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Pub raid … The former lead singer of a Perth punk rock band, Andrew Baird, now uses his voice as a Mosman Park councillor.

Mosman suit’s wild punk past

By JACK MADDERN

Andrew Baird’s suave suit and urbane exterior as a Mosman Park councillor hides a historical punk rocker who once turned Perth’s club venues on their heads.

Once the skinhead known as Andrew Bored, he was lead singer of Quick and the Dead which put punk rock in the headlines of WA newspapers after a gig on a ferry resulted in 14 paddy wagons waiting for them at Barrack Street Jetty.

A flock of skinheads and punks followed the former Scotch College

student from 1980 to 1983 wherever his band played.

Fan mayhem earned the band such a reputation that finding venues for their gigs became difficult.

The band in 1981 booked a gig for hundreds of fans on a ferry that would travel from Perth to Fremantle and back with a BYO alcohol policy.

“A lot of people didn’t understand BYO and maybe expected to buy grog on the boat, so somehow the message got to the captain we needed to stop and get supplied,” Andrew said.

“He pulled into what is now JoJo’s Jetty.

“A hundred punks and skinheads went up to Steve’s, and there was probably one person on duty at the bottle shop, and they emptied all the shelves of cartons of beer and spirits.

“They came running down the jetty, jumping on board with all this grog, screaming to the captain: ‘Get going, get going.’

“There used to be a police station in Nedlands opposite Steve’s.

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Metronet myth busted

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By BRET CHRISTIAN

A local family saves a deposit, buys a unit near a western suburb train station and happily drops the car keys in a drawer, hardly expecting to need them again.

They can walk to the local shops, cafes, bars and entertainment.

Fast trains are just at the end of their street for long journeys.

This is the dream being sold by Planning and Housing Minister John Carey for his “walkable” Transport Oriented Developments, or TODs. His latest announcement of vast areas planned for highdensity development for 800m around Cottesloe’s train stations have sent anxious shivers through many residents of established suburbs (Circles of Doom swallow our heritage streets, POST, August 1).

But the dream is a fantasy.

Although the process is in its infancy, early evidence is that high-rise living near Metronet

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Begging for passengers on the Claremont siding this week. stations will neither get people out of their cars nor end urban sprawl.

But once destroyed, nothing can bring back the charm and liveability of the carefully-curated homes and streets caught inside Mr Carey’s very wide net.

There is no argument that Metronet trains are valuable for fixed point-to-point journeys if there is a station near the workplace, footy oval or the airport.

But the evidence does not support little use of car keys of residents of these new towers.

Some expert opinions, backed up by what is actually happening in the western suburbs, indicate that people will always

choose their cars for multi-point journeys.

Modern cars are private, convenient, safe, comfortable, climate-controlled music and communication hubs that can deliver a whole series of quick benefits that trains can never provide.

People who can afford them use them, said Professor Patrick Troy in an ABC debate 20 years ago with local planning professor Peter Newman.

Prof. Newman, from Curtin University, has long advocated for Metronet and its TODs, with his ideas adopted wholesale by successive governments.

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Instead of high rise, decentralise The proposed increase in high-density development across Perth (Circles of doom swallow our heritage streets, POST, August 1) threatens many of our most attractive suburbs.

Beautiful older homes will be demolished, mature gardens and trees replaced by bland high-rise buildings, concrete and asphalt, and the outlook and amenity of neighbouring properties permanently diminished.

The Cook government argues that higher density is necessary to accommodate population growth, but there has been remarkably little discussion of policies that would encourage people and businesses to locate outside Perth rather than concentrating ever more development in the metropolitan area.

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I was disappointed to read that Cottesloe council has opted not to support a “polluters pay” approach to funding the growing costs of climate impacts (Cott waters down ‘polluters pay’, POST, August 1).

Climate change is already increasing costs for local governments through storm damage, coastal erosion, extreme heat and pressure on public infrastructure.

Whether it’s roads or seawalls, the gap between what councils can afford and what communities need will only widen. Ratepayers should not be expected to carry these costs alone while major polluters avoid responsibility.

Advocating for funding to protect our beaches, foreshore

and infrastructure is what any community should expect from its council.

The Local Government Act requires councils to govern strategically, allocate resources responsibly and plan for the future.

Climate impacts are not a political issue; they are a governance issue.

Councils should respond to evidence, advocate for their communities and work constructively with other levels of government to secure the support needed to build climate resilience.

Nationally, local governments have sent a strong message that polluters must pay, and Cottesloe should not be left behind.

Jennifer Paterson Andrews Place, Cottesloe

Reconciliation is outside councils’ remit I fully agree with Terry McIntyre (Reconcile with residents, Letters, August 1) that the actions of Cambridge council in imposing its Reconciliation Action Plan on ratepayers does not align with the normal remit of council duties I am astounded that mayor Gary Mack believes it is up to council to “understand history and create a more inclusive and respectful town”.

If the mayor was truly serious about inclusivity and respect, he would be questioning the direction council is now heading in.

Making calls on Australia Day, changing names and developing reconciliation plans is not part of council duties.

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The direction of council at present is not representative of the majority of ratepayers and must continue to be questioned.

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Sea containers lift the bar So much

for FOGO

By BONNIE CHRISTIAN

An old salvage yard in Shenton Park has been transformed by carefully-stacked shipping containers that the owners hope will soon be a new neighbourhood bar.

Daniel Sterpini and Deborah Taylor are seeking a liquor licence for the Stubbs Terrace bar Somewhere in the Middle.

The pair currently run Somewhere in the Park in Victoria Park and Northbridge’s Fallow Liquor and Eatery.

Mr Sterpini is the former director of Lucky Chan’s Laundry and Noodle Bar. Their application for a liquor licence says the new bar, next to the train line on Public Transport Authority land, will provide an experience “currently missing in Shenton Park”.

It will include an open-plan courtyard with large grassed areas for games and communal dining, and a rooftop open-air alfresco level.

The application included a May survey of residents completed by 98 people, of whom 91% said they believed the bar would change the area “positively”.

“We don’t have anything similar in Shenton Park. It’s great to have lots of different things in the area to make it lively!” one respondent said.

But some said they were worried

Cambridge locals who have been diligently sorting their recyclables and FOGO (food organics, garden organics) are wasting their time because some people can’t follow the rules.

Somewhere In The Middle co-owner Dan Sterpini says his shipping container tavern will be one of a kind. Photo: Jack Maddern about traffic and the close proximity one person said, in a submission. to Shenton College.

Feedback is open via the Department “Many Year 12 students turn 18 dur- of Local Government, Industry ing their final year of high school and Regulation and Safety website.

I do not support providing drinking The site was previously occupied opportunities right on their doorstep,” by Diggers and Truckers salvage yard.

River inspires race to cure cancer

By JACK MADDERN

Mosman Park boy River Watkins’ sudden death from a lethal brain tumour has inspired a fundraiser for cancer research.

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The energetic, footy-loving River had just turned eight last year when he succumbed to the applesized tumour in his brain.

Mum Chantal DellaValle said there were no signs and no effective treatment to save River after he was diagnosed with the deadliest form of brain cancer.

“River was a student at Mosman Park and such a beautiful, healthy kid until last year, when he was diagnosed with DMG [diffuse midline glioma],” she said.

“The only symptom he had was when he went back to school from the July holidays; he was having trouble holding his pencil, and his writing had regressed.”

Chantal knew something was wrong when River was writing a birthday card, looked at her, and said, ‘Mum, it’s hard to write’.

“That was the only sign,” she said.

“It was because the tumour was weakening the right side of his body.”

A trip to hospital and then cancer specialists revealed River had the most aggressive form. There is no effective treatment.

“If your child receives this, the doctors say it’s a death sentence,” Chantal said.

“There is nothing that exists currently that can save your child.

“It can be very fast. With River, it was less than three weeks after he got that diagnosis that he died.

“We are absolutely devastated beyond comprehension, but all we can really do as a family now is try to do something good.”

The family has set up the 5km River’s Race community fundraising event for brain cancer research with all proceeds to go to the Children’s Cancer Institute.

After living in Mosman Park for 18 years, the family had the idea of hosting a community-style event that all ages and abilities

A POST reader was appalled to see bin collectors emptying The red bins and yellow red-lidded and yellow- bins emptied into the lidded bins into the same waste truck in Halsame waste truck in lifax Lane, Cambridge.

Cambridge last week.

The waste-watcher was following a rubbish truck along Hallifax Lane, Wembley, and saw the Veolia workers dump the contents of all the bins into the general rubbish truck.

A Veolia spokesperson said an investigation into the incident had revealed that the worker was doing the right thing.

“In this case, a conscientious driver found on inspection that the contents of this yellow bin were contaminated, so he loaded them into his truck ahead of the recycle run to prevent contamination of the entire mixed recyclables load,” the spokesperson said.

“It’s a good example of why local councils and Veolia remind residents to put the right thing in the right bin to boost recycling rates.”

The most common culprits in recycling bins were used disposable nappies or soft plastics, he said.

Meanwhile, the WA Waste Authority has quietly changed its rules and guidelines for what can and cannot be included in FOGO waste.

Items such as soiled paper products (tissues and paper towels), pet poo, compostable takeaway cups, compostable containers and utensils, and tea bags are all now banned from FOGO bins.

The changes were made by the authority in mid-July.

Stirling mayor Mark Irwin, the WA Local Government Association president, told ABC radio that even a small amount of contamination made a big difference.

“It’s so important that these waste streams are pure in what they’re intended to be, otherwise they’re contaminated and they can’t be used for their intended recycling purpose,” he said.

“The changes that are being implemented are effectively to make sure that the waste is more pure.”

River Watkins with his mum Chantal DellaValle, dad Rob Watkins and sister Coco. could join.

Participants can either walk or run through Mosman Park from Tom Perrott Reserve to Mann Oval.

Registrations opened last week with $50,000 already raised.

“It’s free to register through the website, and then you have the option to get your friends and family to sponsor you,” Chantal said.

River played football for the Mosman Park Redbacks and the family will be at Tom Perrott for a River’s Round Auskick match next Friday afternoon.

“He was a sports-mad kid, especially with footy,” Chantal said.

“The club are doing River’s Round with all the Year 3 boys.

“We will be going down to talk about River’s Race and let people know it’s happening.”

Chantal said DMG needed a spotlight shone on it.

“It has been left behind when compared to how far we have come with treating other cancers,” she said.

“Brain cancer kills more children than any other disease in Australia and DMG takes the most lives.

“There are no known risk factors and no known causes.

“Those questions are exactly what parents are asking themselves: Was it something we did?”

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Lake stroll coloured by natural beauty Cedric and Elise Gros were stunned during their recent trip to Croatia when they encountered the Plitvice lakes between Zagreb and Split.

The Wembley father and daughter had a summer trip to Europe with the highlight their visit to the UNESCO World Heritage zone.

“It was pure pleasure to discover the spectacular chain of 16 lakes connected by waterfalls and cascades,” Cedric said.

“They are famous for their stunning colours ranging from green to deep blue depending on the mineral content, aquatic organisms and sunlight conditions.”

The pair walked Cedric and Elise Gros visited the Plitvice lakes in Croatia with their favourite newspaper. through the limestone canyon of the lower lakes before boating Learning all about ‘edcuation’ across Lake Kozjak.

The state government schools in the area – includ“It was an unforgetis making no secret of its ing Secret Harbour, Golden table experience and commitment to the Secret Bay, Endeavour, Lakelands a true feast for the Harbour by-election, with and Port Kennedy schools senses,” Cedric said. chequebook promises rang- – would share $3million. ing from a new train station It was “part of the Cook • Send a picture and to reams of primary-school Labor Government’s comdetails of your POSTcard play infrastructure. mitment to investing in adventure to mailbox@ A breathless release from EDCUATION,” the press postnewspapers.com.au.

Premier Roger Cook re- release said. Wonder where vealed that nine primary that investment should start?

Subiaco council wants its residents to learn about dying.

Dying to Know Day, a national campaign encouraging Australians to have meaningful conversations about death, dying and the important things in life, will be held this Saturday, August 8.

A free community workshop will examine planning for death at home, living with a terminal illness, funeral and memorial choices and other issues.

“This workshop provides a welcoming and respectful environment to explore thee important topics, learn about available options, and consider how planning ahead can support both ourselves and those we care about,” the Town said on its website.

“Through a guided and interactive exercise, participants will reflect on their personal experiences of loss, change and grief.

“This session is designed to encourage thoughtful conversation, personal reflection and greater confidence in discussing end-oflife maters.”

Question over resident’s ‘ridiculous’ alias

Cambridge mayor Gary Mack has chastised a local resident for asking a question under an assumed name.

There was no evidence that the questioner’s real name was P. Blackburne or even J. Carey.

“We’ve called them anonymous but they’ve used a ridiculous name that can’t be a real person,” Mr Mack said at last week’s Cambridge council meeting.

Despite the fanciful alias – which remains a secret – the local asked serious questions about R-Code dwelling yields in the draft local planning scheme.

The questions were read aloud by Mr Mack, who said the public might benefit from hearing the answers.

Accused paedophile back in jail

By JACK MADDERN

Alleged Nedlands paedophile paediatrician Chia Saw is back in jail after he breached bail conditions to not use an electronic device that could communicate, record or connect to the internet.

Further police investigations have unearthed another seven Chia Saw children they allege Mr Saw sexually assaulted between 2024 and 2026.

He appeared in Perth Magistrates Court on Thursday to face three new charges of sexually penetrating a child under 13 in Nedlands, 11 new charges of indecently recording and dealing with a child, and one charge of producing child exploitation material, which the court heard was a photograph.

The 41-year-old faces a total of 72 charges related to the sexual assault of 18 victims over the period of 2024 to 2026, while he was working as a paediatrician at Nedlands and Midland clinics.

His medical licence has since been suspended.

Mr Saw’s lawyer Katherine Dowling said her client had “unequivocally” breached bail conditions to not use any video or communication devices nor connect to the internet. “[There was] no nefarious intent for the use of that device” Ms Dowling said in court.

“It was for the purpose of effectively getting his affairs in order.

“But on the face of it, it would appear to be an unequivocal breach of his bail conditions.”

No new bail application was made.

Mr Saw will return to court on October 30 and is yet to enter a formal plea.

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Celebrity Tania dies in Dalkeith

By BRET CHRISTIAN

Tania Verstak, the refugee “beauty queen” who became a symbol of the acceptance of migrants into Australia, died in her Dalkeith home last Saturday, aged 85.

Tania provided a huge leg-up in her youth for the controversial wave of “New Australian’” post-war migrants.

Her death after an illness comes at a time when the debate is raging again.

Until 1961, the much-coveted Miss Australia title had been awarded traditionally to middle-class Anglo Australian women.

Tania’s win that year was hailed as reflecting a tolerant and multicultural Australia.

Her shy, warm, funny, generous and friendly disposition won over a generation of “old Australians” suspicious of newcomers.

Tania was born in north China to refugee White Russian par-

ents Vladimir and Valentina Verstak.

After the Communist revolution, the government in 1952 stripped the family of their considerable assets and expelled them, along with 7000 other Russians living in China.

They arrived as refugees in Manly NSW. Tania attended local schools.

The teenager was selling soap at Sydney’s Royal Easter Show when she was approached to enter a beauty contest.

Her mother encouraged her to enter to help overcome her shyness.

She won a string of beauty contests, including Miss University and Miss Australia in 1961.

Tania travelled to California in 1962 where she won the big prize – Miss International.

“This is the greatest thing that could happen to me,” she said after her win.

“Now that I have won this crown I feel I have returned some measure of appreciation

Tania Verstak’s first job after being crowned Miss International was as an ambassador for Qantas. to Australia, the wonderful land which adopted me and my parents and has been so marvellous to us.”

She was propelled onto the

international stage, speaking at the United Nations and on top US television talk shows.

She travelled the world and locally, having endless lunches

with mayors at Australian country shires.

Immigration Minister Alick Downer declared her win as • Please turn to page 65

Diesel towers noisy … and useless

By JEN REWELL The diesel-powered mobile phone towers that annoy City Beach residents with their smell, sound and vibrations might not actually work.

And an expert says batteries should be used to replace the generators at night.

City Beach resident Tom Ridsdill-Smith said his mobile phone coverage has been almost non-existent since two mobile phone towers were moved to Ocean Village Park last year.

The towers made way for the construction of Ocean Grand, a high-rise apartment complex Locals have been protesting for months to have the generators silenced. due to start this year.

Mr Ridsdill-Smith’s complaint middle of a major capital city.” could charge a large battery Residents have battled for system during the day, to power to the Telecommunications Ombudsman had ended with months to silence the 24/7 the towers silently at night.

Both Optus and Telstra have Telstra refunding his mobile diesel generators that power fees after their modelling the towers and exceed allowed used battery back-up power mobile tower sites across showed he had “poor” coverage. noise emission levels.

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“I can almost never receive “This will eliminate nightor place voice calls or use data sleepless nights could be as simwithout having to go through a ple as hooking up to a battery, time noise, reduce fumes and according to Simon Chan, from pollution, and keep the locals wifi network,” he said. happy,” Mr Chan said.

“I’ve given up. It seems an WA battery company Renoz.

Mr Chan said a generator • Please turn to page 65 unwinnable battle even in the

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Penny’s $6000 pebble ebble was life and death h

By JEN REWELL

When a flop-eared foster pup called Penny needed a $6000 operation, Cottesloe woman Andrea Davy knew she needed to make a life-or-death decision.

Penny is one of many waifs and strays that Andrea has fostered through her volunteer work with the WA animal rescue group SAFE (Saving Animals From Euthanasia).

The 15-week-old pup had been flown to Perth from Broome.

“She got very, very sick so I took her to the vet,” Andrea said.

Investigations revealed Penny had swallowed a large, round, river-washed white pebble she had found in Andrea’s garden.

The emergency veterinarian presented Andea with two options – to euthanise the pup or pay for a $6000 operation to remove the pebble.

Andrea, who collects cans to raise money for SAFE activities, knew there was little hope that the rescue organisation would be able to assist with the bill.

“It’s a lot of money for one little dog when the rescue charity is struggling for funds and they have so many other dogs to look after,” Andrea said.

But despite the huge cost, the decision was simple.

“I just couldn’t see her put down,

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she’s such a sweet thing,” Andrea said.

Andrea sacrificed money she had put aside to go to a friend’s funeral in England to pay for the operation.

A stranger who was in the vet’s waiting room with two bull terriers overheard the story and left $200 with the receptionist to pay towards the bill.

Some of Andrea’s friends have also contributed to Penny’s care.

Andrea has fostered puppies for several years and has taken in many dogs from SAFE’s 10 regional bases.

Penny was found alone near Cygnet Bay, which is about two hours from Broome.

“She was picked up from the side of the road, starving and sick,” Andrea said.

“On her own she wouldn’t have lasted.”

Penny will be up for adoption in a few weeks when she has recovered from her operation.

“She’s a gorgeous little dog,” Andrea said.

SAFE was formed in 2003 in Karratha and has rescued more than 40,000 animals.

It has 10 regional branches and aims to place animals in home care rather than shelters while they await their “forever home”.

Dogs and cats for adoption can be viewed on the SAFE website.

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Matilda Bay objections overruled

By LLOYD GORMAN

The state government has dismissed the objections of 60 people over the environmental damage they believe a ferry terminal would cause in Matilda Bay.

The grievances flooded in after the Environmental Protection Agency waived an assessment of the proposed terminal on the area (EPA dumps Matilda Bay ruling, POST, November 15 2025).

Of 293 submissions made to the EPA at the time, 257 called for a full public environmental review.

Environment Minister Matthew Swinbourn wrote to the complainants on Monday to tell them their appeals had been considered, and rejected, by a committee and that he supported that ruling.

The “committee” was made up of Dr Garry Middle, an academic and environmental consultant appointed

by Mr Swinbourn to investigate the appeals and report back to him.

“I have accepted the recommendations of the appeals committee and have decided to dismiss the appeals,” Mr Swinbourn said in his letter.

Not one of the concerns raised

This Matilda Bay ferry terminal is one step closer after environment objections were dismissed. was upheld.

One concern was that seagrass in the affected area had multiple environmental functions and removing it would be detrimental.

Dr Middle said the loss of seagrass in an area of 0.63ha represented just over a tenth of one percent of its total amount in the Swan River estuary.

“Most appellants argued that JoJo’s jetty site should have been chosen instead of the Matilda Bay site,” Dr Middle said in his report.

“However, a relevant matter ... was the finding that the JoJos site would likely have more significant

environmental impacts (than Matilda Bay) as the amount of seagrass that would need to be cleared was greater and it is closer to Pelican Point Nature Reserve.

“The loss of seagrass in Matilda Bay is small relative to the extent of seagrass extending from Pelican Point, and is significantly smaller than the area of seagrass lost from within the (Royal Perth) yacht club area.”

Dr Middle’s report also downplayed claims the seagrass in Matilda Bay is a vital food source

and supports a habitat that sustains black swans, pelicans and other bird and marine life.

Nedlands woman Maureen Frankham was one of the 60 objectors.

“I was fuming when I read Mr Swinbourn’s weak excuses for turning down our environmental appeals,” she said. “But we will never give up.”

Another appeal against a ferry terminal in the Crawley inlet – this time with the federal department of environment in Canberra – is still

under way.

An unidentified Noongar woman has made a bid under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act to halt what she said would be the desecration of Matilda Bay and its indigenous importance (Federal threat to ferry, POST, July 11).

An expert appointed by Environment and Water Minister Murray Watt will now compile those submissions and report back to him.

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Cottesloe planted seven juvenile pine trees along the Marine Parade verge just north of Grant Street, but dug them up last Friday.

The council’s beach policy requires that it consult with ratepayers before planting new trees along the foreshore, even on public land.

It has since called for public consultation and said it had taken the trees into its care until public submissions closed on August 19.

Then councillors would make a decision.

Cottesloe is seeking feedback on whether it should replant seven norfolk island pines on this strip of Marine Parade verge.

Local resident Matt Davis said he felt encouraged to see Cottesloe planting young norfolk island pines on a treeless section of Marine Parade.

“Seeing those same trees dug up after complaints from a small number of nearby residents was both surprising and disappointing,” he said.

“Why couldn’t the trees remain in place while community consultation took place?

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Mail posts through after 130 years

By JACK MADDERN Post offices are closing around the country but Claremont residents are still receiving their mail at an historic building that has been operating for the past 130 years.

And Claremont postal manager Jessica Couzner said her Bay View Terrace shop was not going anywhere.

Strong community demand meant the Claremont Post Office was a significant pillar in the suburb.

“I don’t think anything will ever happen to this outlet, because one, it’s heritage, but also we’re doing quite well,” she said.

Staff celebrated the 130-year milestone on Thursday.

Claremont has had a postal presence since 1838 as the midway point between Perth and Fremantle.

The 19th Century meeting point was a 30m tuart tree at what is now 256 Stirling Highway.

The tree was called the Halfway Tree but is now remembered by a cast-iron postbox.

An official home for the mail was established on Gugeri Street in 1883 when the Fremantle train line opened.

Claremont Post Office opened on its current site in 1896 and doubled as a residence for the postmaster.

The post office nearly lost its quarried limestone facade to a proposed demolition in 1982.

Community opposition saved

the day while heritage recognition was provided by the National Trust in 1983, the WA Register of Heritage Places in 2002 and the Commonwealth Heritage List in 2004.

Ms Couzner said the post office was a special place for generations of families.

“Here, you’ve got a lot of kids come in and write letters because of their grandparents,” she said. “You’d actually be surprised, we do get a lot of letters.”

She said she expected it will get busier after construction of a hotel on Bay View Terrace.

Claremont post office manager Jessica Couzner, with staff Mark Melder, left, and Ethan Thompson.

Safe street rated a failure

By JEN REWELL

A formal government evaluation of Cambridge’s Safe Active Street project has discovered what POST readers said more than two years ago – it doesn’t do the job.

A Department of Transport report has found many drivers do not drive slower, the chicanes and speed bumps don’t slow cars, and fewer people are riding their bikes than before the road was changed.

The DoT report said the program had “generated a mix of positive and negative outcomes” and showed “moderate improvement” to risks posed by speeding vehicles.

Bump in the road … Ruislip Street’s Safe Active Street project has been a road to nowhere.

It said drivers were not “sufficiently impacted by the changed street conditions”, and a large proportion drove over the speed limit – or just under it.

Fewer bicycles now used the route, it said – but noted

that previous bicycle numbers were measured during COVID disruptions.

The $2.2million project provides a 4.4km route along Ruislip Street in Wembley and West Leederville, designed to provide a link between the Leederville train station and The Boulevard.

Consultation and design took four years and the road was kitted out with lighted signs, landscaped chicanes, painted roads, and speed bumps.

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Despite “community sentiment” being a key feature of the DoT’s three-point evaluation framework, the report said the department did not carry out a survey due to “time limits” because construction took longer than intended.

Meanwhile, Cambridge has hired a traffic engineer consultant to do an independent technical review of the route.

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Our kids have a right to be schooled nearby

By JACK MADDERN Western suburb families struggling to find schools for their neurodivergent children have submitted a petition to Parliament calling for educational reform.

Neuro Families WA founder Felicity Creagh of Mount Claremont started the petition after experiencing her family’s challenges to find a school nearby that could accommodate her neurodiverse children.

“We are advocating for specialised education programs in our area, close to home,” she said.

“Other areas of Perth have access to these programs but in the western suburbs we don’t, for whatever reason.

“We have children in our com-

munity who don’t currently have a school for them to go to, and it’s their right.”

The petition calls for reforms in primary and secondary schools, centred on a specialised learning program to help support students’ access to the mainstream curriculum.

It calls for western suburbs schools to have support centres which provide an education better catered to students’ challenges, and it demands that school catchment areas are expanded for children with disabilities, so they can access schools that better accommodate their needs.

Upper House MP Brian Walker has endorsed the petition, which has also drawn partial support from the neurodivergent • Please turn to page 64

Jordan Morris rides a wave at Cottesloe’s Isolators break that could be protected under new guidelines being developed by UWA and SurfingWA. Photo: Pedro Bonfante

Moves afoot to protect surf breaks

By BONNIE CHRISTIAN WA’s first state-level guidelines to protect surf breaks along the coast, including Cottesloe and Trigg beaches, are being developed.

Neurodiverse families from the western suburbs are petitioning the state government for more help. From left are Elizabeth Borthwick, Peter and Rebecca Coghlan, and Ruby, Felicity, Cam and Hamish Creagh. Photo: Jack Maddern

UWA’s Ana Manero is travelling the state’s coastlines this week interviewing local surfers and communities about what they value about their waves and the threats they are facing.

“So far we’ve seen two sets of challenges,” Dr Manero said.

“Locally, we’re seeing impacts from changes to the sand sediment, whether that be through the development, coastal developments like the new marina, or like structures

that try to protect coastal erosion.

“Anything that’s changing the shape of our coastline has impacts on our surf breaks.

“We’ve also heard some concerns around water quality around Geraldton, and a lot of pressure from increasing demand in Margaret River.

“On a larger scale, what we found is our environmental management guidelines and the processes that should look after the community values in the environment are very fragmented across WA.” There are more than 1000 surf breaks around Australia but most have no formal protection or active management, despite recreational surfing

contributing $2.7billion a year to Australia’s economy.

“With growing coastal pressures and the revision of key management guidelines, WA is now in a unique position to lead the way in the recognition and protection of surfing resources,” Dr Manero said.

“In New Zealand nationally important surf areas have direct statutory protection and on the Gold Coast a surf management plan ensures wave quality is maintained through active sand nourishment.

“We aim to build similar guidelines for WA.” The project is funded by the Australian Research Council and is a partnership between SurfingWA and UWA.

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Gifts to property developers that just keep on giving

Safety kerbs a serious traffic hazard

I’m writing to find out whether any other POST readers may have “come a cropper” on the bike separators that run along Roe Street in Northbridge.

These are great blocks of concrete the same colour as the bitumen on the road and are meant to keep cars and bikes away from each other.

Earlier this year, I was driving home to Claremont when I turned right off Lake Street into Roe Street (heading west) and struck with one these blocks.

My left front and back tyres burst on impact and were totally shredded.

While I was standing on the roadside in disbelief and shock, inspecting the damage, another car turned right from Lake into Roe and suffered exactly what had just happened to me – both left front and back tyres destroyed by these poorly visible cement blocks.

When the RAC’s contracted tow-truck arrived, the driver told me matter-of-factly that he had responded to 250 exactly similar incidents in the past two years. He said that whenever he heard Roe Street mentioned on the truck twoway radio he knew someone had hit the cement cycleway separators.

When it was dark and raining, he said, “it’s a nightmare”.

He said there were four other contracted tow trucks for RAC

Ministers Rita Saffioti and John Carey are the gifts to the property developers that keep on giving, as they give away our heritage, replacing family homes with overshadowing vertical sprawl.

Outrage towards inappropriate buildings, raceways and ferry terminals, and their disregard for the environment, continues to be ignored.

Meanwhile outdated infrastructure, roads, hospitals, schools and water supply cannot cope.

A survey showing the percentage of high-rise apartment residents who regularly travel by train would be interesting, especially those in current luxury developments.

There’s little doubt it would make Mr Carey’s “station pre-

“Camouflaged” cycleway protectors in Roe Street, Northbridge, are in sharp contrast with clearly defined whitepainted examples, right, just outside City of Perth’s boundary in Bulwer Street.

Photos: Leigh Martin and all of them reported the same number of call outs to Roe Street.

The bill to replace my two burst tyres was $438.

For months I have been trying to get the attention of someone from the City of Perth who would discuss this incident with me, but have been continually fobbed off to outsourced “risk solution agents” who have denied any liability.

At the City of Perth, the lights are on – but nobody is home, and nobody cares.

Philip Haberland Second Avenue, Claremont

cinct development” rationale questionable.

Property developers, including foreign and interstate investors, complain about the lack of tradies. The more skyscrapers being built, the more people are required to build them – people who need housing.

Perhaps hubris, or a longing to grow Perth into a giant city, drives these ministers to ignore the greater good and will of the people they are elected to represent.

To restore true democracy in WA the first step necessary is to prohibit property developers from donating to political parties and from lavishly entertaining ministers in anticipation of favours.

R.D. Walsh Grant Street, Cottesloe

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It was refreshing to read the article Maths kids face Enigma (POST, August 1) about PLC students getting to grips with the German Enigma coding machine from World War II and learning how Allied code-breakers went about discovering its secrets.

A member of my bridge club worked on this project at Bletchley Park in England and right up to her passing at age 102 she remained a cunning and formidable bridge player.

The report also highlights the importance of developing enquiring minds and the students’ exposure to STEM subjects, where young ladies are often

under-represented.

I am wondering whether we could borrow these young people to decipher the codes applied by Housing Minister John Carey to the western suburbs and other Perth regions.

Having access to the lunch bags he uses to write down policy on his way to work would be a great starting point.

But I fear they may not be successful. At least the German codes had some basic logic and patterns.

John Nelson Dean Street, Claremont • More letters pages 16, 28

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Quack team saves warehouse ducks

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A quack team of bird rescuers swooped in to help when a duck family found itself in a flap in Nedlands.

Boxed to go … Ducklings ready for relocation.

Matt Watson, president of WA Seabird Rescue, took on the job when a request for assistance went to the volunteer wildlife group.

Abandoning his lunch, he headed to the Little Trees air-freshener warehouse in Nedlands, where a duck had hatched her seven eggs.

“The warehouse smelled delightful,” Matt said.

Ms Duck needed help getting her young family through the suburbs,

across the railway line and to the safety of Lake Claremont.

Matt and his colleague Lisa Bennett gathered the ducklings in a cardboard box, but the mother proved more elusive.

Matt used a keyring and some fishing line found in a drawer to fashion a makeshift snare.

The family’s relocation went swimmingly, with Ms Duck and her brood safely released at Lake Claremont.

A quack team … Matt Watson rescued a duck family from Nedlands’ most fragrant warehouse.

Subi ‘suckered’

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The state government and planning system have made a mockery of Subiaco council and the community’s best efforts to deal with density, councillors have heard.

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Under orders from Planning Minister John Carey, elected members had no choice but to vote to advertise a spot-rezoning request for 37 Waylen Road, Shenton Park, from R15 (single storey house) to R100 (up to six storeys).

Councillors last month also reluctantly supported a version of their own local planning policy that would protect low-density homes hard up against big developments, that had been stripped down by the WA Planning Commission.

The root of these issues can be traced back six years to Local Planning Scheme 5 and density areas imposed by the WAPC and the planning minister of the day.

“With the benefit of hindsight, it seems abundantly clear to me that former planning minister Rita Saffioti played the City and the community for suckers by encouraging community involvement in the development of the LPPs in the first place,” Shenton Park planning activist Peter McDonald said at the council meeting.

“On January 16, 2020, about a month before the City’s LPS5 was gazetted, Rita Saffioti wrote to the City providing assurances (that) community concerns about protecting heritage and low-density homes at the interface between areas of contrasting densities could be managed via local planning policies.”

After extensive community consultation, he said, the council adopted local planning policies with height and setback protections in February 2021.

“Over the course of the past five years since the LPPs have been introduced the state government and WAPC have stepped in on multiple occasions to force changes on the City’s LPP to reduce the protections that apply at density interfaces,” Mr McDonald said.

“What is coming down the line … is the current planning minister’s proposed plan to change the R-Codes to allow low density-coded 700sq.m blocks ... to be subdivided.

“This will cause further degradation of the protections afford to heritage and low-density homes by the City’s LPPs.” The WAPC on April 29 rejected the setback variations for apartments right beside lowdensity homes and heritage protected places, and imposed its own.

The state planners stuck with the City’s setbacks for third storeys and above but reduced them for the first two storeys.

WAPC chair Emma Cole rejected a request by Subiaco to meet her and discuss the changes.

“That policy was the result of hundreds or even thousands of hours of work by members of the community,” Mr McDonald said.

“They were volunteer hours to address problems that came with the state government’s imposition of modifications to our new town planning scheme, LPS5, that put some high-density zonings immediately abutting low-density sites ... six-storey buildings right next to single homes.

“How that could be considered orderly and proper planning, I can’t conceive.”

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Rats and rubbish on Cottesloe beachfront I have lived in Cottesloe for more than 36 years and during that time our beachfront has become extremely shabby.

I have phoned in several times about the Peter’s Pool beach entrance which has been “out of order” now for more than nine months and this week I got the answer, effectively: “I don’t know when that’s scheduled to be fixed; it’s probably waiting on the current budget to be adopted.”

This is not looking after ratepayers, who pay the council

extremely well for living in the Cottesloe precinct.

Rats: Last year, after many complaints, the council put out rat baits. Now when food is scarce they are running down the footpaths early in the morning (I don’t expect anyone from the council to be around at 5am). Wouldn’t you think it’s just sensible to schedule rat baiting around June each year?

The bins are disgusting, overflowing and spill rubbish all over the ground.

Government assistance with beach development: I know

the government thinks the western suburbs can fend for themselves. Just look at Rockingham and Scarborough, and then at Cottesloe which is by far a safer beach to swim at and we get crickets. Just not good enough.

I personally feel we do not get value for money.

Our suburb should be in pristine condition, not like a tipping ground where no-one seems to have any pride in how it looks after they have used the area.

Gill Vivian Eric Street, Cottesloe

The WA government’s $3.25million sand nourishment project at Fremantle, completed in 2023, deposited an estimated 150,000 cubic metres of dredged sand on Port Beach, expected to hold for a decade.

Polluters pay isn’t political overreach – it’s council doing its job When Cottesloe councillors debated a motion last week calling for the WA Local Government Association to support the Australian Local Government Association’s approved policy for the federal government to investigate a levy on coal, oil and gas corporations to help fund climate adaptation, several argued it wasn’t council’s place to say so.

Tax policy, they said, is “outside our lane”.

They said advocating for a fossil fuel levy would be “political activism” that risks “jeopardising the funding we need.” Better to stick to “roads, rates and rubbish” and let Canberra worry about who pays.

It’s a position that conveniently punts the ball up the line and hopes someone else catches it.

Successive government failures to adequately fund climate adaptation make that unlikely without strong advocacy.

There’s a gargantuan funding gap emerging, and it’s landing on councils, not on Canberra.

Local government maintains roughly a third of Australia’s community infrastructure – almost half a trillion dollars worth of roads, drainage, coastal defences and parks – funded overwhelmingly through rates, a revenue base never designed to absorb the scale of climate-driven repair now required.

Councils are already spending more than $400million a year of their own money on climate adaptation, and plan to invest about $2billion over the next five years.

ALGA is calling for a matching $400million a year in new federal funding – about $800million combined. That’s a mere 2% of the $38billion Australia loses to disasters annually.

The WA government’s $3.25mil-

lion sand nourishment project at Fremantle’s Port Beach, completed in 2023 and designed to hold for a decade, is already a reminder of how uncertain that time-frame is under changing coastal conditions.

Sea walls, coastal erosion and betterment works face the same arithmetic in Cottesloe. The problems are real, escalating, and desperately need funding to address them.

Why should ratepayers (or for that matter the everyday taxpayer) foot the bill while those who caused the problem – and profited from it – pay nothing?

The science is clear on which industries are driving climate change – coal, oil and gas.

Cottesloe chose not to adopt the policy, arguing tax sits outside its remit. Plenty of other councils have decided this is exactly their business.

If dozens of councils, urban and regional, can identify a levy on the industries driving the damage as a legitimate funding source to raise with Canberra, it’s hard to see why that’s beyond Cottesloe’s remit but within theirs.

None of this requires council to become a tax office or a climate court. It’s simply advocacy – the ordinary, unglamorous work councils do every time they lobby Canberra for road funding or disaster relief.

Collectively, councils can be powerful advocates for the communities they serve. That’s what communities expect, that councils have their backs.

We should be using that collective voice to shield communities from climate impacts – and from carrying the cost of them alone.

Richard Yin Commercial Road, Shenton Park • More letters page 28

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Cottesloe News Monthly Update From

Mayor Melissa Harkins Residents may notice new trees sprouting up across Cottesloe streets. More than 100 juvenile trees were recently planted by T wn’s Parks Team.

To T am. This work is part of the Town's Te T wn's Street To the Town’s Tree Master Plan and contributes to our goal of providing at least one street tree on every suitable verge.

The planting program included filling identified gaps in the street tree network, replacing dead or removed trees, and responding to resident requests.

Increased canopy cover not only enhances the character of our streets, but also offers many practical benefits such as shade, reduced heat, and a healthier environment.

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There is also plenty happening across our community. I would like to acknowledge the fantastic work of the West Coast Community Centre, which delivers a wide range of programs and activities from the Grove Community Learning Centre, including guest speakers, book clubs, arts and crafts, outings, walking groups and social activities. These programs provide valuable opportunities for residents to connect, learn new skills and remain active in the community.

T wn, To As always, there is a lot happening across the Town, and we are continuing to work towards delivering even more community events, programs and opportunities for residents to get involved. We love keeping our community informed and there is plenty of exciting work in the pipeline to further strengthen community connections and expand events and programming across Cottesloe.

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Register for eRates to receive your rates notices, final notice and instalment reminder notices via T register, r visit: r, email. To erates@cottesloe.wa.gov.au

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Following community feedback that consultation should be undertaken in accordance with the Town's Beach Policy, the trees have been temporarily relocated and are currently being maintained by the Town.

SmorgasBAND is a musical feast with something for everyone. Bookings online.

Solaris Repair Café First Saturday of the month.

Items repaired plus tea, coffee and cake by donation.

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The Town of Cottesloe is seeking community feedback on the proposed permanent planting of seven Norfolk Island Pine trees along Marine Parade between Vera View and North Street.

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Cottesloe CoastCare Working Bee Equipment and morning tea provided.

Dates and locations for upcoming working bees are available on the Coastcare website or Facebook page.

WED Cycling Without Age WEEKLY L Community booking slots available: LY The Connect to the Heart of Cott project is a community-led initiative taking a closer look at safe crossings along Railway Street and a welcome arrival into Cottesloe Village.

Residents are invited to complete a community consultation form.

Scan the QR code below to share your feedback:

Supported by a Streets Alive grant through Doing Co (formerly the Town Team Movement), the community group invites residents to get involved, build connections, and help create a safer, better neighbourhood by doing together.

Connect Cott are hosting a series of collaborative events where residents can be empowered to help shape their community.

The purpose of this consultation is to understand community views before Council makes a decision on the future planting arrangements.

Community feedback will be considered at the Council meeting on 25 August 2026.

To learn more, follow Connect Cott at facebook.com/connectcott or email connectcott@gmail.com

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Black-market cigs smoked out

More jail time for crimes three years apart

Flyers advertising $20 packs of black-market cigarettes have arrived in Nedlands residents’ letterboxes.

A 26-year-old man who breached bail conditions in 2022 by fleeing interstate, has appeared again in a WA court to face the music, and face fresh charges on that and WITH BEN DICKINSON unrelated matters.

Police Beat

Beat Health authorities are Police Beat investigating who is behind the flyers for “Perth Cheapest Tobacco and Vape” that promise home delivery of Marlboros and other brands, as well as loose tobacco and vapes.

Health Department tobacco and vape regulation director Shane Giblett said state-ordered closures of convenience stores selling tobacco products under the counter had forced importers to find other ways to move their illicit stock.

“The enforcement of more than 50 closure orders had an immediate impact on disrupting the illicit trade of tobacco and vapes, and we know criminal groups will look for new ways to operate,” he said.

The POST rang the Indonesian mobile number on a flyer that was delivered to a house in Lupin Hill Grove last week.

Our reporter spoke to a man with an Australian accent who asked how we got his number.

“Some people are reporting our number,” he said. “Some people are too serious.”

The man said he could supply packs of Marlboro Regulars, which cost $64.95 each at Coles, for $20.

“We deliver to the house only,” he said. “You send me the order and I’ll deliver to the house tonight.”

Mr Giblett said the Health Department would adapt its enforcement efforts to adapt to blackmarket traders’ changing tactics.

“The department will continue taking action to protect public health and support efforts to disrupt the supply of illicit tobacco in Western Australia,” he said.

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The crimes were committed in Cottesloe, Northam, Scarborough, and Rockingham.

Troy Ward appeared in Perth Magistrates Court on Tuesday via video link from Casuarina Prison.

He pleaded guilty to a charge of trespass in Northam on May 5, 2022, guilty to charges of burglary and stealing a car in Cottesloe on May 26 that year, and to failing to comply with Rockingham police in June that year.

He also pleaded guilty to breach of bail.

Ward pleaded guilty to possessing meth and knuckle dusters, and for again failing to comply with a police order in Scarborough in 2025.

Police prosecutor Robert McNeilly told the court on Tuesday that in 2022 Ward and a co-accused had used a jumper to cover and climb over a barbed wire fence to enter a detainee compound in Northam.

He alleged they did so to throw contraband into the compound.

When questioned by police, Ward said they were just going for a bushwalk, the court heard.

Ward’s mobile phone was seized but he refused to give police access.

“He told officers ‘You can give me as long as you want; I’m not giving it to you’,” Mr McNeilly told the court.

Mr McNeilly also told the court that it was around midnight on May 26, 2022 when Ward and an accomplice entered a garage on Forrest Street in Cottesloe.

“They were sighted on CCTV, approaching the address, entering an open

garage and looked at the victim’s tools,” he said in court.

They were confronted by the homeowner who chased them from the garage and then got into his car to search for them along Cottesloe streets.

That same night, Ward and his accomplice stole a Volkswagen from another Cottesloe street.

The Forrest Street homeowner, who was still out looking for Ward and his accomplice, found them with the stolen vehicle.

He reported Ward and the stolen car’s registration to police.

The vehicle was later found destroyed by fire.

It was Ward’s phone location which police said placed him at the scene of his crimes.

The court heard that Ward was charged and granted bail, then fled to the eastern states where in Victoria he found a • Please turn to page 64

Second charge over bench theft A woman has been charged with two counts of theft over the removal of a bench from a Nedlands real estate office and a floral display in Subiaco.

Marta Maroso allegedly helped Subiaco real estate director Anthony Tsokos steal a cast-iron bench in April and perfume bottles in May. The couple face two

counts of stealing and are due to appear in Perth Magistrates Court again in October.

Mr Tsokos appeared in court on Tuesday to confirm his not guilty pleas.

Ms Maroso did not appear at a scheduled court appearance the same day.

The bench was returned to its owner in better condition than when it was taken.

Real estate director Anthony Tsokos will return to Perth Magistrates Court in October.

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It’s hard rubbish clearance this week in my neighbourhood and as usual, there are TVs, microwaves, printers, polystyrene, plastic plant pots, metal of all sorts and cardboard left out to be picked up and compacted in the back of a rubbish truck.

It probably all ends up in landfill.

I wonder if the residents who put out this hard rubbish realise that the Brockway transfer centre accepts all these for free and recycles them.

A visit to the centre, which is open on weekends as well as during the week, enables you to put all your good intentions about the environment into practice.

Don Frayne Walter Street, Claremont

Much of what residents put out for roadside collection could be saved from landfill.

Wandana ‘bloodbath’ report raised concerns I am concerned about the POST’s front-page report Bloodbath at flats (July 18) about a sudden death at the Wandana public housing complex.

As a long-term resident of Subiaco, I was deeply saddened by the tragic event. While I appreciate the difficult task journalists face when reporting on breaking local news, the distressing and

Demand drives production Woke councils trying to charge fossil fuel companies extra rates are in a dream world.

The only reason companies mine coal and extract gas is so we consumers can consume – heat, light, cars, batteries, solar panels, wind turbines, transport, even clothing – all of these commodities need the highdensity energy of coal, oil and gas. Stop consuming and they will stop producing.

My experience over the past five years with the planning/decision-making system has shown me that the decision-makers appointed by the government must have uncommon intelligence. At least, it seems they lack much common sense.

Last week I presented to a DAP meeting that approved an eight-storey building in William Street, North Perth.

The report recommended approval because the extra two

The dreamers are trying to rely on solar panels, batteries and wind turbines which last only 10 years and will need replacing. That is not a sustainable demand.

Meanwhile the same dreamers think that a change in CO2 in the atmosphere from 0.035% to 0.045% will have a significant effect on the climate. In my view, uncompromised scientists don’t agree with you.

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speculative nature of the resulting article has caused significant, unnecessary anxiety among our tight-knit community.

A clear statement from the police that an event is a “mental health incident and a report is being prepared for the coroner” serves as a definitive indicator of a self-harm event. The POST was explicitly informed of these circumstances.

We ask that the newspaper recognise these statements for what they are, and strictly comply with established ethical media conventions for reporting on suicide – specifically the World Health Organization media monitoring resources and the Australian government’s Mindframe guidelines – to protect vulnerable residents.

Furthermore, the report noted a person was taken by St John Ambulance following the 10.26am incident, and a person was removed at 7pm the same day. This has left a clear, highly distressing

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We value the POST’s role in keeping Subiaco informed, and we simply ask that you clarify exactly how many people died and report this truth unequivocally to dispel community confusion.

Garry Kosovich Olive Street, Subiaco for Wandana Community Association • Due to serious concerns expressed by neighbours to a very public tragedy, POST reporter Lloyd Gorman spent days trying to establish the facts, speaking to many residents, often multiple times.

Police and other emergency workers on the scene, and official police spokespersons, said they were unable to reveal even basic facts. Context was unavailable. Limited information was provided by St John Ambulance.

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storeys, (six were permitted), were justified because of the community benefits provided.

There was a lot of discussion about the “community benefits”, which were mainly changes to the verge and a couple of bench seats.

Very nice, too. But, as one presenter described them, “tokenistic”.

After considerable discussion back and forth, of the two councillors present, one decided that there was just not enough evidence to allow the bonus height.

The other was of the same mind as the three appointed DAP members.

My presentation made much about the lack of estimated values and called for a deferral so these could be estimated. As is mostly the case, the DAP members read my submission and heard my presentation but asked not a single question. They probably did not want any common sense.

In the good old days (a year ago), councils were involved and decision-makers could see what the council, representing the community, judged about relative values.

I am sure that in this case the council would have demanded value estimates by the planners who prepared the report. And I would be happy for the council, on behalf of the community, to make a judgment of relative values, and accept this judgement.

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Creation story a physics fundamental

By JEN REWELL

Every child should know the scientific “creation story” of the universe and understand the basic concepts of space, mass and time, according to one of physics’ biggest fans.

Anastasia Lonshakova, from Einstein-First based at UWA, has launched a Big Bang Cosmology workshop for lower-school students.

“We really want all of our kids, all the population, to be aware about modern science, not just the children who will go on to study university physics,” she said.

“We want to share these exciting ideas with everybody.”

The six-week workshop uses simple experiments to demonstrate the physics behind spinning black holes, gravity and how to calculate the expansion of the universe.

“Every lesson is created around a simple demonstration,” Dr Lonshakova said.

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Raju Bhattarai and Dr Anastasia Lonshakova with a bendy structure that shows how mass curves the geometry of space-time.

Photo: Ross Swanborough

Wandana work to keep flats alive

By LLOYD GORMAN Housing Minister John Carey has made an unannounced visit to Wandana to inspect the work undertaken to ensure the future of the Subiaco flats.

The minister posted socia media photos of his visit on Wednesday July 22, before any of the nearly 300 people who live there knew anything about it.

Mr Carey described the flats as historic.

They were designed by architect Harold Krantz, built in 1956 and were WA’s first multistorey public housing project.

“And we’re making sure to

extend its life, so 242 apartments can continue to be home for WA seniors,” he said.

“This is a huge undertaking, and challenging, which includes but is not limited to remediation works, complete roof replacement, and roof structural repairs, and drainage solutions, drawing on a range of expertise and multiple trades.

“But it’s important work because it means we can ensure our housing stock remains fit for purpose well into the future.”

Mr Carey’s office was contacted for comment about his excursion to the flats.

It is just over a year since the residents association there put

in a proposal to the Department of Communities to install a CCTV system, at no cost to the state, for the safety and security of people living there.

Both lifts in the 10-storey A block have either broken down or stopped working due to power outages, trapping many inside, often on hot or freezing cold days.

Jake Wittey, a media adviser to Mr Carey, said he would respond to questions, but didn’t.

Residents invited Mr Carey to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Wandana in March but he said he couldn’t make it and sent his parliamentary secretary, Katrina Stratton, instead.

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A wide range of materials is used in the displays, from woks and ping-pong balls to marblecovered stretchy screens and laser beams.

The simple items are used to explain complex concepts such as how planets orbit black holes and how mass curves the geometry of space-time.

Dr Lonshakova said every culture and religion had a story about the creation of the universe, but the scientific “creation story” needed to be known.

“It’s a unifying story that everybody can share; it’s like our common story,” she said.

“I think it’s a natural part of our nature to understand why we are here, how the universe was originated, and what we should expect in the future.”

The Einstein-First team is working to write a curriculum for students in Years 3 to 10 and has been built to be aware of “maths anxiety”, PhD candidate Raju Bhattarai said.

“It’s true that in university physics there is a lot of maths, but you don’t need to be super strong at maths to understand a lot of these physics concepts that we’re teaching here,” he said.

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Chaney in new bid to revise VAD laws

By BONNIE CHRISTIAN

Curtin MP Kate Chaney will be making another push to amend criminal laws that prevent telehealth consultations for patients accessing voluntary assisted dying care.

By LLOYD GORMAN

Residential aged care provider Regis is planning to build accommodation in Shenton Park with 183 beds.

The proposed $50million project for 27 Seymour Avenue in Montario Quarter was this week released for public feedback, open until August 16.

The development would have 183 suite and studio rooms, with amenities including a selfserve cafe, a day spa, a cinema or chapel room, and bookable dining areas.

Details can be found on the Department of Planning’s Have Your Say website.

Meanwhile, Alinea – the former Spine and Limb Foundation – is ramping up its plans for a 200-bed aged care home on the site of the current Quad Centre, which was built in the 1960s and has been scheduled to close for some years.

A state-of-the-art, purposebuilt, 20-bed residential facility in Montario Quarter in Shenton Park is nearly ready to receive occupants moving from the current Quad Centre.

Multiple Sclerosis WA (MSWA) said in a statement this week that the facility was in its final stages of being built.

“We look forward to welcoming the Quadriplegic Centre residents, as well as MSWA residents in the coming months,” MSWA said.

Green thumbs … Local volunteers help out in the Cottesloe dunes.

Sunshine brings out the weedy bunch Sunny conditions led to a great turnout for Cottesloe Coastcare’s weeding spree at the Vlamingh Nature Discovery Space on Sunday.

Regular Coastcare volunteers were joined by UWA students, Scotch College students and local families.

About 20 big bags of weeds were removed, plus one child’s bicycle that had been thrown into the bushes.

Cubby-building materials

were stacked at the nature playground for kids to use.

The group have been improving vegetation on the Cottesloe dunes since 1995, but started focusing on the Vlamingh space only in 2020.

They have been busy planting seedlings over the winter months, and have put in more than 450 native plants.

“Looking at the size of those tuarts, it’s hard to believe we only started restoring this site six years ago,” a volunteer said.

At its national conference in Adelaide last month, Labor committed to giving MPs a conscience vote on the issue.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said later he worried that telehealth changes risked undermining medical safeguards and the government might not progress laws through Parliament.

Ms Chaney first introduced a private member’s bill to amend the law in 2024, calling for a change to the Criminal Code that would make it clear voluntary assisted dying was not suicide.

That lapsed and she returned it to the notice paper earlier this year, tabling a 13,000-signature petition calling for the change.

She will bring the bill for debate on Tuesday.

Current provisions in federal law put doctors at risk of criminal liability if they use the phone, internet, fax, email or video-conferencing to provide voluntary assisted dying care, such as prescribing medication.

“This overdue change in Labor policy on voluntary assisted dying should mean an end to the needless suffering of people in the final stages of life, particularly for those in regional areas who are currently forced to travel, sometimes repeatedly,

Andrew Denton and Kate Chaney show their proposed 107-word bill seeking to amend the Criminal Code to allow fairer access to voluntary assisted dying. just to access lawful medical care,” Ms Chaney said.

“No healthcare worker should face criminal prosecution for doing their job. And no patient should be refused legal healthcare based on their postcode.

“Now that the prime minister has received a clear signal from his rank-and-file members at the Labor national conference, he should act without delay to provide federal Labor MPs with a conscience vote to support this change.”

Go Gentle Australia co-founder Andrew Denton, who has campaigned with Ms Chaney, said the lack of federal action so far may reflect either a failure to recognise the problem or “an outdated view that voluntary assisted dying is a culture war they don’t want to be involved with”.

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WA’s grass trees tell fire history

Picture Kings Park in 2046 The government authority that manages Kings Park and Bold Park is calling for members of the public to have their say on the future of the parks.

The Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority is conducting a survey to ask West Australians about how the A-class reserves should be managed for future generations.

It says survey answers will

One of WA’s most experienced plant ecologists and an authority on grasstrees will be guest speaker when the Perth branch of the Wildflower Society of WA meets in Subiaco this Tuesday.

Professor Emeritus Byron Lamont has studied grasstrees for more than four decades and produced about 20 scientific papers about the plants.

With cartoons and personal stories, he promises an entertaining as well as informative exploration of plants he has studied throughout much of his career.

He will explore the biology and history of grasstrees, from how they grow and survive summer drought to the remarkable effects of fire on their flowering.

He will outline how scientists can use grasstrees to investigate the fire history of the vegetation in which they occur, and their importance to indigenous people and animals.

He will also explain the evolutionary relationship between the Xanthorrhoea and Kingia varieties, which are similar in appearance but not closely related. Why do they look alike, how do they survive the harsh

help shape a 20-year master plan it is drawing up to guide the parks’ management, use and protection.

Members of the public are invited to share stories, ideas and experiences to help identify how the parks could evolve, and protect the qualities that make them so valued.

For more information, and to lodge a submission, go to engage. bgpa.wa.gov.au until August 13.

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Byron Lamont recording grasstrees data in Redmond Reserve in April this year. Photo: Phil Groom conditions of southwest WA, and what can they tell us about the landscapes in which they grow?

The meeting will be at The Palms Community Centre, corner of Nicholson and Rokeby roads, on Tuesday, August 11.

Doors open at 7.45 for an 8pm start. The $3 entry includes a ticket in the door prize. All welcome.

For more information email perth.branch@wildflowersocietywa.org.au.

FamilyHistoryWA is running free presentations at the State Library of Western Australia on August 12 and 13 as part of National Family History Month.

The program features talks, presentations and workshops led by experienced family historians to help participants build research skills and uncover their ancestry.

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Spend more time at the book sale The many regular visitors to the annual Save The Children Book Sale at Winthrop Hall Undercroft, UWA, will notice a couple of changes when they come to this year’s sale from August 14 to 19.

Firstly, the sale’s opening day on Friday August 14 will start at 1pm instead of the usual 3pm.

A book sale volunteer said this was to allow for more browsing and shopping time – and less time spent queuing.

Secondly, the opening-day queue would need to change, because the entrance to the sale this year is on the south side of Winthrop Hall.

“However, the sale will still have the same huge variety of high-quality fiction and nonfiction books as previously and the hours on the other days will not change,” she said.

“As usual, there is a massive selection of top-quality paperback novels, including a section devoted to prizewinning authors, as well as speculative fiction, classical literature and short stories.

“Then there is the huge nonfiction range that the sale is renowned for.”

Volunteers have sorted the books into about 60 categories to make it easier for book lovers to find their genre.

Categories include history, politics, military, Australiana, art, sciences, gardening, education, languages, philosophy, graphic novels and comics, hobbies and activities, music and much more.

“A special feature of the flash sale on the Saturday and Sunday in Hackett Cafe adjacent to Winthrop Hall, will be a large and superb collection of classical and jazz recorded music which includes CDs, and numerous boxed sets of classical LPs,” the volunteer said.

All CDs will be priced at just $3, and most LP boxed sets will be $5.

“And these are just part of the many treasures that can be found amongst the rare and unusual items that the flash sale is known for,” she said.

Opening hours are Friday August 14 from 1 to 8pm, then from 9am each day through to 6pm Monday, 7pm Tuesday, and closing 3pm Wednesday.

The volunteer said more pairs of hands were needed for every day of the sale, and especially for setting up on August 13.

“Every year volunteers at the sale comment what a fun and rewarding experience it is,” she said.

“Many more volunteers are still needed to help on every day of the sale, and especially for set-up on the Thursday and then Friday afternoon/evening and Saturday morning.”For more information email Sonia Holmes at sonia.holmes@ savethechildren.org.au.

Save the Children Fund University Branch president Rick Joyce moving boxes of bargain books ready for the sale.

How Australia and Vietnam need each other The importance of Australia’s relationship with Vietnam will be the topic of a talk in Nedlands on August 19.

Foreign Affairs Minister Senator Penny Wong hosts Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son at the Australia-Vietnam Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Adelaide 2024.

The Australian Institute for International Affairs WA will host former diplomat Andrew Goledzinowski who will discuss the future of one of Australia’s most important relationships in South-East Asia.

Australia and Vietnam today have what is called a comprehensive strategic partnership built on growing trade and investment, defence and security co-operation, educational links and people-to-people

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ence to examine the current state of Australia-Vietnam relations, strategic interests the two countries share, and the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead.

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For more information email Grainne O’Connell at wa. branch@internationalaffairs. org.au. To buy tickets online go to aiiawa.glueup.com and scroll down to “events”.

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The top secret raid launched from Exmouth One night in September 1943, Special Operations soldiers from Australia’s topsecret Z Special Unit carried out a daring and successful undercover raid on enemy ships in Japanese-occupied Singapore Harbour.

The men paddled three folding canoes on September 26 after having sailed 3960km from Exmouth deep into enemy territory aboard the captured Japanese-built fishing boat Krait.

Learn all about the Krait and the men of Operation Jaywick when David Nicolson presents at the Naval Historical Society WA Chapter meeting in Claremont this month.

David will bring to life the story of this remarkable feat of courage and human endurance.

He will also display a model of the Krait built by late master model-builder Brian Lemon.

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David is a retired electronic engineer who served as a lieutenant in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve and has volunteered with the Australian Army Museum of WA and the HMAS Perth (I) Memorial Foundation.

He is now president of the Naval Historical Society of Australia’s WA chapter.

The presentation will be at Claremont Lawn Tennis Club on August 17, at 6pm. There is a $5 entry fee for the talk and a cash bar open beforehand.

Park at Claremont Station, in the public carpark opposite “Foodies” on Davies Road, or in one of the few spots in the tennis club grounds.

To register for the talk email Meg Nicolson by August 14 at nhs.megnicolson@gmail.com, or phone 0422 844 227.

The men of Z Special Unit posing aboard the Krait before the mission.

A pearler of a talk or two

There will be two presentations at the University of the Third Age (U3A) Cambridge branch on Thursday August 13 – one about pearling and the other about Winston Churchill.

MV Krait on display at the Australian National Maritime Museum.

Helen Williamson will discuss the history of the pearling industry in Australia and around the world, varieties of natural and cultured pearls, and how the pearling industry evolved.

Bob Jacobs’ talk is about British statesman and wartime prime minister Winston

Churchill, his defining characteristics, and how the world changed in his lifetime.

Churchill was born when Queen Victoria reigned, and went on to serve under six British monarchs.

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

The $3 admission includes afternoon tea.

For more information phone Jim Barns on 9448 6432 or email jnjbarns@bigpond.com.

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The craft of diplomacy

The intersection of diplomacy, deterrence and arms control will be discussed at a meeting in Crawley at 6pm on Wednesday August 26.

Albert Namatjira painting in Alice Springs with his father Jonathon, wife Rubina, and grandchildren.

How colonialism changed aboriginal art Aboriginal art made by people from many indigenous language groups will be the topic of a guest speaker in Mt Claremont on Thursday August 13.

The Perth Western Suburbs Branch of National Seniors Australia (NSA) will host guest speaker David Hounsome who will talk about the rock art of the Kimberley and Kakadu, and international recognition of the Papunya cooperative.

He will discuss the impact

European presence had on the indigenous and their art, the imprisonment of indigenous artist Albert Namatjira, the work of the Stolen Generation at Carrolup (Katanning), the art on the Yirrkala Bark Petition and the 2017 Statement from the Heart.

His talk will be at 11am, following the NSA’s branch business from 10am, and morning tea.

NSA is a national not-for-profit organisation with branches across the country and more

than 200,000 members.

It advocates for the rights of older Australians.

The western suburbs branch meets the second Thursday of each month at Mt Claremont Community Centre, Montgomery Avenue.

Entry $8 for members and $15 for non-members.

The meeting concludes at noon and parking is free.

For more information and to register phone Marion 0437 115 751.

Former diplomat Jane Hardy will be guest speaker at the Australian Institute of International Affairs WA meeting, held in partnership with the Forrest Research Foundation.

Jane’s 33-year career with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade had her serving in some of Australia’s most strategically important diplomatic and policy roles.

They included assistant secretary for arms control, senior positions covering the US, Europe and Northeast Asia.

She served as ambassador to Spain, Andorra, and Equatorial Guinea, as Australia’s consulgeneral in Honolulu, and diplomatic representative to the US Indo-Pacific Command.

An AIIAWA spokesman said Jane’s career repeatedly in-

volved dealing with Australia’s engagement with nuclear issues, arms control and strategic stability.

“From the optimism surrounding post-Cold War disarmament efforts to today’s renewed era of great-power competition, nuclear deterrence and AUKUS, she has observed – and helped shape – Australia’s approach to some of the most consequential security challenges of our time,” he said.

“Through stories and reflections from her career, Jane will offer a behind-the-scenes insight into the practice of diplomacy, the craft of international negotiation, and Australia’s contribution to international peace and security.”

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

Tickets, $10 AIIAWA members and $20 non-members, can be secured by going to internationalaffairs.org.au, clicking on the Western Australia tab, and scrolling down to Events.

Australia’s Ambassador to the United States Sir Keith Waller, centre, signs the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in Washington on February 27, 1970.

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4 Peppermint Drive, Dunsborough

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Approximately 200m from Geographe Bay, 4 Peppermint Drive brings architecture, northern light and established gardens together in one of Dunsborough’s most appealing coastal settings.

Individually designed and built by Studium by Todd Huxley, the four-bedroom home offers three-metre ceilings, cathedral glazing, a chef’s kitchen with integrated Siemens appliances, two living areas and two covered alfrescos. Peppermint trees frame the 809m² garden, with stone paths, edible garden beds and quiet places to sit.

Dunsborough town centre is 1.5km away, placing the beach, cafés and everyday coastal life within easy reach.

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Set on 707m², 8 Hibernia Close is a carefully maintained three-bedroom, one-bathroom Dunsborough classic with raked ceilings, exposed timber beams, face brickwork and a spacious bunk room. A north-east facing outdoor area, custom drive-through boat port, dual driveways, powered double-bay shed, secure yard and outdoor shower make coastal weekends easy.

Approximately 300m from Dunsborough’s cafés and shops and 500m from the calm waters of Geographe Bay, this is a beach house ready for its next family chapter.

Contact Lee York and Donna Hoole on 0438 867 737.

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16 Gypsy Street, Eagle Bay Western Australia A Completed Eagle Bay Residence. Reconsidered at $8,750,000 16 Gypsy Street Eagle Bay presents a compelling alternative to beginning a prestige coastal build from the ground up. The residence is complete, extensively refurbished and ready to enjoy, removing the delay, uncertainty and escalating costs that can accompany land acquisition, design, approvals, construction and final furnishing in Eagle Bay. Elevated ocean outlooks frame a home created for substantial family use. Accommodation and living unfold across three levels, with multiple zones, three kitchens, two pools, a cinema, gym, lift and expansive entertaining spaces allowing generations and guests to gather without surrendering privacy. Approximately $1 million has been invested in the recent refurbishment, refining the property for immediate occupation. The gardens, pools, guest spaces and established infrastructure are already in place, with no waiting for a vision.

For buyers comparing completed prestige homes with the cost and complexity of recreating one, this new price position deserves renewed consideration. It is an opportunity to secure scale, amenity and an established Eagle Bay address in one finished residence, ready for the next family chapter.

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Tips to avoid falls and trips

Which future do you choose?

The next meeting of U3A Western Suburbs Branch will be on Monday at the Grove library.

Find out what to do if you have a fall, when the Probus Club of Subiaco meets in Wembley on Monday.

At 2.30pm Dr Paul Hardisty will talk about biodiversity, climate and the need for courage in shifting how we think about the future.

Paul, a former CEO of the Institute of Marine Science, will draw from his new book, In Hot

Guest speaker will be Department of Health Injury Prevention Officer Ursula Badia who will offer information and strategies for preventing slips, trips and falls.

Having a fall can be a particular hazard for older adults that can lead to serious health issues.

Ursula will discuss moving your body, including balance and strength, improving your health, managing your medications, healthy eating, keeping a healthy mind, removing hazards with home safety, safe footwear, and having your eyesight checked.

She will stress how falls can be preventable, and that an active full life can still be enjoyed and one’s independence maintained in later years.

All are welcome to attend the meeting this Monday, August 10, at St Edmund’s Anglican Church hall, 54 Pangbourne Street.

The meeting begins at 10am, with morning tea at 10.30 and the presentation at 11.

Entry fee of $5 covers morning tea and a door prize ticket.

To register email Gay Eivers at g.eivers@optusnet.com.au or phone 9381 1306.

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Water, to highlight the current state of the world’s reefs, and discuss possible futures.

His talk will follow short talks by members starting at 1pm, about a current or past hobby or volunteer activity.

Visitors are welcome and there is a $3 charge.

For more information phone 0438 488 839 or email nickbeeching@gmail.com.

Classes for handymen, and handywomen too

Is your home in need of tender loving care but you don’t know where to start?

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Environmental activist Dr Paul Hardisty will speak about the state of our climate.

The Mosman Park Men’s Community Shed invites men and women who are not Shed members to sign up for three Friday sessions about do-ityourself skills.

The classes will cover the basics about tools and simple home maintenance.

They will be on three consecutive Fridays from August 28 through to September 11, from 1 to 4pm.

Learn about manual and electric “handyman” tools and their uses, with some hands-on experience; fillers for paintwork repairs and hanging paintings; plumbing, roof and guttering; basic reticulation; tiling; wood finishes and leaky windows.

The course costs $90 per person, which includes afternoon tea plus any materials used.

Increase brand familiarity.

Find out how to fix your home.

Attendees booking for a friend must make a separate booking for each person in their name.

For more information email treasurer@mpms.org.au or phone 9383 3354.

The Mosman Park Men’s Community Shed is at 1 Perrott Close in Mosman Park.

For more information and to purchase tickets online go to mpms.org.au and scroll down to “Events”.

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How many Herdsman birds can you spot?

Prepare to be amazed by the range of birds you see if you join the August guided bird walk at Herdsman Lake.

Leader Brendan Kinsella said walkers regularly spotted as many as 45 different species on the short walks, including honeyeaters, bush birds and water birds.

“And it looks as though there will be some ducklings along the way soon,” he said.

The monthly walks are guided by experts from BirdLife WA and are designed as an introduction to birdwatching.

Binoculars are provided for those who don’t have their own.

The next walk will be on Saturday August 15 from 8 to 10am.

There will be a short presentation at the Herdsman Discovery Centre before getting out to look for birds.

The cost is $10 and bookings are essential. Go to wagouldleague. com.au and look for the Monthly Morning Bird Walk.

Herdsman Lake Discovery Centre can be accessed from the corner of Flynn and Selby streets, Wembley.

All the way from Holland to here The earliest arrivals by Europeans in Western Australia were often by accident.

Dutch traders were driven by the European demand for exotic spices such as nutmeg and cloves, which at the time were found only in the Maluku Islands of eastern Indonesia.

Route miscalculations and strong winds brought them ashore at what would become known as Dirk Hartog Island off the coast of WA. Join Peter Alcock when he gives a talk inspired by his recent visit to Dirk Hartog A 1690s portrait of Willem de Island.

Vlamingh by Dutch painter On August 13 at 10am Johannes Verkolje.

Peter will look at the events

leading to Dutch and other European adventurers who encountered the west coast of Australia, sometimes unintentionally.

He will propose a link between the movement of tectonic plates, the origin of spices, and the inscribed pewter plates left on Dirk Hartog Island.

The West Coast Community Centre presentation will be in the Grove Library Precinct community room, at 1 Leake Street, Peppermint Grove.

Entry $12 WCCC members, $17 non-members.

Enrol online by going to westcoastcommunity. com.au and clicking on the “Programme” tab, or pay at the door on the day.

Connect to the heart of Cottesloe

A group of Cottesloe residents have received a grant to plan a safer route for cyclists and pedestrians to Cottesloe town centre from west of the railway line.

Project lead Jennifer Paterson said the group, called Connect to the Heart of Cott, had been awarded a $9780 Streets Alive grant to start work on the project.

Streets Alive is a $5million, five-year WA push to make local streets safer, slower and more people-friendly.

Grants are delivered by a non-profit organisation called Doing Co (formerly the Town Team Movement), Main Roads WA and the WA Local Government Association.

Connect to the Heart of Cott project members are volunteers who also draw on free support Notice of Strategic Community Plan

provided by Doing Co. Jennifer, who cycles regularly to Cottesloe Village, said the Mosman Park Bicycle Users Group was leading the project.

“Our community has identified safe and accessible connections between the principal shared path (PSP) and the neighbourhoods west of the railway line into Cottesloe town centre as a real challenge,” she said.

“The project will run over the next 12 months, with opportunities for the community to get involved as it progresses,” Jennifer said.

“This is a fantastic opportunity to show what can happen when the community, local businesses and local government work together to turn local ideas into local action.”

For more information email connectcott@ gmail.com or look up Connect to the Heart of Cott on Facebook.

Sustainable Stirling 2026–2036 Section 5.56 of the Local Government Act 1995 The City of Stirling hereby gives notice, in accordance with section 5.56 of the Local Government Act 1995, of the completion of the major review of the City of Stirling’s Strategic Community Plan, Sustainable Stirling 2026–2036.

The Strategic Community Plan is the City’s highest level planning document, setting a clear and achievable long-term vision for the future. During 2025-26, the City undertook a major review of the Plan to ensure it continues to reflect the needs, priorities and aspirations of the community.

Minor modifications have been made to the Plan which was adopted at the Council Meeting on 7 July 2026.

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Love is in the air at Herdsman Lake for these pink-eared ducks. Photo: Judy Ewing

Bowling Cambridge Monday July 27: 1st J. Irwin, A. Cocks; 2nd D. Tennant, I. Richardson; plate M. Marsh, C. Brown.

Wednesday July 29: 1st Steve Parsons, Elizabeth Arrow, Marilyn Boss; 2nd Derek Gadsden, Jay Medhat, Elizabeth Morrissey; pairs draw between Adrian Cocks, Audrey Belotte and Mary Ann Hart, Pru Honey.

Friday July 31: 1st Gavin Arrow, Paula Poynter, Kerry Anderton.

Saturday August 1: Geoff Parker, Brian Dick, Steve Parsons; 2nd Ross Williams, Phil Werrett.

The club will hold an Indiathemed evening at the restaurant on August 22. Book now by contacting Ross Bolton 0409 889 362 or email cambridgebowlsclub@ bigpond.com.

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Thursday July 30: 36 players in six games of triples. 1st Brian Page, Heather Hince, Chris Biris 13-shot margin; 2nd Alek Gryta, Ivor Davies, Debbie Wilson 11-shot margin; 3rd Alan Rowe, Gof Bowles, Bruce Fiegert 9-shot margin. Other winners John Pole, David Steinberg, Rob Kelly +7 (11 ends); Phil Stewart, Celia Bakker, Alec Campbell +7 (10 ends); Gordon Wilson, Kent Warburton, Tony Payne +1.

Saturday August 1: 35 players in sets play. 1st John Pole, Heather Hince, Les Pedder, Kent Warburton won both sets with a 12-shot margin; 2nd Ron Stapleton, Richard Verco, Tony Payne 2 sets +9; 3rd John McCormack, David Steinberg, Bev Copley, Tom James 2 sets +4.

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The Town of Claremont invites submissions for RFT 04-2026 Reticulation Services. The Town of Claremont invites tenders from suitably qualified and experienced Contractor for the provision of reticulation services.

Tender documents are available from, and tenders must be lodged electronically via, the Town of Claremont TenderLink online portal at https://portal.tenderlink. com/claremont/alltenders/ Tender closes at 5:00PM on Friday, 28 August 2026.

Late submission will not be considered.

Enquiries may be directed to: Cloe Dolan, Manager Parks and Environment on 08 9285 4300 or toc@claremont.wa.gov.au.

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O’Meehan, Rob Wood, Julia Wallis 1 set +9; Wendy Ireland, Geoff Cahif, Jeff Irwin 1 set +8; Martin Saunders, John Shaw, Alan Rowe, Ken Brooke 1 set –3; Gordon Wilson, Brian Burton, Pauline Kelly 1 set –7.

Members are reminded to get their teams together for the Clubs Winter Cup on Saturday August 22 from 9.30am. Notices are on the club board.

Hollywood Subiaco Hollywood played Innaloo last week in Round 2 of the Ladies’ Winter Carnival. Team 1 Betsy Tapley, David Leeson, Margaret McHugh, Usha Nigam lost 1125; Team 2 Jeanette Middleton, Jeannine Millsteed, Anne Ormsby, Dot Leeson lost 17-22.

Thursday July 30 three-bowl triples: Mark Petterson, David Allport, Wally Graham defeated Jeannine Millsteed, Craig Hirsch, Jim West 19-6; Mike Basford, Haydn Lowe, Rob Campbell defeated Ron Palmer, Peter Hiatt, Milton Byass 15-12; George Sterpini, Jason Kalamarus defeated Scott Smith, Glen Morey 16-7.

Saturday August 1: Ron Palmer, Phil Hobbs, David Allport defeated Billy Gerlach, Jim West 14-12; Dave Leeson, Jason Kalamarus defeated John Horsfall, Mark Wilde 15-8; Dot Leeson, Rob Campbell defeated Mike Basford, Glen Morey 13-12.

Mosman Park Wednesday July 29 pairs: 1st Simon Lilly, Vicki Eva; 2nd Graeme Hughes, Sheila Binns; runners-up Dennis Mullenger, Ruth Lilly.

Friday July 31 pairs: 1st Mark Bright, Mari Noffsinger; 2nd Brian Page, Jeannie Gulotti; runners-up Renate Coote, Nancy Teague.

The pairs competition will be held on the last Friday of the month until the season starts.

Saturday August 1 pairs: 1st Graham Hughes, Marie Hagan; runners-up Richard Webster, Ron Hassell.

The AGM is coming up and nominations are open for all positions on the committee.

Mahjong is played is played Thursdays at 9am. All that is needed is a social membership.

Club memberships are now due.

Subiaco Pétanque

Saturday August 1: 29 players competed in the first round of the new President’s Cup year.

1st Michel Garcia. Other winners Gordon Wilczynski, Marion Meacock, Andre Gouttenoire, Suren Appadoo, Guy Soubeyran.

This Saturday, August 8, will be a day of social petanque.

Visitors are welcome Saturdays and Wednesdays. For more information go to petanque-subiaco.com.

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Beau Waters to run Hawaiian

By Mark Pownall

Beau Waters, a West Coast premiership player and current board director, has been appointed CEO of property group Hawaiian.

He replaces Richard Kilbane who stood down in May due to a serious health issue.

Mr Waters has spent the past 18 months as Hawaiian chief operating officer, helping oversee the group’s 10 metropolitan shopping centres.

Chairman Russell Gibbs said the former footballer was an exceptional choice.

“Following a rigorous recruitment process, the board unanimously agreed Beau was the standout candidate to lead Hawaiian into the future,” he said.

Hawaiian has been particularly conservative

with regard to top executive moves.

Mr Gibbs was CEO for 25 years before Mr Kilbane took on the role early last year.

Mr Waters played football for the Eagles, winning the 2006 premiership, before retiring in 2015 to start a varied business career.

It has included stints as a Cottesloe real estate agent, commercial analyst at Wesfarmers, chief revenue officer at Seven West Media and seven years with global engineering design and consulting firm Jacobs.

Hawaiian is the key Australian wing of Chiu Chi Wen and his family, who have made a fortune in Malaysia from property development group Selangor.

Perth-based Hawaiian holds a portfolio of prop-

By Neale Prior Beau Waters has risen rapidly after joining Hawaiian last year. erty assets across the commercial, retail, hospitality and land development markets.

Claremont Quarter is one of its shopping centres, all of which are located within 20km of the CBD. The family also has its own philanthropic foundation, Wen Giving, based in Cottesloe.

Mr Wen and his wife Mei Wen sit on the board of Wen Giving along with Mr Gibbs and Hawaiian executive Damian Gordon.

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Federal Court Federal Court registrar Russell Trott said said he faced a “finely balanced” choice between between the company’s request for more time and the federal federal revenue collector’s call for Devwest to be immediately wound-up. wound-up.

Mr Trott Trottsaid said that that if the if the company was wound up, another creditor who had struck a compro-

company wound up, while raise mise dealwas with Devwest Ta xit osought f f i c e to law yer another creditor who had more capital. this week would not be Jenny Au told the court struck had also recently paid. a compromise deal theItproposed $50,000 paywith Devwest thisfor week to the federal Devwest asked the paid ment$20,000 was just a “drop in would not be paid. winding-up application to agency. the ocean” compared with for a $400,000 Tax office lawyer Jenny be Devwest adjournedasked and promdebt dating the winding-up A u t o l d he ised to make a back to Maytlast application to the proPromise court $50,000 interim year and subject be adjourned $50,000 payment to the to a statutory to make posed and promised payment was tax office. demand made a $50,000 to It make $50,000 just a “drop had recentin February. in interim o cMs e a nAu ” co mly made payment a $20,000 said interim to the tax office. pared with a payment. it was not clear payment It had recent$400,000 debt The developwhat grounds ly made a $20,000 dating tos er’s lawyer, John D e v w eback st wa to the tax payment.

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Cover-up claim in Bali Hai theft trial

By Neale Prior

A prosecutor says alleged Bali Hai Cruises swindler Colin Beeck was trying to conceal his activities when he re-directed bank statements requested by his boss Dick Chandler.

Summing up the case against Mr Beeck in Perth Magistrates Court this week, prosecutor Kirsten Norton said Mr Beeck wanted to keep other people at Bali Hai Cruises in the dark for “as long as possible” when he had the statements emailed to himself.

She was referring to Mr Beeck’s actions in late July 2022 when Mr Chandler, the company’s manag-

ing director, had requested statements from National Australia Bank after discovering he was being paid less than his general manager.

The investigation into the salary discrepancies and the intrigue over the email diversions were not central to the allegations that Mr Beeck stole $676,279 as a servant of Bali Hai Cruises from March 2018 to July 2022.

But the investigation led to the breakdown of the 27-year working relationship between Mr Chandler and Mr Beeck.

They worked together in the two-person Subiaco headquarters

of Bali Hai until the financial blow-up in July 2022.

They were close, and just how close could be central to the decision to be made by Magistrate Greg Penn on Mr Beeck’s guilt on 114 counts of stealing as a servant.

Mr Beeck claimed Mr Chandler knew all about more than $670,000 of transfers to the general manager’s credit card and bank accounts between March 2018 and July 2022.

His defence was that he had an honest belief he was entitled to the money and he lacked fraudulent intent.

Mr Chandler testified he knew

little about modern banking technology and all payments from Bali Hai Cruises’ bank accounts were made by Mr Beeck, Mr Beeck’s lawyer Luka Margaretic said there were clear deficiencies in the police investigation.

Mr Margaretic said police had not independently analysed the two laptops used by Mr Beeck or attempted to reconstruct records from metadata.

They had instead relied on information provided by Bali Hai Cruises.

Mr Penn adjourned his decision to November 20.

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“I don’t think sculpture should have to compete with the ocean for attention, nor should it be considered little more than a garden ornament,” said Nedlands artist Paul Kaptein, who is showing his beautiful wood-carved “glitch aesthetic” figures in a new indoor sculpture exhibition called Splash!

The industrial building at 12 Cleaver Street in West Perth was once a glazier’s workshop and then Stala Contemporary gallery.

Now artist and sculptor Gabby Testaferrata Olivier is using it as her studio and an exhibition space for the launch of Sculpture West and Splash!

With 45 WA artists showing their vibrant work, the exhibition is designed to make a splash on the art scene with Sculpture West being launched as a new umbrella organisation to support, mentor and champion sculptural practice.

Curator and founder of Sculpture West Sandra Murray said: “As well as headline exhibitions,

■ Loud … Raku and sequins by Gabby Testaferrata Olivier.

Right: Paul Kaptein uses traditional woodcarving to explore ideas around Post-Humanism and Glitch Aesthetics.

we aim to support sculptors with workshops, mentoring, advice and connections.”

She said the organisation would be a platform for diverse sculptural practices and open up the art form to both new artists and to audiences.

Paul Kaptein added: “Sculpture West will also help to reframe sculpture through a more intimate, indoor sense”.

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She won the emerging artist award at Sculpture@ Bathers last year. She said her plan in leasing such a large warehouse as a studio was to exhibit artworks.

Other local artists include City Beach abstract artist Angela McHarrie, textile artist Sharyn Egan from Subiaco, Tim Burns, Kate Campbell-Pope, Becky and I have been friends for 36 years. But when I broke my ankle leaving me horribly housebound I did not get so much as a phone call from her.

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Mikaela Castledine, Tony Jones, Alessandra Rossi and partners in art and life Anne Neil and Steve Tepper and Dawn and Phil Gamblen.

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After the complicated last film, in which we experienced Peter Parker losing his beloved Aunt May (Marisa Tomei) and three Spideys across the multiverse – Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield and incumbent Tom Holland – this film feels like a recalibration.

Especially since Dr Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) wiped out everyone’s memory of him.

For starters, SpiderMan, aka Peter Parker, is lonely. He’s thrown himself into fighting crime in New York City, swooping in to help detective Jean DeWolff (The Bear’s Liza Colon-Zayas) and earning the adoration of all.

But his arachnid-human balance is off, he’s getting headaches, and missing his best friend Ned (a charming Jacob Batalon) and true love MJ (Zendaya), who have both finished at MIT and returned to the city. That they no longer remember him feels wrong.

Spider-Man needs some work-life balance.

Instead, he anonymously enlists the help of Bruce Bannon, aka The Hulk

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Written by returning screenwriters Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, with Destin Daniel Cretton at the helm, it’s a wistful story that eventually recognises we all need our people.

Of course, there’s all kinds of intervening chaos, which is overall too convoluted and simply too long.

There’s a villain to contend with, who can leap from body to body – strikingly visualised – and who has an interesting connection with our hero.

Vigilante Frank Castle, aka Punisher (Jon Bernthal), shows up as a gruff sidekick to Spider-Man, and there’s an amusing cameo from Florence Pugh, also dropping in from the Marvel Comic Universe.

But together with Holland, it’s the earthy charm of Zendaya and Batalon who ground Brand New Day in a modest, feel-good addition to the Marvel pantheon.

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Lucky looking to steel the show “Music isn’t about show-

ing off and saying look at me, it’s about communicating something about the human condition,” steel guitarist Lucky Oceans said after he was awarded the Arts and Culture Award in WA of the Year Awards.

“We play to and with a community, and we’re all lifted by it.”

Philadelphia-born Lucky, who calls Fremantle home, co-founded the band

Asleep At The Wheel and over five decades of making music has won two Grammy awards.

He will be inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame in Austin, Texas, in October.

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Little bits of watercolour SARAH McNEILL

The theme of this

weekend’s Watercolour Society of WA exhibition is Size Matters.

“It came from the idea of how artists handle smaller work and make art more affordable,” said Subiaco

■ Jazz Festival director Mace Francis leads the energetic, New Orleans-style 950 Marching Band.

Jazzing up Subi Subiaco’s streets,

laneways, galleries, cafes, markets and gardens will come alive with the sounds of jazz next weekend.

Perth International Jazz Festival will present the inaugural Subiaco Winter Jazz Trail with 12 free performances across next Saturday and Sunday.

Its main annual festival will be held in October.

“The jazz trail is about creating moments of discovery,” PIJF director Mace Francis said.

“You’ll be able to stumble upon incredible live performances in unexpected places.

“It is designed to highlight Subiaco’s diverse hospitality, arts and cultural destinations.”

The festival of free music will begin at the Farmers Market at 10am on Saturday, with improvised swing by emerging WAAPA talents Nahler and Bates Duet.

Al’s Pals will bring their contemporary sound to

contemporary gallery Sava Art in Shenton Park, during the afternoon.

Music ranges from the New Orleans energy of the 950 Marching Band, the Harry Mitchell and Allira Wilson Duo uniting two leading voices in Australian jazz, to Danish-born guitarist Kristian Borring and the intimate sounds of singer Sofie Kerr.

Saxophonist and composer Aaron Caldwell will join pipe organ specialist Alessandro Pittorino in new work Stepping Stones in the magnificent acoustics of St Andrew’s Church, Sunday features Victoria Newton’s Brazilian rhythms, while Lachlan Glover’s improvised blues will fill Mossenson Galleries, Hanna Kim Trio performs original music from their new album and Junkadelic will get everyone dancing.

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artist Stef Hayward, vicepresident of the society.

“How artists have interpreted this will be exciting to see.”

The annual awards exhibition is celebrating its 46th anniversary and members will vie for prizes across categories including still life, abstract, portraiture and en plein air where artists have painted outside or on their travels.

A “try me” table encourages everyone to try their hand at watercolour painting and artists will be available to talk about the intricacies of their works.

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by Jane Zandi, president of Watercolour Society.

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■ Size Matters … A huge Balinese stone urn in a small painting by Subiaco artist Peter Allen.

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The 1920s home was renovated in 2001 to add the second storey, with the work completed by Brooks, who renovated many character homes in Claremont, Dalkeith and Nedlands.

With Nedlands Primary School at the end of the street and only minutes from UWA, the home is likely to attract buyers with large families.

It has six bedrooms, or five bedrooms and a separate study, and all three bedrooms on the upper level open to the upstairs veranda with views to the turret of Winthrop Hall at UWA and glimpses of the river.

Jake Polce, the selling agent from Duet, said the house was not heritage listed or a redevelopment site.

“It’s certainly a landmark residence for the area and will likely be bought by a large family, or

a multi-generational family who want to secure an iconic home in the area,” he said.

He thought it would sell in the low to mid $4millions.

“The Nedlands market is still performing very strongly for well-presented, or renovated family homes,” he said.

“Although there is slightly less urgency across the board, good quality homes, and sellers who prioritise presentation, are being rewarded in this market.”

■ The home is well known to local families and kids walking to nearby Nedlands Primary School.

■ Upstairs bedrooms take in district views and river glimpses.

Top house sales in 2026 T

he sale of Denis and Wendy Marshall’s riverside home in Mosman Park, to Garrett Prendiville for $12.6million, was the top house sale in the POST distribution area to settle in the first six months of the year, according to data provided

by REIWA. A list of the most expensive sales, according to REIWA data, shows the top price achieved for houses in each of the 22 suburbs in the POST distribution area. It excludes sales of apartments and land, and one price-withheld sale in Cottesloe.

Other notable sales include a suburb record in Hensman Road, Subiaco, a street record in Grange Street, Claremont, and a suburb record for a Mt Claremont home which backs on to Cottesloe golf course.

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■ ABOVE: A record setter in Mt Claremont.

RIGHT: A Swanbourne top sale.

Rankin Road, Shenton Park was also a suburb record.

Local agents report that while the market is more tempered, well-priced premium homes continue to attract buyers.

■ The home has both formal and informal living areas.

MOST EXPENSIVE HOUSE SALES MOSMAN PARK PEPPERMINT GROVE COTTESLOE DALKEITH CLAREMONT MT CLAREMONT CITY BEACH SUBIACO SWANBOURNE NEDLANDS NEDLANDS SHENTON PARK NORTH FREMANTLE FLOREAT WEMBLEY WEMBLEY DOWNS WEST LEEDERVILLE DAGLISH CHURCHLANDS WOODLANDS JOLIMONT WEST PERTH

Saunders St Irvine St Athelstan Rd Jutland Pde Grange St Mayfair St Taworri Way Hensman Rd Clement St The Avenue Thomas St Rankin Rd Foundry Ct Destiny Lane St Vincents Ave Ailsa St St Leonards Ave Woolnough St Halcyon Way Coronation St Peel St Cowle St

$12,600,000 $9,000,000 $8,500,000 $8,100,000 $7,700,000 $7,300,000 $7,000,000 $6,375,000 $5,700,000 $5,650,000 $5,650,000 $5,650,000 $5,000,000 $4,270,000 $3,880,000 $3,510,000 $3,430,000 $3,323,700 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $2,735,000 $1,910,000

■ Source: REIWA. Between 1 January 2026 and 30 June 2026.

Note: Crawley had no house sales in this period at the time of reporting.

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The property is a comparatively modest lookalike of Mrs Porteous’ demolished Mosman Park mansion Prix d’Amour, which she shared with her former husband, the late iron ore magnate Lang Hancock.

Prix d’Amour, where the Hancocks hosted parties for Perth’s social, political and business identities of the late 1980s and early 1990s, was bulldozed in 2006 and the 8000sq.m site overlooking the Swan River was subdivided into 10 housing lots and sold. Similar to Prix d’Amour, the Nedlands home features a grand staircase and large entertaining areas. The five-bedroom and four bath home is listed with Duet Property Group.

■ A columned entry features on both Mrs Porteous’ former homes.

Nedland’s grandest residence

Once home to Dalkeith real estate doyen William Porteous and his wife Rose Porteous, formerly Hancock, a home described as Nedland’s grandest residence has come to market. The property, on Dalkeith Road, was home to Mr and Mrs Porteous for five years, before changing hands in 2023 for $4.7million. The house features an imposing white facade, borrowing from classic architecture with its symmetrical portico and columns.

Building costs climb further

Real estate agents continue to cite elevated building costs as one of the factors supporting high sales prices for move-in- ready homes. The latest ABS Producer Price Indexes data show building materials costs in Perth increased by 3.9% over the year to June 2026. Master Builders Western Australia CEO Matt Moran said the Iran conflict continued to impact the local building and construction sector. Over the year to June, the cost of electrical equipment increased by 10.5%, plumbing products by 9.5%, and cement products by 8%. The latest data

■ The beachfront resort in Cairns is promoted as adults only. show the cost of all materials used in a house in Perth jumped by more than 43% compared to just before COVID. “What we need is a reliable and affordable supply chain for the building and construction industry,” said Mr Moran. Haiven agent Sean Hughes said buyers wanted homes where they had to do nothing more than pack a suitcase to move in. “Buyers do not want the uncertainty of increasing building and renovation costs,” he said.

Adults-only Turtle Cove for sale

A “unique space for all respectful adults” has come to the market in Queensland. Turtle Cove Beach resort claims to be Australia’s only “adults-only” beach resort, and is seen as something of a pioneer in LGBTQIA tourism in Australia,

according to Queensland Sotheby’s agent Marco Santos.

“Back in the day, it was tougher for the community to have somewhere they could simply be themselves,” Mr Santos said. The property includes 30 guest rooms, on more than 1.4ha surrounded by rainforest and with direct beach access. Offers are accepted until September, and Mr Santos said interest in the property was strong.

Buying conditions better

Australia’s property downturn gathered sharp momentum in July, according to Cotality’s national Home Value Index, which fell 0.7% in July. Sydney and Melbourne led the national decline, with home values dropping by 1.4% and 1.2% respectively over the month.

Perth managed a modest 0.1% increase. Ray White WA CEO Mark Whiteman said WA buyers were keen to take advantage of the better buying conditions. “There is a lot of interest and activity in the WA market,” he said. “However, closing the gap between seller expectations and buyer’s limitations is the key to negotiating sales in today’s environment.” Changing conditions have seen an increase in the number of properties for sale in Perth. Last week there were 6784 properties listed for sale, compared to 3292 in the same week last year.

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wned by an artist, and home to a collection of paintings and sculpture, this near new home in Dunsborough is part coastal home and part personal gallery.

Completed by local builder Studium by Todd Huxley, it was built to take advantage of the northern light and sea breezes, while allowing the owners to enjoy the garden from both inside and out.

The homeowners are a local family and the home was designed for everyday comfort as a permanent residence.

Only 200m from the waters of Geographe Bay, it is just 1500m from the centre of Dunsborough, which agent Lee York of York Property said would

appeal to many potential buyers.

“We expect strong interest from Perth-based buyers already connected to Dunsborough and considering a permanent coastal move, downsizing or securing a high-quality home near the Bay,” he said.

“It may also appeal to established local buyers wanting a quieter, individually designed residence close to both the beach and town.”

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Residential and Commercial • renovations • cabinets • fit-outs • extensions • outdoor structures

www.specialistcarpentry.com.au WA TRADE QUALIFIED

BC103525

0410 444 959

WESTSITE BUILD CO. Bespoke Carpentry & Construction

Registered Builder BC105981

• New Builds • Granny Flats • Renovations / Extensions • Carports / Pergolas / Decks • All Carpentry & Steel Projects • Design & Council Submissions admin@westsite.com.au Call Louis on

0420 474 384 BUILDING SERVICES

Build Reg 101429 Established 1999

• All wall removals - make openings • Bricklaying, plastering, Gyprocking • Window, lintel, door replacements • Extensions, renovations, conversions • All structural damage repairs • Ceiling repairs boundary walls GIOVANI 0423 117 130 www.wallandlintelremovalperth.com.au

RENOVATION AND CARPENTRY Rego # BP8767 WORKS builddim@iinet.net.au

PIERO

040 537 1198

www.buildingdimensions.com.au

Excellence Assured

MORGAN CARPENTRY & handyman SERVICES

All aspects of carpentry & maintenance work • 15 yrs commercial & residential experience • Fully qualified, professional & reliable • Insured • Full police clearance • Pensioners discount • No call out fee • Free quote

0450 538 596

Call Kevin: www.morgancarpentry.com.au E: Kdd.morgan@hotmail.com

CARPENTRY & MAINTENANCE

Qualified Carpenter with over 30 years experience Specialising in:

• Doors • Skirting • Stud Framing • Gates • Cedar Lining • Pergolas & Decking

“I Pride myself in completing all work to perfection” Ph Nick 0414 337 873

Bespoke garden rooms Interior renovations Stud walls Door hanging Decking All ASPECTS COVERED

Call Stuart on : 0410 250 383 stuart@completecarpentrystudio.com.au Web: completecarpentrystudio.com

CARPET & VINYL LAYING-REPAIR

CARPET LAID

Inspections by a licenced builder BC11095

EDWARD:

Whatever job you need done, support your local POST tradies.

Water • Sun • Pet Damage STAIRS DOORWAYS • Underlay Supplied 3 • Small Jobs Welcome E0xpYrs 0419 940 485

Fix it quickly.

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To advertise Call 9381 3088

email: robyn@ postnewspapers.com.au

CLEANING

★ Domestic & Commercial ★ Carpets ★ L/suites ★ Steam extraction voted best way of cleaning carpet by CHOICE MAGAZINE ★ Our Reputation and Quality is why we RETAIN our Customers ★ Don’t take a chance Contact Martin Cook

9383 7977 0418 940 145

For the cleanest carpet possible

COTTESLOE CARPET CLEANING

Residential, commercial, rental, upholstery, tile and grout YES, we are still operating!

Appropriate safety standards followed... credit card/EFTPOS

9383 4931

E X P E RT

Carpet Steam Cleaning Tile & Grout Cleaning ACCI Trained & Certified Contact GRAEME

0418 957 690

CEILINGS

CEILING FIXER

I specialise in rescuing older, ornate plasterglass ceilings that are sagging and in need of repair.

OVER 40 YEARS EXPERIENCE

Ph Ralph 0412 773 098

PLASTERLINE INDUSTRIES

★ Ceilings installed & repaired ★ Decorative cornices & centre roses ★ All ornate work ★ Gyprock specialists and plaster glass specialists ★ Suppliers of decorative cornices, centre roses, arches, domes and picture rails

FOR ADVICE & QUOTE PHONE RHYS ON

9446 2011

DA Whitelaw Ceilings 40 YEARS EXPERIENCE

• REPLACED • REPAIRED • PARTITIONING • SUSPENDED CRAFTSMAN • PLASTERGLASS • DECORATIVE CORNICE

FREE QUOTES AWARD

Ph: 9356 3322 Darryl: 0411 756 830

FAMILY RUN OVER 30 YEARS * Regular * Vacate * Spring Cleaning * Choice of 1 or 2 Cleaners * Carpet Cleaning/Tile and Grout Cleaning Rates from $50.00* p/hr *T&C Apply Equipment and Consumables Supplied

9380 9070

info@housekeepingwa.com

• Paving Clean & Seal • High Pressure • Windows • Gutters 0418 953 181 ALTITUDE CLEANING

Professional exterior cleaning services for domestic and commercial properties.

High Pressure Cleaning House and Building Washing Window Cleaning Carpet Cleaning Surface Sealing Stain Removal Environmentally Friendly Cleaning Products Family Owned and Operated

CALL NIC FOR A FREE QUOTE 7 DAYS A WEEK!

0433 845 229

valiantcleanperth@gmail.com

April Fresh

Cleaning

0412 226 328 0433 445 916 All types of Cleaning Work Fully Guaranteed!

• Home & Office Networking • Installs & Upgrades • Cloud Backup • Email & Internet • Microsoft 365

Call Chris: 0417 990 396 www.quickclickit.com.au

CUSTOM SOFTWARE

• Job tracking • Quoting and invoicing • Custom portals • Workflow automation Built around how you already work.

Perth based developer with small business experience.

kulinsystems.dev

ONSITE COMPUTER HELP

• Regular house cleaning • Vacate cleaning

Products supplied, Fully insured

Help with computers, email, scams, printers and Wi-Fi

info@afcleaning.com.au

Speak directly with Lex

0432 942 242

0451 129 245

www.afcleaning.com.au

VM

CRYSTAL CLEAN

• Office and commercial cleaners • Best value and service CONTACT US ON 0402 130 003 or admin@vmcrystalclean.com.au

AT E L I E R S PAC E S

• Where home organisation meets simplified living.

• Decluttering with functional solutions.

CALL ANDREA

0422 464 975

HOME MAID Cleaning Services FULLY TRAINED

“WE’RE BUSY DOING WHAT YOU’RE TOO BUSY TO DO” • Daily • Weekly • Fortnightly • Monthly

Stefanie Sanders (Principal)

Mob: 0418 901 982

pcriot.com.au

CURTAINS Aussie

Curtain Call Claremont

• Curtains • Swags & Tails • Pelmets • Romans • Shutters • All Blinds • Domestic • Commerical FREE MEASURE & QUOTE 0408 569 515 Personalised Service - BEST PRICES

CURTAIN FITTER

TRACKS SUPPLIED AND FITTED Top fix and bay windows, Repairs & Refit existing. Tracks re-corded. Reasonable Rates - 25 + Years Experience

Peter: 0417 772 230

Curtain Cleaning We come to you!

• takedown, rehang, same day • specialise in rubberback and sheer curtains • family business 40+ years

Curtain Drycleaners Ph 9362 6444

stefaniesanders65@outlook.com

DECKING

CLOCKS & REPAIRS

RENEW YOUR WEATHERED DECK

DUTCH ANTIQUE Timepieces

Buying, Selling Repairs & Restoration of Antique Clocks & Barometers

If you’re tired of your weathered deck we can bring it back to life.

Start enjoying it again, add value to your home and stop deterioration • machine sanding • detail sanding • oil treatment and staining • cleaning and treatment • tannin and resin removal • repairs and replace timber Start enjoying your deck again call for an assessment and quote

Leslie 0412 779 675

By a qualified clockmaker Member of the Watch & Clockmakers of Australia

Unit 23/145 Stirling Hwy, Nedlands

9385 3054

www.dutchtimepieces.com

Better Cleaner @ Better Price

Computer Headaches?

We can help

Save hours of admin every week. I build simple custom software for small businesses.

E: whitelawceilings@westnet.com.au

CLEANING

COMPUTING

Quick Click IT

Established 1981

CEILINGS - WALLS

25 years experience Fully insured, local reliable service

RESTRETCHING • REPAIRS

www.edwardsperth.com

0428 910 341

7 Forrest Street, Subiaco WA 6008.

35 YRS EXPERIENCE • POLICE CLEARANCE

0408 096 918

Ph: 0409 118 228

Custom-made Furniture Kitchen, Wall and Vanity Units Bookcases

Contact Dennis for FREE QUOTE

BOJOBS SMALL OKED 40 YRS EXPERIENCE.

BOBCATS, EXCAVATOR,TIPPERS ROCK BREAKER

bcc@aapt.net.au

SUBIACO FURNITURE FACTORY

All aspects of bricklaying Limestone Insurance Work Owner builder Service

KEARLEY BRICKLAYING

Custom Brick and Stone restored to its natural beauty.

35 YEARS EXPERIENCE

National Estate Builders

BUILDING CONTRACTORS New Homes, Renovations, Alterations, Additions and General Building Services, both Residential and Commercial.

Contact Asa 0418 957 081 E: info@claremontasphalt.com

ALL JOBS FREE QUOTES MIKE BRYANT

CARPET CLEANING

Custom Constructions

• CAR PARKS/ FOOTPATHS • DRIVEWAYS - ASPHALT/CONCRETE • COLOURED ASPHALT • ALL BITUMEN REPAIR WORK • OBLIGATION FREE QUOTES • NO JOB TOO SMALL/BIG

BOBCATS

CABINETMAKING

Specialising in all brick work Free Quote – no obligation www.kingbricklaying.com.au

AUTOMATIC GATES Family owned & operated since 1996 • Specialists in electric sliding and swing gates • Service and Repair • Proudly serving the Western Suburbs • Friendly, experienced staff • Quality Guaranteed

BUILDING

4796412

ACCOUNTANTS

COMPUTING

COMPUTERS NBN Domains, Networking, Repairs, Cloud & Phone PBX, Cloud Backups, Digital TV, LAN, Office 365, Servers & computer systems, Licensed Installer

Smartwire Communications

www.smartwire.net.au Call Brett 0419 234 567

DRAFTING & DESIGN

GINGKO DESIGN STUDIO

• Architectural drafting • Product modelling & design • Prototypes & replacement parts • 3D parts printing Email photos or sketches for a free assessment. design@gingkodesignstudio.com.au

Read the POST online at

postnewspapers.com.au

Page 62 – POST, August 8, 2026

ELECTRICIANS 9381 5802 EMERGENCY SERVICE 24 HOUR – 7 DAYS

★ All electrical work ★ Maintenance & breakdown specialists ★ All safety switches Lic EC4326 ★ Repairs to hot water systems Everdure-Electra-Rheem-Solahart ★ Stove & oven repairs ★ Computer & Telephone Cabling

STEVE

0$57,1

0412 922 648 0412 924 134 www.cablenet.com.au

AUSPOWER All Electrical Work • Split Aircon Specialist

ELECTRICIANS

0418 847 846

EC 9672

RP196

FREE QUOTES & ADVICE

Peter 0418 912 451 www.auspowerelectrical.com.au

ESTABLISHED 1991

EC005203

AFFORDABLE & RELIABLE QUALITY ELECTRICAL SERVICES

• 24/7 BREAKDOWN HELP • AIRCONDITIONING INSTALLED SPLITS • ENERGY SAFETY CERTIFICATION • LED INDOOR/OUTDOOR LIGHTING • POWER POINTS • PUMPS & RETIC POOL & BORE • SAFETY SWITCHES • SMOKE ALARMS • SECURITY LIGHTING • SOLAR INSTALL/SERVICE/ REPAIRS • SWITCH BOARD UPGRADES • TELEPHONE NBN/ DATA/ INTERCOM • WILL PROVIDE WRITTEN QUOTES • 12 MONTH WARRANTY

PENSIONER DISCOUNTS

CALL 6498 9881

MATHESON

Electrical Services NO CALL OUT FEE

All electrical work. Free quotes

0414 719 866 EC license 012498

LOCAL FLOREAT ELECTRICIAN SERVICING ALL WESTERN SUBURBS AREAS ALL ELECTRICAL WORK LED LIGHTING, POWER POINTS, SWITCHBOARD UPGRADES, SMOKE ALARMS, POWER POINTS, DATA POINTS, TV POINTS, CHANDELIERS, GARDEN LIGHTING, FEATURE LIGHTING, MAINTENANCE, FAULT FINDING, STRIP LIGHTING, SPLIT SYSTEM A/C, DOORBELLS, INTERCOMS, SAFETY SWITCHES, USB POWER POINTS, BORES, RETIC CONTROLLERS (EC 13968)

FULLY LICENSED AND INSURED 7 DAY EMERGENCY SERVICE

CALL AARON 0410 558 560

DENCO

Electrical Services SUBIACO BASED

ENLIGHTENING YOUR DAY All Electrical Work • Maintenance • Call Outs • New Installations Professional & quality workmanship

Call Ross 0408 504 687 EC 009308

REFINED POWER YOUR LOCAL ELECTRICIANS “Anything Electrical” NO CALL OUT FEE

– Residential and commercial maintenance and installations – Fault finding – RCD and Smoke detector compliance Servicing the Western Suburbs for over 20 years.

CONTACT CHRIS

0403 432 532

chris@rescomelec.com.au EC10619

TRUSTED WESTERN SUBURBS ELECTRICIAN

LICENSED ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR - EC16503 Fully Licensed and Insured

• Switchboards • RCDs • Renovations • EV Chargers • Fault Finding • General Electrical

FREE SWITCHBOARD SAFETY CHECK WITH ANY JOB. FREE QUOTES

0424 924 646

Kassel Electrical Services PTY LTD • Residential • Commercial • Emergency Response RELIABLE and EFFICIENT POWER SOLUTIONS Call Brenton Gittos 0437 095 723 EC 17436

Colorbond / Fencing Insurance Work Brick / Block Work Retaining Walls Asbestos Removal

0433 526 165 YOUR LOCAL MAN

FLOOR SANDING

O’Brien Flooring

• Commercial / Residential Floor Laying and Sanding • Eco Friendly Finishing • Deck Re Surfacing ATFA JIMMY O’BRIEN 0420 235 709 MEMBER

www.obrienflooring.com.au

BOSCH FLOORSANDING Sanding / coating and Timber repairs Full restoration services AFTA member All work guaranteed

“FREE QUOTES”

Call Jeff 0419 908 837 • Floor sanding and finishing • Timber floor repair and restoration • Decking repair and restoration • Bespoke custom finishes 0484 061 513

E: info@turnbullflooring.com.au W: www.turnbullflooring.com.au

GARAGE DOORS

GARAGE DOORS

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Kabel Electrical Services EC 15424

0429 205 195

24/7 Emergency Electrician

0413 122 012 GARDENING

• Emergency Services • Power points & lights • NBN cabling • Smoke alarms • Switch board upgrades info@kableelectrical.com.au

NEDLANDS GARDEN SERVICE

FENCING

Most suburbs within a 30km radius of Nedlands

Hardie & Colorbond Fencing Specialist

Twinside Retaining Walls Gates & Asbestos Removal No Job Too Difficult Experienced Contractor

9387 4401 0417 942 962

rob@allfencingperth.com.au

T TI MBER BUDGE EST 1983 F-E-N-C-I-N-G PINE LAP, CLOSED PICKET, AND COLONIAL SPECIALIST Ph: 9493 0344 0419 905 033 Fax: 9493 0355

Focus FENCING

Beacon Lighting Discounts Elec Safety Certificates in 48 hours

6SHFLDOLVWV LQ &RORUERQG • Removals • Replacements • Installations Call Adam

EC15880

www.focusfencing.net.au

Oliver - 0415 831 110 Luke - 0458 287 755

Nedlands Fencing

6477 6477

• 24/7 Emergency faults • Electrical installations/ maintenance • Hot water system repair or replace • Oven and hotplate repairs • TV and ethernet cabling • RCD and smoke alarm compliance

CALL NOW FOR 10% DISCOUNT

*Seniors Discount* LIC EC5706 RELIABLE • HELPFUL • FRIENDLY

FENCING

0424 101 026

“THE PERFECTIONISTS” • Expert garden care team • Regular visits for peace of mind • Lawn care for a great lawn • Annual care packages available

0451 117 865

MULCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Professional and reliable with over 10yrs experience in Gardening, Landscaping and Reticulation Call Reed

0494 683 913

THE CLAREMONT GARDENER

• REGULAR GARDEN MAINTENANCE AND CLEANUPS. • ROSES AND COTTAGE GARDENS A SPECIALITY • ALL AREAS FOR PROMPT AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Phone MATTHEW Matthew: 0414 710 110

LANDSCAPES 2000

35 yrs experience in Landscaping and Garden Maintenance.

From weeds to trees – I do it all.

Don’t beat around the bush.

PH GEORGE (LOCAL)

0408 851 901

GARDENING

GARDENING

GUTTER CLEANING

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

GARDEN Gutter Cleaning CLEAN-UPS Downpipes flushed, roofs cleaned GARDENSCAPES Call now for … r -BXO (BSEFO $BSF r 1SVOJOH 1MBOUJOH r 1FTU %JTFBTF $POUSPM r (BSEFO 3FOPWBUJPO r $MFBO VQT r .PJTUVSF 3FUFOUJPO 1SPHSBNNFT 4FSWJDFE CZ 2VBMJàFE )PSUJDVMUVSJTUT

Call Brad on 04EVERGROW

(0438 374 769)

Email: info@evergrow.com.au

GARDENING

Experience, knowledge, KED green friendly OOsolutions, B Y L regular garden care FUL Ph: Rob

0450 384 711

SUBIACO GARDEN SERVICE

• clean-ups • regular maintenance • garden makeovers • landscaping • limestone walls • reticulation • topiary/hedges

The locals who arrive on time and do the job properly

Roger Hill 0419 921 122

GARDENING MAINTENANCE, OVERHAULS, REFRESH • Tree Pruning & Shaping • Hedges • Design • Planting Happy Customers • Experienced • Honest • Reliable

– Weeding garden beds – Garden beds made clean & tidy – Trimming shrubs – Lopping trees – Mowing lawns – Paving swept – Weed spray to paving Fully Insured - Free Quotes GREENWASTE REMOVED

of debris from $165.00 Also high pressure cleaning

Ezeegreen

GUTTER CLEANER

041 301 6555

• Garden Maintenance • Clean-ups • Garden Consults/Design • Garden Solutions • Refresh Repot Replace ‘WE DON’T MOW LAWNS’

jourdainonly@gmail.com

Bruce 0411 821 249

• Garden Clean Ups • Mulching • Spraying • Turf Laying • Fertilising • Aerating/Coring • Vacant Block Slashing • High Pressure Cleaning GREG 0409 289 681

Empire LAWN SERVICE

gardening jobs

All Garden Work

0401 644 851

Text or phone Theo

0429 880 004

Gardening & Landscaping

• ALL GARDENING • PROPERTY MAINTENANCE • FENCING • LIMESTONE WORK • PAVING • HIGH PRESSURE CLEANING • RETICULATION

0421 895 463

Wild Rose Gardening • Mowing • Edging • Pruning • Hedging • Weeding • Lawn and Garden Care • Expert Rose Pruning

0468 386 451

Call Sam FOR A FREE QUOTE

Complete Garden Maintenance

Just some of our Soil services:testing now • Weeding available • Mulching • Hedge Trimming • Tree Pruning • ‘ONE OFF JOBS’ and maintenance services provided.

Enquire about our range of Native/Exotic plants sourced directly Call for an onsite obligation free quotation

Mark: 0459 238 934 Certified Horticulturalist

Alex : 0401 644 851

Filippo’s Gardening For all your garden maintenance needs

• Lawns • Hedges • Pruning • Clearing • Weeding • Mulching • Planting

ONE-OFF OR REGULAR JOBS For a FREE competitive quote call Filippo 0488 255 644

Filipposgardening@gmail.com Police clearance - Fully insured - References

Backyards cleared, tree lopping, Brickwork, pavers cleaned and sealed.

General repairs and maintenance reasonable and reliable PHONE DAVID

M: 0419 908 186 30+ yr experience

Love Your Home

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0418 919 312

For most

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• Reliable, Competitive rates • Good References

HANDYMAN

• All carpentry - doors, locks & windows • Plaster patch work & Gyproc install • Garden retic & high-pressure cleaning • Quality workmanship. Reliable service

Joel: 0407 201 321

FREE QUOTES

Keep this cutting on your Fridge

Jesse Ravine, keeping gutters clean since 2014.

Text or call 0421 650 806

• Fully Insured • Police Cleared

QUALIFIED HORTICULTURALIST

Lawns, Hedges, Roses, Trees pruned, Weeds, Council pickups. Make overs for owners and real estate companies. Support Western suburbs local gardener.

FULLY INSURED

• Mowing • Spraying • Fertilising • Garden Cleanups

call

Ph. Chris 0404 517 334

Jack 0412 986 151

GLASS

FLOREAT GLASS

+ GLASS REPAIRS +

PH: 9383 9334 PENSIONER DISCOUNTS

BALCATTA GLASS GLASS REPAIRS

Glass & Mirrors cut to size

9240 4422 188 Balcatta Rd, Balcatta (opposite Bunnings)

GUTTERING

ROOFUS • Gutter and Downpipe Replacement • Colorbond Fascia Replacement 37 Years Experience

Jeff 0417 376 151 GUTTER CLEANING GUTTERS and/or windows CLEANED TREE PRUNING

POST AREA SPECIALIST 20 YEARS – DOWNPIPES CLEARED – LEAKS AND OVERFLOWS SORTED – FREE QUOTES – PENSIONER DISCOUNTS – PROMPT SERVICE Phone or MARTIN

0414 011 220 9384 0250

GUTTER CLEANING & WINDOW CLEANING SPECIALIST • SAME DAY SERVICE • SUPPLY & INSTAL GUTTERGUARD • DISCOUNT FOR SENIORS CALL PAUL Mob 0419 907 986

GUTTER CLEANING

• No Mess • Down Pipes Cleared • Gutter Guard Installed • Tree Lopping • Roof Repairs

Angus 0403 758 242

EXPERIENCED

IN ALL TYPES OF HOUSE REPAIRS

Call Rod 0422 223 661

• Property maintenance • Wall partitions • Ceilings & wall repairs • Landscaping work • Handyman work • Project manage any work needed

Contact TRAVIS on 0488 924 567

travislepri@westnet.com.au

Bill’• sElectrical Maintenance Works • Painting • Carpentry • Hang Doors • Fix Locks • Clean Gutters • Oven Cleaning • Garden & Retic • Window Cleaning • Paving & Roof Leaks NO JOB TOO BIG OR TOO SMALL

0406 884 145

IKEA

Furniture Assembly

• Wardrobes • Beds • Drawers • Desks etc Call or text for FREE QUOTES

Mike 0420 790 110

EXTRA HANDS Home Maintenance Indoor/outdoor maintenance.

Flatpack assembly.

Pressure cleaning.

Picture hanging.

Gardening and more.

Police cleared - Shenton Park local Call Neville

One Company All Trades We are the HOME IMPROVEMENT experts • Home Renovations • Kitchen, Bathroom and Laundry Upgrades • Aged Care Home Modifications • Handyman Services www.tlc-perth.com

9284 0165 info@tlc-perth.com

KITCHENS

KITCHEN

TRANSFORMATIONS

FREE DESIGN & QUOTE • Full renovations • Face lifts • Replacement of benchtops • For a complete price that includes all extras • 35 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN KITCHEN DESIGN

CALL DENIS 0417 924 461

denis@ktwa.com.au

KITCHEN RESCUE FACELIFT SPECIALIST

Benchtops • Doors • Drawers Relaminate existing benches New appliance fits plus mods All other extra cabinetry I JASON: 0403 657 011

jasonkitchenrescue@hotmail.com

LANDSCAPING

Innovative landscape design, construction and maintenance.

Expert in native and waterwise gardens. Highly qualified team of professionals with 25+ years experience.

Matt Siomos, B.Sc (Botany), horticulturalist, 0408 384 542 Teik Oh, B.Sc (Environmental Sc.), 0415 170 135

LANDCRAFT

LANDSCAPING Horticulturalist & Stonemason 0403 126 970

landcraftlandscaping perth.com.au landcraftlandscaping@gmail.com

0419 968 595

BTS Group

- Fencing & Flooring - Landscaping & Painting - Asbestos Removal - Odd Jobs - Obligation Free Quotes

Ben 0433 590 820

ALL WOOD REPAIR SPECIALIST

• Pergolas • Gates • Windows • Doors • Decking / Driveways • Pressure Cleaned • Sealed • MIG Welding ON SITE

Jeff 0418 850 750

Sullivan Moody 0455 242 442 SERVICES • Old lawn removed • New lawn installation • Reticulation systems • Bush and tree trimming/ removal • Planting • Garden edging • Retaining walls • General maintenance (paving, fencing, etc) • General garden tidy

Salt Landscaping WA Western suburbs lawn installer and landscaping specialist

0410 167 967

POST, August 8, 2026 – Page 63

PAINTING

ALL AREAS

FLOREAT & ALL WESTERN SUBURBS

LAWNMOWING SERVICE • Lawnmowing • Edging • Whippering • Fertilising • Wetting Agents • 29 years experience • Fully insured Quick, Reliable, Professional FIRST MOW HALF PRICE Free Quote - Call Darren today!

0413 016 555

Old fashioned workmanship, HIGH QUALITY FINISH References - prompt services. Free quotes. All work guaranteed. No job too big or small. Reg. painter.

Saari Quality

3 Interior & exterior

European Craftsman Very Reasonable Reg: 6952 Rates

Reijo 0411 610 246

Free Quotes/Police Clearance Tertiary Trained/Fully Insured CALL SEAMUS

0450 225 113

• Interior • Exterior • Residential • Commercial • Spray Painting • Wallpaper Installation • Over 30 Years Experience

Dirk Warburton 9407 9103

www.prestigepaintingwa.com.au

LIMESTONE

LIMESTONE CONSTRUCTIONS Qualified stonemasons to carry out any type of masonry work from large retaining walls to stone cladding.

View photos on Facebook delkeyholdings Contact Tom

0419 792 739 James’ Limestone Restoration

• Limestone RESTORATION • Limestone REPOINTING • Limestone TINTING • Limestone CAPPING • Rising DAMP • Brick REPLACEMENT • Brick TINTING • Brick MORTAR REPAIRS • Tuckpointing Call James for your free quote

0400 219 056 LOCKSMITH

Pol Lic SG 15935 ABN 22337056071

Locksmiths

Guaranteed Same Day Service – 20 years exp

KEVIN SHEEHAN • Master Locksmith • Security Consultant “Glad to be of Service”

0412 153 846 7 DAYS PER WEEK

Info@sheehanlocksmiths.com www.sheehanlocksmith.com.au

Paul Stratton

30 years experience

Painter & Decorator

0451 478 078

Reg 7824

• LAWN MOWING • GARDENING • RUBBISH REMOVAL

5 663

0420 44

REPAINTING SPECIALIST

OLD FASHIONED SERVICE AT AFFORDABLE PRICES • Restoration work specialist • Crazy cracks fixed permanently • Character homes • Roof restoration • Available for large jobs • Over 35 years’ experience FREE QUOTES AND ADVICE 7days a week

Call 0401 191 759 Reg 4934

Subiaco Painting Service Small Jobs Welcome

Ren Steve

0438 755 877 0433 021 903

Reg No 3468

PERTH GARDEN AND LAWN SERVICES

REG 7800

www.jimsmowing.com.au

subiacopainting@gmail.com

P&N

Painting Services

YOUR WESTERN SUBURBS LOCKSMITH X Home X Office X Car

7 Day Service

Ph: 6350 8500

www.lockstock.com.au

FREMANTLE LOCK SERVICE

• Local Business • 7 Day Service • Security License 04361 • Seniors Discount • 30 Years In Trade

0409 086 497 PAINTING

PAINTING SPECIAL For all your internal/external painting requirements.

For your highest quality job at a very special price, phone

★ CLIVE 9383 3412 ★ 0447 433 412 Reg. No. 4280

3 Immediate start 3 Residential & commercial work

Painting & Decorating

131 546

Reg: 101766

9409 7397

CALL MICK 0434 835 728 or GAVIN 0415 385 501

Reg No. 5309 PC100908

Specialising in

Domestic Commercial Interior Exterior Woodwork Any size jobs

FREE QUOTE

Mob: 0451 901 919 0411 354 602 0421 105 555

paintingservice1999@gmail.com

A PLUS PAINTING & SERVICES

• Residential • Commercial • Interior Reg # 6263 • Exterior IMMEDIATE START Free Quotes Call Fred

Mob: 0413 235 163 Phone: 9206 5331 Fax: 9206 5337

Renovating or Repairing Your Home?

The POST each week lists tradespeople who provide every household service. The directory is also available on our website at postnewspapers.com.au

To advertise call us on 9381 3088 or email robyn@postnewspapers.com.au

PAINTING

PLASTERING

JJ LIGHT Painter & Decorator

PLASTERING

REG 6685 FREE ESTIMATES 30 years experience No job too big or small

Painter - Decorators 30 years experience

Reg. No. 3511

MORE THAN A MOW

PAINTING

3 Professionalism & guaranteed highest standards 3 All work to your satisfaction 3 20 yrs exp. painting CALL SEBASTIAN FOR A FREE QUOTE 0423 604 114

Quokka Painting and Decorating

No. Steve 0433 021 903 Reg. 101208 quokkapainting@outlook.com quokkapainting.com.au

0416 752 557

NEED A PAINTER

Maybe I can help. 24 years experience (Melbourne) new to Perth, FREE QUOTES

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Noongar elder Iva Hayward Jackson said in his submission: “The creation of Godroo (Matilda Bay) holds great importance to our ancestors through the creation of freshwater soaks or springs that provided mothers milk or fresh water from Mother Earth.

“These sacred living areas/places no longer exist because of colonial development.

“The sacred springs are covered over, or dead.

“However, the sacred land and waterways are still of great importance to us ... living proof of our songlines.

“The sacred bed of the river is where the belly of our Wargal (Rainbow Serpent) meets the sacred earth and should never be disturbed.

“We Noongar people are devastated at what has happened to our sacred waterways.

“These are equivalent to Christian churches and Matilda Bay deserves protection and preservation for all Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people to see and learn from the natural environment that is left untouched today.”

Mr Jackson supported the use of JoJo’s jetty as the best location for a ferry terminal.

A Public Transport Authority tender for contractors to design and build the Matilda Bay terminal closes on August 18 and is expected to be awarded by October.

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More jail time for crimes three years apart

• From page 20 partner and had a daughter.

After Ward returned to WA he was charged by Scarborough police on August 16, 2025 for possessing meth and knuckle dusters at the the Lookout bar and for failing to comply with a police order.

He was taken into police custody to face those and his 2022 charges, the court heard.

Ward’s lawyer Kon Christou said his client had intended to turn himself in to police upon his return to WA. “After he was charged and bailed, a very close friend of his was killed in a North Perth incident,” he said in court.

“As a consequence of his [Ward’s] concerns, he left the jurisdiction and worked in the eastern states.

“He planned to hand himself in, but that didn’t happen because he got arrested in Scarborough and returned to custody.”

Magistrate Elaine Campione on Tuesday heard that Ward had faced a challenging upbringing and wanted to

be a good father to his young daughter.

She said she had taken into account that Ward was already serving a threeand-a-half-year prison sentence for related criminal offences.

But she said she was doubtful about his intention to turn himself in.

“It took you reoffending to appear before the courts,” she said.

“A deliberate and flagrant attempt

not to comply with bail conditions amounting to nearly three years.”

She sentenced Ward to four months in prison for his breach of bail – to be served on top of his three-and-a-half year sentence from the district court matter.

She also sentenced him to prison time for his other crimes, to be served concurrently with his pre-existing sentence.

Our kids have a right to be schooled • From page 11

advocacy group Square Peg Round Whole.

The group’s coordinator Symone Wheatley-Hey said every child deserved an education that was safe, welcoming, accessible and responsive to their needs.

“Rather than directing major public investment towards expanding separate education settings, we believe governments should invest in empowering teachers and strengthening local schools to deliver genuinely

inclusive education,” she said.

Ms Creagh said neurodiverse children in western suburb schools were already being segregated, and being failed.

She said a number of families were trying to home school their children for lack of better alternatives.

Education Minister Sabine Winton said there had been a five-year high of 123 expulsions and 20,483 suspensions in public schools last year, but the figures did not record if those students were neurodiverse.

POST, August 8, 2026 – Page 65

Mosman suit’s wild punk past • From page 1

as it pulled off because the police are running down after them.”

The punk rockers thought they had got away until the ferry returned to the Barrack Street Jetty at 10pm and found police lined up.

“You couldn’t get off the jetty without being caught,” Andrew said.

“As band members, we were the last off the boat, and it had nothing to do with us.”

Another memorable stint at Jon Sainken’s former Perth nightclub Adrian’s was also marred by fan chaos, ultimately causing the club to close for good.

“He had hired us on a Tuesday night, but because we didn’t play often, we would always get our crowd,” Andrew said.

“But he didn’t hire any security staff and the club was absolutely trashed; the tables and chairs, the built-in lounges got ripped out of the floor.

“Sainken went on TV the next night saying there was madness and badness.”

The club closed for major renovations and reopened a

Andrew Baird’s band was one of Perth’s first punk outfits. couple of weeks later as the Dream.

“We were convinced wrongly, that Sainken had done an insurance job, thinking ‘We will get Quick and the Dead in to have their fans demolish the place’,” Andrew said.

The band was not the first to introduce punk rock in WA. Andrew said the Victims led the punk rock vanguard in the late 1970s, a band that later became the Hoodoo Gurus, led

by Dave Faulkner.

“They were Perth’s most famous punk band and early on

Diesel towers noisy • From page 5

“Running a diesel generator 24/7 is not only environmentally irresponsible; it is also likely to cause the generator to wear out prematurely and consume more fuel than necessary.”

Resident Martyn Brandreth said Cambridge council was the only authority able to act on the noise, but had not done so despite at least six months of complaints from residents.

“The Town is empowered to … issue infringement notices or commence prosecution against the operator,” he said.

“We ask council to … fulfill its responsibility to protect

residential amenity and public wellbeing.”

Cambridge planning director Luke Gibson said a report being prepared for the August 25 council meeting would include options for punitive action, or to allow Telstra and Optus to connect to mains power.

“The noise doesn’t stop and now we have another month’s deferral, so we’ve got the noise for another month, and it is pretty devastating,” Mr Brandreth said.

The council has asked the federal government to write to Optus and Telstra to seek confirmation that the towers are not intended to be permanently located in the park.

the scene after the Sex Pistols in the UK,” he said.

A year-long exposure to London’s anti-establishment music scene naturally drew Andrew, a man in his 20s, to punk rock.

When he returned to Perth, he was approached by a bass player to join their punk rock band because of the Humber Super Snipe he drove to a gig at the Stoned Crow, now Mojo’s in North Fremantle.

Since leaving his punk rocker days behind in the 1980s, he worked at UWA and Christ Church Grammar School before retiring and becoming a Mosman Park councillor in 2018.

“I always obey rules, but I might have been a bit of a rebel in my early 20s, and it seemed to call to me,” he said.

Metronet myth busted • From page 1

Prof. Troy, who was raised in Perth and died in 2018, was regarded for many decades as Australia’s pre-eminent urban policy thinker.

He argued that high-rise developments near transit centres failed to reduce car use, while at the same time reducing resident amenity.

He maintained that the justification, to contain suburban sprawl, was an emotional term he said was used as an excuse by people who had run out of ideas.

Sprawl was still happening in big European cities that had dense cores.

“Growth remains essential for environmental sustainability and equitable quality of life,” he said.

Mr Carey evidently supports this, too. Last year he authorised the release of another 8300ha of greenfield land for subdivision in Perth’s northern suburbs for 20,000 new houses.

Tania Verstak and actress daughter, Bond girl Nina Young. RIGHT: Tania winning the Miss New South Wales trophy in 1961.

Celebrity Tania dies in Dalkeith • From page 5

“the ultimate demonstration - if any demonstration were needed - of the way in which our new settlers have entered the hearts and lives of the Australian people”.

Her adopted hometown greeted her with a parade through Manly in a convertible, cheered by 12,000 people.

She worked for a time as a promotional representative for Qantas.

In 1963, Tania married prominent Perth motor dealer Peter Young in Hong Kong.

They moved to Nedlands,

then to probably the largest block in Dalkeith, where they raised their daughter Nina Young, a successful actress.

“She was really gentle and shy and humble and would just look away when somebody said, ‘Ah, you would be Miss Australia’,” Nina said.

“She would say shyly: ‘Oh that was a very long time ago’.

“She loved the ordinary things in life, fishing off Nedlands jetty or from dad’s boat on the whiting banks.

“She was very elegant, and also lots of fun.

“She kept up the Russian side of things – the danc-

Andrew Baird as Andrew Bored, lead singer of Quick and the Dead.

ing, dress-ups; we’d always go to Sydney for Russian Christmas.”

A hands-on gardener, Tania transformed the Dalkeith spread into a horticultural wonderland, often climbing trees or being found on her hands and knees planting.

She opened her garden to the public to raise funds for charity.

Peter died in 2016, aged 80.

A collection of documents of Tania’s experience of her 1961 and 1962 triumphs are in the National Museum of Australia.

Her funeral will be at Karrakatta on August 28.

He again promoted TODs at Bayswater station this week, saying that it would help prevent Perth’s outer suburbs reaching Geraldton.

“One of the great fallacies of this Transport Oriented Development argument is that we know that 80% of the population who live in houses want to stay in houses, and 85% of the population who live in flats want to live in houses,” Prof.

Troy said.

Another TOD fallacy was based on the old-fashioned notion that most people worked in central hubs such as Perth and Fremantle. They don’t.

Metro Perth is highly decentralised, he said. Far-flung shopping centres, hospitals, and huge industrial estates are often accessible only by car. And commuters often need to make other stops on their journeys to and from work.

“People have always wanted to travel wherever they wanted, to travel under the conditions of comfort and security of their choice,” Prof. Troy said.

“They’ve always sought to do that as their economies and the wealth and standard of living has increased.”

In other words, even if home and work are on Metronet, there are kids to be picked up on the way home, another stop to load shopping in the boot, stops for sport with all the equipment, gym, sauna, music lessons, doctor, hairdresser or to the pool or beach for a swim.

Not possible on trains and buses in the time available.

Proof of the TOD fantasy is to be found buried underneath multiple tower apartment blocks completed or being built in the western suburbs.

The first crack showed in the previous decades when unit development land around Claremont Oval was sold on the doorstep of Claremont station.

The WA Planning Commission decreed that each flat could have access to only one on-site car space.

The train platform was nearby, so one car per unit was more than enough.

But the developers of one of these early blocks successfully pleaded with the local council and state planners to allow two spaces per unit.

Nobody wanted to buy units with only one space, they told Claremont council.

Right now, in the heart of Claremont’s low-rise CBD, a 19-storey tower is being built on the corner of two tiny streets.

Four storeys of car parking are being dug underneath.

The 86 apartments were originally approved by government appointees with 161 car spaces.

The developers later got a variation to allow 215 spaces.

Similarly, on the doorstep of Cottesloe station, work is about to start on two 15 and 17-storey towers for apartments and a hotel.

There will be four storeys of car parking under them, with 289 bays for the 125 apartments and 128 hotel rooms.

The One Subiaco apartment towers next to Subiaco train station have 516 private car spaces for 236 apartments.

Some units are allocated four spaces, rising to 10 for penthouses.

All these examples, and they are just the start, gained huge, more profitable height bonuses because of their “walkability” to local amenities and train stations.

“Pushing residents into highrise apartments reduces their quality of life, removing privacy, access to green spaces, and the ability to interact with nature,” Prof. Troy said.

He faced head-on the argument that development around Metronet stations would slow or end urban sprawl.

“The great bulk of the area of the city, which is what determines the travel distance, is taken up by the demand for open space for playgrounds, golf courses, football fields, parks and other preserves,” he said.

“It’s also taken up by large, extensive, flat kinds of industrial estates.

“Urban sprawl is a bad use of land, but that’s not what we’ve got.

“We don’t have development which gets ahead of the provision of services, and we haven’t actually had that for over 60 years.

“People use this very, very emotionally-loaded word to prosecute a case which they can’t sustain any other way other than by raising these emotional issues.

“The idea that we’re going to somehow turn the clock back and prevent that, runs against not only the development of individual preferences but also against the way we’ve actually organised our society.”

Central-city living suits many people but for many it suits just one phase of their life, he said.

“The idea that it’s just density that will deliver you the urbane lifestyle ... is a very dangerous simplification of what is going on and what are the aspirations of the population,” he said.

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Click bait claims cricket hoax THE

Sporting John townsend

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ou have only to click your fingers to conjure up a hoax in the gullible cricket world.

Just as England had appointed a new Kiwi coach to replace their bedraggled old Kiwi coach, and the IPL-enhanced Hundred was starting to look a touch Brian Devine at slip, above, and with a trophy, right, has generated an moth-eaten despite the vats of extraordinary reaction to his finger-clickin’ trick. incoming Indian cash, the naBall-tampering is a mortal sin but after he had attempted it tion was instead torn apart by in some eyes; a rational response once or twice, the prospect of a chubby lower-grade Yorkshire to flat pitches, big bats, small dire consequences proffered by cricketer with a keen eye, agile boundaries and recalcitrant his potential victims persuaded fingers and gaping void in his umpires elsewhere. him to keep his fingers in his moral muscle.

Identifying the line between pockets.

Yet I have found it a little dif- moral bankruptcy and astute The skill required to make ficult to get agitated about Brian subterfuge is no easy feat. the hoax work is off the charts, Devine who for years appears Why the umpires kept falling which is why Devine deserves to have been manufacturing for Devine’s ploy is a mystery. some level of kudos for his ploy. wickets in club ranks in northern A bigger one is why none of He might be a rotter but he is a England. the batsmen manipulated out smart one.

Footage of his chicanery for of their wickets failed to take Getting the timing right is Saltburn CC has gone around the further action. critical. Click too early and it planet several times and clearly I once played with a team-mate is obviously fake. Too late and underlines why industrial- who did exactly the same thing it is redundant. And there is size data centres in India and as Devine, quite effectively too, no point doing it if the batsman America are required to store has creamed the ball for six or all the images of amateur cricket missed it by a metre. shenanigans that exist in dark Devine’s ability to release his corners of the internet. devilish ruse at exactly the right Devine’s special subject was moment, in exactly the right to click his fingers just as a circumstances, make him the batsman played at and missed GOAT of click bait. a cricket ball, thereby conning Yes, he cheated. And yes, he the umpire into thinking the could not have done it alone. duffer had edged a catch to the Nothing happens on a cricket wicketkeeper. field without most, if not all, of Cricket is a sport built on the team having an inkling that deception – wrong’uns were so something is afoot. named because they looked so Just as anyone who knows a much like the orthodox delivery modicum about cricket knows they inverted – but some dethat Cam Bancroft was not acting ceptions are considered more in a vacuum when he employed noxious than others. bright yellow sandpaper on the Chucking is abhorrent in some Donald Weekes in the Corsair in ball during a Test match in Cape countries; a staple in others.

1974.

Town eight years ago, Devine was not a lone wolf when he tried to earn his team an extra wicket, or four.

The wicketkeeper was obviously in on it because he had to appeal at the right moment, the captain had to be alert to the stratagem to ensure Devine was at slip at the right time, the bowler or bowlers who benefited were also culpable and most of their team-mates aware.

Cam Bancroft found it hard to hide his telltale sandpaper.

The vigour of the pointed celebrations every time Devine divined a wicket spoke more eloquently about the breadth of the endeavour than any curated denials.

Devine and Saltburn are sure to pay a hefty price for their actions. Fines, suspensions and public ostracism are all on the

The reef demon goes on, and on surfing

with cameron bedford-brown Does surfing’s Greatest Show on Earth need its greatest showman and ringmaster or in this case tubemaster?

You bet it does.

Reef demon Kelly Slater is back again, again ... and again, to clunk heads at the wall of skulls and possess the lineup at the world’s heaviest tube Teahupoo for the Tahiti Pro. Slater is a multi-millionaire 11-time world champion that looked at retirement and said: “That sounds boring, I’ll get back to you after I bogart a few more perfect barrels at Chopes.”

The past is flotsam in the ocean of memory, but Slater wants another shot in the limelight and resurrect the glory times.

The 54-year-old is the most successful surfer in the history of the event, claiming five victories from seven finals at a wave that makes normal surfers question whether they chose the wrong pastime and should take up tiddlywinks instead.

Beneath the shallow surface of Teahupoo’s world-ending

tube, along with an anvil-like slab waiting to turn your spine into an accordion, lies the delicious subplot.

The event sponsor is Outerknown, which is owned

by Slater, and Slater is the wildcard.

In any other sport this might raise the question of conflict of interest, but who doesn’t want to watch the most talented tuberider in history thread some more devil pits.

Slater is a wave-riding demigod who’s spent more than three decades turning himself from athlete into a myth, the surfing equivalent of a wave-worn warrior waltzing back into the gladiator arena because the emperor and the crowd forgot to give him the thumbs down.

He isn’t just competing against surfers half his age; he’s competing against time itself.

“I’ve been recovering from hip surgery late last year and recently got back to surfing daily,” Slater said.

“No pressure for me coming into this one, but I also haven’t competed in quite a long time, so it’ll be fun to see how I go getting in the mix with everyone.

“If I can relax and just focus

Reef demon Kelly Slater dances with the devil tube. Photo: WSL/Sloane on what I know, I should have a good time.”

It’s important that Slater enjoys himself, but I’m positive the tube titan isn’t just there to

make up the numbers.

He wants to remind the world that, when Chopes starts to roar, the old lion still has teeth, not dentures.

cards.

Yet the saga is no more damaging to cricket than the hoax perpetrated by West Indian Donald Weekes, an infamous Walter Mitty character who once played for Melville and spruiked a list of achievements so preposterous that listeners could not help but suspend their scepticism when they heard about them.

Credible publications even give them air.

Weekes’ cricket feats were once listed by Wisden; his remarkable rise was profiled by Cricketer magazine.

Cricketer reported, in a story bylined Norman Mortimore, that in his native Barbados Weekes scored 60 out of a club total of 62 and then 80 out of 81.

He hit 309 for Blackpool against Southgate, made 509 two years later, struck three consecutive double-centuries for the University of California and, at Torbay in 1970, lost three new balls in the first over of a club match by hitting them out of the ground.

He did a breathless interview with Perth’s long-defunct Daily News when he played for Melville in the 1980s, in which he claimed to have swum the English Channel in nine hours, sparred against Muhammad Ali so effectively that he was asked if he wanted to challenge for the world title, played Othello in Moscow and hosted an exhibition of his portraits in Paris.

Was there any harm in claims so outlandish that a fabulist like Donald Trump might have admired them?

“In cricket, hoaxes are old hat,” my old mate Rob Steen wrote for Cricinfo after Weekes died, allegedly, in 2004.

“Whether they should be a source of amusement or scorn is a matter of perspective rather than taste or morals.

“How can you not admire the scale of his imagination, the sheer, unmitigated gall?

“The delight he must have derived from fooling some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time.”

The difference between Weekes and Devine, of course, is simply technological.

If Weekes had been playing for Saltburn in North Yorkshire today and scoring consecutive triple-centuries while simultaneously splitting the atom and conducting the Berlin Philharmonic, there would have been a Frogbox live-stream to showcase his feat for all eternity.

Devine is part of an era when his feat could be captured by that stream. Unfortunately for him, it has turned into a raging torrent of fury and indignation.

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