POST Newspapers 3 May 2025 by POST Newspapers

Car terror hits twice

By LLOYD GORMAN and JANE WISHAW

A red Jeep being driven off Claremont jetty into the Swan River in front of a squadron of armed police was the climax of a series of terrifying events starting a kilometre away.

White backs Hanson

By BEN DICKINSON and JACK M ADDERN

Curtin Liberal candidate Tom White is directing his voters to give their second preference to One Nation, but says his endorsement of the hard-right party is only “symbolic”.

How-to-vote cards distributed by the Liberal Party in Curtin have a 2 in the box for One Nation candidate Alex Ironside, with Labor placed third above independent incumbent teal MP Kate Chaney.

The cards only list candidates’ names, not their political parties.

Liberal preferences are decided by party leaders, not local candidates, but the move could hurt Mr White’s chances in the socially progressive seat.

“Under [Peter] Dutton’s leadership, the Liberals are preferencing One Nation second in 136 seats and in return, One Nation will send preferences back to the Coalition,” she said.

“The people of Curtin deserve honesty, integrity and

leadership that reﬂects their values, not someone willing to trade them for a far-right political alliance.”

Mr White ﬁred back, accusing Ms Chaney of trying to distract voters from “record” small business closures and the cost-of-living crisis.

“Kate Chaney and the Teals are preoccupied with preferences on votes that will never be distributed,” he said.

“That tells you everything you need to know about the utter hollowness of this cynical protest movement.”

The preference deal, made by Liberal leader Peter Dutton, is a break from the party’s long-held stance on Pauline Hanson’s party.

John Howard, the party’s most successful prime minister since Robert Menzies, made a

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The driver involved in a threehour stand-off with police had allegedly imposed a frightening ordeal on residents in nearby Walter and Smith streets.

Police divers, backed up by members of the Tactical Response Group, plucked a driver from the water shortly after noon on Wednesday and carried the man – who shouted continuously -- to a waiting ambulance.

But there were no police in Walter and Smith streets earlier that morning where a man drove dangerously at speed and threatened strangers, according to residents.

Karina, who asked to be identiﬁed only by her ﬁrst name, was working in the front porch of her Walter Street home early in the morning when she heard “crazy driving” in the street.

She described what she saw as “very confronting”.

“A woman in a red car was driving behind another red car and she could see he was driving really erratically, especially after he came right over and hit my bin,” she said.

“She slowed down and asked a guy who was walking past at the time if he was okay.”

The red Jeep then did a

U-turn, tearing up the grass verge, and the other driver pulled her car onto the side of the road.

“He came back down and pulled up right next to her, so close that she was only just able to get out of her car,” Karina said.

The Jeep driver stood in front of the woman’s car, holding a tyre lever and “going like he was going to smash the windscreen. He even told her which windscreen repair guys to go to.”

She said the woman got out of her car only after an older couple from a nearby house came out and walked to the scene.

“If it wasn’t for them I’m not sure what would have happened,” she said.

She described “a huge altercation” in front of her.

“It was very, very explosive and I stood and listened and wondered if anybody had called the police, but I think the couple might have,” she said.

“I noticed nobody else was aggressive.

“I was watching and thinking the situation is so explosive that if anybody does anything aggressive, he might just do something crazy.”

The man ranted about the Liberals and voting and that he still believed Scott Morrison was the leader of the Liberal Party, she said.

Residents said several passengers got out of the Jeep and walked away during the confrontation.

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A Plymouth Brethren highway slogan in Cottesloe. The sect has election booth workers in Curtin.

Alternate realities

It’s election time and an opportunity for some new reality TV shows identitying shortcomings in community services.

I suggest Farmer Wants a Wi-ﬁ, given the poor internet coverage in many rural areas.

Then there could be a focus on the country’s unemployed, so Australian Idle might assist genuine jobseekers.

Not forgetting sport, WA’s football coverage could be partnered with competitive political campaigns, so perhaps WAFFLE Highlights could be a ratings winner.

Advice to politicians: Don’t lecture, just listen to the electorate

Well, what a full mailbox I had on Tuesday. Notwithstanding a huge number of us have already voted, one ﬂyer told me “If you want a Labor government, you HAVE to vote Labor” (my emphasis).

Next one, a personal letter no less, said: “If you share the view of many that Albanese is out of his depth, you SHOULD vote Liberal” (again, my emphasis).

Note to both sides: Many of us are completely over being told what to do and listening to a pack of promises that we have actually noticed don’t come to pass. No wonder independent voting has increased.

I tell my kids that as soon as somebody says SHOULD, decide whether to stop listening because they’re telling you what

to do, not helping. It’s a great screening word.

Voters aren’t stupid and housing policies from both sides that increase demand are not going to help with the underlying issue of not enough cheap housing supply, including for valued members of our community who will never own their own homes but need and deserve a safe place to live. Where did this fall off the policy truck? This is government’s day job.

If you listened instead of lectured you might ﬁnd out why Saturday’s count will reveal such a strong independent vote.

Keep religion out of Anzac Day observances

I attended the Anzac Day service in Claremont last Friday and was disappointed to see it begin with a religious service that shifted focus away from the true meaning of the day.

Anzac Day is not a religious occasion; it is a national day of remembrance, of service, sacriﬁce, and the terrible cost of war. It should unite us all, regardless of faith or belief.

This day is about honouring those who served and remembering what they endured.

It’s about the loss, the trauma, and the resilience of generations who faced the unimaginable.

As a navy veteran, I’ve served alongside people of many faiths and some of none. The inclusion of a Christian prayer at the beginning of the service risks excluding those people. It suggests that remembrance is somehow tied to one religion, when in fact the spirit of Anzac is inclusive, not exclusive.

“Lest We Forget” is not just a slogan, it is a solemn promise. And the full promise is this: Lest we forget and let it happen again. Let us not dilute that message. Let us reﬂect together as a community, uniﬁed not by religious belief, but by shared respect, sorrow, and gratitude. J. Strong Second Avenue, Claremont

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Dolphins feast on herring

By JANE WISHAW

A dolphin and her calf were quick to seize the opportunity for a feast of ﬁsh when Cottesloe’s shark barrier started coming down on Monday.

Herring and other ﬁsh hid from large predators behind the barrier all summer, but were easy prey once the two dolphins found the gap. They put on a great show for early morning swimmers and paddle-boarders, leaping clear

of the water as they chased a bountiful breakfast

Craig Moss, whose firm Shore Water Marine makes and installs the barriers, said 80 metres of the barrier closest to shore was removed on Monday to stop damage to it in winter storms.

“On Tuesday morning when we arrived at 7am we saw the two dolphins jumping around swimming freely inside the barrier,” he said.

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edly parked in that common drive, didn’t you?” she asked Dr Manners.

Dr Manners said her car was parked “tightly” against her garage, leaving “plenty” of room for Ms Kennedy’s car to get past.

Ms Kennedy claimed Dr Manners told her “I hope the dog dies” and refused to move her car.

on April 24.

Western suburb residents ﬁlled every seat of the public gallery and were repeatedly admonished by a court orderly for talking during proceedings.

“This is your last warning, I’ll ask you to leave the court,” the orderly told one man.

Police prosecutor Wayne Gan played a video, recorded by neighbour Penelope Holmes

Manners in a gruelling hearing.

The retired architect told the court her dog had reinjured its broken leg that day, requiring an emergency visit to a vet.

But she said she could not get her Ford Mustang out of her complex’s common driveway because it was blocked by Dr Manners’ car.

“For six months, from December to May ... you repeat-

She said she was holding an angle-ﬁnder, rather than a knife, and tried unsuccessfully to tender architectural plans that she said she was working on that day as proof.

But Dr Manners told the court she never saw or spoke about Ms Kennedy’s dog, and insisted the architect was wielding a knife.

“The knife was in constant motion and at times within 20 centimetres of my face,” she said.

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Louise St John Kennedy, left, cross-examined neighbour Prudence Manners, right, for more than six hours last week. Photos: Ben Dickinson

The mother dolphin leaps as she chops into a school of herring inside the shark barrier. Photo: Jane Wishaw

No wonder horse-lover

Marty Kain looks happy.

The long-time West Leederville resident and his wife Rose had a share in the slot used by galloper Headwall which came second in the recent $5million Quokka race at Ascot.

The Quokka had 14 slots – barrier places – which horse owners negotiate to use in WA’s most lucrative race.

Marty’s syndicate were delighted when Headwall’s owners agreed to use their slot and while Jokers Grin

won by a nose in the thrilling finish, the slot owners got a considerable return on their investment.

“It is like having a runner in the Melbourne Cup without having to go through the lottery of getting a horse to the highest level of racing,” Marty said.

“It was a great day at the races.” Cheers to a Quokka slot

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The POST has gone global, again.

US visitors Susan and John Dawson were here to visit their friend Graham Crooke during the recent WA elections.

Graham managed Rosemarie de Vries’s campaign to become the independent member for Nedlands.

The result didn’t go Rosemarie’s way, but the Dawsons were so impressed with the local coverage that they decided to take several issues of the POST home with them.

The Australian Electoral Commission has strict criteria about who can vote at the prepolling booths set up around the country before today’s federal election.

The only people eligible to vote early are those who can’t do so on polling day because they will be travelling, ill, about to give birth, in hospital, in prison, unable to leave work, have a reasonable fear for their safety or a couple of other reasons.

The other option is to just turn up to the Subiaco prepolling centre on Hay Street.

“Are you eligible for pre-polling,” a POSTie was quizzed by the purple-vested AEC staffer.

“Yep,” he responded.

“Okay, here are your voting forms.”

Mystery over Cott boom

Julian Donaldson and his neighbours are curious to know the source of booming noises heard late at night and occasionally in the daytime through Cottesloe.

“It’s a very deep boom, and can be quite disturbing,” he said. It sometimes happens for a short time, but can last for hours.

Previous booms have been traced to naval gunnery practice far off the coast, and some sort of noise from the deep sewerage system. Does anyone know? Please email editor@postnewspapers.com.au

Susan Dawson reads the POST during a Singapore stopover on the way back to the US.

Early voters have flocked to the pre-polling booth in Subiaco.

RIGHT: Marty and Rose Kain, centre, celebrate their Quokka success with their Blencowe Street neighbours.

‘Nuclear displeases God’

By BEN DICKINSON

Building nuclear power plants in Australia would not please God, according to a Mosman Park priest.

St Luke’s Anglican Church rector Matthew Smedley has hung up two banners outside his Monument Street church, ahead of a federal election in which the Opposition is promising to build nuclear reactors.

“Protect creation,” say the banners. “Climate action not nuclear distraction.”

Wembley Downs Uniting Church, Wembley Downs Church of Christ and St

Andrew’s Anglican Church in Nedlands are also displaying pro-environment signs.

They are all afﬁliated with the Australian Religious Response to Climate Change, a national multifaith group founded in 2008.

Father Smedley said the banners were not an attack on the Liberal Party; he and his progressive congregation only wanted voters to think of the environment when they vote this Saturday.

“I’m not saying anything about parties,” he said.

“We believe in the stewardship of Creation and caring for what God has given us.”

He said climate change undermined that stewardship, but so did the radioactive waste generated by nuclear reactors.

“It certainly does not please God,” he said.

Faith leaders including the president of the Uniting Church in Australia, the Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane and the president of the Multi Faith Association of South Australia made a joint statement on Monday urging voters to back renewable energy over nuclear.

“Experts agree that for Australia nuclear energy

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Nedlands council close to collapse

By BEN DICKINSON

Local Government Minister Hannah Beazley says her “patience is wearing thin” with Nedlands council after a councillor’s walkout derailed yet another meeting this week.

Dalkeith councillor Fergus Bennett abruptly stood up and left a meeting on Tuesday, midway through a discussion about bullying problems at Nedlands.

“I’m sick of being bullied, stop bullying me,” Mr Bennett said as he walked out.

“Councillor Bennett, if you leave we don’t have quorum,” Mayor Fiona Argyle said.

It is just the latest in a long string of shambolic meetings at Nedlands, which have regularly been derailed by shouting matches and walkouts.

CEO Keri Shannon has threatened to bar councillors from the council chamber if they do not complete anti-bullying training.

Ms Beazley, asked whether she would intervene, said she was keeping a close eye on Nedlands.

“I will make this very clear,” she said. “As Minister for Local Government I will not tolerate councils who continuously do not provide good governance to their respective districts.

“My patience is wearing thin and as a result I have raised

my concerns in relation to the City of Nedlands directly with the Director General of Local

“The Nedlands community deserve better, and I want to ensure the good people of Nedlands that I am monitoring the City very

Tuesday’s meeting had to be abandoned halfway through a long agenda, leaving several important matters unresolved.

They included the long-delayed appointment of independent members to the City’s audit committee, which is grappling with the fallout of last year’s failed ﬁnancial audit.

Fifty-seven people, including a former Goldman Sachs executive, applied to join the committee in January, but the appointments have been stalled for months amid council inﬁghting.

Tuesday’s meeting could have gone on without Mr Bennett if Mt Claremont councillor Hengameh

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Hannah BeazleyFergus Bennett

Father Matthew Smedley wants voters to think of the environment at the federal election Photo: Paul McGovern

Thumb tremors sparked alarm

By JACK MADDERN

Cottesloe doctor Gervase Chaney’s world took a drastic turn 21 months ago when he found he had Parkinson’s.

It began with a tremor in his right thumb.

“I thought, that’s really odd, never done that before and I sort of initially dismissed it,” Dr Chaney said.

A prominent paediatrician before becoming Notre Dame University’s head of medicine, Dr Chaney was initially concerned he might have Parkinson’s.

“But then I thought, yeah, it can’t be that, don’t be ridiculous,” he said.

Yet his tremors kept happening, and when he noticed his handwriting had deteriorated, he knew it was serious.

“Everyone jokes ‘You’re a doctor, so your handwriting is dreadful anyway’, but it was getting to the point that at times I would struggle to read what I’d written myself,” he said.

When his daily runs seemed to keep taking longer, he booked an appointment with his GP, who referred him to a neurologist.

“At this stage, I was probably about 90% sure it was Parkinson’s,” he said. “I couldn’t see what else this could be.”

His wife came with him to the appointment where it was conﬁrmed he had the disease.

“I was right, but also, oh dear,

because it’s a chronic neurodegenerative disease, it only gets worse over time,” he said. Parkinson’s is the second most common neurological condition in the world, behind Alzheimer’s, and can affect anybody.

Up to ﬁve West Australians a day are diagnosed with the disease.

Dr Chaney’s advice for the numerous lives upended by the debilitating disease is to be open, ﬁght the progression

and engage with the community because there are people ready to help.

His parents took the news the hardest.

“I think the headline was, ‘But you’re the healthy one, you’re not supposed to be getting ill’,” he said.

Although it was an emotional process, he decided early he wanted to be open about his condition, which he found had a positive effect.

He got great support from friends, family and colleagues, while some have started cracking tasteless jokes.

“I really like that because it indicates they’re comfortable with me talking about that diagnosis and it being part of our lives,” he said.

He encourages other people diagnosed with Parkinson’s to be transparent but respects their choice if they choose not to be.

“I think it really beneﬁts them, beneﬁts their family, and makes accessing the support much easier,” he said.

His strategy was to embrace the diagnosis and work with it while ﬁghting the disease’s progression and symptoms.

This meant he reduced work commitments, ate healthier, exercised regularly, and got involved in his community.

“I certainly think I’m in a position to do some good in the Parkinson’s area, helping pro-

mote things like the awareness of what can be done and all the opportunities for support, which is really important,” he said.

His over-riding advice was to get a good understanding of Parkinson’s and what you could do about it.

“Organisations like Parkinson’s WA are so valuable because opportunities for early diagnosed people to understand their condition fully allow them to have the healthiest future possible,” he said.

Clinical lead Sheree Ambrosini said Dr Chaney

being open about his journey was important to spread awareness in the community.

“There’s still this idea out there that it’s an old man hunched with a tremor, but it affects young people too, and not everyone presents with a tremor,” she said.

Parkinson’s WA holds free monthly seminars available to anyone.

The not-for-proﬁt relies on community and charity events such as the recent Beyond Bank Foundation to keep its services going.

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“You’ve not supposed to be getting ill” … Gervase Chaney was diagnosed with Parkinson’s. Photo: Jack Maddern

Gervase Chaney is fighting hard to keep the disease at bay.

Car terror hits twice

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“He was really intimidating them with that lever, he threatened them,” Mr Brent-White said.

“The man who came to help her was calm but his wife and the other woman were terriﬁed and crying.

“Other people in the street saw what was happening and were freaking out.”

The man kept banging the door of his car into the door of the other car.

The encounter took another twist when the man called Mr Brent-White a Russian.

“He said ‘You think I have a small dick?’ and pulled down what he was wearing to show us.”

Karina said: “He was a very angry young man and it was so unfair on this poor woman who was literally just driving home from the gym.”

The man got back into his car and drove away, but the danger was far from over as Karina quickly stepped behind a street tree.

“He came shooting across the road straight at my green bin and drove on the footpath before turning sharply onto Smith Street,” she said.

Smith Street resident John heard what he called “a lot of commotion” in Walter Street and came out of his

“He dropped into gear and drove across my lawn, took the bloody sign out, hit the bin next door, skidded

screamed at police and ambulance workers, revved the engine and drove short distances.

Police brought a family member to attempt to talk to the man.

Samantha Dobbie, of North Fremantle, arrived with her parents to work on her moored boat.

“We saw a red Jeep halfway along the jetty,” she said.

“There were two police boats and multiple police cars with ofﬁcers at the edge of the jetty, there were also two police drones and a police helicopter circling overhead.

“A few minutes later he reversed at speed up toward the end of the jetty and then paused brieﬂy.

“He then began accelerating at great speed, driving down the jetty back to the shore and toward the police boats.

“He swerved off the jetty and into the water, narrowly missing the police boat.

“This caused the car to ﬂip upside down into the water and the police divers jumped into the water and went in after him.

“But he seemed to have pulled himself out of the car and climbed on the bottom of the car which was now oating on the water surface.

“As the police surrounded the car, he tried to escape in the water and they apprehended him.

“After some time the police carried him off the jetty.

“He was repeatedly screaming ‘I don’t want to go back’ many times, which was distressing to onlookers.

The man was taken by ambulance for medical attention.

• A 32-year-old Bull Creek man has been charged with one count of armed robbery and one count of criminal damage.

He was due to appear in Perth Magistrates Court on Thursday.

The Jeep topples off Claremont Jetty.

Floral reﬂections in Seddon Street

Award-winning floral artist ACID.FLWRS unveiled a large-scale interactive art installation titled ‘REFLECT’ at Seddon Street last week, marking the start of a floralfilled month in Subiaco.

REFLECT features vibrant ﬂorals, marbled patterns and mirrored moments amongst its three interactive art modules. Designed to invite moments of playfulness, the installation invites audiences of all ages to engage with their surroundings in new and exciting ways, and can be viewed at Seddon Street until Sunday 25 May.

Mayor David McMullen said, “This installation is going to be a great addition to our well-loved Subi Blooms

Photographic Awards opening soon

Calling all shutterbugs: The City’s 2025 Photographic Awards opens in just a few days!

There is more than $5000 up for grabs across a range of themes, including new ‘Nature’ and ‘People and Portrait’ categories.

The ‘Artiﬁcial Intelligence’ category that was introduced last year is returning for the 2025 awards, celebrating the emergence of AI photography.

Photographers of all ages across the Perth metropolitan area are invited to submit up to four photos for consideration.

Entries for the 2025 Photographic Awards open 11am Monday 5 May via www. subiaco.wa.gov.au/photography.

Go 40

Go 40 is a Perth Inner City Group joint proposal across the local governments of Subiaco, Perth, South Perth, Victoria Park and Cambridge to reduce the speed limits on local residential streets across the Perth inner-city area to 40km per hour (from the current 50km per hour).

It builds on a successful trial by the City of Vincent, which demonstrated that lower speeds reduced accident rates, encouraged walking and cycling, and improved community satisfaction with minimal impact on travel times.

festival, and something really unique for the wider Perth community to experience.”

The installation is part of Subi Blooms x Gather 2025, which will showcase 15 free large-scale ﬂower installations and offer unique events for the whole family.

Subi Blooms runs across the Mother’s Day weekend, from Friday 9 May to Sunday 11 May. Visit www.seesubiaco.com.au/subiblooms/ to read more.

Subi Blooms is presented by See Subiaco, a City of Subiaco initiative, in collaboration with Gather: A Floral Community.

The City of Subiaco has previously reduced speed limits in some areas with positive safety outcomes.

The reduction to 30km per hour on Rokeby Road has resulted in an almost 50 per cent reduction in reported accidents in that section.

More information on the Go 40 project, including a list of frequently asked questions and answers, is available at www.haveyoursay.subiaco.wa.gov.

au/40-km where you can also submit additional questions and feedback by 5pm Thursday 15 May

Improving water quality

Two new solar powered aerators have been installed at Lake Jualbup, with the aim to improve water quality at the lake.

The paddle aerators sit on the water’s surface, and work by agitating and oxygenating the water to beneﬁt aquatic life and reduce the risk of harmful algae growth.

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

Charging forward

At its April meeting, Council approved a fee of $0.45 per kWh for electric vehicle (EV) charging at the City’s two new charging stations on Rowland Street and at Lords Recreation Centre.

A penalty of $1 per minute will be applied to EVs charging beyond the allocated time

following a 15-minute grace period.

Keep an eye on our website at www.subiaco.wa.gov.au/news for updates on when the charging stations will be available for public use.

New inclusions on City’s Heritage List

17 new places were added to the City’s Heritage List following the April Ordinary Council Meeting.

Notable properties that will be added to the list include 1 Hay Street, which was constructed in 1904 and is the oldest example of a corner store in Subiaco where the traditional form and function is still recognisable, and 270 York Street, which was built in 1903 for Franz ‘Otto’ Lipfert, the WA Museum’s ﬁrst taxidermist and the creator of ‘Otto’ the blue whale skeleton which still hangs in the museum today.

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

Calling young artists

The 2025 Shaun Tan Award for Young Artists is open now.

This visual art award celebrates the imagination and creativity of young artists across the state in years one to twelve.

Entrants can submit an original piece of artwork by 5.30pm Monday 19 May. Read more and submit at www.subiaco. wa.gov.au/shauntanaward.

Go 40 (40km per hour project) drop-in sessions

Saturday 3 & 10 May, 8am to 12pm

Subi Farmers Market, 271 Bagot Road Free

Seed Saving Workshop Saturday 10 May, 9am to 12pm

Earthwise Community Association, 315 Bagot Road Free

See Subi on Sunday: Mother’s Day Meander Sunday 11 May, 1.30pm to 3pm

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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.

Community input has been instrumental in shaping the Plan and we want to make sure that we’ve heard you correctly across the key areas of community wellbeing, the natural environment, the local economy, the built environment, and council leadership.

To review the draft Council Plan and provide your feedback via an online survey, visit www.haveyoursay.subiaco.wa.gov.au/ council-plan.

Whether you are a resident, worker, student, young adult, parent, senior, business owner, visitor or special interest group - we want to hear from you!

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

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DV rescue hits a snag

By JEN REWELL

A vital service helping people escape coercive control and domestic violence is so desperate for funds it held a sausage sizzle at Bunnings Subiaco on Sunday.

Lisha van Reyk said the Deserving Better organisation had asked for foundational funding of $300,000 from the state government, and was told it would need to wait until it was established for more than a year.

The sausage sizzle raised about $1500.

The volunteer-run service provides support and advice on domestic violence, ﬁnancial abuse and coercive control relationships.

“The feedback is overwhelmingly positive,” Ms van Reyk said.

“We are very purposefully located here, in the western suburbs, in a safe and discreet space.”

Cambridge poll to top $112k

By JEN REWELL

Cambridge is set to pay more than $112,000 when it holds a postal election in October.

Lisa Clack used her ﬁrst meeting as CEO to identify the only election options were to use the WA Electoral Commission or for her to act as returning ofﬁcer. Councillors decided to appoint WAEC to conduct the Town’s election for four of its eight councillors.

The WAEC suggested postal voting for the town’s 21,100 electors, and that the count be conducted at the Town’s administration ofﬁces.

Some councillors questioned the cost and security of postal voting.

Participation fell to 25.91% in 2023 despite a 157.2% increase in costs when it was held as an in-person election with postal ballots available upon application.

Mayor Gary Mack said the Town had lost its previous governance manager, which would make running an election more difﬁcult.

“We would have to reinvent the wheel,” he said. Councillors asked if it was possible to have an online voting system in order to increase the number of young voters, but were informed that would require a change to the Local Government Act.

tions in the sector refer clients to the Subiaco-based Deserving Better.

Ms van Reyk, who has worked as a mediator and in family dispute resolution for more than a decade, said she had seen a massive increase in coercive control in relationships.

The western suburbs had “perceived afﬂuence and education” but many people were suffering behind closed doors.

“I’m telling you, it’s happening here,” she said.

Coercive control was a form of psychological abuse.

“It’s about manipulation, isolation, and control that slowly strips away a person’s independence and sense of self,” she said.

“Just because the scars aren’t visible doesn’t mean the damage isn’t real.”

She and her mother, a former state solicitor, conceived the

with the help of volunteers from related professions.

Examples of coercive control include isolating the victim from friends and family, monitoring their time and location, blocking their independence, making them quit their job or stop their education, and repeatedly putting them down.

“This type of abuse does not discriminate, it affects all ages and demographics, across all postcodes,” Ms van Reyk said.

Perpetrators often took control of the family money and hid ﬁnancial information.

A common sign was that the perpetrator took control of everyday aspects of life, such was where shopping was done, or deprived the victim of medical services.

“Often people in a coercive control environment say that

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Lisha van Reyk is seeking $300,000 for Deserving Better. Photo: Paul McGovern

Lisha, left, Verna Kanagaratnam and Sidharth Murthy at the Subiaco fundraising sausage sizzle.

What happens nextis up to us

While major party candidates put their parties first, as an independent, Kate Chaney answers only to our community. This election we can choose the future we want for our kids and grandkids.

Authorised by Kate Chaney, Independent for Curtin, 3/368 Hay St, Subiaco, WA 6008

Stolen corflutes a sign of the times

By JACK MADDERN

Election sign theft and destruction continues in Curtin in the ﬁnal days before the federal election.

A Cottesloe woman was astonished when a communist hammer and sickle was stuck on her Kate Chaney sign.

One of her corflutes was stolen a month ago, and her husband had encased their current one in a protective silicone coating.

“It’s quite pervasive when this happens so close to home, and I

am really quite concerned that my house might get vandalised next,” she said.

Another woman in Wembley Downs said her Chaney sign was stolen one night.

She said it was unfortunate her door camera couldn’t get a picture of the thief.

The next sign she installed would be in view of her camera.

Ms Chaney, the Curtin incumbent, said she also had had a sign stolen from her property.

She said her campaign replaced up to 50 signs a day – most on public property and about 10

on private property.

Those ﬁgures could be larger as they depended on the community reporting vandalised signs.

She had noticed vandalism was more common in the southern part of the electorate but was less systemic this year compared to the previous election.

She recalled a man hiring a white van in 2022 to go around the electorate and collect her signs.

“Under no circumstances do I encourage my supporters to interfere with signs of anyone else,” she said.

“We are lucky to live in a democ-

Claremont stalls FOGO

By JACK MADDERN

Claremont has postponed for a year the organic waste separation program adopted widely by other WA councils.

Councillors decided to defer the introduction of organic waste bins after an ABC report revealed failures in the South-West’s organic waste management.

The report claimed a waste management facility operating in the South-West had been sending food organics and garden organics to landﬁll and had refused to collect any more FOGO bins.

It claimed FOGO materials had been contaminated with other waste.

FOGO will not start in Claremont for at least one year.

Claremont councillors unanimously supported the 12-month delay last week.

racy and should celebrate that.”

The vandalism is not limited to Ms Chaney’s signs.

Liberal candidate Tom White said the scale of vandalism and destruction towards his signs has been unprecedented.

“It’s concerning that some in our community think it’s appropriate to deface signage with such bizarre and at times disturbing imagery,” he said.

He questioned people’s level of compassion and tolerance in handling their political disagreements with his campaign.

WA Police issued a warning

it was a crime, and offenders could be charged with criminal damage or destruction of property.

In NSW, a Sydney man was charged with intimidation last week after damaging several election signs outside a prepolling booth.

Most local governments require election signs to be removed within 48 hours after election day.

“It was very discouraging to see the ABC program that exposed the fact that FOGO from other councils was going into landﬁll because of contamination issues,” councillor Jill Goetze said. Concerns about waste processing and marketability would need to be addressed before she would support a FOGO rollout.

Councillor Sara Franklyn said she was concerned that the introduction would increase contamination across all three bins.

“Because of the lack of red bin space, people contaminate the yellow-top bins and the green waste bins when FOGO is implemented,” she said.

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Photo: Jack Madden

Kate Chaney and Tom White election signs have been stolen and vandalised throughout the electorate of Curtin.

Not dead, thriving

The “dead zone” above the North Cottesloe Surf Life Saving Club (Seatainer sauna raises storm, POST, April 26) is not dead; it is a living, vibrant rest area for those of limited budget, limited mobility and the leftover anxiety of a pandemic not easily forgotten.

Many of us go there daily to relax, chat, pat dogs and rejoice in the magnificent (free!) view.

Saunas are neither wanted nor necessary here, whereas the Cottesloe beach Indiana venue may be much better suited.

Good mental health must win out over “extra revenue from the sub-lease” for Cottesloe council, I believe.

David Christie Brentham Street, Leederville

It’s time … for truth in politics

I wish election campaigning was not a thing. If we are stuck with it, I want campaigns that are respectful, policy-based, an even playing ﬁeld, and truthful.

A contest of ideas and representation, not marketing budgets. No sneaky data harvesting, no preference deals, no How to Vote cards.

I would put up with some unsolicited texts, flyers and emails in the name of being fully informed, if I could trust they were truthful. As someone famous (Winston Churchill, Mark Twain, Jonathan Swift?) said more than once: “A lie gets halfway around the world

before truth has a chance to get its pants on.”

If you want truth, you don’t run relentless vested-interest-funded attack ads purporting to “reveal the truth”. You legislate to ban lies in political advertising. If you value integrity in politics, you don’t run a media campaign telling people you have integrity. You act with integrity, and you legislate to reduce ﬁnancial inﬂuence in politics.

“You can’t solve a problem with the same thinking that created it.” – Albert Einstein.

Eliza Clapin Sayer Street, Swanbourne

Nuclear a fantasy, not an option

It seems extraordinary to me that a federal Liberal government would be more interested in funding local works in Cottesloe and Scarborough than dealing with the big issues that face our nation.

These are local government considerations and ought be dealt with as such.

Already the Coalition has delayed for too long the great energy transition that is already under way.

If they don’t win the election this weekend it will be because they have ignored this existential issue that will critically be left to our children and grandchildren.

For all its failings, the present Labor government has approved 15 gigawatts of renewable energy generation in three years.

Those 80 projects are twice the capacity of the Coalition’s

Is Cott’s policy not a policy?

Cottesloe council has a beach policy that limits the construction of any enclosed and roofed structures west of Marine Parade to replacement only.

At last week’s meeting, instead of applying the policy, the council voted to accept guiding principles for activation and development of the North Cottesloe Surf Life Saving Club “ski-shed” roof (Seatainer sauna raises steam, POST, April 26).

Guiding principles for development could be a repurposed sea container or similar, and must include secure locker

facilities, plus additional elements such as ice showers and wellness features.

At the end of a lease agreement, the operator must remove all structures and services at the Town’s discretion.

Is it possible the council is being misguided and prioritising ﬁnancial gain that offers short-term beneﬁts but longterm consequences?

Ignoring the policy erodes trust, creates confusion and undermines the effectiveness of the policy itself.

Yvonne Hart Mann Street, Cottesloe

proposed nuclear reactors, expected in 15 to 20 years!

The nuclear option is not a solution; it is a fantasy.

Indeed, Australians will put a further three gigawatts onto their own roofs in the next 12 months.

As a nation and a local community we need to see the big picture and continue with our already rapidly growing transition.

That is a legacy for the future of which we can all be proud and for which our children and grandchildren will be grateful. And, incidentally it will beneﬁt our coastline and our environment too.

Richard Charlesworth Stirling Highway, Nedlands

Access denied

Anyone hoping to visit the Karrakatta War Graves Memorial Wall Plaques to remember their loved ones on Anzac Day was confronted by a green screened cyclone-wire fence, a chained and padlocked gate, and numerous laminated signs saying No Access to Visitors.

We actually wanted to access the plaque walls. But despite the dubious grammar, the meaning was pretty clear – someone didn’t have the foresight to enable access to the plaqued walls on the one day of the year most people would hope to do so. Who’s in charge here?

Frank Aquino Blencowe Street, West Leederville ■ See report, page 24

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Anzacs remembered in the morning

By JEN REWELL

Anzac Day services were well attended across the western suburbs, as locals honoured Australians and New Zealanders who have served and died in wars, conﬂicts, and peacekeeping missions.

About 800 local community members attended the morning service in Claremont.

A heartfelt Ode was recited by Claremont RSL Sub-Branch vice-president John Burridge, who was awarded a Medal of Gallantry when he served in the Vietnam War.

“We are fortunate as a club to have two of our very own club members, Joseph KnightSmith and John Hanley, both Vietnam War veterans, join us and contribute to our club’s Anzac commemoration,” a spokesperson said.

The club had ﬁve members who lost their lives in World War II, including Bernard Barton Cresswell, who was killed in New Guinea and William George Lee who died in the Middle East in June 1942.

Club member Gordon Kenneth Dix was aboard the light cruiser HMAS Sydney when it was sunk off the WA coast in 1941.

A bomber drops food packages over the Netherlands in 1945. INSET: John Vernes, centre, paid tribute at the Kings Park memorial.

Manna from the skies

A large-scale air operation to break the Dutch Famine 80 years ago has been remembered in Kings Park.

Bomber crews ﬂew from UK airﬁelds to the Netherlands in 1945 to drop food to the starving civilian population.

The aerial operation delivered about 11,000 tonnes of food over 10 days.

The war had not ofﬁcially ended but occupying German forces agreed not to ﬁre at aircraft taking part in the humanitarian effort known as Operation Manna and Chowhound.

A special event was held at the 460 Squadron memorial in Kings Park on Anzac Day to acknowledge the participation of pilots Fredrick Kowald and Douglas Creeper.

Judith Arrowsmith, a representative of the WA 460 Squadron family and friends group, said: “John Vernes, who as a child aged ﬁve witnessed the food drops, paid tribute to all involved in this humanitarian gesture which saved many lives.”

Ms Arrowsmith said the Anzac weekend enabled a worldwide connection of many amateur radio operators to commemorate the operations.

The crowd then enjoyed a free breakfast and a musical performance by the Claremont Concert Band.

The Mosman Park commemoration was attended by more than 650 people, including Curtin MP Kate Chaney and Cottesloe MLA Sandra Brewer.

The marchpast was led by the St Hilda’s army cadets, the Mosman Park sea scouts and cubs.

It was the 90th anniversary of the Palmerston Street Memorial Gates, which were officially opened and dedicated in April 1935.

RSL president Gary Kalem addressed the crowd and Perth Modern School bugler Imogen Manﬁeld played the Last Post.

City of Perth Surf Life Saving Club held a dawn service at City Beach with members rowing in over the calm sea to symbolise the dawn landing at Anzac Cove.

RIGHT: Members of Australia’s Armenian community commemorated the 1915 Armenian Genocide at the Subiaco War Memorial.

Soldier Alan George Burn was taken prisoner in Singapore in February 1942 and died in Thailand in October 1943, and Alfred George Wortley died on active service in December 1942.

More than 25,000 people attended the Kings Park dawn service where Commodore Ivan Ingham paid tribute to Arthur Leggett, WA’s oldest surviving prisoner-of-war, who died last month at 106.

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Cott to Sydney record attempt

By JACK MADDERN

Fran Hurndall began running from Cottesloe Beach on Thursday to raise $1million for domestic violence survivors and create another world record.

She hopes to run the 3800km to Sydney in 34 days, covering 110km daily in 12-to-14 hour stages, to set a new world female record.

The ordeal is little to Ms Hurndall compared to what domestic violence survivors have to endure.

“I’m more driven by the money that we could raise and the number of lives that we could change and have an impact on,” she said. “The record for me is a bonus.”

Ms Hurndall’s sister is a survivor of domestic violence.

“The most beautiful thing for me is that my sister has been given a voice through what I’m doing and has started her own healing journey now,” she said.

When times get tough on the journey, spreading awareness for her sister and all domestic violence survivors across Australia will keep her going.

Domestic violence affects the whole family and was initially something Ms Hurndall’s family had struggled to talk about.

“I asked my sister ‘Why didn’t you just leave?’,” she said.

“I’ll never ask that question again, because I know now she couldn’t.

“She wasn’t allowed. She actually physically couldn’t leave.”

This motivated Ms Hurndall

Sink Freo train line - Brewer

By BRET CHRISTIAN

New Cottesloe MP Sandra Brewer paid out on closed COVID borders and Metronet in her inaugural speech to State Parliament this week.

“My husband was trapped out of his home state away from his family for nine weeks, having travelled to visit his dying mother in NSW,” she said.

“A self-employed builder, he could not work to support our family and sadly missed Christmas with his three sons.

“In early 2022, the idea that this was for public health reasons was a falsehood.

“There was simply no appreciation that arbitrary rules would cause severe economic damage to the self-employed and businesses who couldn’t move workers around the country.”

She said Metronet and the McGowan government’s decision to cut skilled migration had caused a labour shortage that was the main contributor to the housing shortage.

“Inﬁll has become a toxic word which conjures up treedestruction and beautiful places and spaces ﬁlled with concrete,” she said

“However, in the Cottesloe electorate, our infrastructure is from another century, our roads are congested and train crossings are dangerous.”

She called for a sophisti-

cated planning system for roads and rail and supported sinking the railway to produce more land for housing that would include some high-rise.

She renewed her call for government funds to ﬁx the “shabby” beachfront in a way other beach makeovers had been funded, saying the beach was used more by visitors and tourists than locals.

“I urge the government to put aside petty parochial politics and ﬁx the foreshore,” she said.

Ms Brewer provided a snapshot of her upbringing including the grief caused when her father was killed in a construction accident.

She was a descendent of convicts, a girl who grew up on a dairy farm and was a student at a tiny Catholic school in a country town, she said.

“My safe family environment was shattered on November 27, 1997, when my dad was killed while working for Main Roads,” she said.

“He had taken on contract work, to supplement unpredictable farm income, and was struck by a reversing grader on the Old Coast Road.”

She said her experience in marketing and six years as CEO of the Property Council has given her a good understanding of the pressures faced by business owners who put their working lives and their own money on the line.

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Chernobyl reminder of nuclear danger

Last Saturday’s 39th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster should serve as a reminder that nuclear power is not just an extremely costly way for Australia to delay or avoid renewable energy; it is intrinsically dangerous and damaging to our health.

The inevitable protracted delay in decarbonisation would result in continuing burning coal and gas for at least a decade, probably two, and that means more air pollution as well as greenhouse gases.

Casting nuclear as “safe”, on the basis the world has seen just two catastrophic accidents, Chernobyl in 1986 and Fukushima in 2011, downplays the increasing risks this technology poses from increasing weather extremes, such as ﬁres, ﬂoods, heatwaves and droughts compromising the fresh water necessary for safe operation.

As well as climate risks, nuclear facilities are vulnerable to cyber-attack and terrorism, and the industry is strongly linked to nuclear weapons proliferation.

That is why local doctors and their supporters have spoken out against nuclear power in favour of renewable energy.

Dr George Crisp Kimberley Street, West Leederville

Making their opposition clear at the Subiaco farmers markets, local doctors and their supporters think nuclear power is not worth the risks to our health.

Support ‘hospice garden’ plan for the sake of stricken children

It is hard to believe Nedlands council’s opposition to the provision of a garden for sick and dying children next to an under-construction hospice in Allen Park, Swanbourne.

This follows a long campaign by the council to block the hospice construction.

Allen Park is a large area that includes some eight hectares of bushland, none of which will be reduced by the hospice garden.

Yet Mayor Fiona Argyle and her supporting councillors continue to use council time and resources to try to stop the establishment of the garden in what appears to be a waste area, certainly one not maintained by the council.

Swanbourne ‘dustbowl’ a sand dune ecosystem

I am tired of being told that the site of the new children’s hospice was “a neglected dustbowl”.

I have been walking through this area to Swanbourne beach for more than 20 years.

Once the old bowling club was knocked down the bowling greens remained and I saw on many occasions the area being mowed by Nedlands council employees.

Nature took over, as it does. Golden wattles self-seeded and grew. Yes, there is sand, because the site is actually sand dune.

There is an ecosystem here ... or was. If one looked, one would have seen bobtail lizards, boobook owls, dugite, hawks, willy wagtails and rainbow bee eaters, to mention just a few.

Rainbow bee eaters nest in sand. They never saw a dustbowl; they saw a perfect place to nest.

The children who will stay in the hospice are sadly very unwell, with compromised immune systems. Surely they can’t be exposed to the general public using the same playground facility and path to the beach.

If the Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation had chosen a more appropriate site

they would have had plenty of room for a playground inside the hospice grounds, as was in the original plan.

The Department of Fire and Emergency Services changed the plan due to the high ﬁre risk at the site. Now we are left with state government ministers and ex-politicians bullying Nedlands council once again, to misappropriate more A-Class reserve. Lisa Samaha Lyons Street, Cottesloe

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Ian Campbell, a former Howard government cabinet minister and chairman of the Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation, has undertaken a long and patient task in seeking to work with the community for the facilities being constructed for the sadly ill and dying children.

He has consulted endlessly with the locals and the council, only to be opposed at every step.

Now the state Labor government has reached the end of the road with the council and will take over what is, after all, state land, to achieve the intended outcome.

We should all support these decisions by Lands and Planning Minister John Carey.

Local government does itself no favours by allowing itself to be driven by a small number of unimaginably selﬁsh locals who will lose nothing by what is to be done.

Bill Hassell Loneragan Street, Nedlands

Time to de-sign

I am looking forward to Monday when, I hope, all that visual pollution of candidates’ posters and corflutes have been removed from our streets, public land and individual front yards.

Elizabeth Shepherd Norbury Crescent, City Beach

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Cemetery lockout spoils Anzac tribute

By BEN DICKINSON

A 98-year-old veteran was blocked from visiting his mate’s memorial plaque in Nedlands on Anzac Day.

John Wesley was among several visitors confronted by a cyclone fence and a padlocked gate when he tried to pay his respects at Perth War Cemetery’s Garden of Remembrance last Friday.

“No access to the public,” read a posted notice, which warned of “safety risks”.

“We stood around quite a bit and there were a number of people putting ﬂowers on the [dust] screens,” Mr Wesley said.

“There wasn’t a lot I could do to help anyone.”

Mr Wesley served alongside

his friend, Reginald Weiland, in the Allied occupation of Japan after World War II.

Mr Weiland went on to serve as a sergeant in the Indonesian confrontation in Borneo, where he was killed in 1965.

“He was doing a patrol and stepped on an anti-personnel mine,” Mr Wesley said.

“His little boy was named after me.

“I drove down there on Friday and took my little dog with me.

“I just thought I would like to see that plaque again.”

Philip Cross, a navy cadet leader, drove from his Rockingham home in uniform to pay his respects to a great-uncle who served at Gallipoli.

He left a sprig of rosemary

and a commemorative poem on the fence.

“I was disappointed that I couldn’t actually get in here,” he said.

“That would have been the one day a year where I would

have thought they would have made some arrangements.”

Mr Cross said about a dozen people were milling outside the fenced-off memorial while he was there.

A spokesman for the Department of Veterans Affairs said the Garden of Remembrance and the adjoining Dutch Annex had been closed since February 1 in preparation for their redevelopment, which will include the rebuilding of walls that have been deemed unsafe.

“The closure was advised by engineers as necessary to ensure the safety of visitors and Ofﬁce of Australian War Graves staff,” they said.

Redevelopment works are expected to start in May.

The war cemetery next door remains open.

Demolition uncovers stolen hoard

By BEN DICKINSON

A mountain of stolen possessions has been found inside a Shenton Park house recently occupied by a squatter. Workers employed to demolish the Lake Avenue house opposite Lake Jualbup found numerous bikes, power tools and other stolen items inside it. All had been severely damaged or pulled apart.

Josh Reinsma, whose bicycle was stolen outside The Clean Food Store in Nicholson Road on March 29, put up ﬂyers offering “a block of chocolate” for anyone who found it.

This week he said he had received a call from one of the demolition workers, who recognised the bike – which was in pieces.

The bike had been his main source of income as an UberEats deliverer.

“[The worker] said the squatter is very violent, he has mental health issues,” Mr Reinsma said.

“They had a nightmare getting him out of the premises.”

The house was the subject of a Supreme Court will dispute last year.

Late owner Dr Alec Sodhy died of a brain tumour in 2016.

He bequeathed the house to his partner, Jennifer Murray, but the will was successfully challenged by Dr Sodhy’s estranged daughter, Claire Hill.

Ms Hill, who grew up in Shenton Park but never met her father, won $1.1million from his estate after a seven-year court battle.

The property still belongs to Ms Murray, according to title records.

Navy cadet leader Philip Cross leaves a poem at the closed Garden of Remembrance on Anzac Day.

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Last-minute election questions

It would be interesting to know what community activities Tom White has been involved in to support the Curtin electorate area.

There has been no account of this in publicity put out by this Liberal candidate.

What is his position on taking realistic and timely action to deal with the urgency of climate change? So far the Coalition’s position on climate change has been woefully inadequate.

And the nuclear power generation option is not viable and serves only to delay the progress already under way with renewable energy and batteries.

Community overlooked, again, on shared foreshore path

Cottesloe council is again wasting rates on another secret plan which contravenes its own policy but has not yet been exposed to public scrutiny.

The Town’s dual-use foreshore path was created as an exception to what was then a law against bikes on footpaths, now allowed at 10kmh.

More serious bike riders use Marine Parade, and the community wants them separated from trafﬁc.

Council’s solution is to turn this path into one of two “primary shared paths” through Cottesloe, the other already built beside the rail line, which allow speeds of 25kmh. It was advertised for only seven days before council secretly agreed to funding and

engaging designers to turn the beachside promenade into predominantly a bike path, despite its own Beach Policy to improve safety by separating cyclists from pedestrians on the same path, and even though the Foreshore Masterplan has no plan whatever for cyclists to traverse the central foreshore, including past Indiana.

Yet again it is up to the community to put a stop to this.

The council needs to redesign Marine Parade to separate bikes from trafﬁc, with a 10kmh limit on the dual-use path, which must be kept primarily for pedestrians, and room for it kept between Indiana and the road.

Paul and Margaret Wilkes Kathleen Street, Cottesloe

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Embracing nuclear energy is the global consensus amongst developed nations. We are one of the only developed nations without it, and the legal ban on this technology has never looked more absurd.

Not only is nuclear energy emissions-free, it is just about the safest form of energy production yet devised by humanity.

What’s more, as (UK Prime Minister) Keir Starmer and (former US President) Joe Biden have pointed out, there are no credible paths to Net Zero by 2050 without nuclear energy as part of the mix.

Tom White Liberal candidate for Curtin

I was not surprised by Local Government Minister Hannah Beazley’s comments which your Council rates

When she says councils will be required to adopt a rates policy, she does not appear to indicate whether it will be as usual as the past 30-odd years with the abuse continued, or a directive they will be required to deliver “appropriate quality, cost efﬁcient local government” nancially.

Kevin Morgan Pearse Street, Cottesloe

I challenge the minister to commit to sitting through my tive view of WA local government to ensure she is responding to the community.

I doubt she has the courage to go against the wishes of WALGA etc.

I also extended the challenge to our current parliamentarians.

Laurie Taylor Clement Street, Swanbourne former mayor, City of Nedlands

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MOTHERS

Blooming lovely in Subi

Visit Subiaco for a Mothers Day weekend ﬁlled with ﬂowers.

The annual Subi Blooms festival will transform Subiaco’s CBD into a wonderland of blooms, blossoms, colour and natural art.

For the first time since the floral festival began seven years ago, it has adopted a theme to connect the work of more than 30 florists. The theme is Roots to Bloom, inviting florists to explore ideas of cultural and spiritual connections, and the deeper bonds to nature and heritage.

“The theme Roots to Bloom celebrates the full journey of growth echoed through nature,” said Rebecca Const, co-founder of Gather – A Floral Community, co-organisers of this year’s event.

“It honours where we come from while embracing the beauty of where we are going,” she said.

Founded by Rebecca with fellow florist Lara Rose Bos, Gather is a platform to connect florists and the cut flower industry with podcasts, business resources, community events and artistic collaborations.

Subi Blooms is a collaboration between See Subiaco and Gather, with a ﬂoral trail made up of 15 installations that will transform the street and local shopfronts into a living canvas of colour.

One of the highlights will be a large-scale, interactive installation titled Reflect, by nationally acclaimed artist Acid.Flwrs, which will turn Seddon Street into an immersive triptych for people to step inside to reflect or take part in a nostalgic childhood game. Reflect will be on show until May 25.

Gather has introduced new ideas to the ﬂoral festival including a fresh-

The Beauty Studio Surprise and celebrate the incredible women in your life on their special day with a gift that honours the connection we share with them.

The Beauty Studio has nurtured women’s wellbeing for over 30 years, so understands what they love.

Located in the heart of Shenton Park, The Beauty Studio is a haven of relaxation and self-care. This year, it has curated beautiful treatments designed to make every mum and mother figure feel special, valued, and truly pampered.

The signature Mothers Day package, The Glow Studio Facial, combines a

flower vending machine to purchase blooms, and a curated events program of floral workshops and artist talks. Gather Village will have festival merchandise, fresh flowers, and a foodie pop-up hub of food and drinks.

Sustainability is a key element of Subi Blooms and, for the ﬁrst time, the event is going foam-free, eliminating harmful ﬂoral foam from all installations. Florists will be using an eco-friendly compostable alternative.

At the end of the weekend all blooms will be repurposed into beautifully curated bouquets, which will be gifted to new and expectant mothers at King Edward

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Mistelle Bistro

Celebrate Mother’s Day with an unforgettable three-course lunch and champagne at local French bistro, Mistelle on Sunday, May 11, or get creative at a special floral workshop with Maple & Wren on Saturday, May 10.

There are limited spots so book now for a beautiful weekend full of love and blooms.

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Shop 1, 205 Nicholson Rd, Shenton Park Floral Workshop: An abstract ﬂoral table arrangement workshop with maple and wren, on Saturday 10 May, including materials, a glass of champagne, a light charcuterie board, and the ﬂoral arrangement to take home.

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Front row for new trends

Claremont Quarter will host an evening of fashion, shopping, and style with its exclusive CQ Front Row on Thursday, ahead of Mothers Day.

Headlining the event will be model, television personality and brand ambassador Jesinta Franklin, co-hosting with Australian stylist to the stars, Elliot Garnaut.

Featuring a live runway show of new-season collections from Claremont Quarter’s leading retailers, Jestina and Elliot will share their expert take on autumn-winter styling,

a wardrobe that balances timeless elegance with a modern edge.

Adding to the star power will be Perth-born celebrity makeup artist Michael Brown. With 25 years of

experience in beauty, he has a wealth of knowledge on makeup tips and techniques to share.

Claremont Quarter fashion retailers will be open all evening with special offers, and there will be bubbles and canapes.

CQ Front Row will bring the season’s key trends to life on Thursday, May 8 from 6 to 9pm with in-conversations with Jesinta Franklin, Elliot Garnaut and Michael Brown, followed by the runway show on Level 2 from 6.45pm.

Run for research and support

Run to raise money for cancer on Mother’s Day at the annual Mother’s Day classic.

Thousands of Australians around the country come together every Mother’s Day for a purpose. The fund-raising run aims to bring the community together to honour, celebrate and remember those

touched by breast and ovarian cancer, and to raise lifesaving funds for research. The Classic will begin in Victoria Gardens in East Perth this year. The 5km course will cross the Matagurup Bridge, run along the Swan River, over Windan bridge, around Claisebrook Cove before heading back to the

Victoria Gardens.

The 10km course is two laps. The event opens at 6am at Victoria Gardens with entertainment and music until noon. Choose whether to walk or run for either 5 or 10kms. Book now for a spot at https://www.mothersdayclassic.com.au/event/ mothers-day-classic-perth

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Make it an evening at twilight markets

Perth Makers Market is returning to Supreme Court Gardens for a twilight celebration of small business, creativity and motherhood.

Next Saturday, in time for Mothers Day, Perth Makers Market’s twilight market celebrates talented mothers who juggle the many hats of parenting, creativity and running a business.

The market has always been a supportive platform for working women, providing a curated space to share their craft, connect with the community, and grow their brand. The event is organised by Erin Madeley, a mother of two, who understands ﬁrsthand the complexities of balancing children with small business life.

“It is a unique daily challenge that requires energy, resilience, and heart,” she said.

“Perth Makers Market is proud to be a space where local mothers can thrive as both creatives and entrepreneurs.”

The special twilight market will feature more than 80 stallholders, among them mum-run businesses including Wrigglepop and Swan Pearl Jewellery, both based in Wembley, and Happy Mugs by Laura in East Perth.

Wrigglepop is all about the cute, the colourful, and the quirky. Stacey Hosking came to Perth from Alice Springs to recover from postnatal depression, the pressures of parenting, working fulltime and the need to move away from a

community where she said “personal safety could not be taken for granted”.

“All these things ﬁnally spilled over into a state of burnout that I took too long to recognise,” she posted on Instagram.

In 2020 she began handcrafting an array of

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unique accessories using Australian-sourced Merino wool felt. From playful hair clips and brooches to keychains, nursery decor and festive pieces, each creation has a distinct touch of Australiana.

Laura Muresan transforms everyday

Situated between the river and the ocean, Cottesloe Village is your strip shopping destination for this Mother’s Day.

Experience the charm of local shopping, where every store has a story and every gift has a heart. Let’s celebrate Mum, community and local businesses that make it all possible.

The perfect gift for any budget will be found in Cottesloe Village, ranging from fashion, beauty and wellness to food and gifts.

For mothers looking for a little pampering or to be a part of a fitness journey, the selection of beauticians and wellness businesses offer treatment packages, fitness vouchers from gyms, pilates, yoga and saunas.

There is also a selection of jewellery stores for every budget. Specialist jewellers can design that special custom piece.

The collection of local and internationally designed ladies’ fashion, shoe stores and activewear will delight any mum.

Gift stores and art galleries offer special or unique pieces.

Spoil your mum at one of the local eateries. Pop in for breakfast, lunch, dinner or coffee at one of the many cafes, restaurants and bars.

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mugs into heartwarming keepsakes designs. Using intricate polymer clay, Happy Mugs by Laura are bursting with character and charm. Each piece reﬂects the hands-on dedication of a mum with an eye for detail.

Swan Pearl is handmade jewellery featuring natural freshwater and seawater pearls. The range includes necklaces, pendants, rings, earrings, and bracelets –classic pieces that make a meaningful and longlasting gift.

■ Perth Makers Market’s twilight market includes live music and street food along with a wide range of local makers at Supreme Court Gardens on Saturday May 10, from 4 to 9pm.

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Fashion

ACO, Assembly Label, Blue Illusion, Boheme Luxe, Cable Melbourne, Decjuba, Hobbs, Flannel, Ghanda, Helen Swift DC, Instyle Shoes, Love Story, Motion Lifestyle, Picnic, Scandi, Vidlers.

Food

Albion Hotel, Boatshed Market, Boto Teppanyaki, Cimbalinos, Csi Bon, Coccodrillo Negroni Bar, Coccodrillo Pizza & Vino, Dusit Thai, Grilld, Jade Court, La Bomb Cookies, Lamont’s Cottesloe, Sals Pasta, Sorganic, Two Fat Uncle, Uptown, Vans Cafe.

Gifts & Galleries

Beautiful Era Gifts, Shiraz, Planet Earth Books Rock Cobbler, Gullotti Gallery, Tunbridge Gallery.

Jewellery

Esola, Lush Design Jewellery, Peppermint Grove Jewellery, Scagnetti Jewellers, Willie Creek Pearls.

Wellness

Blanc Skin, Bodhi Spa, Heartbeat High, Heartwood Natural Harmony, Horizon Yoga, KX Pilates, Somic Skin, Station Street Fitness, Sets Cottesloe, The Well.

The gift pack contains trial sizes of the Radiant Skin Foaming Cleanser, Activating Water Essence, Rare Rose Lotion, Rare Rose Cream and the Rare Rose Face Cleanser. Great for travel or starting out on your new skin ritual.

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The all-female team at Infinite Health Studio takes a holistic and comprehensive approach to health, recognising that everything in the body is connected and that good health relies on maintaining a balance.

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■ Talented mothers create fun, funky Happy Mugs and cute, crafty felt Wrigglepop characters.

■ An ocean of pearls from Swan Pearl Jewellery in Wembley.

A knack for knits

Pamela Mathers is an expert knitter of classic Aran, Fair Isle, jacquard and Scandinavian knitwear.

If you or your mum love knitting but struggle to interpret complicated patterns or ﬁnishing procedures, Pamela can help.

She was taught to knit by her grandmother, who bribed her with scarlet nail polish if she learned the craft.

“But she was a slave to following patterns and chastised me for straying from the instructions,” Pamela said.

When she travelled with her engineer husband to Norway, Pamela learned to do traditional Nordic styles and perfected

traditional Fair Isle and Aran techniques. She also developed creative freestyle patterns, so that every piece she knits is a one-off.

“As in cooking, the written words in knitting patterns are purely a guide, not gospel,” she said in deﬁance of her grandmother’s teachings. “Common sense is often a better tutor.”

Her contemporary and free-form designs, including ponchos, sweaters, beanie, berets and baby clothes will be on sale at a pop-up shop at The Grove in Cottesloe throughout May. She will also be able to assist knitters with knotty problems and demonstrate techniques and new designs.

All is well at The Well

Newly opened in Cottesloe, The Well is the dream of Lillie Bull who said she wanted to create a place that reﬂects how people live today – “busy, health-conscious, and seeking balance in their lives”.

Pilates, saunas and ice showers have become the most popular ways for health and self-care.

“The sauna is a cornerstone of modern recovery,” Lillie said.

“It offers beneﬁts such as stress relief, improved circulation, detoxiﬁcation, and a deeply calming escape from the everyday hustle.”

The Well features a traditional dry sauna and ice showers in the communal

space, and ﬁve private infrared sauna rooms, each designed to boost circulation, reduce stress, and aid recovery.

On-demand Pilates has 14 reformer Pilates beds that can be booked every 10 minutes, offering ﬂexibility and the choice of 300 self-guided video classes to choose from.

Lillie said: “It is particularly suitable for men who may not typically feel drawn to a traditional Pilates environment.”

The Well is offering a selection of gift vouchers for Mothers Day for the ultimate self-care experience. Book vouchers through www.thewellcott.com.au.

■ On-demand Pilates and calming infrared saunas suit busy, time-poor mums.

Poppin’ Flowers

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Shiraz Cottesloe

Shop local this Mother’s Day at Shiraz Cottesloe, Cottesloe’s oldest and friendliest little gift shop.

Nestled in the heart of Napoleon Street, you will find all the goodies Mum loves in one place - gorgeous fashion, accessories, beautiful cushions, art, gifts and nurturing self-care products.

We will gift wrap your purchases with our compliments!

■ Pamela Mathers will have her knitwear on sale and will help with knotty knitting problems.

Cott prepares for beach erosion

By JACK MADDERN

The potential onslaught of climate change will not catch the Cottesloe coast unprepared if the Town’s proposed coastal hazard risk management and adaptation plan is implemented.

Community consultation has begun to explain what the 100-year plan would mean for Cottesloe’s coastline.

The plan is a long-term approach to advise on mitigation strategies for climate change and coastal erosion.

and boats of any description, whether it’s rescue boats or surf boats,” he said.

The club was interested in reinforcing the existing infrastructure so the ramp did not get washed away.

Mr Barry said a coastal strategy would help mitigate future risks.

“We support anything really that’s going to make it a safer beach, even if there’s short-term deniability of access to an area,” he said.

It was not uncommon to have a long-term plan to safeguard coastline from the anticipated impacts of climate change: Fremantle and Mosman Park councils have adopted a plan for their stretches of coast.

World win in borrowed boat

By JEN REWELL

Nedlands sailors James and Harry Kornweibel lost their sails then had to borrow a dinghy to win the Mirror world championship in “mountainous” swells in South Africa.

The father and son took the honours in last month’s event in Durban.

James said it was nothing like their normal races on the Swan River.

“It was on the ocean, with a lot of swell that we had to adapt to,” he said.

“It was very close racing.” Harry, 13, said windy days

meant hard work for him but the rewards paid off.

“There’s lots of spray when we’re going fast,” he said. They sailed a dinghy loaned to them by the UK team, who

had packed an extra dinghy to help with transport costs.

James and Harry also misplaced their sails during transit, but luckily they were found by a fellow West Australian competitor, David

The pair spent a few days in Durban preparing and tuning the borrowed vessel before taking on the large interna-

They were near the top of the leaderboard after several days of what was described as “ﬂawless racing”.

They won the title after ﬁghting off David Meehan and his

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Cottesloe Surf Life Saving Club is on the front-line and president Julian Barry said that although its clubhouse was relatively safe on the headland, the boat-shed was susceptible

A 2017 community survey found the two main areas that concerned locals were access to recreational opportunities and

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Where did our beach go? Peter’s Pool this week. Photo: Jane Wishaw

Gybing around the wing marker … Fellow Australians David Meehan and Henry Olsen, left, attempt to catch world champions James and Harry Kornweibel off Durban, South Africa. Photo: Robyn Ambler

World champions Harry Kornweibel, 13, and his father James aboard their borrowed Mirror dinghy.

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CCTV search after boat death

Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a man whose body was found on a boat moored in the Swan River last week.

Ofﬁcers were called to the boat, off Blackwall Reach, on the afternoon of Thursday, April 24.

They found the body of a 51-year-old man, whose death is being treated as suspicious.

Police are seeking almost a month’s worth of CCTV footage that captured moored boats on the river in the area around Chidley Point Reserve and the Russell Brown Adventure Park in Mosman Park, and Bicton Quarantine Park and Point Walter.

Anyone with footage from the dates March 26 to April 24 is urged to contact police.

Sparky at fault over power

An electrician has been ﬁned $4000 after admitting he breached wiring regulations on a building site in Dalkeith.

In November 2021, electrician Daniel Terranova was contracted to remove a temporary power point being used by workers building a house, and to install the home’s permanent electricity supply.

Tradie attacker confirms guilty plea

A tradesman who tried to kill a coworker after a dispute at a City Beach building site last year is due to be sentenced.

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an argument at a Catesby Road construction site.

Mr Black’s leg was torn off in the horriﬁc attack, but he survived thanks to the quick actions of a passing doctor who applied a

just hours after his arrest. He conﬁrmed his guilty plea in a hearing at Stirling Gardens Magistrates Court on Wednesday. A neuropsychological assessment will be prepared

Last month, Perth Magistrates Court heard that he left the worksite without installing a multiple earthed neutral link.

Mr Terranova shut off the power and attached an out-of-service tag to the main switchboard, along with a note warning workers not to use

the noncompliant power supply.

But when a Western Power inspector visited two days later, he discovered the power had been switched back on.

Magistrate Catherine Crawford said Mr Terranova should have used a locking device or disconnected supply cables to ensure that could not happen.

Energy Safety director Saj Abdoolakhan said he hoped the ﬁne sent a strong message to electricians.

“With no multiple earthed neutral link installed, anyone on site would be at risk of serious injury or even death from an electric shock if a fault occurred,” he said.

Matthew Eric Goyder leaving court last week.

Bail over death driving charge

A 44-year-old man has been released on bail after he allegedly killed an elderly man in a hit-and-run in Wembley last week.

Francis Vella, 84, succumbed to his injuries in hospital on April 24, after being struck by a car in Herdsman Parade.

Neighbours found him lying in the middle of the road with serious injuries shortly after 6pm.

Police swarmed the area and ofﬁcers knocked on

neighbours’ doors to look for CCTV footage.

Police broke into the Glendalough home of Michael Joseph Hadwiger the following day.

They allege he was behind the wheel of a blue Holden Cruze that struck Mr Vella.

Mr Hadwiger appeared in court on April 26, charged with failing to stop after an incident occasioning death and being the driver in an incident occasioning death who

failed to report to police.

Mr Hadwiger’s lawyer told the court his client did not realise he had hit Mr Vella, believing instead that someone had thrown something at his car.

A police prosecutor said police believed Mr Hadwiger had been drinking heavily at the nearby Herdsman Lake Tavern.

Mr Hadwiger was released on $10,000 bail, and is due back in court on May 16.

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Blackwall Reach, where a man’s body was found on a boat. Photo: Paul McGovern

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Show off your art at Churchlands

Don’t be shy about your artistic talent. Enter your works of art for the Churchlands Senior High School Community Art exhibition.

The show will be on May 24 and 25 from 10am to 4pm, but entries must be in by May 9.

The annual exhibition is run by the school’s Parents and Citizens committee, and has been going for 22 years.

It celebrates unique works created by artists from the school and broader community.

A total of 400 works by emerging, student and professional artists are expected to be included this year.

Pieces will be in painting, photography, sculpture, collage, ceramics, glasswork, textiles, jewellery and 3D.

This year’s guest artist will be one of WA’s leading portrait and landscape artists, Leanne Pearson, who will showcase 10 of her works.

Leanne works mostly in oils and is known for her bold use of colour and bravura brushstrokes that capture WA’s unique light in striking style.

She said her daughter had attended Churchlands SHS so she felt a strong connection to the school and community.

“I love the challenge of creating something that has inspired me because of its beauty or meaning in my life, so sharing these works with the local

community will be an absolute pleasure,” she said. The exhibition and sale will be at the school’s visual arts building and is free to attend.

For more information about the opening night event on May 23, entry criteria, and entry forms, go to churchlands.wa.edu.au and search “Community Art Exhibition”.

Who holds the trump card on trade tariffs?

The impact of US President Donald Trump’s tariff policies on Australia and the AsiaPaciﬁc will be the topic of a free forum at 1pm on May 8.

Professor James Laurenceson will discuss the challenges the tariff policies pose for Australian trade and geopolitics.

Prof. Laurenceson is director of the Australia-China Relations Institute at the University of Technology Sydney, and is considered to be one of Australia’s leading experts on AustraliaChina economic relations.

Prof. Mark Besson will analyse the challenges the tariffs pose to Australian foreign policy and its sub-imperial role in the Asia-Paciﬁc.

Prof. Besson is adjunct professor at the University of Technology Sydney and WA

Capitalism Study Network. He will discuss whether Australia should have a more independent foreign policy, and the implications of Mr Trump’s economic policies.

The forum is presented by the Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) WA in collaboration with Murdoch University and the University of Western Australia.

It will be 1pm to 2.30pm at the Myer Lecture Theatre in the Myer Building (238), at the University of Western Australia. Entry is free but registration is essential. Go to eventbrite. com and search “Trump, Tariffs and Crisis”.

For more information go to internationalaffairs.org.au and click on States and Territories to ﬁnd WA.

Take mum for a stroll through Subiaco

Bring all the family to the See Subi on Sunday walk on Mother’s Day, Sunday May 11, at 1.30pm.

The Mother’s Day Meander, run by See Subi on Sunday volunteers, is suitable for all ages. It will pass the green space of Market Square and Subiaco Oval – particularly the new plantings.

Find out more about the area’s history and the development of Subiaco identity.

See the oval’s heritage gates,

souvenir sections of the old stands, interpretation boards, and a walkway of Sandover medallists.

These are not only special places to visit but provide a connection with the area’s importance in the past 100 years.

The walk will begin at Market Square, Roberts Road, opposite Axon Street.

The walk is free and there’s no need to book. Just turn up.

Hear about the history of Subiaco Oval on a walk on May 11.

Leanne Pearson, above, will be guest artist at the Churchlands Senior High School Community Art exhibition.

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Music for the soul at Star of the Sea

Songs for the sacrament written by composers such as Sergei Rachmaninoff, Irina Denisova and Stevan Mokranjac will be performed in Cottesloe this Sunday, May 4, at 3pm.

The A’Cappella Orthodox vocal ensemble will perform the pieces at the Star of the Sea church under the baton of music director Evgenia Moore.

The Agios o Theos concert will raise money for the Back on Track Foundation, which offers education support to children with cancer and their siblings.

Tickets $40 or $20, children under 16 free. Go to trybooking.com and search “Charity Concert Agios o Theos.

The Star of the Sea is at 2 McNeil Street, Peppermint Grove.

For more information about the Back on Track Foundation go to backontrack.org.au.

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Treasure special memories on Sunday May 11

On Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 11, families are invited to Karrakatta Cemetery to honour and remember loved ones who are no longer living.

Staff will be in attendance between 9am and 1pm to assist families.

Visitors are welcome to drive into the cemetery to park close to their loved one’s grave, and the cemetery cafe will be open until 2pm.

The Grief Centre of WA is a resource and support centre for grief and loss in Western Australia. For more information go to griefcentrewa.org.au.

For more information about Karrakatta Cemetery email mcb@mcb.wa.gov.au or visit mcb.wa.gov.au.

Breeze in for Wind Serenades

ute, the baritone saxophone and the ed by teacher and performer ate from UWA who has also played as principal clarinet with the Darwin Symphony

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world of Australian owls and Dr Nick Beeching will present his lively guide on how to avoid the world’s nastiest travel bugs. Peter Strachan, national president of the Sustainable

Clarinettist Clare Waters, pictured, has chosen a program of less well known works to be played on a wide range of wind instruments.

The A’Cappella Orthodox vocal ensemble, pictured, will sing at the Star of the Sea church on Sunday.

Dr Nick Beeching, pictured in the UK with a colleague, about to treat infectious patients.

Treat mum to divine duets in Dalkeith

An evening of music is to be performed in duet by soprano Beth Redwood and tenor Keaton StaszewskiHose in Dalkeith on May 10 at 7.30pm.

The Divine Duets concert will feature well-known arias and duets from opera and musical theatre including My Fair Lady, Phantom of the Opera and West Side Story.

The singers will be joined by guest artist Lydia Lai on the piano.

The concert is part of the 2025 Concerts at Dalkeith Road series at 70 Dalkeith Road.

Tickets are $35, $30, or $20. Refreshments available from the bar.

Go to trybooking.com and search “Divine Duets”.

will be keynote speaker at the Friends of Cancer Council WA Biggest Morning Tea.

Are Russia, China truly best friends?

A thought-provoking discussion about Russia and China will be the topic of one of two presentations at the Third Age (U3A) Cambridge branch meeting on Thursday, May 8. While the two nations have signiﬁcant economic, political and military ties, Jim and June Barns will give a thoughtprovoking presentation to examine if they are as close as they claim.

Richard Offen will give a presentation on Perth, Then and Now, showing historic photographs of the city compared to how each site looks today.

The meeting will start at 1.30pm at Ocean Gardens Village, Kalinda Drive, City Beach.

Admission is $3 which includes afternoon tea.

For details phone Jim on 9448 6432 or email jnjbarns@ bigpond.com.

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Environmental scientist Dr Paul Hardisty will be guest speaker at a Biggest Morning Tea fundraising event on Wednesday May 14.

The Friends of Cancer Council WA will host it in the Moss Event Room at Claremont Football

The popular annual event raises funds for cancer research Dr Hardisty has spent 35

years working around the world as an environmental scientist, engineer, journalist and author.

Cancer Council WA CEO Ashley Reid will update the gathering on the latest research developments.

Cellular immunologist Dr Bree Foley will share insights from her research program and soprano Veronique Willing will sing.

Edison McGrath real estate director and auctioneer Ross Hunter will run the day’s fundraising auction.

Attendees may bid for the opportunity to tour a research lab, guided by a Cancer Council WA researcher. There will also be a rafﬂe and door prizes.

The morning tea starts at 10am. Tickets $75 includes morning tea from Food by Ros. For tickets, go to trybooking.

com and search “Friends of Cancer Council Raising for Research Biggest Morning Tea”. Claremont Football Club is on Davies Road, Claremont. Lift access is available to the venue, and four hours of free parking is available close by. For more information about Friends of Cancer Council WA email friendsofcancercouncil@ gmail.com or visit friendsofcancercouncilwa.com.

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Band celebrates 50 golden years

The Claremont Concert Band will celebrate half a century of making music with a concert entitled A Chord for Autumn, on Sunday May 18.

The concert will be at 2.30pm at the John Leckie Pavilion in College Park, Nedlands.

The program, under the leadership of director of music Mayuka Juber, will include an engaging mix of melodies, from military marches and trumpet fanfares to nostalgic numbers.

The concert will feature compositions by Bourgeois and Grainger and pay homage to the swing era with the music of Glenn Miller. It will also include a duet by

Lynne and Bob Han-Busi on the xylophone bought with a donation given by long-standing member Lynne Ferguson, and singer Joan Cooper will lead the audience in an Aussie singalong.

Tickets are $20 each, which includes afternoon tea. Children under 12 are free. Tickets available at the door on the day.

The Claremont Concert Band’s 40 musicians rehearse on Fridays 6.30 to 8.30pm at the John Leckie Pavilion.

Find more information about the Claremont Concert Band on Facebook, or email claremontcbsecretary@gmail.com.

Focus on the big questions

Doctor Bruce Robinson will be guest speaker at the Shenton Christian Youth Care Council’s annual general meeting on Thursday, May 8. His presentation, at 4.30pm after the AGM at 3.45, will be entitled “Understanding, Surviving and Growing from Suffering”.

The venue is St Aloysius Catholic Church, 84 Keightley Road, Shenton Park.

Dr Robinson will offer a question-and-answer session and attendees are encouraged to bring questions of their own.

such as chronic illness, mental illness, pain, conﬂict, bullying, and disappointment.

Dr Robinson is a multi-awardwinning physician, researcher and teacher who has worked closely with hundreds of patients living with cancer and other challenges.

Questions he will attempt to answer on the day include “How do friends, family members and schools support people who are suffering personal grief and loss?”

He will also discuss the many causes of modern-day suffering

He has also worked as a doctor in some of the world’s most devastating natural disaster events.

The SCYCC is a collaboration between 12 churches in the student catchment areas of Shenton College, Perth Modern School and Bob Hawke College.

It raises money for chaplains and volunteers in primary and secondary schools. The chaplains will be present at the AGM, and attendees are invited to meet them and Dr Robinson with refreshments after the event.

Space plants are out of this world

Scientists at the University of Western Australia are helping to develop plants for humans to grow and eat in outer space.

Members of the public can ﬁnd out more about these intergalactic delicacies at the Perth Garden Show this weekend, May 2 to 4, at McCallum Park in Perth.

The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plants for Space, with UWA as a partner, is pioneering fastgrowing, zero-waste, “pick-andeat” plants for the long-term survival of humans in space.

Professor Ian Small, from the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plants for Space and UWA’s School of Molecular Sciences, said the team was working to

develop “complete nutrition” plants that could sustain humans in space for an entire year.

“The centre’s mission goes beyond food, aiming to design biobank plants that provide medicine, plant-based building materials and sustainable solutions both on and off Earth,” Prof. Small said.

The Perth Garden Show’s Plants for Space exhibition will offer interactive exhibits and hands-on experiments.

“People can explore duckweed as a food source, see how gravity affects plant growth in space, and dive into research shaping the future of sustainable food production,” Prof. Small said.

Visitors can step into an AI-

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generated vision of life in space and take home a science project.

UWA’s School of Design and ARC senior industry research fellow Dr Cornelia Hooper from the School of Molecular Sciences will also be present.

Dr Hooper is a computational biologist who studies how plants inherit traits such as colour, leaf pattern and resilience.

This helps with breeding new varieties without genetic manipulation.

The Hooper Lab will display the ﬁrst round of breeding trials with a rare, variegated kangaroo paw called Stripie.

For tickets to the garden show go to premiereevents.com.au and click on “Perth Garden Show”

Roy’s years of living dangerously

Local resident Roy Stall will give a ﬁrst hand account of what it was like to live in Indonesia during the political turmoil of the 1960s, at the next meeting of U3A Western Suburbs branch.

The meeting will be on Monday, May 5, at the Grove Library and at 1pm Roy will give an illustrated talk about his experiences during his Department of External Affairs posting as a cipher clerk in the Australian embassy in Jakarta in 1967-68.

Jakarta at the time was considered a “hardship posting” compared to other overseas assignments.

At 2.30pm Dr Hira Singh will talk about “self-care for the whole person”. Dr Singh will emphasise the importance of considering emotional, mental, spiritual and environmental factors in improving your health. Visitors are welcome and there is a $3 charge. Cash only.

U3A stands for University of the Third Age, a non-proﬁt group for people over 60 who are keen to keep their minds active and keep learning.

For more information phone Sath Moodley 0413 212 513 or Bill Richardson on 0429 373 788.

Come to the cabaret

The ﬁrst cohort of music theatre students from the UWA Conservatorium of Music will stage their debut performance, You Be The Judge – A Cabaret, at the Dolphin Theatre on May 9.

The UWA Broadway Choir will join the students in a captivating and high energy evening of suspense, scandal and unforgettable tunes, from 7 to 8.15pm.

The program will feature songs from musicals including Chicago, Jekyll and Hyde, and Parade.

The show will be directed by Matt Ward, with Glenn Hogue as musical director.

Tickets $30 or $22.50. Go online to ticketswa.com and search “You Be the Judge – A Cabaret”.

For more information email info@ticketsWA.com or phone 6488 2440 noon to 4pm on weekdays.

The Claremont Concert Band pictured at Cottesloe Civic Centre.

Dr Bruce Robinson

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Mosman Park Mayor Paul Shaw does the honours in declaring Mosman Park Bowling Club’s new synthetic turf ready for action.

New turf gets the green light

It was all systems go on Sunday when Mosman Park mayor Paul Shaw ofﬁcially opened the new synthetic bowling green surface at Mosman Park Bowling Club.

The new, low maintenance and hard-wearing “turf” will enable players to take to the greens in all weathers, all year round.

Mosman Park Bowling Club was granted $91,500 by the Community Sport and Recreation Facilities Fund for the new turf, and the Town of Mosman Park contributed an additional $100,000.

The club raised the $100,000 balance.

The club in the past has faced months of inactivity due to heavy rain which damaged the natural turf and put play out of action.

Try a round of square dancing

Get ﬁt and have fun with square-dancing classes in Shenton Park.

The Cloverwest Square Dance Club is offering a new round of classes from Monday May 12.

Classes are $10 each, but the ﬁrst one is free.

Kevin Fitzgerald from the Cloverwest Square Dance Club said: “You don’t have to be ﬁt. If you can walk, you can square dance.”

He said it was suitable for all ages of couples or singles, and it was a fun opportunity to make new friends while exercising mind and body.

For more information phone Kevin on 0413 156 192 or email kevin@racolvin.com.au.

Two days of tough croquet

It was an exciting two days for the Cambridge Croquet Club when eleven teams competed in the George Parslow Tournament in mid April.

The tournament is one of the oldest annual events on the club’s calendar, a two day handicap competition open to members of other clubs.

Two days of tough play, with only short breaks between games, required a great amount of concentration and competitors are to be congratulated on their efforts.

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Wednesday April 23:

Winners Derek Gadsden, Cliff Racey, Adrian Cocks and Chuck Belotte; runners-up Mary Ann Hart, Rosemary Goddard, Pam Islip and Marilyn Boss.

Saturday April 26: 1st Brian Dick, Chris Westergren and Jay Medhat; 2nd Geoff Parker and Cliff Racey; draw between Derek Gadsden, Peter Kanganas and George Savage, and John Barlow, Colin Herring and Steve Parsons. Ladies Pairs, May 7: Rosemary Goddard and Elizabeth Morrissey v Zoe Hewitt-Dutton and Annie Warrender; and Di Gilbert and Faye Peake v Mary Ann Hart, and Ann Strack.

The lead changed constantly over the two days and the result hinged on the last round of the day.

The winners were Anthony and Dani Nelson from Dunsborough, and the runners-up were Basil Ladyman and Mark Wilson from Cambridge.

Stephen Barnes from Cambridge Croquet said the tournament manager Larry Hurt was to be congratulated, along with the club’s scorers, kitchen helpers, and the referee.

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Cambridge Bowling Club will be the meeting venue on the ﬁrst Monday of each month for Floreat Ladies Probus at 10am, and on the second Monday of each month for City Beach Mixed Probus at 10am.

The bowling club’s Christmas in July meal will be on July 28 at 6pm. Cost $35. Bookings open June 1.

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Social bowls were played in warm and sunny conditions on Thursday April 24 with 24 bowlers doing battle. Rick Camins, Celia Bakker, Rob Wood and Andy McGlew took out the major prize with a 23-shot margin. Other winners were John Pole,

David Steinberg, Rod Tilt and David Wood +12; and John McCormack, Wendy O’Meehan, Gwenda McIntosh and Ron Day +7. Fine weather last Saturday, April 26, brought out 35 players, with sets play being the order of the day. In first place, winning two sets and with a margin of 14 shots, were Wendy Ireland, John Shaw and Ron Day. Second were Rick Camins, Geoff Cahif, David Mildenhall and Gwenda McIntosh who also won two sets +10. Other winners were Alan Pitman, Pat Clohessy, Jan Steinberg and Andy McGlew two sets +9; Ross MacKenzie, Rod Tilt, Les Pedder and Peter Wiesner 2 sets +8; and Ric Mapley, Sue Harris and David Wood one set +8.

Congratulations to Dot Leeson for taking out the club ladies’ singles on Tuesday April 22, a well deserved victory over a gallant Jeannine Millsteed.

Sunday Scroungers was won by “Hop Along” Phil Hobbs with Paula Hatch giving him a run for his money and Mike Hatch hanging on for third place despite Mark Wilde scoring four points on the last end.

This Sunday, May 4, the club is hosting an open day from noon to 4pm with a

Local

are invited to drop in and discover what the club has to offer.

Our summer season came to a close last Sunday, April 27, with our end-of-season trophy night. The synthetic green was ofﬁcially opened by the mayor of Mosman Park before everyone adjourned inside for the rest of the evening’s celebrations.

The ladies’ awards were presented by captain Cathie Smith and Lisa Featherby. The ladies’ Tuesday premier team gained the ﬂag for their division. All were very happy because they have been so close for the past couple of years.

The men’s awards were presented by club president Steven Swanson and men’s captain Jay Kop.

The men’s 4th division were promoted to 3rd division, prompting great jubilation.

Wednesday Scroungers completed the season with a smaller group of bowlers, but all participants had a great evening.

Friday pairs continued with a full rink of bowlers. The winners were Denise and Doug Kelly.

Second were Mitch Cranswick and Richard Harper, and Claire and Andrew Buchanan took third place.

ond round were Alison Buckingham and Sheila Winter bowls has started on Wednesday afternoons. Names in by 12.30pm for a 1pm start. Mahjong is played at the club on Thursdays at 9am. Only a social club membership is required to play.

The Australian National Championships were held over Easter at Novar Gardens Petanque Club in Adelaide. Twenty-four players from WA made the journey, including Suren, Avinash, Ian, Julieth and Rob from Subiaco. There were many exciting games over ﬁve days in weather ranging from sunny and warm to cool, wet and windy.

Congratulations to Avinash Ramjuttan from Subiaco who with his cousin Ron from Melbourne were crowned champions in the open doubles.

Subiaco’s President’s Cup club competition continued on Saturday April 19 with 28 players taking part.

John Beamish was a convincing winner. Other successful players were Jane Taylor, Nick Siciliano, Al McDonell, Keith Pilgrim and Mary Willis. The club will have another round of the President’s Cup this Saturday, May 3. Visitors are welcome on Saturdays and Wednesdays. Consult our website petanque-subiaco. com.

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No third time lucky for Anghie

By Isabel Vieira andClaire Tyrrell

Sandy Anghie will not be making a third run for the role of Perth lord mayor, the post vacated by new WA Liberal leader Basil Zempilas.

Ms Anghie used social media to say she would not run as a candidate in October, instead electing to focus on her Perth Design Week commitments.

“It’s the year of elections – state, federal and also local government,” she said.

“And in City of Perth there will be an election for a new lord mayor this year.

“In the past 18 months, particularly since the resignation of the former lord mayor, people have been asking me whether I will

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Sandy Anghie will focus on Design Week rather than the vacant lord mayoral position.

be standing for election again.”

She ﬁnished her social media post by writing: “With all of these commitments I am no longer able to commit to being a #fulltime Lord Mayor. So I won’t be in the running come October.”

She first ran in the

October 2020 elections.

She was defeated by Mr Zempilas at that election and again in 2023.

Ms Anghie, who has spearheaded Perth Design Week for the past three years, said the decision was largely based on her commitment to the designbased event.

“It was a difﬁcult decision for me to make, whether I’d run or not, having put a lot of time into it last time,” she said.

“A lot of people have put a lot of time into Perth Design Week and I’ve made a commitment to deliver that which I cannot walk away from.”

Viridian loses licence over unpaid compo

By Sam Jones

A Subiaco ﬁnancial services company has become the latest to have its licence cancelled for not paying compensation to clients.

Viridian Equity Group has applied to ASIC for deregistration after its licence was cancelled following payments by the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort.

The CSLR payment was made last October after Viridian failed to pay compensation over three adverse ﬁndings made by the Australian Financial Complaints Authority.

The determinations arose from four 2019 complaints alleging the ﬁrm gave misleading advice about risk involved in a property development managed investment scheme.

Doubt over $110million Fini plan

By Claire Tyrrell

Adrian Fini’s vision to turn Fremantle’s decrepit Elders Wool Stores into a $110million mixed use project has been clouded by the site’s use as a skateboard epicentre.

Planning authorities gave the green light to the Human-Urban proposal to restore the long vacant heritage-listed asset with a seven-storey 213-apartment, retail and hospitality project.

But H-U said it could be difﬁcult to deliver after the signiﬁcance of the Cantonment Street site to the skateboard community was heard at a lengthy Metro Inner Development Assessment

Panel on Tuesday.

The West Australian Skateboarding Association was largely supportive of the project, pictured right, but said a plan to include openings in parts of the building would interrupt the ﬂow of skating.

H-U senior development manager Corey Scidone said two openings for doorways in the building were necessary for access to the retail space.

“We also have to take into account that retail in Fremantle is hard,” he said.

“We’ve got a 9000sq.m footprint and 30,000sq.m of space.

“This is one of the largest redevelopment projects in Fremantle

and absolutely everything needs to go right for this project to go ahead.”

A condition to retain the entire ledge in the front opening of the building, popular with skateboarders, was retained despite H-U’s objection.

The developer wanted to include an entrance on Cantonment Street that would provide better access for retailers.

Deputy presiding member Francesca Lefante argued that skateboarders could still use the space under H-U’s proposal to retain 85% of the ledge.

“Skaters adapt to spaces and they can use breaks in spaces,

they transform dead spaces into vibrant spaces … they don’t necessarily like being in heavy pedestrian spaces,” she said.

“I do not believe those gaps in the building [would] … prevent it from being used as part of its future.”

Mr Scidone said that the project was operating on thin margins.

Limiting access for the commercial spaces would have a detrimental impact.

“We’re also taking a risk in terms of the commerciality of this project by delivering ofﬁce uses which allow the Wool Stores to remain as they are,” he said.

“We’re also dealing with a

The scheme failed and the four complainants lost between $150,000 and $400,000.

AFCA said in all four determinations – which ordered compensation of $846,000 across the four complaints – the firm should not have accepted the applications to invest in the project because they were not from wholesale or sophisticated investors.

Viridian failed to pay the compensation, resulting in the CSLR making three payments totalling $450,000 on March 11.

The CLSR was established in June 2023 to pay up to $150,000 compensation to consumers who had an unpaid determination from AFCA relating to personal ﬁnancial advice, credit, securities or credit provision.

building that is falling down, the roof collapsed only two months ago.

“This building is at a very precarious point of its future and we’re trying to make this work in every way possible.

“There are easier projects for us to be doing. We’ve done over 50 regeneration projects across Perth over the last 40 years and there are none more complex than this.”

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Dancing away from childhood

SARAH McNEILL

Even for teenage artists, memories of childhood provide a deeply emotional and insightful palette of ideas.

Pulse 2025 showcases 61 artworks from last year’s top Year 12 visual arts graduates, many of them nostalgic reﬂections of childhood.

Former Iona student Charley-Marie Travia painted a work titled Stored Away, depicting all her once-loved ballet costumes, trophies and pointe shoes carefully stored in plastic. After 13 years of dance studies, Charley walked away from ballet because of what she perceived as its toxic culture.

From the age of nine, Charley was training six days a week as well as attending strength and ﬁtness classes, sewing or repairing pointe shoes and costumes, or learning new choreography.

“It was a constant struggle to keep up with training and school. It was completely normalised to drop out of school to train full-time for ballet,” she said. “It is a tough, isolated and lonely sport.”

Also, ballet’s unrealistic standards of beauty in girls could lead to “disordered eating, body dysmorphia, and lasting mental and physical harm”.

She said: “Many leave, not because they’ve fallen out of love with ballet, but

because the constant battle with their own reﬂection becomes too heavy to carry.

“Spending around 10 hours a day surrounded by mirrors, your own reﬂection becomes a toxic obsession. Some days I chose not to wear my contacts or glasses, simply so that I didn’t have to see my reﬂection in the mirror.”

She said the phrase “no pain, no gain” was literal.

Having performed with broken feet and stress fractures, she now has long-term physical damage and is “traumatised” by the sport.

Although she still misses the music, the movement and the applause, Charley has moved on to study architecture. “I get to use my creativity that I’ve developed in art, mixed with my stubborn perfectionism developed in ballet, and apply it to the real world.”

While Charley determinedly packed away her youth, Tayla Fardon and Mary Berry, also from Iona, both created works with a nostalgic view of childhood.

Tayla’s painting Treasured features three items – a doll, her ﬁrst pair of shoes, and a pink musical jewellery box, that represent “a safe, happy, and loving childhood”.

“Although to others these objects may appear worthless, I depict their value by wrapping them

in gold, symbolising their preciousness,” she said.

Mary’s painting Just Another Girl on a Red Carpet references Italian artist Felice Casorati’s 1912 painting Young Girl on a Red Carpet, surrounded by the objects of her youth. Similarly, her self-portrait illustrates her memories of moving around the world with her parents, along with a self-designed bookshelf ﬁlled with items of personal signiﬁcance.

“For example, the rickshaw and bus models represent living in Mumbai and London, and the

■ Left: Stored Away (oil on canvas)

Charley-Marie Travia, Iona Presentation College

Above: Just another girl on a red carpet (oil on canvas, found objects, wood, lino print on paper: two parts)

Mary Berry, Iona Presentation College

Singapore,” Mary said. “This piece is made as a sort of goodbye to that childhood, as I turned 18 very soon after ﬁnishing it.”

of Fine Arts and Crafts Scholarship to aid in her ﬁne arts studies at UWA.

An extensive Pulse program including fashion begins with the launch of the Pulse exhibition this Saturday May 3 at Art Gallery of WA, continuing until August 31.

Get set to laugh your head off

A junior doctor, a bad tenant and a man determined to burn all life’s bridges will take centre stage at Regal Theatre this month.

The Regal in Subiaco is the main partner and the heart of this year’s Perth Comedy Festival, with new and familiar comedians baring their souls or just having a laugh.

English former doctor Adam Kay talks about life on and off hospital wards while Chris Ryan wonders why she lets junk live

rent-free in her head as an

Sean Woodland delivers another blistering assault on societal hogwash, Rose Bishop chats about cats and Jake Howie is ready to air his grievances by doing all the things he should have done, saying

And if you’re not sure who to see, the Festival Gala brings together a line-up of the festival’s funniest international stars, Australian legends and next-big-things in one jampacked night at the Regal on Wednesdays May 7 and 14.

said and burning the bridges he should have burnt.

Joel Creasey, Luke

Heggie, Sammy J and Nazeem Hussain will add their signature storytelling to a festival packed with the best national and international comedians.

■ The Perth Comedy Festival is now on at Regal, Astor Theatre, Freo Social, The Rechabite and State Theatre Centre. For program details go to perthcomedyfestival.com.

■ Nazeem Hussain, Jake Howie, Joel Creasey and Chris Ryan stand-up at the Regal this month.

Concert revives a musical mystery

SARAH McNEILL

“Connie Converse’s story is deeply moving and unlike anything I’ve encountered before,” said Stephanie Nicholls, artistic director of Mirabilis Collective.

Elizabeth (Connie)

Converse was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist performing in New York in the 1950s and then in 1974 she disappeared without a trace.

Her haunting and largely forgotten music will be heard in Australia for the ﬁrst time in Finding Connie, an evocative new concert performed by chamber ensemble Mirabilis Collective, premiering Sunday at the Callaway Music Auditorium, UWA.

In 1954, Connie performed at a house concert hosted by illustrator and recording engineer Gene Deitch, who recorded her live. Those recordings remained largely unknown until he shared them with WNYC radio in 2004, sparking a wave of rediscovery.

In 1974, soon after turning 50, Connie wrote farewell letters to her family and friends, packed her belongings into her Volkswagen Beetle,

purportedly in search of a new life, and disappeared.

“No body was ever found, and no evidence of suicide or foul play has ever surfaced,” Stephanie said. “Whether she chose to start a new life, met with an accident, or took her own life remains unknown. Her fate is one of the great unsolved mysteries of American music.”

Stephanie’s daughter, soprano Lucinda Nicholls came across Connie’s music and proposed that Mirabilis, a female ensemble that focuses on

female composers and musicians, stage a concert.

“I contacted Howard Fishman, whose brilliant book To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Converse pieces together the fragments of her life,” Stephanie said. “Howard was thrilled that Connie’s music had reached Australia and generously shared a collection of her unpublished piano manuscripts, which he had received from Connie’s brother.

“We’ve also partnered with the UWA

Conservatorium of Music for this project,” she said. Composer James Ledger, senior lecturer in composition at UWA, has brought student composers and performers on board to join the ensemble in creating new arrangements to bring Connie’s music into a contemporary chamber music context.

■ Mirabilis Collective performs Finding Connie this Sunday, May 4, at 5pm in Callaway Music Auditorium, UWA. Book through humanitix.com/ ﬁnding-connie.

Suspend analysis; just have fun

and dangerous underworld criminals and who also has, conveniently, a preternatural skill for killing.

The fun, plot-twisty, forgettable ﬁlm The Accountant (2016), starring Ben Afﬂeck as an autistic mathematical savant, somehow picked up a loyal following after its cinema run.

So now we have The Accountant 2, in which Afﬂeck returns as the titular forensic auditor and money launderer, Christian Wolff, who divides his working life between regular people

Jon Bernthal returns as Chris’s killer-for-hire brother Braxton, as does J.K. Simmons, brieﬂy, as Ray King, the Treasury agent chasing him down, and Cynthia AddaiRobinson as King’s protege, Marybeth Medina. The plot is convoluted and outlandish, but easy enough that it doesn’t require summary.

Sufﬁce to say writer Bill Dubuque (Ozark) again overstuffs it with a complicated mishmash – this time involving brain-injured assassins, central American

I went on a trip up north with my three children and a girlfriend. We were staying with my dad and my sister. I should not have taken my friend. She is the ultimate drama queen.

My parents split when I was two, so we were estranged for a long time. My girlfriend decided to give Dad lots of advice, and when he made us margaritas, she had three and decided he was trying to hook up with her. She brought it up continually for the rest of

refugees, money-funnelling pizza places, and a whistling ﬁshmonger. None of it really matters, or makes sense.

Returning director Gavin O’Connor is more interested in juvenile brotherly dysfunction and

the week.

As the week came to a close, I was soaking in every last moment with my family and my friend barged into all our conversations.

Next morning she asked if we could swing by someone’s house for a quick goodbye before our ﬁve-hour drive home.

Her quick goodbye turned into 45 minutes, my three-year-old was screaming bloody

choreographing a series of amusing sequences in which both Afﬂeck and Bernthal shine – whether they’re line dancing in bars or throwing people through windows.

Afﬂeck makes for a slyly

murder, and I was exhausted. I let loose and told her what I thought of her.

I know words are like toothpaste, and once you squeeze it out it doesn’t go back in. So I wrote her an apology. I haven’t heard back, and it’s been three months.

Bonnie

Bonnie, people often have a hard time accepting they have friends who are not friends, just as some people have a hard time admitting they married the wrong person. Both can be true. You

funny introvert, while Bernthal looks like he’s never had so much fun as a wildly unhinged, sweethearted, slaughter-happy sociopath. It is very violent but embedded with its own moral code so audiences understand that when Afﬂeck dislocates a man’s shoulder or shoots him through the head, it is in service of a greater good. Both breezily inane and mindlessly amusing, you could roundly rip it to pieces from a number of angles – but that wouldn’t be in the spirit in which it was made. Which is to say, get a bucket of popcorn and take a load off.

offered to make up with her. That is enough. Somehow you have lost the deﬁnition of the word “friend.”

A friend is someone you can count on, someone you can tell your deepest secrets to and they will never tell.

Cicero said we may as well take the sun out of the sky as take the friendship out of life. A friend, he said, is a second self. But his words apply to true friends, not drama queens.

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■ Singer songwriter Connie Converse was a hit long before the rise of Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan.

■ Brothers Braxton (Jon Bernthal) and Christian (Ben Afﬂeck) love a good shoot-out.

■ The spa, pool and big backyard provide plenty to keep children of all ages occupied.

Lofty ideals in ‘God-given’ space

Ahaven from the outside world is the how the owners describe Rehoboth, a beautifullyrenovated 1915 home on a 1901sq.m site.

They named it after the Bible verse Genesis 26:22 that means “God has given this space”, they said.

The ﬁve-bedroom and four-bathroom house comes with a separate, one-bedroom studio which is handy for guests and sleepovers.

The owners had been looking for a large family home near good schools, parks, the river and shops when they bought it in 2007.

“It has been the ideal place to grow a family,” they said.

“The house is large enough that no-one is on top of another person, but well-connected so that you can always easily communicate with each other.

“It has many spaces that encourage family interactions, such as the open-plan living area next to the kitchen and formal dining room.”

When their daughters were young they loved climbing up a ladder to

a large loft space where they could hang out with their friends.

“We had a TV and some bean bags up there so that they could go somewhere safe in the house, but be by themselves,” the owners said.

“The ladder gives it the sense of a cubby house.”

The loft, above a twocar garage, also has storage space for suitcases and other bulky items.

The original section has charming character features such as stained-glass panels, a wraparound veranda, sash windows, ﬁreplaces and high ceilings.

Jarrah ﬂoorboards ﬂow through to the extension that was completed by previous owners.

$960,000 FLOREAT

123/1 Finishline View

This two-bedroom apartment in the Eden complex opens to a balcony overlooking the communal pool.

AGENT: Tom House, House Business Group.

$2.525million CITY BEACH

3 Boscombe Avenue

As soon as it settled on April 14, the buyer began renovating this 1960s house opposite Helston Park.

AGENT: Caro Cunningham, Ray White.

The main living area opens to the outdoors, and was designed to cater for different occasions, from parties to small family gatherings around the kitchen bench.

“We have easily accommodated 50 to 80 people without any problem,” they said.

The location between Mann Oval and Bay View Park has been ideal for walking their dog.

Agent Jody Fewster said the R12.5 property could be subdivided into two sites.

SWANBOURNE

2B Myera Street

A cul-de-sac location with walking trails to Lake Claremont was appealing to the buyers of this near-new home on 600sq.m.

AGENTS: Emma Milner and Laura Johns, Ray White.

$5.9million MOSMAN PARK

3A Johnson Parade

The last time this 575sq.m riverfront property changed hands was in 2018 when it went for $4.15million.

AGENT: Peter Burns, Mack Hall Real Estate.

SUBIACO

230 Heytesbury Road

From $2.95million

Heytesbury Road is one of the Subiaco’s most sought-after streets because it has many ﬁne character homes. The road is believed to be named after Lord Heytesbury from the Isle of Wight who married Elizabeth Holmes in 1833 and changed his name, by

MT CLAREMONT

27A Lovegrove Close

From $3.2million

Agents are seeing a demand for established houses – especially new ones – because of a rise in construction costs and the number of building companies going under. ASIC ﬁgures show 3217 construction ﬁrms in Australia went into administration last year. This 2023 home, built by Coast Homes, will appeal to buyers looking for a turnkey home in a great location. The four-bedroom and threebathroom home is on a 500sq.m site within easy walking distance of three schools and a pocket park. On the DUET Property Group website, agent Susan James said the home with a pool had been thoughtfully designed with families in mind.

royal licence, to Holmes a Court. This renovated 1925 home behind a white picket fence combines character features with modern living. Sash windows, ﬁreplaces, decorative tiles and a circular window are on show in the original section. The 4x3 spreads over two levels and is 500m from Daglish train station.

79 Kimberley Street

Auction May 24, 11.30am

Elevate your expectations

This is the one people have been waiting for, according to agent Craig Gaspar. The 728sq.m block-value property adjoining Cowden Park is ripe for renovation or subdivision. “This pocket is always tightly-held,” Mr Gaspar said. “We rarely see a property of this calibre come to market.” The four-bedroom and one-bathroom house has some character features such as ornate ceilings but it has been upgraded with a basic kitchen and patterned carpet. “Live in the home while you draw up plans for a renovation,” he said. Another option was to subdivide into two sites, subject to council approval. The buyer will need a $100,000 deposit on auction day.

■ Susan James 0408 003 700.

■ Craig Gaspar 0413 929 999.

■ Thea Samuel 0408 976 550.

WEST LEEDERVILLE

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of Churchill Avenue is on the market. Agent Michael Milne is seeking offers by May 20 for the leased property, which RPA Data shows last changed hands in 1992, for $295,000. Phone 0403 466 603.

Cott superblock gets supersized, again

■ This commercial property for sale in Subiaco is leased to a baby spa and massage business

Baby spa site on the market

Australia’s first baby spa attracted plenty of social media attention when it opened in Subiaco in 2016. Bay Spa Perth offers hydrotherapy sessions, baby massage and support from a character building at 68 Coghlan Road. The 422sq.m commercial property on the corner

Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest has added nine ﬂats to his Cottesloe beachfront superblock, now estimated to be valued at $51million. Mr Forrest, through his company Keith Grant and Scotty Black Pty Ltd, paid $1.65million for each flat between February 12 and 19, Landgate shows. He bought the whole block of six flats at 6 Salvado Street and half of the flats next door 8 Salvado Street. And he could be on track to buying the remaining units because RP Data shows 1/8 Salvado has sold for $1.65million but is subject to dealing, meaning that the sale is being examined by the state government land authority. For several years, Mr Forrest has been using different entities to buy neighbouring houses that run along Marine Parade between Rosendo and Salvado streets (Forrest snares $37m super-site, POST, September 3, 2022). His 8651sq.m superblock includes 66 Marine Parade, 2 Salvado Street, 7 Rosendo Street, 4B and 4C Salvado Street, plus the newly-acquired flats.

■ Andrew Forrest has added nine flats, inset, to his superblock in Cottesloe which is now 8651sq.m. He has interests in five other properties: 66 Marine Parade, 2 Salvado Street, 7 Rosendo Street plus 4B and 4C Salvado Street.

■ There are price expectations of about $7million for each of these blocks opposite Sea View golf course.

Double attraction near Sea View

In other Cottesloe news, a prime site opposite Sea View golf course has been subdivided into two blocks after hitting the market last year as one parcel. There were hopes of about $20million for the entire 1181sq.m site at 11 Pearse Street. Agent Justin Davies said the appraisal was based on sales evidence of 22 Odern Crescent,

Swanbourne, which sold for $13.3million in 2021. The Space Real Estate website said that due to popular demand, the owners had decided to subdivide the property into two 590sq.m side-by-side lots. Phone 0419 909 350.

$11million sale in

Challenger Pde

One of the most talked-about properties in south City Beach has sold for $11million. The limestone house is well-known because of its large size, design and prominent location on the beachfront and opposite a reserve. Agent Scott Swingler of Shore Property brokered the deal for the five-bedroom and four-bathroom house at 56 Challenger Parade, but it has not yet settled. The 1473sq.m property, on the corner of Falmouth Avenue, is like a mini-resort with a tennis

court, pool, six living areas, three studies, two staircases and a cellar. The seller, dentist John Moran, was a councillor at City of Perth before it was restructured in 1994 to create the Town of Cambridge and other council areas. Property records show Mr Moran has bought another beachfront property in the neighbourhood – for the second time. In 2006, he sold 47 Boscombe Avenue for $3.45million, and he bought it back again in 2022 for $6million.

■ Who has bought it? Locals would like to know, but 56 Challenger Parade, City Beach, has not settled.

Photos: Paul McGovern

From $650,000 ALBANY 37 Hill Street

There are views of Princess Royal Harbour from this 1920s timber cottage on a sloping 779sq.m site.

Kyle Sproxton 0438 880 439.

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spaces that were well lit, well-ventilated and energy-efﬁcient.”

Nestled in the Quedjinup hills, this multimillion-dollar home offers breathtaking northeasterly views to accompany your morning coffee.

The previous owners did extensive renovations to modernise the property.

They commissioned architect Clayton Lindley of Naked Architecture and builder Steve Barratt to transform the home into a multi-generation abode with sustainable features.

Mr Lindley said the inspiration was about “making the most of the view, then second to that was creating comfortable

True to the brief, the property features open living spaces endowed with natural lighting.

Mr Lindley particularly liked how the alfresco and pool outdoor areas came together.

“It works quite well in terms of ﬂow of spaces,” he said.

His favourite spaces were the kitchen and dining room.

“They were the heart of the home, and have the best view and, I think, worked out really well,” he said.

He characterised his design choices as a contemporary response to the pre-existing 1980 home, which he incorporated into the build.

Native flora gardens

dot the terrace and outdoor pathways, brought to life by a landscape designer from New Grade Landscape in collaboration with Wildwood Stone.

The renovations led to the home being featured in Australian House & Garden magazine in 2020. The property also features a separate twobedroom studio above a triple garage, and an outdoor spa.

Seven bedrooms, ﬁve bathrooms and a six-car garage means there is plenty of room for a couple of families to share the 2.07ha property.

It has an underground electricity supply and 920,000 litres of water

It is only a 10-minute drive to Yallingup and a four-minute drive to Dunsborough, offering easy access to both holiday hotspots.

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From $649,000

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Doctor describes ‘terrifying ordeal’

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Ms Kennedy questioned Dr Manners in extreme detail about her evidence, telling the court it contained “a number of inconsistencies”.

“You said it was a knife within 20 centimetres of your face, but on December 17th at trial you said 10 centimetres, correct?” she asked.

“You’ve changed the distance.”

“The knife was both 20 centimetres and 10 centimetres from my face,” Dr Manners said.

Ms Kennedy tendered printed photos, mobile phone screenshots and other documents as evidence, but was told by magistrate Lynette Dias that she had to remove commentary she had written on the pages before they could be presented to Dr Manners.

The trial was repeatedly delayed while Ms Kennedy used a ruler to tear off the offending parts of several documents.

which Dr Manners denied.

The trial was due to wrap up on Thursday, but no end was in sight when the court rose at 4.30pm.

Ms Kennedy said she had more questions for Dr Manners and also wanted to question all three police ofﬁcers who attended the complex.

Two of those police ofﬁcers, as well as Ms Holmes, had spent the entire day waiting outside court to testify.

Ms Dias said the trial would have to resume mid-year.

But Ms Kennedy said she would be in Italy until September attending the Venice Biennale and would go “straight into hospital” for knee surgery on her return.

“I’m open to talking to my surgeon about rescheduling but given the level of pain that I’m experiencing, probably not,” she told Ms Dias.

“Well, it’s not preventing you from going to Italy, clearly,” Ms Dias said.

DV rescue hits a snag

they feel like their brain is scrambled,” she said.

“As a result of years of grooming, years of mental and psychological abuse and gaslighting, they’re not the best version of themselves.”

Many victims in the western suburbs had wealth so did not qualify for help from existing social services, Ms van Reyk said.

“There are people who are smart, professional, and on paper they have ﬁnances,” she said.

“There’s an element of disbelief that they’re in this situation, a feeling that no-one will believe them.

“The tipping point is different for everyone – sometimes there’s a physical escalation, or it could be starting to impact the children, or they’ve reached out to someone who says, ‘I believe you’.

“That can give them enough strength to take the next steps.”

Information that Curtin MP Kate Chaney posted online last year led to an immediate response from people asking for help.

“We had to get moving quickly,” Ms van Reyk said.

Initial funding was through family and friends, and has since been supported by corporate donations and the City of Subiaco.

“Don’t you roll your eyes at me,” she told Sergeant Gan.

One of the photos shown to Dr Manners was a photo taken of her by a police ofﬁcer after she reported the alleged assault.

“Did you put on that sad face for the police camera?” she asked,

The trial was listed to continue on November 3 and 4.

Ms Kennedy will then face a third charge of breaching a violence restraining order in Claremont on February 19.

No details of the alleged breach were revealed in court.

Claremont stalls FOGO

• From page 11

acknowledged that a delay would risk failing to meet local and state waste management strategies.

The report also predicted an annual increase in operational costs of $77,598 on top of an estimated $190,000 initial investment if FOGO were implemented.

Subiaco introduced FOGO in 2023 and the POST was told that none of its materials have gone to landﬁll.

The state government wants all councils to introduce FOGO by

this year.

Claremont had planned to start it in 4656 households in September.

Resident Peter Telford, who will sell FOGO waste through a supply business, said it was a great idea but that the issues raised at council warranted further examination.

“Let’s wait and see how the ecosystem evolves, because once it’s rolled out, it’s very hard to rein it back in if the system starts failing,” he said.

“The jury is out on the processing of it and whether that effort is actually sustainable and worth it.”

Nuclear displeases God

• From page 5

is the most expensive form of energy by far – hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars – in large part to deal with the safety issues,” they said.

“Nuclear would not help prevent climate change either, because we would need to keep burning coal and gas while we wait decades for nuclear power stations to be built.”

The same day, Curtin Liberal candidate Tom White told a candidates forum he believed nuclear energy was the only means by which Australia could meet its goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

“I think the debate about climate change has taken on a religious

Nedlands council close to collapse

• From page 5

Amiry, who is overseas, had attended via video link.

Ms Amiry asked for permission to do so in an email two days earlier, but the mayor rejected her request.

“As council agreed (on February 25) to ﬁve months paid leave, which I voted against, I see no reason to grant this one-off request,” Ms Argyle said.

Ms Amiry subsequently questioned Ms Argyle’s authority to deny her request, but ultimately did not attend the meeting.

Councillor Ben Hodsdon is also overseas on leave, while councillor Noel Youngman was unwell.

quality,” he said.

“There’s a sort of zeal to the discussion, which I think is an attempt to immunise this debate to rational interrogation.”

Mr White said committing to net zero without nuclear was “like jumping out of a plane without a parachute and hoping you’ll invent one on the way down”.

“I’m simply saying we need to weight these trade-offs sensibly,” he said.

Dolphins feast on herring

• From page 3

inside the barrier as it acts like a haven for breeding ﬁsh.

“The dolphins put on quite a show for the regular early morning swimmers.”

Cottesloe mayor Lorraine Young said the barrier was very popular, providing peace-of-mind swimming.

It was installed in October and packed away at the end of April.

“The barrier signiﬁcantly reduces the risk of encountering a shark at Cottesloe main beach,” she said.

“It’s an ecologically friendly way of minimising the risks, while respecting marine life and ensuring that we don’t cause unintended harm.”

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White backs Hanson

point of preferencing One Nation last in 2001 after Ms Hanson said Australia was “in danger of being swamped by Asians”.

But the move has evidently not perturbed Mr Howard, who sent a letter endorsing Mr White to thousands of Curtin voters last month.

“Tom is a hard worker, who has the energy and commitment to effectively represent you in the national parliament,” Mr Howard wrote.

“I hope that you will vote for him.”

Mr White was grilled about his preferences on Monday by a voter at a candidates’ forum at the Hollywood Subiaco Bowling Club.

“Never in the history of this seat have the Liberal Party’s votes been distributed,” he said.

“We’re talking about a symbolic discussion.

“You can follow the how to vote card, but you should follow your conscience, and I’ve been saying that consistently to people at the polling booth.”

It is true that Mr White’s preferences will almost certainly not be distributed, but Liberal preferences could play a major role in winning Senate seats for Pauline Hanson’s party.

The Liberal Party has preferenced One Nation third in the

Senate, behind only its coalition partner the Nationals.

Mr White also batted away questions about electoral donations at Monday’s forum, refusing to tell the audience whether his campaign had received donations from Dalkeith mining tycoon Gina Rinehart.

“We have electoral disclosure laws in this country and I plan to comply with them,” he said.

“We’ll make the declarations that are required by us under law, which I don’t think is an unreasonable position.

“I’m not going to get into the name and shame game.”

Mr White attacked Ms Chaney over her donations from Climate 200, a national Teal fundraising group headquartered on the east coast.

“Kate’s campaign, unlike mine, is funded by big donors from Sydney,” he said.

“Our campaign is truly local,” he added, drawing laughter from parts of the crowd.

“Our campaign is funded by donors who live here in Curtin.”

Ms Chaney has consistently called to strengthen donation disclosure laws, and voluntarily displays a real-time register of cash donations on her website.

It shows that Climate 200 has given her campaign $478,625 in the past year.

Other big donations include

$65,000 from gender equity lobby group Vida Fund and $50,000 each from Keldoulis Investments, Wycombe Services, and Keep Them Honest Pty Ltd, all NSW-based companies.

The Sunday Times reports that Mr White’s donations more than match Mr Clarrey’s.

Mr White also told Monday’s forum that his yard signs were “knocked in by volunteers, not by paid contractors”.

But his party has come under fire for allegedly recruiting members of the Exclusive Brethren, a fringe Christian sect, as campaign volunteers.

The ABC on Thursday reported it had veriﬁed that at least one Exclusive Brethren member had campaigned for Mr White.

The Brethren have been linked to electronic roadside signs that read “Make Australia Happy” and “Put Labor Last”.

A sign that read “Make Australia Happy” but not “Put Labor Last” was on Curtin Avenue in Cottesloe this week.

The church, which does not allow its female members to vote, has denied it is campaigning for any political party.

Mr White told the ABC: “I’ve got more than 750 volunteers, and I have never asked any of them what their religious views are.

Win in borrowed boat

nephew Henry Olsen in a oneon-one duel in the ﬁnal.

James said years of sailing together on various classes of dinghies and extra training sessions on the Swan River had helped hone their skills.

“It was wonderful to sail with my son and share the win together,” he said.

“We hoped that we would do well, and we were aiming for top ﬁve, but there were a lot of unknowns.”

They train at Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club in Peppermint Grove, and James said the club’s support

was a big part of their success.

Mirror dinghies have red sails and two sailors aboard, but there is a weight limit so it is best for two teenagers, or an adult and child, to sail together.

“The advantage of sailing together enables the more experienced sailor to pass on their knowledge and promotes good communication and teamwork,” James said.

“I ﬁrst sailed Mirrors when I was Harry’s age, competing in the Mirror World championships, placing second as a crew, and it was great to return to the class after all these years.”

Make some noise – cockatoo protest at Parliament House

By JACK MADDERN

Save the Black Cockatoo protesters flocked to WA’s Parliament House on Wednesday, demanding stricter environmental protections the state government.

Among the many concerns of the group, the inaction of the State Government and Environmental Protection Authority to protect the environment from mass deforestation and species habitat destruction dominated the day’s discourse. They want the government to support the introduction of stronger federal nature laws and implement a more effective protection agency.

here and a new minister for environment,” he said.

“It’s time for us to push the reset button on conservation, so we want to get in early and get that message to the minister,”

Protest organiser Paddy Cullen was optimistic that the new parliament would be more receptive to environmental issues.

“We’ve got a new parliament

Cott prepares for beach erosion

• From page 38

said their plan has been used as a guiding tool that had attracted government funding for recommended adaptation projects.

It would assist with long-term planning, setting priorities and ﬁnancial decision-making.

After beach erosion compromised Port Beach’s changerooms and carpark in 2018 and 2019, the plan was used to adopt the best response to these risks.

The long-term strategy beyond 2040 is a managed retreat where City assets will be removed from erosion risk zones and set further back.

Cottesloe will accept feedback until May 16.

He has been in touch with new environment minister Matthew Swinbourn, and invited him to Wednesday’s protest, but said the minister was too busy to attend.

His group said thousands of

hectares of natural habitats are being lost, and within decades, the black cockatoo could go extinct.

“We are at a crossroads environmentally, not just for the black cockatoos,” he said.

“We are also in danger of destroying our chance of a secure and healthy environment for ourselves and every future generation.”

Mr Cullen also criticised the current EPA’s ineffectiveness and the state governments’ past efforts to lobby against stronger environmental laws.

WA Greens Member of the Legislative Council Brad Pettitt said: “There is a rising voice around realising that we can’t keep doing what we’re doing.”

Mr Pettitt accused WA Labor of lacking the political will to save black cockatoos.

“Honestly, there are plenty of government processes that could address this,” he said.

“We absolutely have the capacity to address this crisis, but what’s missing is the political will and leadership.”

He believes the state government needs to get out of the way and let the federal government introduce stronger protections.

He said the EPA was underresourced and not fully grasping the cumulative impacts when all the approved projects start adding up and increasing the environmental toll.

Greens Senator Jordon SteeleJohn was also in attendance and spoke to the federal support behind nature laws.

A State Government spokesperson said the Government would support any reforms that would deliver faster approvals and strengthen environmental protections.

“The Cook Labor Government continues to be committed to conserving WA’s iconic black cockatoos, based on expert

advice,” the spokesperson said.

David Bolt, the new shadow minister for environment and climate said he would “make sure stakeholders are being listened to and the government is actually developing policies that are addressing their decisions”.

But he added that there was a balance with industry, and people shouldn’t lose themselves to emotion.

“I think we need to use science and data to drive our decisions,” Mr Bolt said.

WA Conservation Council executive director Mia Pepper said: “Beyond the federal election, there’ll be a lot more mobilising to come.”

The council is an independent body representing 80 conservation and environment groups, helping to empower protests like Mr Cullen’s this week, with events planned particularly around regional deforestation.

Farewell to an old speedway Chum

It is funny how a few words spotted out of the corner of your eye can open a gateway to a treasure trove of memories.

I was ﬂicking through WA’s once-great daily newspaper the other day when a line stood out.

“Ride on high Chum,” it said. “No brakes, no gears, no fear.”

It was a death notice, one of the newspaper sections that can be guaranteed still to include little but irrefutable facts, and referred to one of WA’s great sporting ﬁgures whose innings had just ended at 98.

Chum “The Master” Taylor was a headline name in WA half a century ago.

Christened Edwin but known as Chum from his ﬁrst weeks, he was a speedway champion at a time when the Friday-night events at Claremont Showground were drawcards on a par with the Gloucester Park trots or the WAFL matches that would regularly pack 15,000 spectators into grounds built to handle half that number.

“The squeal of the motorbikes, the roar of the speedcars, the aroma of high-octane fuel and the smell of fear will be gone

when the Speedway hosted its ﬁnal lap.

The dirty, smelly, noisy complex may have outlived its welcome in an area becoming more genteel, though Claremont’s seedy underbelly was never far away, but the very factors that made it outdated were also the major drawcard in its prime when “Friday night was speedway night”.

The noise, smell and danger –on and off the track – were the elements that drew me, as one of thousands, to Claremont Speedway throughout my childhood.

We lived in Swanbourne, only a mile or so from the Showground, and the summer sea breeze usually ensured no speedway noise or smell would make its way up the Scotch College hill. Not always, though. Sometimes, when there was no breeze or the hot easterly blew all night in the middle of January, the enticing whiff of fuel and sound of revving engines would drift all the way to our house.

head spinning, while the acrid fumes added another ingredient to the enticing brew.

It was dangerous, too, and not just for the riders who survived –mostly – the regular crashes that added to the anticipation and thrill of another Friday night at the track.

The shadows and deserted alleys behind Fowlhouse Corner were the hunting grounds of dodgy teenagers for whom a night at the speedway would not be complete without a proper punch-up or chance to get the better of a private schoolboy foolish enough to ﬁnd himself adrift of the main arena.

It was on that arena in 1973 that one of the most memorable speedway nights took place.

Chum had just announced the end of his career at Claremont after racing there for a quarter

He would continue to race in England, where he had been a regular competitor since his early 20s, until a broken shoulder later that year ended his brilliant career.

“Claremont Speedway fans gave me a great farewell that night,” Taylor said in a revealing interview with racing stalwart Ken Duperouzel many years later.

“I had just won my last race at Claremont Speedway and everybody poured on to the track, ofﬁcials, competitors and a huge number of fans.

“Everyone was emotional, worst of all me. I still recall the Frank Sinatra song playing ‘I did it my way’.

“Then the crowd gave me three huge cheers. It was very emotional for me.”

been taken by Tai Wofﬁnden, a triple world champion, who was brought up in Perth but returned to England where his career has reached stellar levels.

Wofﬁnden is now recovering from a crash in Poland that left him with a list of bone fractures that he said was “wild” to list.

“Double compound right femur fracture (pinned and bolted), broken back TH9 plated and screwed to TH8 &

TH10, right humerus compound fracture, dislocated + smashed right elbow, 12 broken ribs + punctured lung, left broken shoulder-blade, dislocated left shoulder,” he said on X.

As a new speedway star shines brightly, Claremont Showground is left with just memories of its 73 years as the centre of the sport in WA. And the long shadow of Chum Taylor, who dominated his sport without gears or fears.

I recall, as a young kid, being part of the crowd as it surged past the wire fence onto the track and being surprised at how muddy it was as my goingout Dunlop Volleys sank up to their laces.

Taylor was the star of the track, whose performances on two wheels complemented those other speedsters on three or four, interspersed with demolition derbies and other novelties.

It was far more intoxicating at the speedway itself where Chum and Ivan Mauger and Ove Fundin were the biggest names on the billboard.

The engine noise was closer to a physical assault than merely

He was good enough to become Australian champion in 1966 but may have been even better known for his ﬁve wins as WA Speedway champion which earned him the title of the Master.

“The ocean’s wild, surﬁng’s wild and the way it chooses you and you ﬁnd it,” said WA’s man of the moment Jack Robinson after his win at the Bells Beach Pro last Sunday.

“It’s a special day.

“I have my whole family here, everyone is here, all my team, my whole crew.

“Right before the semifinals, we were watching footage of (Joel) Parko and Mick (Fanning) surfing Bells, then we watched Taj (Burrow), Andy (Irons) and Kelly (Slater) and I was all fired up.

“I drew inspiration from those guys.

year and his eighth victory in ﬁve years on the championship tour, an amazing record.

Two of those victories have come at his home break, Surfers Point, which will bode well for him with the Margaret River Pro starting on May 17.

Bells was a double win for Australia, with Isabella Nichols taking out the women’s.

“Words can’t describe how I’m feeling right now,” Nichols said.

It split the air and left your

“Claremont was the biggest and fastest speedway track in the world and Chum was famous for coming from 140 yards back and hanging off the boards where the devil would fear to tread,” rider Greg McNeill remembered this week.

“He was a pretty ruthless character who had a few tricks up his sleeve but his title of Chum the Master was well deserved.”

Taylor ended his career as WA’s greatest speedway rider, though that mantle may have

“I just channelled that and thought ‘Be in the moment’.”

Robbo’s win catapults him from 10th spot on the rankings to third and into the all-important top five, putting him in line for ﬁnals day qualiﬁcation.

This was meant to be his year, his best chance to win a world title with the amazing barrels of Cloudbreak on offer for ﬁnals day where he’s touted as a favourite.

Bells was his ﬁrst win for the

“This is deﬁnitely the best day of my life.

“Ever since winning in Margaret River three years ago, I’ve just been chasing this feeling.

“Getting carried up the stairs by my dad and coach and having most of my family here, it’s just an emotion I can’t describe.”

In local news, the Cottesloe Board Riders will hold their registration day this Sunday, May 4, between 10am and noon.

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WA’s Jack Robinson slays the Bells bowl. Photo: WSL/Sloane Robbo

surfing with cameron bedford-brown

Chum Taylor in his prime. He was a Nedlands Primary School student who rose to rule the speedway world.

Friday night was speedway night at Claremont Showground.

Chum Taylor in action at Claremont.

Use this shape to make a drawing. The best two entries will win.

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Do your best Doodlebug drawing in the box above, and fill in the entry form. Cut out the drawing and entry form and ask an adult to email it to sarah@postnewspapers.com.au, with “Doodlebug” in the subject heading. Or drop your entry off to our office at 276 Onslow Road, Shenton Park 6008, during normal business hours, or mail it to POST Kids at that address. For artists up to the age of 12. ENTRIES MUST ARRIVE BY NOON ON WEDNESDAY.

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MICKEY MOUSE , Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy skate into Perth next month to host an adventure filled with tales of heroism from your favourite Disney stories in Disney On Ice.

From the Disney kingdom, Find Your Hero is a quest to see how far

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Some curly stories emerged from the very straight doodle this week.

Theo’s younger sibling scribbled all over the page so his mum had to recreate the doodle for Theo to draw his space shuttle.

Leonardo created the classic photo of a tourist holding up the Leaning Tower of Pisa – my sister and I took photos just like that!

And five-year-old Jasper surprised his mum by drawing and describing a grevillea.

“I didn’t even know he knew what a grevillea was,” his mum said. “Also, I got in trouble for writing six when he’s not six until June!”

I love Dante’s angry Macca’s chip, and Cheung’s bridge low-

Moana will go when she embarks on a voyage to save her island with mighty demigod Maui, or how Anna and Elsa and warm-hearted snowman Olaf will protect the kingdom. Get tangled with Rapunzel as she dares to explore the world outside her own tower, swim with Ariel, and be there as Belle boldly tames the fearsome Beast.

Find Your Hero brings much-loved characters to life from both classic and contemporary Disney stories, with some breathtaking ice-skating. The skaters come from all over world including Ukraine, Sweden, Estonia

and Finland.

Disney On Ice is the world’s largest employer of professional figure-skaters, who have represented 48 countries over the past 40 years and included 50 former Olympians and Olympic hopefuls in lead and ensemble roles.

A Disney On Ice skater has to have a high level of technical skill because they can fly across the ice

ering across the river.

But our winning doodles this week both involve sports. Elle Markov, 9, from Mt Claremont, did an excellent drawing of a bird’seye view of a four-person kayak.

There’s lots of great movement in the water as the paddlers work hard to paddle together.

Our other main winner, Florence Gillam, 7, from Floreat, turned the doodle into a huge cricket bat, big enough to stop the ball hitting the stumps.

I hope your first week back at school has been filled with fun, friends and fantastic discoveries!

at about 30kmh, and they need lots of strength because some costumes weigh up to 23kg.

Disney On Ice: Find Your Hero is an ice-skating spectacular for the whole family.

It will be at RAC Arena on June 12 to 15 with morning, afternoon and evening shows.

• Book through DisneyOnIce. com/e-au.

Teacher: Peter, take 3963, divide by 38 and multiply by 61. What do you get?

Peter: Confused!

Q. What did the girl say to the work book?

A. I’ll contact you later!

Q. Why wasn’t the boy interested in decimals?

A. He couldn’t see the point!

Dad: Did your teacher recognise the excellence of your essay?

Girl: No, but she seemed to recognise your handwriting!

Dad: Why are you doing your homework sitting on the dog?

Boy: The teacher says we have to write an essay on our favourite animal!

Teacher: Jessica, if you had four lamingtons and I asked you to give me two, how many would you have?

Jessica: Four!

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Six slimy snails sailed silently.

Vouchers will be valid for the next four weeks. These Doodlebug contestants have won.

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Theo Metcalf, Leonardo Siervo, Ilyssa Teh, Isabelle Wolf, Zoe Symington, George Dodds, Jasper Beau Wobbit, Dante Valeri, Cheung Yui, Menna Townsend.

Florence Gillam (7)

Elle Markov (9)