EXCLUSIVE: Intruders last night trashed a Gingin councillor’s vehicle while he successfully moved to defer a controversial social media policy restricting criticism of council by elected members. Cr Lincoln Stewart told StreetWise today he returned home to find trespassers had…
NEWS FEATURE: They are a highly sensitive lot at Gingin shire when it comes to the use of social media by elected members. Tonight, the wheatbelt council will vote on a proposed, more prescriptive policy flagged at its March 17…
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…
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…
IN 1829, British naval officer James Stirling on his way to found the Swan River Colony stopped in Hobart Town for a cuppa with George Arthur, Governor of Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). Stirling founded the capital of WA and named…
EXCLUSIVE: THE City of Fremantle appears to have distanced itself from potentially defamatory comments by mayor Hannah Fitzhardinge after she used social media to accuse The Fremantle Society and president John Dowson of racism for having asked councillors to ensure…
