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…
‘Live your life by a Compass and not a Clock’ By Carmelo Amalfi DOCUMENTS whether in paper, timber or stone have allowed people to travel beyond their birthplace since the written word. Such documents were used in ancient times to…
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…
BLOGTHIS! HENRY Cavill. Jay Leno. The late Kirk Douglas. American Dad. Humans are the only primates with a chin. Dimples, optional extras. No other human species developed a chin, not even Neanderthals, leaving scientists to wonder why we have one…
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…
STANDING in line at the ATM in Garden City Booragoon, I noticed a well-built dude walk past carrying a fat money bag and sporting a firearm on his left hip. This was a few days after Bondi. BlogThis! was nervous.…
‘DIRECTOR of Possibilities’ Richard Mackay says he will ‘triage’ the city’s cultural heritage sites, particularly in the West End, when he visits Fremantle next week. Invited by The Fremantle Society, the founder of Sydney-based Mackay Strategic told StreetWise heritage assets…
