.

Amongst the grants are works that include re-rooﬁng, replacing and repairing verandah decking, crack repairs, and repointing fretting mortar.

Visit www.subiaco.wa.gov.au/news to read more about the grants.

5 for $35 at Lords

If you’ve been thinking about hitting the treadmill, pool or bike, June is the perfect time to trial Lords Recreation Centre, as they’ll be offering ﬁve passes for just $35.

These passes will allow entry to the gym, pool, and group ﬁtness classes, and are available to all new or returning Lords members.

This offer runs from Tuesday 3 June to Monday 30 June. Read all the details at www.lords.com.au/5-for-35.

Tech, Tea and Treats at library

A new digital support series called ‘Tech, Tea and Treats’ is set to launch at Subiaco Library, offering comprehensive support for people who want to build their digital skills.

These events will take place at 10am on the last Friday of every month, and will include a brief presentation on a tech-related topic, and the chance to ask questions and chat to an expert over a cuppa and a treat.

Upcoming topics include apps for travelling, iPhone and Android basics, staying safe when online shopping, and spotting scams.

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

Last call for photos

Submissions for the 2025 Photographic Awards are closing next week - don’t miss your chance to submit your snaps!

There is more than $5000 up for grabs across a range of categories. Entries are open to photographers of all ages across the Perth metropolitan area.

Submit up to four photos via www.subiaco.wa.gov.au/photography by 4pm Sunday 8 June.

Museum Mornings – Trams and Trade

Thursday 5 June, 10am to 11.30am

Subiaco Museum, 239 Rokeby Road Free

Women of Spirit – A Centenary of CWA Stories Friday 13 June, 10am to 11.30am Subiaco Library, 237 Rokeby Road Free

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Bulk green waste collection

The City’s next bulk green waste collection will be on Monday 16 June. Loose green waste should be placed on verges no earlier than the evening of Sunday 15 June, and will be collected during the week.

There is no limit to the quantity of loose green waste that can be placed out for collection. Please do not place waste in green waste bags. Visit www.subiaco.wa.gov.au/waste for more information.

Last chance: Help shape our City’s future

The City’s new Council Plan is the guiding document that will shape its future over the next 10 years.

To review the draft Council Plan and provide your feedback via an online survey, visit www. haveyoursay.subiaco.wa.gov.au/councilplan by Saturday 31 May.

Keep it social

Online services 24/7

Did you know you can access a wide range of City services online? These include requesting a new bin size, making a rates payment, tree pruning services and pet registration and renewal. Visit www.subiaco.wa.gov.au/online-services

The yeast of its problems

By JEN REWELL

A sudsy scrubbing brush might be a way to save wild parrots and cockatoos from a deadly and highly contagious yeast infection that is on the increase as winter approaches.

Cait Brandstater, from Kanyana Wildlife, said people should be on the lookout for galahs, twenty-eights, redcapped parrots, corellas or other psittacine species that were sitting on the ground, not moving around much, with ﬂuffed up feathers.

It may be a wild bird, weak from avian gastric yeast, and in desperate need of treatment.

A bird sick with the digestive condition was often assumed to be a pet or a baby, because the bird’s weakness made it seem friendly, she said.

People can help stop the spread of AGY by regularly cleaning out birdbaths or water sources with soapy water.

Bird baths should be scrubbed with hot soapy water, then disinfected with a 10% bleach solution, then rinsed thoroughly with water.

“We also encourage people to stop scattering seed for parrots, as this brings ﬂocks into contact that wouldn’t otherwise mix,” Cait said.

“Especially in winter, birds will ﬂock to these easy food sources, so a group with a heavy AGY load might join in and pass it on to otherwise healthy groups.”

The AGY infection is highly contagious and could affect a wide variety of birds, but in wildlife centres it was most

often seen in parrots.

“A bird with mild AGY, or who hasn’t had it for long, is much more likely to recover,” she said.

“Birds with long-term AGY are often emaciated and going into organ failure so they likely won’t survive, even if our volunteers do all they can for them: the damage is already done to their bodies.”

The yeast is not the same as avian ﬂu, which is a virus.

“AGY is always around in our environment, but infected birds tend to fare worse over autumn and winter and thus are picked up more and brought into wildlife centres more often,” Cait said.

Once a diagnosis is conﬁrmed by faecal sample, the bird is started on a 21-day antifungal medication regimen and provided a special easy-to-digest diet and supplementary high

calorie tube feeds.

“It’s a long time to be in care and, honestly, the birds hate being handled so much by predators, but we take an increase in feistiness to mean the bird is feeling better and on the mend,” she said.

People could try to catch a sick bird, if possible, by picking it up in a thick towel and putting it in a box or carrier in a warm, quiet place away from other animals.

“They’re weak and docile, so may not run or ﬂy away when you or another predator approaches them,” Cait said.

“They are still terriﬁed of people, but don’t have the energy to escape or ﬁght back.”

Do not offer food or water to a sick bird, but take it to a wildlife rehabilitation centre as soon as possible.

By LLOYD GORMAN

A new hub of electric vehicles (EV) chargers at Lords Recreation Centre, literally being kept under wraps by council staff, have been operational for some time.

Installed late last year, the ﬁve 22kW units have all been sealed off with hoods to stop them from being used and signs saying “EV charging coming soon ... watch this space for details’”

But the chargers have been live for some time now and have even been used by some EV owners. According to EV website

Plugshare: “All units are online, however only 2 rightmost (units 1/2) have the wrap already removed. Often ICEd during daytime.”

“They are a Type 2 socket, so please bring your own cable.

“These stations are non-loadlimited three-phase AC 22kW outlets.

“There should be no reason why you are not able to charge up to your vehicle’s max AC limitation (i.e. 11kW/h for a Tesla). e.g., for a Tesla, anticipate an added range of approx. 130km for 2 hours of charging.”

POST reporter Ben Dickinson

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Niamh Fairhurst, of Floreat, cleans her birdbath. Photo: Paul McGovern

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Laneway grab gets legal

By BRET CHRISTIAN

An expensive running sore that plagued Cottesloe residents who have homes that back onto council-owned laneways has reappeared.

Outraged property owners berated the council at a meeting last year after they received letters they called “threatening and aggressive” (‘Threatening’ letter over lane grab, POST, March 2, 2024).

Some described as ludicrous the council demands to demolish and shift expensive brick walls as little as 1cm, in one case just the thickness of the render on the wall. Other encroachments were

on a larger scale, prompting many fences to be demolished and rebuilt.

Some under threat are substantial brick sheds, gardens and even part of a swimming pool, while some large, shady trees were cut down.

Most cases involved the current owners inheriting the building and fence encroachments when they bought their properties.

Bits of laneway that Cottesloe council is trying to claw back from residents are causing serious concern and distress, Florence Street resident Kim Leunig told a council meeting in March last year.

Houses backing onto 21 major council-owned lanes and some shorter off-shoots are affected.

Legal advice about the issue was considered by councillors at this week’s meeting, which was held in secret because of the legal advice presented.

CEO Mark Newman said the advice had to do with future options for the treatment of the rights-of-way.

Councillors voted to invite the Town’s lawyers to a brieﬁng session where further questions could be asked.

The drama was kicked off in 2023 by some residents of Hawkstone Street, Cottesloe, whose homes back onto ROW (right-of-way) 20.

Many houses across the lane fronting Florence Street had fences that encroached into the lane, slightly narrowing the

wide laneway and affecting their vehicle turning circles.

The council decided to survey the land, then wrote stern letters to residents.

It wanted to head off adverse possession claims, a process where owners who could prove the encroachments had been there for 12 years could apply for ownership of the affected land.

The survey proved that some of the Hawkstone Street residents who had complained themselves owned fences that encroached into the lane.

At least four owners whose homes back onto ROW 20 have applied to the Lands Department for adverse possession, but it is a long and expensive process.

Prout points to how much of his shed the council has told him to demolish.

One owner whose brick studio, built in the 1950s that encroaches onto the lane, has so far spent $50,000 in legal fees, with the department seeking still more proof that it has existed for more than 12 years.

Single rose reflects a tragedy

A pink rose on a purple bench. How else to deal with a tragedy that sent shockwaves across the country?

It is a year since Floreat mother and daughter Jenny Petelczyc and her daughter Gretl were murdered by Mark Bombara, a Mosman Park man who was hunting his estranged wife.

On that awful day, residents of Berkeley Crescent, Floreat, were distraught to discover their normally quiet street swarming with police and medics.

Bewildered neighbours comforted each other as they came to terms with the unimaginable act of violence.

Many people sought solace at an Anglican church just ﬁve doors up from the Petelczycs’ home.

The arched doors were left open and people lit votive candles in the church’s small chapel.

the Petelczycs’ front garden.

An internal police investigation was held into eight ofﬁcers who had ﬁelded complaints from Bombara’s daughter about his threatening behaviour; they failed in their duty and were disciplined but kept their jobs.

‘ ’ Bouquets and notes were piled high

In the week that followed, bouquets and notes were piled high against a frangipani tree which was the centrepiece of

A State Government crackdown on gun ownership has led to a bureaucratic squeeze on licences.

Yet a vital Subiaco service helping people escape domestic violence and coercive

control has had to resort to a Bunnings sausage sizzle to raise funds to continue its services.

A women’s refuge in Northbridge closed for six months while politicians bickered about red tape.

And women who appeal to the government system for help are still not prioritised by police.

The Australian Femicide Watch tally stands at 31 Australian women and four children killed so far this year.

A pink rose was left on the purple bench and plaque

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another old jarrah

John Clarke’s response (Don’t expect trees to live forever, Letters, May 24) to Jen Rewell’s article Hero tree dead after 450 years (May 10) raises several points that deserve clariﬁcation.

For context, Mr Clarke – a forester – is a well-known critic of conservation efforts in WA.

He has publicly opposed the state government’s decision to end native forest logging, dismissing it as a “thought bubble”.

He represents an out-of-date forestry perspective, often at odds with the conservation movement’s focus on ecological integrity, biodiversity, and science-based adaptive management.

His dismissal of Professor Kingsley Dixon’s estimate of the Churchlands jarrah tree’s age is, at best, disrespectful.

Prof. Dixon is an eminent botanist and leading authority on native ﬂora, with decades of ecological research behind him.

I shared Mr Clarke’s letter with him, and he responded by providing photos of a very similar tree in Mandurah – conﬁrmed, by the very department Mr Clarke once worked for, to be about 450 years old. Prof. Dixon stands by his estimate.

More importantly, attributing the Churchlands tree’s death to “natural causes” overlooks the signiﬁcant environmental pressures this area has faced. Having lived for more than 400 years, it was thriving in this low-lying location until recently. So, what has changed in its

Old growth in Mandurah ... The sign says “Your (15 greats) grandfather was just a lad when this old jarrah was a sapling, 445 years ago. C.A.L.M.”)

surroundings? The diversion of water to ﬁll Perry Lakes. Altered drainage due to nearby construction at Newman College. A possible drop in the water table caused by these changes. Soil disturbance from heavy machinery, evident in the deep tyre tracks nearby. And the escalating impact of climate change. While no accusations are

being made, it would be naive to rule out the possibility of deliberate harm. The debate over this land has grown heated, and some of the rhetoric from road proponents has been openly hostile.

In that context, all possibilities must be considered.

Lee Katavatis Ulster Road, Floreat

Good council starts with selﬂessness

Reading of threats to sack Nedlands council (Neds faces sack, POST, May 24) brings back memories of a term I served on Subiaco council (2015/19) during which our division featured regularly in the POST.

In that time I was falsely accused of breaching conduct rules by phoning the POST during a meeting. It took phone records to prove I hadn’t.

My view of that period is that a bloc of like-minded councillors formed that came to regard prevailing in votes as more important than a personal ethic of selﬂess service.

Selﬂessness is a very difﬁcult ethic to consistently display, mainly I think because humans are frequently dominated by

tribal and selﬁsh emotions.

The UK Parliament has a list of seven ethics required of its members. It puts “Selﬂessness” at the top of the list and “Leadership” at the bottom.

The potency of that ordering is that leadership is deﬁned as the example individuals show by their adherence to the ethics above it in that list, and selﬂessness is above them all. Charisma isn’t in the list at all.

If those in public ofﬁce could be encouraged by known public expectation to truly commit to selﬂessness, and be celebrated with respect for doing so, I think our governance at all levels would greatly improve.

Malcolm Mummery Keightley Road, Shenton Park

All or nothing for wardens

One of the issues with school crossing wardens is that WA Police will only train people who are prepared to act in the role twice a day, ﬁve days a week.

This is a huge commitment and as a result parents and grandparents can rarely volunteer for such work – hence the PLC principal risking her life without even a flag to stop traffic (Wardens flee traffic danger, POST, May 24).

In reality, any area with a fourlane road needs trafﬁc lights during school travel times. Stirling Highway does not even have a central reservation, and Pearson Street even has a crossing in a 70kmh zone near Churchlands Primary School –

that is very dangerous for the wardens.

We need a volunteer system for quiet roads and let the most experienced wardens police the busy roads – until we get trafﬁc lights installed.

And perhaps the police need to be involved in really high-risk areas such as Stirling Highway alongside PLC.

Brian C. Povey Lakeside Road, Churchlands

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Mosman Park treated ‘as a tip’

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Mosman Park council had to pay $3680 to remove asbestos dumped on a resident’s verge.

“Not the first people from outer suburbs to treat this end of Mosman Park as a tip,” a resi-

Daniher fight comes to Wembley

By BEN DICKINSON

Revered football ﬁgure Neale Daniher is “soldiering on” as he battles the advanced stages of motor neurone disease, his Perth-based son says.

Luke Daniher was among dozens of Wembley Vets Football Club players who donned special guernseys this month to mark their competition’s Fight MND round, dedicated to ﬁnding a cure for the debilitating disease.

“The main aim is to rid the world of MND,” Luke said.

“Two people are diagnosed with it every day in Australia, and two people lose their lives every day – it’s a revolving door.”

Luke’s dad Neale, who played for Essendon for 11 seasons and coached Melbourne for nine amid stints at Fremantle and West Coast, was diagnosed with MND in 2013.

He was named Australian of the Year in January for his efforts to raise more than $100million for MND research through Fight MND, which he co-founded in 2014.

He said the rangers were able to identify the illegal dumper and issue an infringement notice.

Dumped asbestos waste wrapped in black plastic was removed immediately due to concerns for the public’s safety in another incident earlier this

A witness could only provide a partial registration number.

Operations director Pierre Quesnel said the incident was part of a growing issue, with focus on a crackdown for the past year.

Mattresses, tyres, broken household furniture and electronics were dumped most frequently.

Two people have been served with infringement notices in the past two months.

Nedlands has issued seven nes in the past year, though some involved residents putting their waste out too early or too late for the bulk waste collection.

Nedlands said dumping has not been a signiﬁcant issue but rangers were working on stronger measures to address it.

The City asked residents to report incidents and note any information that could help to identify offenders.

Cambridge said it was not a widespread issue although whitegoods, green waste or construction debris were occasionally dumped on verges.

Peppermint Grove and Subiaco did not have an issue with illegal dumping, and had not issued any nes in the past year.

Funding conditions sink cabaret festival

By JACK MADDERN

State government bureaucracy is to blame for the demise of the only cabaret festival in WA, according to Perth International Cabaret Festival co-founder Ali Welburn.

After ﬁve years of ﬁlling His Majesty’s Theatre, the board has announced the end of the festival, effective immediately,

“It’s a real loss to the art community of WA for these things to happen and continue happening,” Ms Welburn said.

She said they had secured necessary state government funding, but the issue was how they had to spend it.

“The funding was only for staging the festival and not for all the preparation, like securing contracts, artists, ﬂights, equipment and staff,” she said.

“It’s not like we’ve gone to the department and said, can you give us more?”

“We just said, can we just vary it slightly to do something a little bit extra different with it so that we can keep the organisation going?”

The state denied their request.

Jazz singer Ali Bodycoat, who grew up in Claremont and performs frequently around the western suburbs, has performed at every festival for the ﬁve years since its foundation.

“I’m stunned, and I’m astounded that we haven’t been able to ﬁnd a way to sustain and support the festival,”

she said.

The festival supported local WA artists and provided them with a community to inspire and grow from one another.

It gave access to artists who had not previously had the opportunity to perform in public.

“We run the risk of losing our great talent elsewhere,” she said.

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Wembley Vets Football Club players, from left, Scott McManus, Luke Daniher, Geoff Ahearn and Dahmen Higgs.

Festival chair John Poulsen with founders Graham Lovelock and Ali Welburn outside His Majesty’s Theatre. Photo: Paul McGovern

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Swell time at Lake Jualbup

The caption to Paul McGovern’s beautiful drone photograph of Lake Jualbup “where only a few puddles remain” (POST, May 24) predicted: “Rain forecast this week should start to ﬁll the lake.”

That prediction was spot on.

An initial 12mm produced one big muddy puddle then a further 33mm ﬁlled the lake to about 40cm deep The Jewel in Subiaco’s Crown is back in business.

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Heritage under threat at Karrakatta, Sunset

Everyone understands why cities must protect heritage sites – they anchor us to our shared history and identity. Yet two of Perth’s most culturally signiﬁcant places, Sunset Hospital and Karrakatta Cemetery, are being quietly erased under government watch.

At Karrakatta, family headstones are being removed or destroyed to make space for

new burials.

At Sunset, a 2013 strategy promised cultural reuse, and in 2018 it was transferred to the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries. Since then, progress has stalled.

The failure to develop new cemeteries at Whitby Falls, Alkimos or Whiteman Park has forced Karrakatta’s redevelop-

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Ex councillor Masarei dies

By BRET CHRISTIAN

Former Cottesloe councillor Craig Masarei died last week aged 64, following a long illness.

Cottesloe mayor Lorraine Young told this week’s council meeting that his untimely passing at a relatively young age has shocked and saddened many in the district.

“Craig was still a relatively young man and should have had many more years to enjoy,” she said.

“He was a popular and engaged member of the Cottesloe community, a highly valued and respected member of council, and a great family man.”

She said the council and the Town extended sympathy to Craig’s wife, Rommie, his children, grandchildren, extended family and many friends.

Mr Masarei, a lawyer, although ill and under cancer treatment, continued to work on council business and missed very few meetings.

“His dedication was remarkable,” Ms Young said. He was also chairman of Alzheimer’s WA for more than 20 years.

Wardens back at danger crossing

collected by police this week was “deeply concerning, though unfortunately not unexpected”.

Motorcycle police using handheld radars stopped drivers and waved them off the road to issue infringements, while a mobile speed camera also captured cars at the other end of the zone.

Multiple drivers raced through the ﬁeld of ﬂuorescent road signs, three sets of flashing lights, red and white striped poles and painted tarmac which adorn the pedestrian crossing.

Twenty infringements were issued before school – 19 for speeding, with 63kmh in the 40kmh zone the highest speed recorded, and one for not wearing a seatbelt.

A further 53 infringements were issued after school.

urgent need for lasting changes like pedestrian-activated lights and ﬁxed speed enforcement,” Ms Begbie said.

Police Minister Reece Whitby said the Road Safety Commission had been alerted to the danger to students as they crossed busy Stirling Highway without the help of trained wardens.

The four-lane highway crossing needs two wardens, but one appointed earlier this year asked to be shifted because he feared for his life, while another was too traumatised to return to work after being hit by a car in 2023.

Two staff members wearing high-vis vests braved the crossing on Tuesday to escort students across the road.

Almost 40 new wardens have been employed since the start of 2025, but 65 more are needed to

the Road Safety Commission,” he said.

“I’ve sought their input to this, and I’ll consider anything that will make kids safer. Whether it’s at PLC or anywhere else in

several ministers and the Road Safety Commission.

A radar test last year caught 401 drivers exceeding the 40kmh limit in one 80-minute period. Crashes have also occured at the intersection at school crossing times.

Magic wand creates art from paint

Live speed artist Joanne Colely treated students at Holy Spirit Primary School, City Beach, to an enthusiastic performance of painting and dance this week. Joanne paints art from her book, ‘Magic’, which she wrote when she was nine-years-old and illustrated after she turned 40. She used her magic wand and her hands to paint, then encouraged the young artists to use their creativity to make their own version.

“I told them, each and every one of you already have a gift, and when you ﬁnd your passion, you’ll ﬁnd your purpose,” she said.

The Ripple Effect of High-Profile Sales

How One Premium Transaction Resets the Local Market

In tightly held suburbs like Cottesloe, Swanbourne, Mosman Park, Peppermint Grove, Dalkeith, Nedlands and Claremont – property value is not always about the land size or number of bedrooms. It’s also about precedent.

And few things influence local market confidence more than a high-profile sale.

When a premium home changes hands at a record or near-record price, the effects travel far beyond the letterbox of the sold property.

It resets buyer expectations, reshapes seller sentiment, and can definitely shift the benchmark for the entire street – or suburb. This is the ripple effect, and its influence is both powerful and enduring.

More Than a Sale – A New Standard

Let’s say a premium coastal residence in Cottesloe sells off-market for $16 million –well above previous sales in the area. This isn’t just a personal milestone for the seller or a line on a spreadsheet for the buyer. It becomes a new point of reference for every valuer, neighbour, and future seller in the area.

And although ‘one-off’ high price sales don’t always create the ripple effect – it is definitely more prevalent when stock is low rather than abundant.

In a tight low-stock market, a person who has a similar home to one that has just sold for a high price – will naturally expect

the same level when selling, but when there is plenty of other (similar) homes on the market, a buyer can choose a more reasonably priced option.

But when there is no other comparable properties available, a buyer has to ‘meet’ the price or go without. And if there is a buyer who doesn’t want to miss out and has the ability to pay more than the next person – then a follow-up ‘exceptional’ price is achieved.

This was very evident with two recent sales in Mosman Park – both over $20mil (so now there are two results underpinning future values – not just one ‘fluke’ result).

Now, when the next ‘similar property’ hits the market, it will be asking a price in accordance with the last two sales, that might now be 10% – 20% more than what the asking price may have been asking prior. (Or of course, unfortunately, all this is reversed in a falling/over-stocked environment.)

In a market where comparable sales data drives decision-making, a single highcalibre transaction can:

• Lift the perceived value of neighbouring properties

• Encourage similar homes to come to market

• Influence how banks assess lending risk in the area

• Signal confidence to both local and interstate buyers

In short, the right sale at the right time

can recalibrate the playing field.

Why It Matters to Sellers

For property owners considering their next move, high-profile transactions provide an evidence base for bold, wellinformed pricing.

The premium achieved by a standout home doesn’t just reflect the asset – it reflects demand, timing, buyer sentiment, and trust in the area’s long-term potential.

And as mentioned above, you don’t want to be selling at the other end of this dynamic.

At Space, we study (and also seek the advice of independent analysts) not to just evaluate the price, but the context:

• Was it on-market or off-market?

• Who was the buyer profile?

• Was there competitive tension?

• What role did presentation, negotiation or timing play?

Understanding these layers enables us to position similar properties for maximum impact.

Why It Matters to Buyers

When buyers are looking in a new suburb, they look for signals of confidence and quality. A high-profile sale provides just that – it demonstrates that others are prepared to invest significantly in the area, reinforcing its prestige, potential, and longterm value.

It’s also a reminder that premium homes are rarely purchased in isolation – they

are part of a broader story. A well-timed purchase today might become tomorrow’s benchmark.

Navigating

the Ripple Effect

At Space, we like to feel we are doing our best when we are behind these sales – where success isn’t (often) measured by the publicity they generate.

We measure it by what we have achieved for our clients and the long-term benefit they create: the value they unlock, the confidence they build, and the opportunities they open up for our clients.

So often in real estate, a great sale doesn’t just benefit one property – it elevates sentiment and continues to help define the market.

Craig Masarei

Motorcycle police in McNeil Street prepare to stop speeding motorists at the Stirling Highway crossing.

Accused, partner to stay in ‘unliveable’ house

A Cottesloe businessman accused of assaulting his partner will live with her while he awaits trial on a string of domestic violence offences.

The 61-year-old man had his bail terms relaxed in Perth Magistrates Court on Tuesday, despite police warning they feared his partner was being coerced not to oppose the change.

“It’s an absolute mess, your honour,” the man’s lawyer, Carolyn SmiddyBrown, told Magistrate Gavin McLean.

“They’re allowed, we believe, to reside at the same address so long as they remain 10m away from each other and don’t speak.”

The man has pleaded not guilty to one charge of aggravated assault causing bodily harm in Cottesloe between April 4 and 6 this year.

He is also facing 11 other charges relating to breaching protective orders and obstructing public ofﬁcers.

Ms Smiddy-Brown told Mr McLean that the bail conditions, which allow the defendant to text-message but not speak to his partner, were “unliveable”.

“She is an incredibly forceful and well-educated woman,” she said.

“She wants to be with [the defendant].”

A police prosecutor opposed the defendant’s

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bid to have the bail restriction downgraded to a non-molestation order, telling Mr McLean police had failed to make contact with the woman.

“The concerns held are that there are coercion and duress issues in place,” he said.

But Ms Smiddy-Brown said it was police who had failed to contact the woman, despite twice being ordered to by magistrates.

“There’s a level of fairness,” she said.

“I’m sure there is one police ofﬁcer who can pick up the phone and have a

chat with her.”

The hearing was stood down while a police sergeant did so, but when he returned he said the woman had not answered phone calls.

Mr McLean ultimately agreed to vary the bail, with a condition.

He told the defendant: “You can talk to her about whatever you like with one important caveat: You’re simply prohibited from discussing the circumstances of any of these alleged offences.”

“I understand,” the defendant said.

He also pleaded guilty to three counts of breaching protective bail conditions on April 28, 29, and May 1.

The man had earlier pleaded guilty to the same charge, and breaching a police order, on April 8.

He is due to face trial on the remaining seven charges in October.

Police have handed over the ﬁrst batch of evidence they will use to prosecute obstetrician Rhys Bellinge over the February road crash death of 24-yearold Elizabeth Pearce in Dalkeith.

Dr Bellinge was listed to appear in Stirling Gardens Magistrates Court on Wednesday via video link from Casuarina Prison, but was excused

from attending after an agreement between the prosecution and his defence lawyer, Tony Hager.

“Initial police disclosure has been provided and both the state and defence counsel require time to review those materials,” a prosecutor told the court.

Police allege that on February 10, Dr Bellinge was drunk when he drove

Groping cop fined $2500, faces sack over indecent assault

A WAFL player turned police ofﬁcer could face dismissal after he groped a junior female ofﬁcer in the back of a car.

First-class Constable Joshua Adam Kirkup, 32, was granted a spent conviction in Perth Magistrates Court on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to the indecent assault at Cable Beach on March 18.

The assault on the 20-year-old recruit was described as “humiliating” by Magistrate Robert Young, who ﬁned the constable $2500.

A prosecutor told the court that Const. Kirkup and the young woman, a probationary constable, were both in Broome for a train-

ing course this year.

They joined a group of other ofﬁcers for after-work drinks at Cable Beach, before sharing a car with other ofﬁcers back to their accommodation at the Oaks Broome Hotel.

“The accused placed his right hand on the victim’s upper thigh,” the prosecutor told the court.

“[The victim] shoved his hand away.”

Const. Kirkup persisted in touching her, the prosecutor said, by grabbing her left thigh and “rubbing his hand under her skirt”, even as she tried to turn her body away from him.

“It was repetitive conduct,

repetitive touching, each time moving further up the victim’s thigh,” the prosecutor said.

After exiting the car, Const. Kirkup “grabbed the victim by the leg”, the prosecutor said, and asked his fellow ofﬁcers to continue drinking with him.

“That was declined by all.”

The prosecution argued the assault was aggravated by Const. Kirkup’s seniority over his junior colleague, but the ofﬁcer’s lawyer said there was no line of authority between them.

“He was not aware of her rank,” the lawyer said.

The prosecutor opposed a spent conviction order, telling Mr Young

his Jaguar at 130kmh in Birdwood Parade, before losing control and crashing into an Uber in which Ms Pearce was a passenger.

He is due in Perth Magistrates Court on Thursday, June 5, to face four driving charges stemming from dashcam footage taken in the days leading up to the fatal crash.

His pregnant partner had left him over the incident.

there was “signiﬁcant public interest” in such offences resulting in a criminal record.

“The victim is feeling the effects of this offending quite seriously,” he said.

Const. Kirkup’s lawyer said his client was already facing the loss of his police career, and his pregnant partner had left him over the incident.

“The consequences for Mr Kirkup, both professionally and

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See Bold Park flower in Noongar Makuru season

Join the Friends of Bold Park Bushland’s volunteer guides in June for one of their popular walks and learn more about local plants and animals.

At 10am on WA Day, Monday June 2, the guides will look for some of the plants and animals that are unique to WA’s southwest biodiversity hotspot.

That walk starts from the Tuart carpark, halfway along Perry Lakes Drive.

Four more walks throughout the month will highlight how the bushland changes during the Noongar season of Makuru. Colder weather and in-

creased rain bring flushes of fresh green growth. Fungi begin appearing and small white ﬂowers appear on plants such as the basket bush and pearl ﬂower.

Those walks will be on Saturday June 7, Sunday June 15, Wednesday June 18 and Saturday June 28. All will start at 9am at the Camel Lake carpark near the southern end of Perry Lakes Drive. Wear suitable walking shoes and dress for the weather. Bookings are not required, just turn up.

For more information go to friendsofboldpark.com/events

St Hilda’s to stage Roald Dahl classic

A musical production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, based on the Roald Dahl book of the same name, will be presented by the students of St Hilda’s Anglican School for Girls in Mosman Park.

This feast for the senses promises to delight audiences of all ages with its whimsical charm, colour, and fun.

The students will perform in the Joy Shepherd Performing Arts Centre, complete with

quirky characters, imaginative sets, unforgettable songs and captivating choreography, handcrafted costumes and clever props.

The school’s head of drama production, Sharon Kiely, said:

“This production is not only about telling an iconic story; it’s about nurturing student voice, collaboration and a passion for the arts.

“We are proud of the commitment, creativity and authenticity every student has brought to

this project.”

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory will be on Friday June 13 and Saturday June 14 at 7pm, with a dress-up Saturday matinee at 2pm when children attending are encouraged to dress up as their favourite character from the book, with prizes awarded for the best costumes. Tickets are $15, $25, or $35 and can be purchased by going to humanitix.com and searching “St Hilda’s School Production 2025”.

Annie Buckman as Grandpa Joe, Maia Gelencser as Charlie Bucket, and Freya Campbell as Willy Wonka.

Left, morning dew on a Pearl Flower. Right, Basket Bush flower buds. Photos: Friends of Bold Park Bushland

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A treat for lovers of classical guitar

Classical guitar players will perform in a series of three exciting and original concerts in Perth in coming weeks, organised by the Classical Guitar Society of WA.

The charity promotes all aspects of classical guitar study and performance.

The Silver Sands Guitar Quartet will perform Les Heures Musicales from 7.30pm on Thursday June 5, in the Richard Gill Auditorium at the WA Academy of Performing Arts in Mt Lawley.

The quartet is led by WAAPA’s deputy dean, Associate Professor Jonathan Paget, and is preparing to embark on a tour of France. For tickets go to humanitix. com and search “Silver Sands Guitar Quartet”.

On June 15 at 7pm, UWA Conservatorium of Music third-year student Emily Hobday will give her ﬁ solo recital, in St Patrick’s Anglican Church, Mt Lawley. For tickets go to humanitix. com and search “Forgotten Dreams: Emily Hobday”.

On June 29 the WA Classical Guitar Society Orchestra will hold its annual winter concert, at Maylands Yacht Club from 2pm. For tickets go to humanitix.com and search “WAGO Connections”.

For more information about the Classical Guitar Society of WA go to guitarwa. com.au.

Lost figs to be replaced

The Friends of Lake Claremont will plant 3000 native seedlings in June, to regenerate the area destroyed by the polyphagous shot hole borer.

In the past two years 13 mature moreton bay ﬁg trees at the lake had to be cut down after becoming infested with the pest that has destroyed thousands of trees recently in WA.

But Friends of Lake Claremont volunteers are about to replant the denuded land with native trees and shrubs to support native bird species and provide cover for oblong turtles and quenda.

The seedlings have been bought with a BUPA Landcare Grant for Healthy Cities.

Volunteer Heidi Hardisty, who will supervise the replanting, said: “This is a wonderful project that will enhance the buffer zone around the lake, creating more protection for the wildlife and increasing the beauty of the area for visitors.”

She welcomed the involvement of Year 10 Christ Church Grammar School and Scotch College students, who have helped to prepare the ground. They will also take part in school planting sessions from June 6 to 19, along with students from Moerlina, Mt Claremont Primary and Quintilian schools.

To ﬁnd out more about the Lake Claremont replanting program, join Friends of Lake Claremont volunteer guides on one of three walks in June.

Walks of about 45 minutes along the eastern side of the lake will take place on Thursday June 5 and Monday June 23. A

75-minute walk to include the lake’s western side will be on Saturday June 14.

All walks are free of charge and start at 10am at the Tree of Wonder statue near the Tee Box Cafe, Lapsley Road, Claremont. Bookings are not required, just turn up. For more information email folc.wa@gmail.com.

Calling City Beach High’s Class of 75

Everyone who attended City Beach High School between 1971 and 1975 are invited to the 50-year anniversary reunion in November.

More than 230 students are thought to have attended in that time, and a series of events are planned. Previous reunions have been held in 1985, 1995, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2015, 2018 and 2019. The high school is no longer operating, but the site now hosts a residential college for gifted and talented students. For more information email prhkt@westnet.com.au.

The Silver Sands Guitar Quartet is about to tour in France.

The land at Lake Claremont where the borer-hit fig trees once were.

WA’s carnivorous plants in focus

A fascinating group of carnivorous WA plants called sundews will be the topic of a talk next Friday, June 6.

Guest speaker and PhD candidate Thilo Krueger will discuss the plants at the Western Australian Naturalists’ Club main branch meeting.

Sundews are carnivorous plants that capture and digest insects using leaves covered in sticky, mucilage-producing tentacles.

WA is the global diversity hot-

spot for the genus, with more than 150 species that primarily occur in the South-West and Kimberley regions.

While new species continue to be discovered and described each year, many are already on the verge of extinction due to habitat loss.

Thilo’s presentation will introduce the genus Drosera with a focus on natural history aspects such as rediscoveries of long-lost species and novel plant-animal interactions such as the animals that steal food

from the sundews.

He will also outline the rapidly growing role of citizen science in conservation research.

The meeting starts at 7.30pm in the Hew Roberts Lecture Theatre, at UWA. Park at the Gordon or Clifton street campus entrances.

All welcome. Entry is via $3 or $5 donation which includes a chance to win the door prize.

For more information visit wanaturalists.org.au and go to the events section.

Disney magic live in Nedlands

Lovers of the music of Disney are invited to an afternoon at the Dalkeith Road School of Music on July 6.

The school’s talented children will take to the stage at 2pm for a Disney-themed musical showcase with songs from productions including Frozen, The Lion King, Aladdin and Moana.

Audience members are encouraged to dress as their favourite Disney character to be in the running for a prize for the best dressed.

Tickets are $15 per person, which includes a light supper after the show. All are invited to stay and mingle.

The school is at 70 Dalkeith Road, Nedlands.

To secure your tickets go to trybooking.com and search “A Disney Showcase”.

For more information email info@dalkeithroad.org.au.

Australia’s role in the air war

A pilot and aircraft maintenance engineer will present a talk on Friday, June 20, about Australia’s part in the World War II air war over Germany.

Vernon Benjamin’s talk, Air War over Germany, the First of the Second Fronts, will cover Allied bombing of German-occupied Europe, and the Australians who ﬂew with RAF Bomber Command.

Part of a series presented by the Hollywood Subiaco

Learners’ Club called World War II Myths, Maelstroms and Memories, it will be at Hollywood Subiaco Bowling Club, 42 Smyth Road in Nedlands, from 3 to 4pm, with registration at 2.45. Cost $5 cash per session for members and $10 for nonmembers. RSVP is essential by emailing donarosa49@ gmail.com.

For more information search for Hollywood Subiaco Learners on Facebook.

Right: Thilo Krueger in a field of sundews. Above: Two varieties of the carnivorous sundew plants.

Eva Long, in a Lion King costume, is one of the Dalkeith Road School of Music students who will perform in the Disney showcase.

Future of music ready to perform

Thanks for making the Earth go around

Dozens of people who give up their time and talents at the Earthwise Community Centre in Subiaco broke bread together for National Volunteer Week.

The vollies – some of whom have volunteered at the Bagot Road community centre for more than 30 years – were treated to a cooked lunch and homemade cake and biscuits on Friday May 23.

As well as cake they all sang happy birthday to Maya, who volunteers in the garden and with the website.

Earthwise chair Dora De Luca said Earthwise was a unique and important place for a lot of people for lots of different reasons.

It has community gardens,

can go to talk or be heard.

“We have a beautiful community here and it is something we all contribute to,” she said. “And of course we have to say thanks to Peg Davies, who started it all.”

Alicia May, who helps out in the op-shop in the old church building, said getting involved with it changed her outlook on life.

“Earthwise welcomed me to volunteer and encouraged me to have a go,” she said.

“It’s an environment that has given me endless opportunities for personal growth and the difference people like George, Peg and so many others has made to my life is beyond measure.

“I love Earthwise and I’m very grateful to everyone that

The Allegri Chamber Orchestra at 3pm on June 22 will present an international debut performance in Mt Lawley on June 22. Each movement of the Four Postcards From Perth Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra, by WA composer Simone Lobbia, has a distinct genre including samba, classical, jazz and rock, and pays tribute to a WA landmark. The program, at St Patrick’s

Anglican Church from 3pm, also includes musical “postcards” by composers including Borodin, Faure, Vivaldi, Piazzolla and Janacek, conducted by Grace Ah-quee. Guest soloist will be saxophonist Matt Styles. Tickets start at $5 for children, through to $40 for a family of four, and can be purchased by going to trybooking.com and searching “Postcards”.

Talented young musicians will take to the stage next Saturday, June 7, for a recital presented by the Royal Schools Music Club, based in Nedlands. Performers will play the piano, violin, viola, cello and clarinet from 2.30pm in the Callaway Music Auditorium at UWA.

Non-members are invited to book tickets by going to trybooking.com and searching “The Future of Music – Young Performers”.

For more information about the Royal Schools Music Club go to rsmc.info.

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The hardworking volunteers from Earthwise Community Centre in Subiaco.

The Allegri Chamber Orchestra will perform a world premiere concerto.

Volunteers celebrated for invaluable work

Enjoy an afternoon of elegant music

An entertaining program of music cherished in the social salons of 19th and early 20th Century Europe will be performed at UWA on Sunday June 8 at 3pm.

The concert, An Elegant Salon, will be presented by the Emanuel Ensemble in the unusual combination of ﬂute, violin and piano in the elegant setting of the Eileen Joyce Studio at UWA’s Conservatorium of Music.

This repertoire regularly provided the musical accompaniment to social gatherings of artists and poets in the elegant salons of the nobility. It was also enjoyed in domestic settings when families and friends made music together.

Flautist Emily Gunson will perform with violinist Zak Rowntree and pianist Lisa Rowntree.

Tickets $40, $35 concessions and seniors, and $25 for children, which includes afternoon tea at interval. For more information and bookings visit ﬂutissimo.com.au or phone 9574 1591.

Volunteers at ParaQuad Industries are among the many volunteers being celebrated around Australia for the work they do in their communities.

This year’s national volunteer week theme was all about connecting communities and recognising how volunteering brings people together.

ParaQuad relies on a sturdy community of volunteers to keep their Shenton Park op-shop doors open and services ticking.

What started as a conversation at her local library ended with Prithy Herman sorting donations at the back of an op-shop.

It was a step in a differ-

ent direction after she was tasked with sorting clothes, pots and pans and preparing them for the shop ﬂoor.

“I came from a corporate background, and it was a very intense environment,” she said.

She met a more casual environment at ParaQuad that she enjoys so much that she comes back every Wednesday.

is the glue that keeps them all together.

‘ ’ Everyone feels like they have a stake in the shop

She even joked about doing more talking than working.

Everyone feels like they have a stake in the shop, while she said the sense of belonging in the community

Emergency care flies high in WA

The lifesaving work and history of the Royal Flying Doctor Service will be the topic of one of two talks at the Probus Club of Subiaco meeting on Monday June 9.

Guest speaker will be RFDS community engagement coordinator Larr Rose.

RFDS medical clinicians and pilots provide free emergency care to every corner of the state.

Every day, on average, 28 people in WA rely on the RFDS for critical medical help and of those, one in six are children.

The second speaker on

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Monday May 19: 1st

Phil McShane and David Hughes; 2nd Bruce Ride and David Sladen, and Barry Wood and David Phillips. Plate: Phil Werrett and Steve Parsons.

Wednesday May 20: 1st David Heath, Ann Ruzich, Geoff Boyd and Audrey Bellotte; 2nd Zoe Hewitt-Dutton, Rosemary Goddard, Paula Poynton and Marilyn Boss.

Friday May 23 winners Faye Peake, Dae Miller, Marilyn Boss and Paula Poynton.

Saturday May 24: 1st Maek James, Yogi Shah and Chris Westergren; 2nd Ross Williams, David Heath and Frank Honey. Roll up for the WA Cancer Council Biggest Morning Tea fundraising event at the club on June 10 at 10.30am.

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Two of the club’s ladies teams ventured to Innaloo to compete in their winter carnival. Kerry Chernoff, Celia Bakker, Sally Day and Wendy O’Meehan were victorious by 10 shots and Fran Farrell, Leigh Richardson, Anne Khoo and Libby Moss were also winners, by 9 shots. Mixed social bowls on Thursday May 22 had 32 players. Best performed were John McCormack, Celia Bakker, Brian Burton and Les Pedder, with a margin of 18 shots

June 9, Tess Earnshaw, will give a presentation about her career as a radio presenter. The meeting will be at St Edmund’s Anglican Church hall, 54 Pangbourne Street, Wembley, starting at 10am.

William Parkinson has been tending to the DVD section of the op-shop for two years.

He was previously a technician at Curtin University, but now he ﬁnds himself hooked on the shop’s friendly atmosphere.

“I get to meet all the customers, and I’m surprised that they are from all walks of life,” he said.

Marjan Moustaan has been the supervisor at ParaQuad for eight years.

She says they rely on 24 volunteers to keep their book bazaar open, and it’s the pride in their work that keeps them coming back.

The $5 entry fee includes morning tea and a chance to win the door prize.

To register, email kerryeivers@yahoo.com.au

The vital role of the Royal Flying Doctor Service will be the subject of a talk on June 9.

Bowling

and winning 13 ends. Very close second were Alan Davison, Pat Clohessy, David Steinberg and Gwenda McIntosh, also with an 18-shot margin, but only 12 ends won. Other winners were Ric Camins, David Mildenhall, Sally Day and Chris Osborne +16; and John O’Meehan, Tony Payne, Tom James and Jan Steinberg +11.

On Saturday, 32 players enjoyed sets play. The big winners, with two sets and a margin of 17 shots, were Martin Saunders, Tony Payne, Geoff Cahif and Gwenda McIntosh. Second were Rick Mapley, Kerry Chernoff, Ian Freedman and Les Pedder with 2 sets +11. Other winners were Ian Day, Heather Hince, David Mildenhall and Tom James 2 sets +8; and Andrew Foster, Rod Tilt, John O’Meehan and Jan Steinberg 1 set +4.

The Sunday Scroungers ﬁnal on May 25 resulted in a win for Milton Byass from Ray Fells 37-36. In the Ladies Winter Bowls, played on a very chilly morning, scores for both games were close until eventually the Mt Lawley teams pulled ahead. Our Betsy Tapley,

Anne Ormsby, Jeannine Millsteed, and Margaret McHugh finished with the score 12/20, and for Dot Leeson, Usha Nigam, Thera Howat and Nada Bonny the score was 11-14.

On Thursday May 22, three bowl triples saw Mick Canci, Jim West and Wally Graham run out winners from Ron Palmer, John Horsfall and Ron Middleton 18-9.

Saturday May 24 was a bit chilly and when rain stopped play David Allport and Glen Morey were very happy to come off the lawn with their opponents, Billy Gerlach and Mike Hatch, leading 14-3. The other rink winners were Mick Canci, Paula Hatch and Ray Fells from Ron Palmer, John Horsfall and Milton Byass 9-6.

Although it is getting chillier, there were still some hardy bowlers wanting a game last week. Wednesday May 21 saw a good roll-up and everyone had a lovely afternoon. The winners were John Booth, Dennis Mullenger and Brian Page. Second were Janette Jenkins, Sandra Ellis, Toby Roney and Del Adams, and third place were Mari Noffsinger,

“The value and speciﬁc responsibility to each volunteer keeps them coming back and feeling important,” she said.

Volunteering WA has just recently announced a range of awards for volunteers across the state.

St John WA’s Brian Gallop was the volunteer of the year with 1000 operational hours in emergency callouts under his belt.

“WA has a strong culture of volunteering, and it is important to acknowledge the commitment of both long-serving and new volunteers, as we encourage more people to take up volunteer opportunities” Volunteering Minister Hannah Beazley said.

Marcie Spilsbury, Simon Baldwin and Mark Bright. Friday Pairs on May 23 was won by Cameron Hoffman and Mark Robertson, and second place went to Alec Gryta and Mr Perica. The winner of the losers was a combined team of Chris Hughes, Ian Thomas and Bruce Neaves.

Weather on Saturday was not conducive to bowls but 10 hardy souls fronted up. The ﬁrst game was played but the second was totally washed-out. The winter weather arrived with a vengeance and all players, cold and wet, decided to end the game. To play, names must be in by 12.30pm on each day. Mahjong is played at the club every Thursdays at 9am. Everyone welcome. The only requirement to play is a social membership of the club.

Last Saturday, May 24, members of Subiaco Petanque Club were excited by the prospect of seasonal rain ﬁnally arriving. Fortunately, however, the sun shone, providing a fun afternoon of social petanque. This Saturday, May 31, the club will hold another round of the President’s Cup. Visitors are welcome on Saturdays and Wednesdays. For more information visit pétanquesubiaco.com or search for Subiaco Petanque Club on Facebook.

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EPA supports Gnarabup resort

By Claire Tyrrell andNadia Budihardjo

Saracen Properties’ $118million plan to build a resort in Gnarabup has been cautiously supported by the environmental regulator, with strict conditions placed on the height of the proposal.

The Environmental Protection Authority has completed its assessment of the controversial Gnarabup proposal, 3½ years on from when a public environmental review into the development started. It comprises a 121-room

POST press could spark print revival

By Nadia Budihardjo

Post Newspapers’ new printing press has prompted discussions of reviving other mastheads, including The Australian Financial Review.

The POST has announced it will soon print its own editions after securing a high-speed newspaper press from the United States.

Once installed, it will be the only rotary newspaper press in the state outside of Colourpress, a WA Newspapers-run facility in Herdsman, under Seven West Media.

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resort, residential dwellings and commercial premises.

Chair Darren Walsh said the EPA was aware of the signiﬁcant public interest in the project and acknowledged that the proposed development would result in a change to the natural landscape and visual character of the area.

“However, limiting the design’s maximum height limit to seven metres within the proposed resort area and eight metres within the village area will facilitate an environmental outcome consistent with the EPA’s objectives,”

he said.

“The project layout has been designed to retain connectivity of fauna habitat around the site and maintain a buffer for the protection and preservation of a registered Aboriginal heritage site.”

The EPA considered “potential impacts to social surroundings, terrestrial fauna, ﬂora and vegetation, inland waters, subterranean fauna, marine environmental quality, coastal processes, landforms, and greenhouse gas emissions”.

Mr Walsh said the EPA encouraged the developer

per group The Examiner conﬁrmed it had signed a printing contract with the POST.

Editor Tim Mayne said the deal would be cheaper and would allow The Examiner to print more newspapers.

“We had a good relationship with Colourpress but competition and choice is a good thing, and it’s good to be able to support independent media,” he said.

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stands the POST spoke to Nine about printing the Australian Financial Review at its new print press but no discussions have taken place.

Nine announced last year it would pull its print editions of the AFR from Perth after Seven West Media doubled the print cost.

First copies of the POST with the new press are set to be printed in the new ﬁnancial year, with the press now in the ﬁnal stages of installation.

to consult further with the local Karri Karrak Aboriginal Corporation.

Saracen Properties project director Joel Saraceni said the EPA recommendation was a signiﬁcant milestone for the proposal.

“From the outset, we’ve carefully designed every element of the project to integrate sensitively within the local landscape, with strong consideration for the area’s environmental and heritage values,” he said.

“We were always conﬁdent the project would stand up to scrutiny, and

The controversial $118million plan has been recommended for approval, subject to height limitations.

the EPA’s rigorous assessment and resulting conditions confirm the strength of the approach we’ve taken.

Opponents of the project have three weeks to appeal against the EPA’s recommendation to the environment minister, with the statutory process closing on June 18. The minister will make the ﬁnal decision on the proposal, which also sits with the WA Planning Commission’s Part 17 pathway.

Perth approves Stokes lane buy

By Nadia Budihardjo

The City of Perth has approved the removal of a public easement at billionaire Kerry Stokes’ laneway in West Perth, with the site earmarked for redevelopment.

The council unanimously approved removing the access easement over Lot 300 on Altona Laneway.

Mr Stokes, through his company Comserv (No 1698) Pty Ltd, bought the laneway for $675,000 two years ago.

It covers 177 square metres.

ASIC documents show Comserv is wholly owned by Mr Stokes’ Australian Capital Equity.

The laneway backs onto ACE’s headquarters in West Perth and buildings occupied by other companies connected to

Mr Stokes. Comserv was allowed to amalgamate the land with three other adjacent properties it owns to create a consolidated development site.

An access easement was implemented on the day of settlement, according to the City’s council agenda.

Conditions attached to the council’s approval for the removal of the easement include keeping a portion open to accommodate waste vehicles servicing the laneway and

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for a redevelopment to substantially occur before the access is closed.

Another condition was for Comserv to obtain planning approval to demonstrate a connection for pedestrian access, to be available to the public between Altona Street and the laneway.

“I am satisﬁed what has been proposed is a positive solution for both the existing residents and those who may call this new development site home in the future,” Cr Steve Wellard said.

The state government acquired the West Perth land under a taking order issued in 2001 and provided it to City of Perth to be used as a right-of-way.

Mr Stokes’s acquisition of the laneway attracted criticism over the loss of public access.

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Never mind the consequences

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Australian-born UK-based comedian and podcaster Deborah Frances-White has long been recognised as someone who has used humour to discuss and debate serious subjects.

Her popular podcast The Guilty Feminist, and her book Six Conversations

We’re Scared to Have, have become important platforms for grass-roots campaigns, but she continually reiterates the need to be in rooms together to have important conversations.

Her ﬁrst play, Never Have I Ever is a chance to do just that.

are bankrupt. Before the creditors come and they lose their dream, they have a ﬁnal meal with their best friends Tobin (Will O’Mahony) who had ﬁnanced the venture and his wife Adaego (Ratidzo Mambo). A seemingly harmless game descends into a night of secrets and moral confrontations.

“There is nothing I love more than getting a belly laugh that then sticks the knife in,” Kate said.

attention.

Jacq is a working class white woman and Kas a second-generation immigrant sensitive to conﬂict and eager to please.

“The casting reﬂects the play’s diversity and dynamism,” Kate said.

“It is a conversation spark,” said director Kate Champion of her production for Black Swan Theatre. “It is fresh, funny, sharp and it made me think. She really stimulates debate.”

comedy and a silly drinking game.

Never Have I Ever is a provocative work that explores themes of money, race, sex, morality and identity through sparkling

Never Have I Ever began as a schoolyard dare game but quickly became an adults’ drinking game, particularly popular in the UK.

couple Jacq (Emily Rose Brennan) and Kas (Deep Sroa). They

Canadiranian hallucinations

The cast are carefully and speciﬁcally chosen according to the script, which needs Tobin to be a “posh” privileged white man – “the sort of man who is now being blamed for being what he’s always been,” Kate said.

His wife Adaego is a British Nigerian – a strong, ambitious woman who enters every room as though she is the centre of

The play’s setting remains in England because Kate said there were too many references that could not be transposed to Australia, but as a new play written by a provocative, smart and searingly witty woman, its powerful exploration of identity, morality, and human relationships and hot topic themes it is destined to be a conversation starter.

■ Black Swan presents Never Have I Ever at the State Theatre Centre from June 14 to July 6. Book through blackswantheatre.com.au.

Canadian ﬁlmmaker

Matthew Rankin’s love affair with Iranian cinema manifests itself in a downbeat, surrealist tribute in which Tehran appears to have established an outpost on the icy plains of Manitoba, Canada, where French and Farsi are the ofﬁcial languages.

It starts in a middleschool classroom, where a grumpy, nihilistic teacher (Mani Soleymanlou) is late to class and we’re introduced to his charming students.

Among them are a disheartened myopic lad (Sobhan Javadi), who can’t see the blackboard since a turkey stole his glasses, a kid who’s dressed like Groucho Marx, and

a sympathetic girl, Negin (Rojina Esmaeili), who’s determined to help ﬁnd her friend’s glasses – especially since class is cancelled until such time.

Despite signage in Arabic script, the scene blocking and static shots don’t so much recall Iran as they do Wes Anderson, whose clear inﬂuence runs through the ﬁlm.

Rankin uses similar visual quirks, deadpan dialogue, and he has an analogous affection for serious, precocious children.

Curios such as Rankin’s “Kleenex Repository” and the “Winnipeg Earmuff Authority” are straight out of Anderson’s idiosyncratic playbook.

There are ﬁlm references only aﬁcionados of Iranian cinema will recognise, but one that punters may spot is when Negin and her sister Nazgol (Saba

Vahedyouseﬁ) discover a 500-rial note frozen into the ice and go to great lengths to retrieve it – an affectionate salute to Jafar Panahi’s classic The White Balloon, which charted a similar quest, and also a story from Rankin’s own family.

This one also features tour guide Massoud (Pirouz Nemati), whose bewildering stops include a bench where a briefcase was once left behind and a broken shopping centre fountain – apparent winks at Canada’s reputation for being boring as batshit.

Rankin shows up as

Six months ago I ended a relationship with a man who is an alcoholic, habitual liar, and a player. After the breakup, he stalked me, and I had to get the police involved. He had hit rock-bottom.

Since then he has been working hard to turn his life around. He is getting therapy every week, and goes to Alcoholics Anonymous.

He wants another chance and says there will never be a repeat. He has

himself, a Farsi-speaking depressive returning home to visit his mother, who, in a surrealist ﬂourish that seems to consider ideas of

lied for too long and done this to every woman in his life. But I am the ﬁrst one he ever wanted to change for. I love him but I have a lot of anger and pain to deal with. I was raised in an extremely abusive family, and trust is a huge issue for me. Can he truly change? Is it possible to repair a relationship after this much damage?

Nanette

cultural identity, appears to have been replaced by another son.

It’s a sincere, kooky experiment Rankin

Nanette, many of us think of ourselves as a mind walking around on top of a body. We are taught our highest faculty is reason, and we can use willpower and hard work to lead a good life.

But there’s more to it than that. Our world view is shaped by the world in which our minds were formed. The norms of our childhood and youth become our norms for the world.

You grew up in an abusive household. That’s

describes as an “autobiographical hallucination”. It will thrill some and leave others as cold as a Winnipeg winter.

why you’re attracted to this man. A man who treats you well might make you feel “funny”. You may view him as weak or less than a man. You and this man are still learning. Part of his learning is that there are consequences to bad behaviour, including losing you. Part of your learning is learning not to accept less than the best from any man.

Wayne & Tamara

Deborah Frances-White sets her play in a boutique London restaurant owned by married

■ Will O’Mahony (Tobin), left, Ratidzo Mambo (Adaego), Deep Sroa (Kas), and Emily Rose Brennan (Jacq).

■ Canadian ﬁlmmaker Matthew Rankin’s love affair with Iranian cinema creates a quirky amalgam in his ﬁlm Universal Language.

Breaking the silence

Local activist Karen Righton described a powerful new French documentary as “groundbreaking, haunting, powerful and cleverly crafted”.

Such a Resounding Silence (Un Silence), by French actor/producer Emmanuelle Beart, confronts the taboo subject of intrafamilial childhood sexual abuse, or incest, through intimate interviews, animation, photography and evocative music.

“It sensitively showcases the incredible resilience and courage of survivors impacted by intrafamilial

Gallows group show grabs the eye

Catch the ﬁnal week of a group show at Gallows Gallery in Mosman Park, bringing together the works of renowned Perth artists John Cullinane and Neil Elliot, and Victoriabased Nick Howson.John Cullinane’s paintings concentrate on cerebral themes, approaching many subjects from varying viewpoints, asking the viewer to question longheld truths and revel in introspection.

Neil Elliot grew up in a household where his father owned a toy shop. Dad would bring home toys to show Neil and his siblings, but they were only allowed to look and

childhood sexual abuse and offers hope and empowerment for healing,” said Karen. As a survivor of family abuse, she said she did not ﬁnd the ﬁlm triggering, but inspiring.

A retired teacher and social worker and a longtime member of Swan Canoe Club in Mosman Park, she has joined with Tanya Lee, another survivor who started the not-for-proﬁt charity Corrilee Foundation and podcast No Laughing Matter, to bring the ﬁlm to Perth for one special screening with a Q&A panel.

According to No Laughing Matter’s website, child sexual abuse by a family member in Australia

■ Kelpie, Nick Howson.

not play with them.

As an adult artist, Neil playfully repurposes old objects, appreciating their craftsmanship and the idea that they were built to last.

Based In Richmond, Victoria, Nick Howson has become well known for his large murals and public art, including his Richmond Railway Station and South Melbourne Junior Football Club murals, and bird bollards in the City of Melbourne.

The show ﬁnishes on June 8. Gallows Gallery is at 53 Glyde Street, Mosman Park.

as 70 to 80%.

“Incest is the last taboo, shrouded in silence, stigma and shame,” said Karen. “I think there is a huge demand to start a conversation around such an urgently avoided aspect of family and domestic violence. It is the root

and trauma to survivors, because it is not addressed, and there are low levels of prosecution and inadequate levels of justice,” she said.

“It wasn’t covered in the Royal Commission into Institutionalised Child Sexual Abuse and yet the biggest ‘institute’ is the

The Q&A panel after the screening will be chaired by ABC’s Nadia Mitsopoulos with Tracey Adams from Kids Helpline, Louise Lamont from advocacy agency Phoenix, and Grace Tame, former Australian of the Year and a strong and

advocate for survivors of sexual abuse.

■ The ﬁlm event is on Tuesday June 10 at Luna Leederville. The French ﬁlm screens with English subtitles at 6pm, followed by the panel discussion. Book through lunapalace. com.au.

Get set for the freshest WA food

Italian-born Nicola Lunardi is group executive chef overseeing Il Lido in Cottesloe, Nolita in Claremont and Canteen Pizza in Applecross.

These restaurants will be a part of the month-long Plating Up WA campaign.

“Plating Up is a great opportunity to highlight local ingredients and tell the stories behind what we serve,” Nicola said.

“It helps us engage with the wider foodloving community and reinforces our commitment to regional produce and thoughtful cooking.”

Nicola began her career in Venetian kitchens. In Perth she was sous chef at Il Lido before taking over as head chef of Canteen when it ﬁrst opened in

Cottesloe.

For Plating Up she will feature Risotto alla Milanese, a classic Italian recipe from Lombardy traditionally made with saffron and often served with ossobuco, and will add a coastal twist to include the Lombardy risotto with Shark Bay prawns.

Chef Troy Melia has worked at Matilda Bay restaurant since 2022

and for the ﬁrst time the restaurant will be a part of Plating Up WA.

He plans to adapt a dish he had created for an indigenous-inspired function using heirloom beetroots and macadamias, and said the best ingredients were all local, including Amelia Park lamb, Wagin duck, Harvey beef, Albany Rock oysters, Augusta dhuﬁsh, Shark

Bay scallops and Cone Bay barramundi.

“This is our ﬁrst year participating in Plating Up, but 80% of my menu is WA- based so we wanted to get involved,” Troy said. Plating Up WA is now in its seventh year as an initiative of the state government’s Buy West Eat Best program, designed to highlight WA’s world-class fresh ingredients, inspired chefs and their recipes and locally produced beverages. It runs throughout June, traditionally one of the quietest months for restaurants.

Support your local cafe, pub, restaurant or winery by booking through platingupwa.com.

FLUID BOUNDARIES

by Alessandra Rossi

■ The French ﬁlm Un Silence confronts the taboo topic of intrafamilial sexual abuse. A special screening with panel is on June 10 at Luna leederville.

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■ Amelia Park lamb is one of the local ingredients celebrated in Plating Up WA.

AGENT: Kate Gale, Shellabears.

Second life for versatile house

The current owners considered themselves especially lucky when the global ﬁnancial crisis hit Perth. The neglected mid-century house on Wellington Street was due to be demolished and replaced with two new houses. The owners bought it from the bank in 2009 after falling in love with the original house

of a large block. Frieda, the original owner, lived in a small house behind it.

husband had built the house in the 1950s and when she got older she moved to the back house,” the owner said.

“Frieda was 100-yearsold when we moved in. Just as we ﬁnished the renovation in 2011, she had a fall and moved into aged care. Her daughter asked if we’d like to buy her house and turn it back into one big family block again. So that’s what we did.”

The owner’s father-inlaw was an architect and helped draw up plans

century design but add more living space and bedrooms for the owner’s three boys.

“It was a U-shaped house with a central courtyard, a parquet dance ﬂoor and a built-in cocktail cabinet,” she said.

The renovation maintained the front living room of the house, and the original kitchen featured some hand-made cabinets which were retained and used for storage.

A new study included an interior window so that

the boys could be seen doing their homework from the main living room.

The new second ﬂoor features a large parents’ retreat.

“The main bedroom looks out over both the back garden and all the way down the hill towards the sea,” the owner said.

Exposed red brick walls, lots of colour – the red laundry is a stand-out – with red mosaic tiles, green bathroom tiles and a “porcelain crab” wall in the main living room add to the timeless charm.

Although the owner said “it’s hard to know which place to plonk yourself to relax,” the sunroom at the back comes out on top as a place to breakfast in the morning, and in the afternoon, “read a book and glance at the trees while listening to the kids in the pool”.

Set in such a large garden, it is a peaceful home surrounded by trees and birdsong.

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A sky-high penthouse with 360-degree views, sold before auction.

AGENT: Thomas Jefferson Wedge, Ray White.

A New York-style warehouse residence that surprises at every turn.

AGENT: Corey Adamson, The Agency.

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The property has two titles so there is ﬂexibility for a future owner to build a second house for a family member or simply enjoy the serenity. –

$2.91million COTTESLOE 38 Beach Street

A sophisticated home perfect for the new owners, a young couple moving back from overseas.

AGENT: Bev Heymans, Acton Belle Property.

■ The modernist extension allowed for glass doors for plenty of light and views out across the expansive garden.

■ Mid-century style meets modernism with the central stairs.

The rear deck overlooks the garden on the property’s double-sized block.

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eclectic food hall that encouraged chefs to experiment. It closed in March this year and the 2154sq.m warehouse is now for sale.

Ray White agents say the converted heritage historical warehouse, with exposed beams and roller doors, offers opportunities galore. Vacant possession and the flexibility of a mixed-use zoning makes 1 James

Bailiff could offer Barrack bargain

An apartment at 2402/11 Barrack Square, Perth, is being auctioned by the bailiff on June 4. No viewings or inspections of the three-bedroom, three-bathroom home are available until the day of the sheriff’s auction. Similar apartments in the riverside tower have sweeping views and crisp modern decor. Considering the previous owner bought it for almost $2.8million, it might be picked up for a bargain if it goes to auction.

Art deco treasure in Menora

Heritage warehouse looking for ﬂair

Over the years the warehouse on the corner of James and Beach streets in Fremantle has seen young entrepreneurial restaurateurs come and go. Sunshine Harvester created a launchpad for emerging businesses a decade ago with an

The house at 13 Melrose Crescent in Menora is a landmark art deco residence with an architectural pedigree. It was designed by one of WA’s most celebrated architects, William G. Bennett, whose iconic works include the Regal Theatre in Subiaco and the Rafﬂes Hotel in Applecross. Built around 1939, it features an array of classic art deco features including the sweeping

curves of its façade matched by the curved driveway. A striking switchback staircase, ornate ceiling rosettes, original pendant lighting, wall sconces and decorative cornices were all retained in the 1980s renovation. Nadija Begovich has more details on 0422 422 216.

A nine-bedroom estate in

No need for caravan at Broome estate

This is the time of year when some people start to think of spending the winter months up north. Instead of a caravan, perhaps it is time to consider a magnificent home in Waterbank, just minutes away from northern Cable Beach and Willie Creek. Lot 127 Lawrence Road is a nine-bedroom estate and

the personal residence of a master builder, constructed in 2011 to their exacting standards. Nestled on nearly two hectares of ocean-view land in the Coconut Wells enclave, it was designed for multigenerational living, with the main residence featuring five bedrooms and a recently-built secondary threebedroom residence. The rare estate is being offered fully furnished and equipped, including groundskeeping equipment.

Kiwi kerfufﬂe makes sound point

The sound of corellas squawking keeps some Claremont folk awake but kiwis do the same thing in a Bay of Isles town. “During the night we heard kiwis on the front lawn; I never knew that kiwis could be so noisy,” Ray White agent Janelle Havenga said about a luxury property for sale in Russell. Most people take the ferry from Paihia to the holiday spot which was the first permanent European settlement and seaport in New Zealand. Russell is

also known for the 1845 Flagstaff War when the local Maori people repeatedly cut down the flagstaff when British settlers flew the Union Jack. This waterfront property for sale is on a 3.85ha site with some of the best views in the small town which attracts the well-to-do in summer, a bit like Eagle Bay. It also has a private mooring, helipad, sauna and a venue to host up to 100 guests. The property at 6169B Russell Whakapara Road was due to go to auction last Friday. For more details, phone +64 21514844.

Ready to break

$1million barrier

Perth’s median house price is just $82,300 away from cracking $1 million, with the traditional boom and bust cycle now a thing of the past, according to real estate pundits. And the median figure is likely to reach $1 million by the end of the year, according to Domain research chief Nicola Powell “Perth has demonstrated continuous strength, and been one of the top performers over the last five years,” she said. Meanwhile Aussie Home Loans reports that WA is one of the hardest-hit states when it comes to the rising cost of waiting to buy. The so-called Waiting Tax, the extra amount buyers pay over the life of their loan due to rising house prices, is now sitting at $164,000 in WA, compared to the national average of $77,000. With deposits also nearly doubling since 2020, it is a stark picture for first-home buyers who are waiting to enter the market.

■ The warehouse site of the former Freo foodie haunt Sunshine Harvester Works is for sale through Ray White.

■ An Art Deco 1939 home designed by the architect of Subiaco’s Regal Theatre is on the market.

■ An apartment in Barrack Square goes to bailiff auction on June 4.

■

Broome sits on nearly two hectares of ocean-view land.

ISerene vista on blue chip quarry

n a city hellbent on increasing housing density, Chine Place is a slice of heavenly seclusion.

Nothing but a patch of grass sits between the front courtyard and an unsurpassed view across Mosman Bay.

The tiny enclave is at the top of Mosman Heights, once a private holiday destination in the 1880s. “Chine” means “deep ravine”.

What was WA’s earliest quarry quickly became

the site for holiday cottages, jetties and boating activities. Draftsman Henry Princep, who later became Chief Protector of Native Affairs, built a cottage for family holidays and cut a cave into the cliff to use as

A spectacular home today stands on the site of the holiday cottage.

Designed by architect Phillipa Mowbray, and built in 2006, the home takes full advantage of its location with serene and uninterrupted views across

the bay and down the river from the ground-ﬂoor entertainment veranda and the upstairs balcony.

Sitting on an expansive 1070sq.m, the home is designed for entertaining with generous spaces around a large, protected

central courtyard.

The kitchen features a marble-topped island as its centrepiece, with a separate butler’s pantry, safe room and temperaturecontrolled wine cellar.

A guest suite faces the central courtyard.

The main suite upstairs includes a huge bedroom, with separate walk-in wardrobes, a shoe wardrobe, separate bathroom, a lounge room, study and a balcony. It is the ultimate adult retreat.

Two other bedrooms share a small bathroom but every room gets to enjoy views.

This large, graceful home is a rare slice of serenity.

– SARAH McNEILL

No shortage of action at this auction

AUCTION results

An intensive bidding war for a heritagelisted Subiaco cottage was already well under way last weekend when a new player entered the fray, supercharged competition and pushed the ﬁnal price for the property to almost $2.5million.

About a hundred curious onlookers turned out for a gander at the public auction for Nos.6 and 8 Rupert Street on Saturday, and were rewarded with an hour of real estate drama.

First to go under the hammer, soon after 2pm, the vacant lot at No.6 got a ﬁrst bid of $800,000 and cycled through more than 20 bids from a handful of parties, beginning with $50,000 and $25,000 increments reducing to a few thousands at a time.

After 20 minutes of back and forth the 397sq.m block owned by Subiaco

council sold to a man in a cap and leather jacket for $1.716million.

Auctioneer Mark Whiteman, CEO of Ray White Claremont, moved on promptly to the 1909 built house at No.8, also owned by the council.

Bidding opened at $1.3million and escalated steadily over the course of 17 offers to $1.965million, when the dynamics dramatically changed.

Agents from Ray White, including Emma Milner and Thomas Jefferson Wedge, were helping bidders when they were approached by a couple.

“It was past the reserve, so it was on the market, and another buyer came up to me and said he wanted to bid but was not registered,” Mr Wedge told the POST.

While Mr Wedge led the man inside the house to register as a buyer and get a paddle, Mr Whiteman paused the auction and entertained the big crowd with plenty of banter.

■ A 100-strong crowd at the Rupert Street auction last weekend had to repeatedly part for cars coming and going during the hour-long auction.

from the start, to a round ed and entertained

Over the next 31 bids both parties said they were out of the game only to make a comeback with a fresh bid – sometimes drawing a collective reac-

the ground ﬂoor carpark of a neighbouring apartment block could get past.

The two couples competing for the house upped their offers sometimes by was enough to knock them out of the race.

Mr Wedge said it was the “most dramatic” auction he had known.

At exactly 3pm Mr White brought his gavel down and declared the house sold to a couple who were in it

Together the two properties raised more than $4.2million for Subiaco council.

– LLOYD GORMAN

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Year 4 when the family moved to Perth, and has been with Swanbourne Tigers ever since.

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Each week, the POST lists tradespeople who provide every kind of household service. Readers tell us they’ve carried out major extensions and renovations just by using the POST Trades & Services directory near the back pages of every edition.

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Get set – CHAARGE!

• From page 9

was able to road-test the system easily on his XPENG G6 by plugging it in and paying by app. Green lights on the chargers turn blue when they are being used. When the POST asked when they were expected to be available to the public, we were told it would be within the next month. After further enquiries this week, that deadline has moved forward.

Subiaco Mayor David McMullen said: “The EV chargers will be

ready for public use once the approved fees and charges are updated within the charging platform.

“I am advised that this process ... is anticipated to be completed in the coming days.

“(Then) the City will update parking signage in the area and the chargers will be available for public use.”

Another EV charger in the Rowland Street carpark has been similarly installed and hooded for several months.

Her journey wasn’t without some challenges.

Early health issues with scoliosis meant wearing a torso brace 20 hours a day.

The remaining four free hours were all she could use to enjoy kicking the footy. Until three years ago, she had played in the boys teams and on some occasions was the only girl on the ﬁeld.

She also didn’t go without injury during some pre-season Claremont development squad training.

“And then I broke my ﬁnger, so I was out, and I was just, like, the water kid, but it still turned out really good,” she said.

“I feel I made so many close friends from it.”

Now aged 15, with Aussie Rules a big part of her community and support, she calls it her happy place.

The young-gun midﬁelder says the pressure is on to perform next Friday, but that pressure is also when she’s at her best.

Calm shocks

• From page 3

Councillors also unanimously approved a new policy that will expand their existing tree protections on private land.

The restriction on cutting down trees on private property previously applied only to blocks zoned R20 and below, but will now extend to inﬁll development sites up to R80.

The Nedlands Tree Canopy Advocates have long lobbied for the change.

NTCA president Max Hipkins, a former mayor, said it was the ﬁrst time a WA council had imposed tree protections on mid-density development sites.

Single rose reflects a tragedy

outside the church this week, one of many benches dotted across the suburbs to honour all victims killed as a result of family and domestic violence.

Reverend Pat Deeny said a new purple bench will be installed at St Christopher’s in City Beach to acknowledge that domestic violence was not limited to any socio-economic area.

“It can happen in any community,” Rev. Deeny said.

“Domestic violence is not just violence, it is also about control and subtle coercion.”

The bench will have a plaque with helpline numbers.

“Our hope is that it will be somewhere people can come to sit and talk,” she said.

“It takes courage to go into the unknown and people need support.”

The community is welcome to attend the bench unveiling at 11.15am next Saturday, June 7, at the church on Templetonia Avenue. Women’s DV helpline: 9223 1188 or 1800 007 339.

Groping cop faces sack

• From page 34

personally, have been signiﬁcant,” he said.

“He has at this point been suspended on leave with pay, pending the outcome of this hearing.”

Const. Kirkup played football for Swan Districts until a career-ending injury in 2017 led to him enlisting in the police force, the court heard.

“There is a real possibility here that he may not be able to continue on with his chosen profession,” his lawyer said.

Mr Young said there was “no doubt that offending of this type requires a sentence that deters people from behaving in this way”.

“The recording of a conviction does play a part in that.”

But he said he had given weight to Const. Kirkup’s character references, including one from a female police ofﬁcer.

“I’ve ultimately decided

to exercise my discretion in favour of a spent conviction in this case,” Mr Young said. He ﬁned the ofﬁcer $2500, plus $556 court costs.

A police spokesperson said Const. Kirkup was subject to a current disciplinary process.

“Whilst this process is yet to be completed, one of the potential outcomes is dismissal,” they said.

“The Western Australia Police Force has a zerotolerance approach to sexual misconduct.”

Promoted

Last week’s POST referred to the “acting director general” of the Department of Local Government, Sport, and Cultural Industries. Lanie Chopping was acting director general for nearly a year – until she was formally appointed in 2022.

• From page 11

The community is welcome to join Rev Pat Deeny at the blessing of a new purple bench by the Archbishop of Perth on Saturday.

Choke charges

her to lie to the operator that the call had been an accident.

“As soon as she ended the call the accused snatched the mobile out of her hand,” Sgt Morey said.

“The accused opened the victim’s laptop, which was password protected, and began looking through her messages and email.”

Sgt Morey said Mr Crowley ﬂew into a jealous rage when he read messages between Ms Dunn and another man.

He then allegedly grabbed her and threw her to the ground.

“The victim fell with such force that her head slammed against the ﬂoor,” Sgt Morey said.

“The victim screamed and cried out in pain.”

Crowley then allegedly used his knees to pin Ms Dunn to the ﬂoor before covering her mouth and nose with one hand and choking her with the other.

He lost his grip on Ms Dunn’s throat after a struggle, the court was told, so began using his forearm to continue choking her “until she lost consciousness for an unknown amount of time”.

Ms Dunn told police that Mr Crowley tried to choke her again when she regained consciousness.

“The victim fought with all her strength … to the extent several of her false nails broke off,” Sgt Morey told the court.

Mr Crowley then allegedly slammed her head into the ground “over and over”, with such force that her hair extensions were dislodged.

Ms Dunn told police her next memory was of Mr Crowley lying on her couch “telling her to come and cuddle him”.

She sought refuge in her bedroom, where she fell asleep.

The next morning, police allege, Mr Crowley physically prevented Ms Dunn from leaving her ﬂat, pulling her shirt from her in a struggle by the door and scratching her stomach in the process.

Mr Crowley again opened Ms Dunn’s laptop.

When she tried to retrieve it, it is alleged, Mr Crowley threw her onto the bed, choked her, and smothered her with a pillow until she again lost consciousness.

“He grabbed hold of a pillow and covered the victim’s face with it, pushing down hard with both hands,” Sgt Morey said.

Shortly after Ms Dunn regained consciousness, Mr Crowley went to use the bathroom.

The court was told Ms Dunn used the opportunity to ﬂee the apartment, running to a nearby cafe where she used her laptop to message a friend.

She returned to the apartment to retrieve her phone after Mr Crowley had left, then used it to call police.

Mr Crowley was arrested at Perth train station later on Wednesday and taken to Perth Watch House, where he refused to participate in an interview.

He sat in the dock on Thursday morning wearing a grey hoodie and tan pants, and spoke only to conﬁrm he understood the nine charges.

They include deprivation of liberty, aggravated assault causing bodily harm, impeding another person’s breathing, and unlawful use of a computer.

Mr Illari applied for bail but Sgt Morey opposed it, telling the court police ofﬁcers previously attended Ms Dunn’s residence on nine occasions – although she never lodged an ofﬁcial complaint against Mr Crowley.

He said police had taken photographs of Ms Dunn’s injuries and were forensically testing her broken acrylic ﬁngernails and laptop.

“It’s just far too serious [for bail],” he said.

Mr Hills-Wright said he wanted more information about the nine police visits before he made a decision on bail.

“The allegations are selfevidently very serious,” he said.

“They would almost inevitably result in a term of imprisonment.”

Late on Thursday, Mr HillsWright said he would grant Crowley bail due to his lack of a criminal record, and because Ms Dunn lived in Sydney.

Mr Crowley, who works as a business development manager for Burswood property ﬁrm Nu Wealth, played 188 games for Fremantle during 10 seasons at the AFL club, including a Grand Final appearance.

Cops identify City Beach thugs

• From page 1

on doors and running away.

The father’s assailants have not been conclusively identiﬁed by police, and no charges have been laid.

Art worth eating

By JEN REWELL

Juliet Tang’s delicate blue and white ceramic dumplings look good enough to eat.

“I learnt to make dumplings in kindy with my grandmother and her sisters,” the Nedlands artists said.

Creating them in porcelain is a delicate process that takes two hours and involves inflating and deflating the clay before firing each piece.

The ceramics will be part of the annual Fine Art at Hale exhibition which showcases the work of local artists working in paint, photography, mixed media, sculpture, glass, ceramics and jewellery.

Exhibition organiser Andrine Terry said more than 100 artists were invited to exhibit at the school-based professional art event.

“With varied and quality works at a range of price points, this exhibition appeals to art enthusiasts and collectors alike,” Andrine said.

See ﬁneartathale.org/ for tickets to the opening night cocktail party on Friday June 6 and for more information on the exhibition which runs till June 8.

Subi rejects short-stay squeeze

parking, noise, movements, behaviour … impacting the quality of life for residents.”

Another neighbour of No.19, Greg Righton, described a whole weekend of suspicious and strange behaviour centred on the STRA house.

There were cars – usually full of men -- coming and going in the small hours of the morning and entering and leaving the property.

At one point they heard a woman screaming and another woman shouting to her to come inside.

“On Sunday at least 10 people, not a maximum of six as advertised on Airbnb, were seen walking past our living room windows from next door,” he said.

area, so I contacted the police and advised them of activity in the area.

“It was evident the guests of 19 Darbon had no regard for the peace and tranquillity of the area at night.”

The recommendation of City planners to allow the expansion of guests with conditions – including the use of management plans – in both cases got no support from elected members.

Instead, two motions from councillor Mark Burns to refuse the applications were carried.

Councillor Russell Jones questioned whether management plans could help control the impacts on affected neighbours if even more people were allowed to use the short-term rentals.

“We’ve spoken to several of the boys that have been identiﬁed and their parents, and we hope that brings a stop to it,” he said.

“They could end up with criminal records and that’ll affect job prospects and international travel.”

But Sen. Sgt Wanstall said the boys who have been identiﬁed were known to have participated in group antisocial behaviour at the park.

Swanny gets a Daisies

• From page 5

Mr Burridge doubted that revised plans could account for customer or staff parking, and local residents and businesses would struggle to ﬁnd a parking spot.

The dentist next door recently installed signs warning that some parking bays were only for their customers.

Locals were told some of their concerns had been addressed but the plans were conﬁdential.

“We were all told we weren’t allowed to see them, and then it was redacted,” Ms Wells said.

Councillor Jill Goetze said the corrected plans addressed the issues, backed by an ofﬁcer report

conﬁrming sufﬁcient parking.

“Two operators of the cafe are very experienced cafe operators,” she said.

“They’re very used to dealing with neighbours, and they’re used to ensuring that neighbours remain happy and that the noise management plans are adhered to.”

Mr Kaye pleaded his case to the council on Tuesday and spoke of all the community support they had at their Daisies Cottesloe location.

“Over the years, throughout our work with Daisies and The Other Side, we’ve been intensely focused on creating places that generally serve the community,” he said.

“By 4.30am [of the Sunday] it had become somewhat terrifying seeing the number of people and cars moving around the

“The big issue is that the transient nature of the visitors means every booking is a new opportunity for a disturbance,” he said.

“So even if the City could provide an instant response, it would still be playing a great big game of Whack-a-Mole.

“Fix it one week and it could easily happen again the next weekend.”

The POST targets 112,000 local people each week.

No apologies over media wars

“Ihave been requested to write you a letter of apology.”

So started an obviously heartfelt apology sent to me after an incident not dissimilar to the recent handbags-at-10-paces confrontation between Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge and media provocateur Kane Cornes.

The author of the letter was then West Australian cricket coach Mike Veletta, who reacted spectacularly to a story I had just written that quite clearly got under his skin.

Unlike the incident at Geelong last week, which had far more huff and puff than any substance, the Veletta affair involved a robust physical confrontation

that elevated a run-of-the-mill press conference into something far more memorable.

It was a miracle that none of the television cameras captured the pyrotechnics, though mufﬁns and sandwiches had just been brought out which might explain why the operators had abandoned their posts despite the tension building and an explosion imminent.

The scrap had no lasting impact on Veletta or me, with our relationship 20-odd years later reasonably cordial, although it was a mark of the coach’s parlous standing at the WACA at the time that a senior ofﬁ to make a formal complaint so that “we have a reason to get rid of him, once and for all”.

at least, rather than Gaza or

Dobbing in a coach to engineer his removal had no appeal and so the matter went no further, although Veletta was unsurprisingly sacked a few months later – a development I reported from 8000km away by feeding 10-rand are fading as physical menace no longer constitutes a clear and

Spencer on board for pro career

Cottesloe surfer Spencer Ventouras had the experience of a lifetime when he caddied for some of the world’s best surfers at the Margaret River Pro.

Getting the chance to carry your idols’ surfboards at a world-class event is nothing short of a dream come true for any young aspiring surfer.

Spencer, 11, didn’t just carry surfboards, he got a behind-thescenes chance to observe the routines of the super stars of surﬁng, soak up their advice and feel the buzz of competition from the athlete’s perspective.

“I saw them praying before their heats, what exercises they did before competition and got an interview with a few other kids,” he said. “It was pretty cool.

“There were only ﬁ there and I was lucky.

“I got to see all the surfers and bring their boards down for them and carry them back up after their heats.

“I met Jack Robinson, Italo Ferreira, Ethan Ewing, Grifﬁ Colapinto, Samuel Pupo, Caity Simmers and Sally Fitzgibbons.

“They were all very nice and I got their signatures.”

It wasn’t just a fun day for Spencer, it was a step forward in his surﬁng journey to fuel his passion for the sport and his aspirations for the future.

He said he was careful not to drop any surfboards, and the experience has inspired him to become a pro surfer.

The likelihood of intense and adverse scrutiny of an altercation involving a high-profile coach or athlete, the risk to lucrative contracts, the lack of opportunities to engage faceto-face, the presence of media minders to moderate hostility and the decline of substantial reporters with genuine industry knowledge and forceful views, all diminish the prospects of overt conﬂict.

It was not like that in 1991 when my former colleague Luke Morfesse, now working in the AFL system after decades as a hard-hitting crime reporter, got on the wrong side of feisty coach Mick Malthouse after West Coast’s grand ﬁnal loss.

Their disagreement played out in the bowels of Waverley Park with the losing coach repeatedly poking the reporter in the chest while giving him both barrels.

Margaret Thatcher, and launched his own explosive assault.

The gist was that Ponting’s annoyed bat sponsor Kookaburra had threatened to tear up his lucrative contract because he was not using the product he was paid handsomely to use, that he required me to retract my story and apologise for the harm and embarrassment it had caused, and to never again compromise his rapidly-expanding commercial interests by revealing contradictory or unapproved details.

“I’ve interviewed underworld figures and by and large, they control their anger better than some coaches I know,” Morfesse said later.

Television reporter Peter Ensel got similar treatment from Malthouse’s predecessor John Todd during one of the quite odd post-match West Coast press conferences that took place on Monday mornings at club owner Indian Paciﬁc’s ofﬁces opposite Kings Park. All those conferences did was give the aggrieved coach more time to stew over a perceived slight.

The Veletta temper might have got the better of him but it had little on a tasmanian devil with his dander up.

Ricky Ponting was enraged by a story I wrote during the 2001 Ashes series when I mentioned, in a proﬁle on Perth bat-maker Paul Bradbury, then working in a converted stable in Somerset, that the Australian star was one of several household names using handcrafted Bradbury bats.

I thought nothing more of it until a few days later when Ponting confronted me in the marble foyer of the Grand Hotel

No retraction was issued, but the incident reinforced that sport often occupied an environment that more closely resembled a battleﬁeld than a theatre. Where no quarter was given and no prisoners taken. Where having thick skin was an attribute as vital as any skill. Cornes, who has a strained relationship with Beveridge and has been banned from the Bulldogs changerooms, appeared to ignite the latest furore by staring at the coach as he walked past a huddle of commentators before the match.

It was a stare that Cornes might have employed as a Port Adelaide tagger in one of his 300 AFL matches.

It was all part of his brand, of course, which relies on confrontation and hot takes to generate constant outrage and perpetual attention.

Plenty of his bombs land on their targets, ensuring that the most accurate barbs generate the greatest outrage. But his approach is hardly new.

Cornes is part of the modern broadcast landscape in which media organisations are primarily concerned with the prominence of their representative’s sporting proﬁle before worrying whether they can string a few words together.

They want them to be known before they get people talking about what they have to say. And they make no apologies when that approach generates days of headlines and hours of talkback.

John townsend

THE Sporting

Ricky Ponting was tigerish when riled.

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Spencer Ventouras, left, with board caddies at the Margaret River Pro.

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Mike Veletta played a crucial part in Australia’s 1987 World Cup triumph before being sacked as WA coach during another one 16 years later.

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