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Our first Gallipoli flag is back

Long, mysterious trip home Museum curator Wendy Lugg shows o the Gallipoli ag on show at the Royal WA Historical Society in Broadway, Nedlands. INSET LEFT: The patch showing the signature of Sta Sergeant Arnold Doyle Kemp, who saved it. Photo: Billie Fairclough

By LINDA CALLAGHANThe first flag flown at

Gallipoli as the sun rose on Anzac Cove is back home and on show in Nedlands, thanks to a womans quest halfway around the world.

The Red Cross fl ag was raised by the stretcher bearers of the 3rd Field Ambulance group who followed the fi rst troops ashore within about half an hour of the fi rst landing exactly 100 years ago today.

Curator Wendy Lugg dis-covered the fl ag, stained by Gallipoli soil, had survived when she began putting to-gether an exhibition for the Royal WA Historical Society in Broadway, Nedlands.

Now there is a campaign to raise about $35,000 to keep it in Australia.

There are lots of mysteries about where this fl ag was for many years, she said.

About 30 years ago it was saved from the tip by a 16-year-old teenager sent up to clear the roof space at Beatty Park pool.

If it had not been for his cu-riosity and sensitivity it would have been lost forever.

No one knows how it came to be at Beatty Park.

The young pool attendant found it in box and said to his boss, We should not throw this away, can I have it?

Please turn to page 84 Johnno never glorifi ed war page 2 Anzac roundup page 19

Barker blasts LandCorps foreign pitchClaremont mayor Jock

Barker has criticised the state governments promotion of North-East Precinct apart-ments to overseas buyers.

Mr Barker said he would like to see higher rates levied on proper-

ties owned by foreigners.LandCorp is promoting the

Claremont Football Oval, and other projects, in its 28-page foreign investors guide.

The Town of Claremont works hard to create a sense of com-munity, Mr Barker said.

This is a large development

and therefore the elements which go to creating a successful community will be destroyed if signifi cant overseas ownership results because of the LandCorp push.

Mr Barker said the govern-ments agency had a greater responsibility than creating

sales at any cost.In a large-scale development

such as this, LandCorp has a special responsibility to create a cohesive community environ-ment, he said.

Their action in attempting to attract absentee landlords is not welcomed in Claremont,

as it is not in our residents best interests.

I believe it is time for local authorities in WA to rate overseas investor-owned properties differ-ently from those owned locally.

Last year the POST revealed developer Pindan was offering

By DAVID COHEN

Marine Pde prang-fest

Cottesloe councillors set their faces against a bid this week to lower the speed limit along Marine Parade, despite a large number of crashes.

Councillor Sally Pyvis said the 40kmh limit for the commercial beachfront section should be extended for Marine Parades entire length.

She said its appeal as a scenic drive should be discouraged and

instead the beachfront should be promoted as a destination.

She had no support, but after 56 requests for traffi c calming in the street, council staff investi-gations revealed a surprisingly big number of traffi c accidents along the beachfront strip.

The high rate of cycling ac-cidents, cars hitting other cars while parking, rear-end colli-sions and pedestrians being struck on crosswalks was re-vealed in a long report by coun-cil engineer Doug Elkins.

Many of the cycling accidents were not the fault of car drivers cyclists running into the backs of cars, hitting pedestrians, or running off the road.

In four incidents, cyclists were doored while riding past parked cars.

Some accidents were caused when car drivers turned in front of cyclists, with serious outcomes.

They occurred when drivers said they had failed to see the cyclists.

By BRET CHRISTIAN

Please turn to page 84


POST, April 25, 2015

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The front page of the POSTs Anzac Day edition in 1988 featured my grandfather, Ewart Johnson (Johnno), who was about to cel-ebrate his 100th birthday but said he would rather go back into the line at Gallipoli than face the party planned by his family.

Johnno died a week or two after that party but, 27 years on, my memory of him lives on as though his 100th birthday was yesterday.

Not one for commemorating Anzac Day which he put down to copping bullets in the knee and arm as he waded ashore at the Gallipoli landing and a lack of interest in glorifying the war he spent four years surviving he nonetheless had dozens of tales to tell of his time in the 3rd Field Ambulance.

Tales of his colleague Simpson, of donkey fame, with whom my grandfather and his mates were clearly not enamoured.

Tales of incompetent senior offi c-ers sometimes found with wounds delivered from the Allied lines and not the enemys.

Tales of the exotic foreigners he

met in Egypt, Greece and France; the American major league base-ball pitcher he encountered in 1918 who could make a worn tennis ball swerve as though by magic; the unforgettable taste of tinned bully beef; the accidental meeting with his uncle who had enlisted in the British army under an assumed name; driving an ambulance over dead bodies in muddy brick-red fi elds that had once been villages, pulverised by repeated artillery barrages.

Johnno was never bitter about the war, nor did he have any ani-mosity towards the enemy.

He had a job to do and did it as best he could.

When it was all over, he got a job, raised a family and just got on with life.

Like so many of his colleagues in 1915 and the years since then, Johnno never sought any credit or recognition for his contribution, yet I will have one main thought when I remember him at the dawn service today.

Thank you. John Townsend

Blencowe Street, West Leederville

Johnno would never glorify war

Sad to see Blair goAfter seeing the news about the Aldi

purchase of the Captain Stirling Shopping Centre, I went down to the IGA this morn-ing to visit one of the owners, Blair Morgan, and literally had to stand in line to await my opportunity to express my sadness to him, such is the regard he, Tony and their staff are held in.

Their service and service to the com-munity are outstanding and I hope that Aldi acknowledges this in the weeks and months ahead.

The entire community will be very inter-ested in the future development.

Noel YoungmanColin Street, Dalkeith

Austins a great readThanks to the POST for hiring Austin

Robertson to write his weekly articles.Last weeks, on Richie Benauds death,

along with Austins reminiscences from World Series Cricket days, was a standout.

I have never met Austin, but while he may not be rich in dollar terms these days, he is extremely wealthy in life experience.

May he continue to pen these articles for years to come.

Russell WoolleyCambridge Street, Wembley

Climate confusionistlink to uni think tank

What is happening at the University of UWA?

Universities are not merely places of learn-ing. As well as creators of knowledge, they are, or are supposed to be, moral communi-ties guided by principle.

Their appointments and activities should also be transparent and accountable and be in the interests of society, not solely their pecuniary interest.

It was disturbing, therefore, that UWA sought to allow the destruction of urban bush through its sale, in doing so risking the survival of species through loss of habitat.

Now, with a $4 million grant from the fed-eral education budget, UWA vice-chancellor Paul Johnson has seemingly independently agreed to establish a new department at the business school, the Australian Consensus Centre, with links to Bjorn Lomborg, a political scientist with no qualifi cation in economics or science.

Why were senior staff in the business school kept in the dark? Particularly when Dr Lomborg is a notorious and controversial climate confusionist.

In my view it is a political move, concocted to provide the federal government with cover to justify inaction on climate change and reducing foreign aid.

In my opinion, it is a sell-out, an unethical and unprincipled decision that puts political expediency and cash ahead of principles and undermines the standing and credibility of the university.

George CrispKimberley Street, West Leederville

UWA guilds wrath see page 4

West Leederville reader John Townsends grandfather, Gallipoli veteran Ewart (Johnno) Johnson, made the POSTs front page 27 years ago.

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Aldi: We will honour leases

German discount supermar-ket Aldi says it will not push shops out of the Captain Stirling Shopping Centre in Nedlands.

At least one lease has nine years to run.

They are going to honour present leases, a spokeswoman for the company said.

The supermarket chain bought the centre, off Stirling Highway, for an estimate of more than $9.7million.

The announcement came less than a week after Nedlands city planners denied they had been approached by or had any discus-sions with the company.

Real estate agent Tony Morgan, who holds the franchise for the IGA supermarket in the centre, said: It is as big a surprise to me as to anyone.

They have not approached any of the leaseholders that I know of and there have been no discussions with us.

It is frustrating.He said there were nine years

to run on the IGA lease.I would be surprised if they

opened while we were there.Other business owners, who

reputedly have shorter leases, did not want to talk about the new owners.

After the announcement, Nedlands mayor Max Hipkins said an architect had talked to council staff about the site but it was not known if he worked for Aldi or was a freelancer who had drawn up a scheme to put to the company.

Mr Hipkins said the architects plan showed an underground carpark and a drawing of an Aldi store.

Aldi, the no-frills retailer, an-nounced last year it planned a $450million investment to open up in WA and South Australia.

It already has 14 planning ap-plications lodged across WA and plans to open stores by Christmas next year.

Company representatives talked to Subiaco councillors about their ideas last year.

Aldi already has stores in other states.

Its Nedlands store would offer between 15 and 20 jobs, the com-pany said.

Aldi director Viktor Jakupec said: The acquisition of the Nedlands site is an exciting step forward.

Were fi nding WA shoppers are becoming more and more curious about what we have to offer.

Nedlands councillors last week agreed to urge the council to pay

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POSTies play Last PostTwo Anzac buglers have

strong connections to the POST.

James Mazza (19) will play at the 7am service for Shenton Park RSL, where he has played for the past four years.

James, a UWA engineer-ing student and John XXIII College graduate, is the son of POST property editor Julie Bailey.

And POST subeditor David Cusworth (56) will play at 7.30am at the Claremont war memorial, on the corner of Stirling Highway and Bay View Terrace.

The two buglers this week met Claremont RSL president Geoff McClements, a 92-year-old veteran of the Pacifi c naval campaign during World War II, whose father and four uncles served in the 10th Light Horse in World War I.

We could ill afford to lose all those men [in World War I], Geoff said.

The population of WA was far less than one million.

He said more people would take notice of Anzac Day this year because of the centenary of the Gallipoli landings.

Well get a big crowd here, he said.

Weve got the service at 7.30am, a fl yover by the RAAF at 8 oclock, and weve got the big screen in the park and well be putting the dawn service from Gallipoli on the screen.

Across WA the number of commemorations has grown, and the RSL is encouraging young people to take up the bugle to meet demand.

RSL spokesman John Arthur said bugles had been imported for schools.

When the state RSL presi-dent Graham Edwards trav-elled around high schools, he noticed the lack of bugles in the schools, so we imported 20 from Prague and talked to schools with music programs and weve provided bugles to them, he said. One of those schools was Shenton College.

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credited course for young buglers, Mr Arthur said.

I dont know if the short-age will be fi xed before next year, but were doing what we can.

James said playing the Last Post on his trumpet had kept him involved in music after he left school for university.

The only thing that keeps me tied into playing trumpet is Anzac Day and Remembrance Day, he said.

Its a good feeling, like youre giving something back. Its always a very nice morn-ing down at the RSL.

James recently discovered that his great-grandfather, James Daly, served at Gallipoli and Pozieres in France. He died in 1929 aged 39.

As a result, his daughter, Maureen Jamess paternal grandmother was raised as a legacy child, boarding at New Norcia.

Jamess uncle, Anthony Mazza, said the Gallipoli connection had been lost for so long because James Dalys four children were very young when he died and the next generation was born long after his death.

So the message to any person whose grandfather or great-grandfather fought in World War I and died be-fore you were born is care-fully check his war service records because, like James Dalys grandchildren, you might make a surprising discovery, he said.

The Last Post explained p19

Claremont RSL president Geo McClements welcomes James Mazza, on trumpet, and David Cusworth, on bugle, to the Claremont war memorial. Photo: Billie Fairclough

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University of WA stu-dents are campaigning to stop the university pocketing a $4million federal government handout for a think tank linked to a controversial climate sceptic.

The UWA Student Guild said vice-chancel-lor Paul Johnson should reject the funding for the Australian Consensus Centre, which was re-cently established as part of the business school.

The guild also wants Professor Johnson to break off any talks or plans to link with political scientist Bjorn Lomborg, who is the director of the Copenhagen Consensus Centre.

The UWA centre will adopt methods Professor Lomborg uses in his Copenhagen think tank.

Dr Lomborg has been internationally criticised and very controversial, guild president Lizzy OShea said.

Many believe his research downplays the effects of climate change and calls for inaction.

His track record with the academic community has already started to harm UWAs world-class reputa-tion.

Ms OShea said it was astonishing that the federal government had managed to fi nd $4million to sup-port the ACC when it had cut funding to the Climate Commission and CSIRO.

I believe this is politically motivated, and it is an insult to the staff and students of UWA, as well as the scientifi c community in Australia, she said.

I am concerned by Professor Johnsons comment [in the Guardian newspaper] that it is diffi cult to get federal funding across to WA no university should compromise their academic integrity.

Students, staff and graduates have expressed their outrage through many posts and comments on the UWA Facebook page.

A petition organised by a student group called Say no to Bjorn Lomborg had attracted more than 4500 signatures, a spokesperson said.

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Festival showsgood taste

A free glass of wine on arrival?

We like how they do things in Margaret River.

City Beach resident Martin Chambers will be at that towns Readers and Writers Festival to appear on two panels.

In the second, Martin will discuss his latest novel, How I Became the Mr Big of People Smuggling.

A glass of the regions fi nest is included in the $20 ticket price.

Perhaps the Perth Writers Festival could take Margs lead?

The festival is on from May 29 to 31.

Book it The cover of City Beach author Martin Cham-

bers latest novel.

Chips nearly down for Eagles

The West Coast Eagles had a close encounter with IT disaster earlier this month.

The kitchen blaze at Subiaco Oval, which caused $1million damage, was next to the Eagles computer server room.

Water from fi refi ghters hoses fl ooded the clubs marketing offi ce.

The blaze happened before the Dockers-Port Adelaide game on April 5.

Spices past use-by date

Spices, the company that won the catering contract for the new Wembley Golf Course redevelopment, wants to trade under a dif-ferent name.

Cambridge council, which owns the golf course, has been asked to put the lease in the name of Clubhouse Catering instead of Spices Group WA.

Mayor Simon Withers told the towns community committee it was important to ensure the new company would be off ering the same guarantees as Spices Group WA.

There are two directors of Spices Group WA.

A third family member

will be an additional director of Clubhouse Catering.

The full council will be asked on Tuesday night to rubberstamp the change.

UWA think tankfaces guild wrath

In the US, defence personnel routinely get discounts on all sorts of things but that culture is not prevalent in Australia.

So it was a pleasant surprise when we heard from a local serviceman that Claremont business Cloud 9 Day Spa For Your Clothes, owned and operated by Basil Scaravilli and Russell Rodgers, off ers all military personnel a 20% discount on all of their services, including dry-cleaning.

And its been a busy week with suits and uniforms being cleaned and pressed for Anzac Day services.

We do it because we appreciate that they put themselves on the line for us in their daily work and

nobody else does that, Russell said.

Cloud 9 also gives personnel an express cover bag, like a suit pack for their clothing.

Basil said the duo had been giving the discount for six years out of appreciation for their customers military

service. We also discount school

uniforms to help mothers who have got a lot of expense, and for anyone who works at a hospital because they treat people, they help the community and they get very little reward, he said.

Service people on Cloud 9

Estefania Salinos, left, Basil Scaravilli, Vanessa Gutierrez and Russell Rodgers.

Knight movesFormer Fremantle council

CEO Greg Pearce, who turned developer 27 years ago, is be-hind the $96million plans to redevelop the Station Street Markets in Subiaco.

Speaking at a property forum last week he revealed that he had picked the words Windsor and Knight for his firm because he liked the sound of them and they seemed to complement each other. And Windsor Knight took off .

But he now regrets choosing that name because, as he said in his own words: Im a fi rm republican.

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300 crosses mark wars impactThe impact World War

I would have had on Mt Claremont students was spelt out by 300 crosses planted on the school lawn this week.

It helped students appreci-ate that if all the schools 1500 students had enlisted that is the number who would not have re-

turned from Gallipoli, alumni offi cer Anna Gingell said.

The college is taking part in an Australian War Memorial project that will be seen around the world.

Each student has written a message on a small wooden cross capturing their refl ections on those Australians who have

sacrifi ced their lives in war and other confl icts.

The crosses will be sent to Canberra and then laid on graves in war cemeteries in Turkey, France, Belgium, Malaysia, Singapore, Greece, South Africa and the Middle East during the centenary years until 2018.

Day makes it easier for developers

Developers have welcomed a change that will make it easier to bypass councils to get planning approval, thanks to Planning Minister John Day.

A new lower price limit for applications to development assessment panels (DAPs) seems to mirror a warning from Local Government Minister Tony Simpson last year that councils would lose control of planning if they did not go along with mergers.

If you dont go on the journey with us ... youll wake up one day and youll be putting a smiley face on every application to say youve looked at it but have no power to deal with it, Mr Simpson said at a Bunbury Chamber of Commerce and Industry lunch.

Nedlands mayor Max Hipkins described the change as payback.

Mr Day has lowered the threshold at which builders can opt to have projects assessed by DAPs instead of councils from $3million to $2million.

Mr Day also said that the change, which will come into force on May 1, would give developers greater freedom and create a more transparent planning system.

The Subiaco-based developers group, Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA), said the sector had asked for the change.

The changes mean that at the lower end developers can choose to go with a DAP rather than being restricted to the local government, said UDIA chief executive Debra Goostrey.

[This] is very positive as the industry has the opportunity to either work with the local government or seek approval from a DAP for a far greater range of projects, she said.

This is an outcome sought by industry.Mr Day said: By adjusting the thresholds,

the planning system is providing applicants with more fl exibility to choose whether their application is determined by a DAP or the relevant local government.

At a community level, the reduction of the opt-in threshold recognises that some smaller-priced developments may benefi t from being reviewed by an independent panel.


Multimillion-dollar gamble on waste

After pumping $150million into an experimental waste system in Shenton Park, the company behind it is relying on millions of dollars in new loans and grants to get the project over the line.

If Anaecos DiCom plant gets up and running, Claremont, Cottesloe, Mosman Park, Peppermint Grove, Subiaco and Stirling councils will send it their waste, which is cur-rently dumped in landfi ll in Rockingham.

In a fi nancial report posted on its website this week, Anaeco Ltd says it is losing money and relying on recent and coming injections of cash to deliver and fi nish the DiCom plant at the Brockway Transfer Station, on the corner of Brockway Road and Lemnos Street.

Cash-strapped Anaeco de-signed and developed the DiCom plant which aims to turn 75% of household rubbish into compost and bio-gas for the Western Metropolitan Regional Council (WMRC).

After a successful scaled-down

trial fi ve years ago, the full-size DiCom plant was built in 2013. But major operational delays and setbacks have stretched the companys bank account.

During February 2015 the group entered into a funding agreement to borrow $4.6million from Monadelphous Group Ltd, Anaeco said in its report for the second half of 2014.

Monadelphous, a big construc-tion company in Perth which had sales of more than $1billion in six months last year, built the DiCom plant.

Anaeco, which claims to have invested $150million in its DiCom technology over 15 years, must repay the loan be-fore December 31.

The companys repayment to Monadelphous is estimated to be $7.6million.

Anaeco expects to get a cash refund of more than $3million through a government research and development tax break.

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Graveside vigil for Irish-born VC medallistA delegation of Irish

Australians is planning an Anzac Day vigil at the Karrakatta grave of one of WAs earliest and least well known Victoria Cross winners.

Following the Subiaco com-memoration on Saturday morning, a small group will break off to gather at the grave of Tipperary-born Martin OMeara.

OMeara migrated to Australia about 1911 and was working as a railway sleeper cutter in Collie when he enlisted with the 16th Infantry Battalion.

He narrowly missed serving in the Gallipoli campaign but served in France, where he was decorated.

Over the course of four days

in August 1916 at Pozieres, the sturdily built OMeara served as a stretcher bearer and pulled at least 25 wounded Diggers to safety from no-mans-land while under constant and heavy artil-lery and machine-gun fi re.

He also carried water and sup-plies to troops and munitions.

He showed throughout an utter contempt for danger and undoubtedly saved many lives, his citation said.

OMeara went on to serve until the end of the war and was wounded on three separate occasions.

He was unmarried.Not long after he returned to

Australia in 1918, OMeara was admitted to Claremont Mental Hospitals Montgomery Hall, where he would spend the rest of his life with a condition

which could lead to violent outbursts.

He spent 17 years in a strait-jacket, unattended for long periods.

The conditions in which he was held sparked a parliamenta-ry inquiry, but little changed.

He was too sick to attend an Armistice Day function in 1929 for the states Victoria Cross winners.

He died on December 20, 1935, shortly before he would have turned 50.

He was buried with full mili-tary honours, and three other VC winners, including Cliff Sadlier from Subiaco, were mourners at his service.

A mess hall in Irwin Barracks, the base for the 16th Battalion, and a ward at Hollywood Private Hospital are named

after OMeara.There is a plaque for him at

the Flame of Remembrance in Kings Park.

A sign was placed near his grave last year when it became a feature of a historical trail through Karrakatta.

Meanwhile, an Irish Australian reader in Cottesloe contacted the POST last week to point out that thousands of Irishmen, like their Anzac counterparts, fought at Gallipoli as volunteers, sometimes side by side with Diggers.

Some 3411 Irishmen from the 10th Irish Division (from what is now the Republic of Ireland) and the 36th (Ulster) Division died during the Gallipoli cam-paign.

See TimeOut, page 71

By LLOYD GORMAN

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Gallant priest won royal acclaimFormer Cottesloe priest, the

Reverend John Fahey, was a sportsman, linguist, scholar and humble Anzac hero.

There were a number of amazing things about the Rev. Fahey that inspired historian Ruth Marchant James to write his biography.

The Rev. Fahey joined the Australian Imperial Forces on September 8, 1914, just a month after the announcement of Australias involvement in World War I.

Though other army chaplains opted to travel on the hospital ship, the Rev. Fahey, who was a captain and Chaplain 4th Class to the 11th Battalion 3rd Brigade, travelled with the ordinary rank and fi le.

When soldiers left the safety of Lemnos for Gallipoli on April 24, the Rev. Fahey re-fused to leave his men and was one of the fi rst to reach shore.

This was contrary to the rule that chap-lains should wait until the beach had been secured before going ashore.

In letters obtained by Mrs Marchant James for the biography, written for the Journal of the Royal West Australian Historical Society, the Rev. Fahey described the voyage to Gallipolis shores as peaceful.

Everyone was waiting in in-tense expectation of what would happen next, he said.

It was 4.30am and there was a faint glim-mer of dawn.

Suddenly inferno broke loose from the shore.

Such a fearful hail of bullets from rifle, machine-gun and shrap-nel as passes all imagi-nation.

There was dreadful slaughter in the boats.

I got to the beach exhausted and had to lie

down among the falling bullets to catch my breath.

According to Mrs Marchant James, 60 members of the 11th Battalion were killed on that fi rst day.

In a letter to the Catholic Archbishop of Perth on May 16, 1915, the Rev. Fahey said he

was kept busy all morning at-tending both body and soul.

After surviving Gallipoli, the Rev. Fahey said the horrors he had written about before had not prepared him for the Western Front.

Even if the censorship al-lowed me, I shall make no at-tempt to describe what I have seen at the Somme [in France], he said.

It beggars all description.In spite of being given the

same option as other chaplains to return home, the Rev. Fahey chose to stay.

At Buckingham Palace in March 1917, he was awarded a Distiguished Service Order for gallantry under fire at Gallipoli.

He was only the third priest A memorial plaque stands for John Fahey today at St Mary Star

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hostel shareWearne, the valuable wa-

terfront aged-care home in Cottesloe, would cost $87-90million to rebuild to modern standards, councillor Rob Rowell said this week.

Community organisation Curtin Care, which rents the site at the southern end of Marine Parade for a nominal sum, is seeking tenure over the land so it can borrow the money needed.

But the big site, valued at $32million, could also be devel-oped for high-density apartments to raise funds for providing aged care in Wearne, which is jointly owned by Cottesloe, Mosman Park, Peppermint Grove and Claremont councils.

Mr Rowell said that the four municipalities had a big demand for aged care.

Its a service to our com-munity, not simply to use it to build something to make money from, he told a meet-ing of the councils works and corporate service committee this week.

We need it for aged care.The decision was one of the

most complex faced by the council in the mid to short term, an administration report told the council.

Mayor Jo Dawkins said that if the site was handed over to Curtin Care, the group would have the right to on-sell the land.

The committee decided to rec-ommend to the full council that it advertise a business plan with the two options for disposing of the land put by Curtin Care.

The council administration said that advertising the options did not mean the council sup-ported either.

The law prevents it from con-sidering the business plan until it is submitted.

Students to usefeet not fingers

Students are switching their screens and tablets for some ground-breaking dancing to raise money for a new play-ground.

Hip-hop teacher Dayna Osborne is showing Floreat Park Primary School students some interesting moves for a whole-school performance.

I may be biased, but I think hip-hop is the easiest to learn and it appeals to boys and girls, Dayna said.

The school will be taking part in a nationwide screen-free challenge from May 8 to 10.

They will swap computer time for outdoor and family activities.

They will also be collecting sponsors to raise money for a natural playground at the school.

It will be built over three years and refl ect the history of Floreat by having areas that use boulders to mirror the quarry, the plank road and the former drive-in movie theatre in an amphitheatre.

Floreat Park Primary students from left Lucinda Hodby, William Hodby, Iris Bury and Lucy Froud with dance teacher Dayna Osborne show how hip hop is more exciting than screens. Photo: Billie Fairclough

$100m plan for WearneThe four councils that own

Wearne Hostel, in Cottesloe, could be exposed to huge future costs to meet the de-mands of the western suburbs growing and rapidly ageing population.

The hostel is now operated by community-based associa-tion Curtin Aged Person Homes (CAPH), trading as Curtin Care, which is seeking either owner-ship of the land or a 99-year lease to enable it to borrow and build.

Curtin Care planned to spend between $80million and $100mil-lion developing the site to meet the new legal requirements for aged care.

CAPH was established 30 years ago to provide aged

care to residents of Cottesloe, Claremont, Peppermint Grove and Mosman Park on a not-for-profi t basis.

It is now run by a voluntary eight-member board and as-sociation membership is open to residents of the four council areas.

Originally it was aged care run by the councils but it was a huge liability cost-wise and the councils formed CAPH to run the business, chairman David Cox said this week.

Every other council in Australia is getting out of aged care because of the high cost.

Mr Cox was responding to recent Mosman Park ratepay-ers worries about the future of the councils share in Wearne Hostel.

He said aged-care law changes last July meant Wearnes hostel

no longer met legal require-ments and Curtin Care now had to cater for high and low-care residents, independent living and dementia care.

That raises big problems because we need to have bigger corridors, bigger rooms and big-ger doors, Mr Cox said.

The whole purpose of this re-development is to provide newer services and better facilities the community can use.

But we cannot do that without any security over the land.

He said the existing arrange-ments did not permit extensive redevelopment, so Curtin Care was seeking to have the land transferred under the same conditions as the original transfer to the four councils or a 99-year lease.

If the councils continue owning the land they could

have an obligation to assist and spend money, he said.

And that money is not going to be attractive to them.

The legislative requirements are massive and there is also personal liability on the coun-cillors.

The City of South Perth closed its age care because it was too much hassle.

And all the councils in Victoria are moving out of aged care because it is such a mas-sive liability.

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Expecting master classFirst time expectant parents are invited to join Familyworks for a free master class on what you really need to know before your baby arrives. This seminar will prepare you for the realistic expectations of life at home with your baby.

When: Wednesday 29 April, from 6.30pm to 8.30pmWhere: Shenton Park Community Centre, 240 Onslow Road,

Shenton Park

Please RSVP to 9237 9317 or [email protected]

Aged care services information session2015 will see some fundamental shifts in the way aged care consumers are involved and consulted regarding their services. If you or a loved one is looking at aged care services, this free session will provide the information and assistance you need to understand these Federal Government changes.

When: Tuesday 12 May, from 5pm to 7pm Where: Shenton Park Community Centre, 240 Onslow Road,

Shenton Park

Please RSVP on 9237 9320 or [email protected]

See Subi on Sunday Mums the word This month, celebrate Mothers Day with this free guided walk exploring Lake Jualbup and learn about the unique history of the Shenton Park area. See artisan chocolatier extraordinaire Sue Lewis create chocolate masterpieces and enjoy a tasting with a cup of tea.

When: Sunday 10 May, from 1.30pm to 3pmWhere: Start and nish on the corner of Lake and Excelsior

streets, Shenton Park

All are welcome and no RSVP is required.

Annual customer satisfaction survey The city has appointed independent consultant CATALYSE to conduct a short randomised telephone survey among residents to evaluate how its local services and facilities are regarded. The study is a follow up on previous benchmark surveys that have been undertaken annually since 2011.

The survey takes approximately ten to fteen minutes to complete and will be used for research purposes only. All

responses will be dealt with in the strictest of condence and in accordance with the Privacy Act.

For further information on the survey, contact the city on 9237 9222.

Australias Biggest Morning TeaThe City of Subiaco will host its annual morning tea to support the Cancer Council in raising vital funds for cancer research, prevention and support. The morning tea will include a live performance by popular entertainer Diana Walters, rafes and door prizes.

When: Friday 22 May, 10am to 11.30am Where: Subiaco Community Centre, 203 Bagot Road, Subiaco Cost: $10

Please RSVP by Friday 15 May on 9237 9320 or [email protected]

Justice of the Peace serviceThe City of Subiaco facilitates a Justice of the Peace (JP) service at the citys Administration Centre, 241 Rokeby Road, Subiaco, every Tuesday between 2pm and 3pm. This service is for local community members who need documentation witnessed.

No bookings are required. For more information about the JP service, please contact the city on 9237 9222 or [email protected]

If you require the services of a JP outside of the times above please refer to Justice of the Peace on the Department of the Attorney Generals website www.dotag.wa.gov.au

Public holiday closure dates Subiaco Library will be closed on Saturday 25 and Monday 27 April for ANZAC Day and the public holiday.

For Lords Recreation Centre opening hours over the ANZAC Day long weekend, please visit www.lords.com.au

www.subiaco.wa.gov.au/formalsubmissions, via email to [email protected] or addressed to the Chief Executive Ofcer, City of Subiaco, PO Box 270, Subiaco WA 6904. Comments should clearly indicate the name and address of the person making the submission and the proposal or application to which the submission relates.

Q Development applications received

Property Proposal

368 Barker Road, Subiaco

Demolition of existing dwelling and construction of multiple dwelling (5 units)

Public submissions in respect to these proposals are not being requested at this time. Formal consultation, where required, will be undertaken in accordance with the citys policy on planning public consultation. To view the policy, visit www.subiaco.wa.gov.au

Q Changes to Town Planning Scheme Register of Places of Cultural Heritage Signicance

The City of Subiaco is inviting public comment on a proposal to include the following places on the Town Planning Scheme Register of Places of Cultural Heritage Signicance.

Fairmont, 39 Nicholson Road, Shenton Park Hawkesbury, 129 Coghlan Road, Subiaco Subiaco Police Station, Lock-up and Quarters (fmr), 365 Bagot

Road, Subiaco The former Presbyterian Church and Manse, 315 to 317 Bagot

Road, Subiaco The Anglican Church Rectory, 257 Barker Road, Subiaco

(as a combined entry with the already listed St Andrews Anglican Church)

Comments are to be received by 5pm on Monday 4 May.

QAmpFest 2015

AmpFest is a free, all-ages show featuring sets from ve up-and-coming Perth bands.Sunday 26 April, 5pm to 9pmLlama Subiaco, Rokeby Road, opposite The Regal Theatre, Subiaco

QQLibrary talk For the reception of ladies

Heritage professional Annette Green will provide a fascinating insight into the design and provision of maternity hospitals in Subiaco prior to 1945 at this free talk.Friday 8 May, 12.15pm for a 12.30pm startSubiaco Library, 237 Rokeby Road, SubiacoPlease RSVP on 9237 9300 or email [email protected]

QExercise for the young at heart

An hour long seniors group tness class designed for a wide range of experience and tness levels.Wednesdays, 10am Cost: $5Shenton Park Community Centre, 240 Onslow Road, Shenton Park Please RSVP to 9237 9320 or [email protected]

QStorytime

A story telling session for pre-schoolers followed by a fun craft activity.Tuesdays and Fridays, 10.30amSubiaco Library, 237 Rokeby Road, SubiacoCost: FreeNo RSVP required.

Q Changes to the Local Government Inventory

The City of Subiaco is inviting public comment on the proposal to amend the level of signicance of 13 to 21 Coghlan Road, Subiaco on the Local Government Inventory. A heritage assessment has identied the place as having some signicance (level 3) to the city.

Comments are to be received by 5pm on Monday 4 May.

For more information on the above, visit www.subiaco.wa.gov.au/formalsubmissions or view hard copies at the citys Administration Centre, 241 Rokeby Road, Subiaco or Subiaco Library, 237 Rokeby Road, Subiaco during normal operating hours.

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If you have restored an old house whether its a humble workers cottage near the railway or a grand beauty like this one in Cottesloe Rose Cullen would like to hear from you.

Mendicant muttsruin love by lakeClaremont councillor Karen

Wood said dogs should not eat the pork pies of amorous cou-ples lying in the grass at Lake Claremont.

Fellow councillor Alastair Tulloch looked set to explode when his motion to increase the number of dog exercise areas got nowhere at Tuesday nights council meeting.

Dr Tulloch had argued for extend-ing the dog exercise areas at Lake Claremont and Cresswell Park.

There are 400 dog owners in Claremont, he said.

It seems reasonable we should provide some facilities.

Councillor Peter Browne agreed.

There should not be any losers, only winners, he said.

But Ms Wood was not in fa-vour.

Dog people here seem to have the upper hand, she said.

Are we creating a bush area with a dog park?

Thats what will happen.I dont want that it will

look like something out of 101 Dalmatians.

I often see people lying on the grass paying a lot of attention to each other.

I dont think people want dogs coming up and eating their pork pies.

Councillor Anita Lorenz moved the motion be referred back to council administration, and the vote was 4-3.

Mayor Jock Barker, Ms Wood, Ms Lorenz and councillor Bruce Haynes voted to refer back.

If you have ever fallen in love with an old house and fi xed it up, Rose Cullen would like to hear from you.

Hours spent sanding original timberwork, searching for replacement period building materials and agonising over paint charts if this sounds familiar, you have probably restored, renovated or con-served an old house.

Rose a history PhD stu-dent from the University of Sydney, is coming to Perth to research caring for old houses in Australia since the early 1960s.

She is looking at private individuals choosing to care for old houses with respect for their history.

All sorts of private projects, large and small, humble and grand, are relevant to Roses project.

She says she is interested in how and why older houses have been rejuvenated by everyday Australians.

What motivated people to take on these projects?, she said.

How did they preserve or change their old houses?

What challenges did they face?

She said repairing older houses had been an increas-ing trend in Australia since

the 1960s, when we had begun to value our architectural heritage.

The private homeowner plays a signifi cant role in the preservation of Australias built heritage by repairing older houses and ensuring they are lived in and loved, she said.

In her archival research so far, Rose has found stories of people caring for old houses in Perth, but would like to fi nd out more.

She is visiting Perth from May 7 to 13 and hopes to con-duct oral history interviews with people who have been

involved in restoring or con-serving private houses, either their own houses or profes-sionally.

She began the project when she came across photographs from a historic building res-toration competition run in 1962.

She was fascinated to fi nd that that more than two-thirds of the entries in this competi-tion involved private houses, and many entrants described in detail what they had done to their homes to repair them, the period features they loved about them, and sometimes some of the history of the houses.

So far Rose has done research in Sydney, Brisbane, Ipswich, Melbourne, Ballarat, Adelaide, Hobart and Launceston.

I am constantly amazed at the lengths that some people will go to to restore or con-serve their older houses: doing research, sourcing special materials or putting in physi-cal labour, she said.

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Setbacks and boundary walls for single houses on corner lots set under the R-codes and the towns streetscape policy are subject to discretionary variation. All the setbacks for the Future Housing Options will be in the Town Planning Scheme and, as such, will not be subject to negotiation or variation.

Setbacks for the Future Housing Options have been redistributed to be fairer between neighbours and to promote an open streetscape. Please refer to the Guide to Streetscape Policy to see how this works.

In addition, a single house on a corner lot often has a solid wall more than 1.8m high running along the secondary street, which impacts on the streetscape. Each of the Future Housing Options must have open fencing on every street boundary, which will promote a more attractive streetscape.

The combination of equalising setbacks and mandating open fencing (and requiring single storey development in the case of the Corner Lot Three Dwellings option) is designed to reduce the impact of buildings on neighbouring properties and the street, and to retain the open streetscapes of City Beach and Floreat.

Setbacks for single houses on R12.5 corner lots in City Beach and Floreat (subject to discretionary variation)Front of house 6mFront verandah 4mSecondary street 3.75m City Beach 4.5m FloreatRear 6mSide boundary as little as 1.0mBoundary wall 1.8m high solid wall for 60% of the secondary street.

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Manor House Apartments not on corner lotsThe front and rear setbacks for Manor House Apartments are the same as those for single houses:

d6m for the main building at the frontd4m for a veranda at the frontd6m at the rear.

The side setbacks for Manor Houses are 2.5m compared to as little as 1.0m for single houses.

As is the case with corner lots, setbacks for single houses are set under the R-codes and are subject to discretionary variation. All the setbacks for Manor House Apartments will be in the Town Planning Scheme and, as such, will not be subject to negotiation or variation.

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Christ Church Grammar Schools council decided not to renew principal Garth Wynnes contract this week.

Mr Wynnes 15-year career at the Claremont school will fi nish at the end of the year.

Council chairman John Poynton said he hoped the new headmas-ter would be in place by the start of next year.

The school council, after dis-cussions with Garth, has decided that after 15 years of exemplary service and at the conclusion of Garths third contract, this is a logical point for leadership re-newal, Mr Poynton said.

He praised Mr Wynnes achieve-

ments, including seeing Year 7 into senior school, the start of an indigenous student program, and establishing centres of ex-cellence.

Garth has overseen a program of physical renewal on our cam-puses and sustained the highest quality outcomes for the boys and staff, Mr Poynton said.

He said the council had im-mense gratitude to Mr Wynne, who is the schools second-longest serving principal.

Mr Wynne said: It has been a very good conversation between the council and me.

I look forward to the chal-lenges ahead.

The state-of-the-art high-performance centre will be the training ground for tomorrows sporting champions.

Help on the road to RioA better chance to repre-

sent Australia was what ex-cited two local Rio Olympic Games prospects at the opening of a new training centre in Mt Claremont this week.

Pole vaulters Nina Kennedy and Emma Philippe met Premier Colin Barnett at the official opening, but their

excitement was all about working hard to qualify for the Olympics squad.

Nina (18) and Emma (17) were keen to check out the $33.7 million WA Institute of Sport high-performance sports centre behind their old home, previously Challenge Stadium.

Nina, a former Presbyterian

Ladies College student, said pole vaulting was a challenge in every way, mentally and physically.

Emma who won a sports scholarship to Greenwood High School, said: It is not like any other sport. There are so many elements to making a jump.

About 100 staff and govern-ment officials were at the centre for the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Sports Minister Mia Davies said WA had led the way when it became the fi rst state with its own sports institute 30 years ago.

In 1984, WA set a very high standard, she said.

We led the fi eld.Today, we raised the

bar.She said it was a spectacular

facility that would cater for elite athletes, Olympians and Paralympians.

It has facilities for indoor javelin throwing, a fi ve-lane runway, gym and recovery pools and physiotherapy rooms.

Pole vaulters Nina Kennedy, left, and Emma Philippe explained the chal-lenges of their sport to Premier Colin Barnett at the centres opening.

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More letters pages 14, 30, 32, 34

Daglish readers Stef and Pete Hayward have a great time playing table tennis on the new table in Cli Sadlier Park.

Forever young in Daglish

I thank Subiaco council for the newest addition to our local park, the table tennis table.

My husband and I had a wonderful time recapturing our youth!

We even have a record of 20 consecutive hits (not bad in the wind!), which we intend to beat.

I do hope people will re-spect it and let us all enjoy playing.

Stef and Pete HaywardMunsie Avenue, Daglish

We are indebted to our eminent historian, Emeritus Professor Martyn Webb, for his succinct historical overview of how Crawley was chosen as the permanent site for the University of WA (Town and gown kept separate, letters, POST, April 18).

Section 5 of the University of WA Act of 1904 refers specifi -cally to the endowment of land for a state university.

The UWA Act of 1911, as well as appointing the governor of WA as the Visitor, grants him or her certain nominated duties attached to the role.

In my experience, I have never seen the university re-ferred to as the Perth, Subiaco or Nedlands university.

So why the push today to make the Crawley site part of a greater Perth?

Clearly, the Parliament of

the day, in setting aside the Crawley endowment land, deemed that that site should be where the state university for all Western Australians be located on its own land at Crawley.

Frank MaloneBrighton Road, Scarborough

Its not Perth, Subiaco or Nedlands uni

How is uniform infi ll diversity?Pamela van der Meulen and

David Hall, both of whom live outside the affected are, are very keen that Cambridge should embrace higher density (Letters, POST, April 18).

Mr Hall (Diversity the key) accuses residents of object-ing to diversity, while Ms van der Meulen (Keep calm, Cambridge) thinks we are old fashioned in preferring our 1920s ... garden suburbs (actually part of the 50s and 60s), probably because she also thinks we are rejecting diversi-ty, that mantra which expresses the current zeitgeist.

She also thinks we have to ac-cept infi ll, presumably because she had it forced upon her.

Both are missing the point, as are Coast ward council-lors Sonia Grinceri and Colin Walker (Options open on Cambridge infill, Letters, POST, April 18).

Cambridge residents are embracing diversity whole-heartedly.

Our federal, state, city, town and ward divisions and struc-tures are surely there to accom-modate the reality that we do not all think the same, or have the same needs and desires,

and to avoid a central diktat forced on those who choose to live differently.

We think a city as large as Perth should be able to offer residents a choice of environ-ments in which to live: leafy hill suburbs with city views, high-rise city apartments, urban den-sity in suburbs like Leederville, and garden suburbs in Floreat and City Beach.

It is narrow minded, retro-grade and destructive thinking that posits that every suburb should be subject to similar infi ll.

The broad minded and thoughtful residents of the western part of Cambridge are opposed to orthodox uniformity masquerading as diversity.

We particularly resent poli-ticians and councillors who should accommodate different viewpoints participating in a groupthink march to uniform-ity detrimental to our quality of life.

My daughters choose to live in the Oxford Street precinct; I choose to live in Floreat.

Surely sensible planning should be able to embrace such a variety of choices.

Paddy HanrahanClanmel Road, Floreat

Who will pay if my home becomes damaged?The 16-storey development

on the old Pavilion site was ap-proved by the DAP on February 25 after years of resistance and only after Subiaco council was ordered to rezone the site.

The approval included 38 conditions and 25 recom-mendations, intended for structural protection of the precinct (Subiaco Hotel, Regal Theatre, Catherine Street ter-race houses).

Catherine Streets 16 owners had commissioned an expert report, resulting in a list of protective conditions being ac-cepted and incorporated by the council and then the DAP.

At the councils February 25 meeting, the developers lawyer said the fi rm would honour its obligation to make dilapidation reports and rectify any damage caused by construction.

He said it in front of a packed gallery. The meeting was re-corded.

Next, we read in the POST that seven days after the ap-

proval, the developers were taking the DAP to the State Administrative Tribunal to have the protective conditions removed!

The Catherine Street owners have no access to any informa-tion; it is all confi dential.

If conditions are removed, they are likely to face huge repair bills.

My insurer advised that in case of damage I would not be covered, nor will my insurer represent me, so I will have to fend for myself.

I have contacted DAP, SAT and Planning Minister John Day and everyone is very sym-pathetic.

Ive been advised to trust the system and let the system go through its course, because there is nothing I can do.

I fi nd it scandalous that the system (including judicial re-course) is apparently set to ac-commodate the developer, and the residents are excluded (and fi nancially penalised) under

pretext of confi dentiality.It is paramount that the chal-

lenged conditions are revealed and the public are allowed to represent their interest.

We need fi rm assurance from the Minister and the govern-ment that damage to nearby properties will be covered.

That is the only way we can trust the system that, so far, we have had every reason to deeply mistrust.

Ines JancaCatherine Street, Subiaco

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Cambridge mayor Simon Withers says planning consult-ant Ian Everett misunderstands Amendment 31 (Bad rap for infi ll, POST, April 18).

Ian is one of the most expe-rienced and respected senior urban planners in Perth and has been engaged by the state government on many signifi -cant projects, such as the revi-talisation of the Scarborough Redevelopment Area and the new Perth Stadium.

Why exactly does Mr Withers continue to attack all who op-pose him, regardless of their obvious expertise?

Directions 2031 specifi cally states that it should not be interpreted as a requirement for across-the-board increases in density throughout existing suburbs.

It seems that the state gov-ernments planners felt it was important enough to include that specific instruction, yet Mr Withers appears to have ignored it.

Initially, Mr Withers claimed

Amendment 31 was about hous-ing choices for the elderly.

When it was pointed out there was no provision insisting the triplexes be for over-55s, he changed his story to say they were for Gen Xers.

Until now, he has claimed that housing choice is not about den-sity, yet he implies the council is trying to solve the towns own density problems by avoiding contained infill and instead spreading it throughout the suburb in direct contradiction of Directions 2031.

The council has even taken out a full-page advertisement (POST, April 18) supporting this angle.

Wed like Mr Withers to clearly explain why the council is doing this.

Why is he going against the state governments planners?

How exactly is he representing his ratepayers, who so clearly do not want this?

Keri Shannonspokesperson, Save Our City Beach,

Save Our Floreat

Why is Withers on the attack?

A better slogan for that T-shirt

I am disappointed the POST has seen fi t to repub-lish that ghastly photograph of Cambridge mayor Simon Withers and his pals in their insulting red T-shirts (Keeping calm is not an option, Letters, POST, April 18).

The patronising slogan plastered across Mr Withers midriff should, of course, read: Concrete and bitumen everywhere so take a running jump.

Further, it is disappointing the POST seems to have lost all interest in the plight of those residents of West Leederville who face massive and dispro-portionate infi ll in their already densely populated suburb.

West Leederville seems to be the forgotten suburb.

Graham Luke MitchellConnaught Street, West Leederville

No getting away from loud concert at Somerville

This is an open letter to Subiaco council and to the University of WA.

I have been a Nedlands resi-dent for more than 20 years.

I am writing to make a formal complaint about the noise of RTRFMs In the Pines concert at Somerville Auditorium, UWA, on Sunday, April 19.

It is absolutely outrageous that an event, good though it may be in its place, is allowed to happen in a residential area.

Programming this type of noisy event shows a complete and utter disregard for Nedlands residents.

There are elderly residents who need to rest; there are shift workers who need their rest; then there are the rest of us who love just a bit of quiet time away from the rush of everyday life.

The bottom line is that if you choose to go to a concert event you can leave but the residents of the area cannot.

Perhaps we should go and sit inside Subiaco mayor Heather Hendersons house or in her backyard and play loud, intru-sive music for 11 hours, because that is what it was like for us.

Residents can have their lives completely disrupted by such events.

I wonder if anyone from the council or the UWA chancel-lery went anywhere near this event.

I very much doubt it at least not for 11 hours!

This event was far too loud and intrusive and it would not have taken much thought to realise that that would be the case.

UWA does not own Nedlands, but behaves as if it does.

It holds other events which are fabulous and community friendly, but to host something where the music goes for 11 hours and is so loud you cant get away from it is just unbeliev-able and I do not understand how it was ever passed by the council.

I hope it never happens again.

Vicki WalkerKingsway, Nedlands

RTRFM general manager Jason Cleary responds:In The Pines has been held at Somer-ville Auditorium for 22 years, supports 100% local original WA music and is a major fundraising event for local inde-pendent radio station RTRFM.We take the operation of this event extremely seriously and ensure it com-plies with all requirements as part of our partnership with UWA and Subiaco council.While the music may not be to every-ones taste, we closely monitor sound levels throughout the day and comply with a strict 10pm curfew.We letter drop before the event within 250m of the venue to ensure the least disruption to nearby residents.We very much appreciate any feedback that will help us improve our events.

A Subiaco council spokesman said:Events such as In the Pines must com-ply with the Environmental Protection (Noise) Regulations 1997 as a condition of their approval. The council moni-tored noise and conducted other envi-ronmental health assessments on the day. It is possible that weather condi-tions (namely wind) may have created excessive noise in areas not usually a ected. The council investigates all formal noise complaints and these are taken into consideration for future ap-proval and conditions.

Heading offendsRe the report, Gay blade held

to account (POST, April 11).I feel the word gay should

not have been used.The word gay in this headline

could be taken as homophobic.We in the gay-lesbian-bisexual-

transgender community never see a headline mentioning a straight attacker.

Yes, the report is about a same-sex couple, but that is easily understood from the words caught a man who allegedly left a 30cm kitchen knife in the left arm of his boyfriend.

B.J. ShelfordAdelaide Terrace, Perth

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