NEWLY appointed Cockburn deputy mayor Lara Kirkwood says she paid Councillor Lee-Anne Smith $20,000 for publishing damaging allegations about her in the media in 2018. She acknowledged having “hurt” Ms Smith who posted overnight that the fallout of Cr Kirkwood’s…
PLANNING Minister Rita Saffioti says Karratha council plans to reactivate the historic townsite of Cossack had fallen short of State planning policies. “Specifically, the City failed to demonstrate through the amendment proposal how certain factors such as coastal hazards, protection…
TENACIOUS South Fremantle businesswoman Marija Vujcic has scored a seat on council after vowing to put a sledgehammer to speed humps on South Terrace. Ms Vujcic attracted 937 votes in local elections today, beating former councillor Jon Strachan, 849 votes.…
VOTER participation rates in Fremantle changed little overnight - with only two votes registered in City Ward. The turn out in East Ward has dropped off with 1138 or just under 30 per cent of voters sending in their postal…
FORMER Premier Peter Dowding has written to South Ward candidate Marija Vujcic and vowed to boycott her push to remove speed bumps on South Terrace if she is elected to council Saturday. “If the council were to accept your policy…
FREO Now is yesterday. The small business advocacy group has collapsed after its board members decided to wind up the former Freo BID (business improvement district). “We are looking to close Freo Now because we couldn’t find any funding,” Freo…
NGARLUMA and Yindjibarndi man Clinton Walker says the McGowan Government’s rejection of plans to reactivate Cossack could set back tourism development at the historic site for up to two years. “I will be putting pressure on fast tracking the process,”…
COMMENT: HISTORIC Cossack will remain a ‘ghost town’ following the McGowan Government’s rejection of local council plans to reactivate the popular tourist destination, 1500km north of Perth. The WAPC and Planning Minister Rita Saffioti last month rejected the City’s town planning…
THE City of Karratha says it is disappointed the State Government rejected council plans to reactive the historic ghost town of Cossack, 1500km north of Perth. As first reported by StreetWise on October 1 (www.streetwisemedia.com.au/state-sinks-historic-hopes), Planning Minister Rita Saffioti knocked…
TOWN of Port Hedland Commissioner Fred Reibeling says the once-dysfunctional Pilbara council is back on track after it was suspended over complaints of bullying, harassment and in-fighting. The former Labor MP told StreetWise by the time his six-month commission expires,…
