DOES Freo’s iconic cafe strip need a name change? Is calling and promoting it as the ’Cappuccino Strip’ false advertising? In this two-part report, StreetWise publisher Carmelo Amalfi explores the rapidly changing future of WA’s famous al fresco destination. NEWS…
EXCLUSIVE: Gingin and Lancelin have one bank. Bendigo and Adelaide. They also have one shire council of nine elected members, two of whom at the wheatbelt community bank 80km north of Perth. Shire president Linda Balcombe and Cr Robert Kestel…
BLOGTHIS! Bunbury: Confidential meetings, closed door briefings and council decisions passed in mere minutes. Ratepayers’ elected representatives get paid well in WA so why meet in ‘secret’ and so briefly. Bunbury council met for the first time on February 3.…
By Carmelo Amalfi A CEO suspended while under investigation. A shire president’s husband in court accused of threatening a sitting councillor. Local government breaches, VROs, death threats and social media calls for Gingin’s dysfunctional council to be put into administration…
BARISTA, guitar ace and tennis pro Scott Arnold-Eyers is my go-to menu master for food, wine and hospitality in Western Australia. The 54-year-old founder of Menu Magazine has just released Issue #39 after more than 20 years of publishing, the…
By Carmelo Amalfi and Michael Southwell COURT challenges. Failing administrations. Sacked CEOs, budget blowouts, rate rises and councils divided by politics and personal agendas. There is no shortage of ‘rot’ to reflect the dysfunctional state of local government in WA.…
GINGIN councillors Lincoln Stewart and Jason Weeks have been reported for breaching local government rules when they made comments at a court of disputed returns hearing covered exclusively by StreetWise. StreetWise approached Cr Stewart who said after the shire met…
ELECTORS this week rejected the City of Fremantle’s annual financial reports and expressed no confidence in the CEO, mayor and elected members they described as lacking, “basic financial literacy”. More than 60 residents and ratepayers raised questions and moved several…
STREETWISE celebrates 10 years of publishing success in Fremantle. In December, it will publish a special magazine anniversary edition that showcases our history, culture, food and festivals, the arts and hot cars. Book your personal gift copy using the order…
EXCLUSIVE: PERTH hotelier Michael Church could not have known when he left the water at Cottesloe on a stinking hot day in 1925 that his swimming buddy would be killed by a shark after he decided to go back in.…
