EXCLUSIVE: TWO years ago, Gingin shire removed hundreds of jarrah floorboards at CU@Park Cafe even though only a handful of boards were damaged. The jarrah timbers worth up to $15,000 have never been recovered. Also ‘missing’ approximately 1.5 million litres…
By Carmelo Amalfi EXCLUSIVE: WA’S Local Government Inspector has appointed a monitor to Gingin shire following months of media scrutiny over dodgy council minutes, lack of disclosure and allegations of sexual misconduct. Former Melville CEO Shayne Silcox is the seventh…
PARTS of heritage-listed Cossack wharf has crumbled onto the Harding River boat ramp near Roebourne. The cyclone damaged wall and staircase pictured here have been fenced off while hundreds of visitors attend the annual arts awards which runs until August…
SOUTH Fremantle horse trainer Terry Patterson was 15 when he first visited the seashell grave at the corner of Rollinson Road and Darkan Avenue in Cockburn. The 74-year-old suburban historian told StreetWise it was common for loved ones to leave…
by Carmelo Amalfi and Michael Southwell EXCLUSIVE: Gingin shire’s obsession with reputational risk has turned obscene. StreetWise can report that CEO Scott Wildgoose resigned on May 22 in response to a secret report that confirmed he had been involved in…
HOLLYWOOD director Christopher Nolan’s journey into the Greek classics has descended into a woke battle over the skin colour of the ancient world’s most beautiful woman and mental stability of Trojan warhorse hero Odysseus as ‘complicated’. Who? Damon? Its much…
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…
THE Anglican Church says City of Fremantle plans to erect a permanent art installation in Walyalup Koort did not comply with its lease agreement because it encroached on holy ground. Father Ernest Lennon last night told council the area designated…
EXCLUSIVE: THE devil is in the detail at Gingin shire. Take agenda item 14.2 of the April 21 council meeting where elected members were asked to vote on a sand mining development application at Ledge Point. “Cr Andrea Vis has…
