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Terror alert for SAS families

Terrorists targeting families of Australian soldiers serving overseas have heightened safe-ty fears about a new seafront housing estate next to SAS housing at Swanbourne.

The domestic security situ-ation has dramatically height-ened, Special Air Service Association national chairman Terry Nolan said on a visit to Swanbourne this week.

Its escalating and we could be on the brink of a 100-year war, ac-cording to the chief of the army.

We have to gear up for this.He said the danger was il-

lustrated by a series of serious recent incidents, including revelations that Sydney Lindt Caf murderer Man Monis had written poisonous letters to the widows of soldiers killed in Afghanistan.

Three foreign-born terrorists are in jail after undercover agents thwarted their planned attack on Holsworthy army base in Sydney.

That Islamic terror cell planned to enter Holsworthy Barracks armed with military

weapons and shoot as many people as possible before they were killed or ran out of am-munition.

The federal government an-nounced this week that it had thwarted six unspecifi ed plots by terrorists in Australia.

The army had given protected identities to the 300 soldiers from Queensland now training local military in Iraq to shield their families waiting at home, Mr Nolan said.

He said the military had now recognised the heightened need

By BRET CHRISTIAN

Please turn to page 14

SEAWARD CIVILIAN FEARS

Tall tales about hanging 10 Tall tales about hanging 10 Bella Mitchell at Isolators, south Bella Mitchell at Isolators, south

Cottesloe.Cottesloe. Photo: Billie FaircloughPhoto: Billie Fairclough

Bella reveals our Bella reveals our surfing legendssurfing legendsA Cottesloe girl got prominent WA surfi ng clans to open up about their lives and the sport they love.

Bella Mitchell (15) interviewed the Jakovich, Merifi eld, Burrow, Paterson, Macauley, and Edwards families for a project she did as part of her Year 10 International Baccalaureate.

John Jakovich (70) told Bella he used to catch a bus to City Beach in the pre-surfboard era to ride the waves on rubber mats.

Mark Paterson was a little tacker at North Cottesloe Surf Life Saving Club when he used to borrow older kids 4.8m boards.

I grew up with surfi ng, said Bella, a Presbyterian Ladies College student.

My dad would take me to Isolators at Cottesloe, and my granddad lived down south for 30 years.

The surfers in Bellas book talk about how good surfi ng is for health.

They also talk about how it created strong bonds between family members, she said.

Bellas fi rst interview was with Kevin Merifield, who played football for Subiaco and had a successful business career.

Kevin told her the fi rst wetsuits were woollen jumpers, which tended to go over surfers heads when they got wiped out.

His friend Bill Pratley was the fi rst he saw to attach a rope to himself and a board and he nearly drowned at Yallingup.

I hadnt met Taj Burrow before and the thought of interviewing him was really nerve-racking, Bella said.


Law locksin smallblocks

There is no going back on Cambridge councils contro-versial housing blueprint, the council meeting on Tuesday night was told.

We cannot stop the process, mayor Simon Withers said.

Planning law says once a council has initiated a poten-tial change to its town planning scheme, it is out of that councils control.

It must be handed over to the WA Planning Commission, which then makes a recommendation to the Planning Minister who has the fi nal say.

We can make a recommen-dation to the WA Planning Commission but they make the decision, Mr Withers said.

Residents again bombarded Mr Withers at the meeting with a 15-minute public question time stretching into almost two hours.

They brandished cuttings from the POST and challenged him about almost everything he had been reported as saying on the proposed town planning scheme amendment.

Theres no way you will be re-elected, said resident Keith Allen, to cheers from the gallery when he asked Mr Withers if he was nominating for mayor in this Octobers election.

I do not comment on specula-tion, Mr Withers replied.

He said politics was playing a crucial part.

Planning Minister John Day was not likely to scrap the change because it would give the Labor Party ammunition to use against him, Mr Withers said.

It would give the Labor Party a huge bat to beat him with at the next election, he said.

On top of scrapping council amalgamations, throwing out

By LINDA CALLAGHAN


By DAVID COHEN

POST, May 30, 2015

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More letters pages 12, 34, 36

Helmets hardly harmI read with some disbelief the argument

by George Crisp (Letters, POST, May 23) that cyclists wearing helmets harm public health by deterring cyclists.

I would agree that some people are deterred from cycling because of helmets, though this must be a (vocal) minority.

I would be interested to hear the opinion of nurses who work in the very busy and crowded emergency section or the head injury depart-ment, of our public hospitals whether helmets harm public health.

I think I know the answer. I feel the only peo-ple who are vocal about not wearing helmets are those who have not had the misfortune of ever having needed one.

Also the 30-40% participation reduction in when helmet laws were introduced is long gone and there are more cyclists than ever in this city.

The comment that there is no evidence helmets prevent more serious neck or brain injury is a joke.

Here is some evidence. I fell from my bike almost two months ago and hit my head on the road.

I believe my helmet may have actually saved my life.

I was knocked unconscious, had slight bleed-ing on the brain. Luckily I was very near a hospital. My helmet was smashed.

I am, however, impressed with Georges information that we gain up to 77 years of extra life by cycling. That should encourage everyone!

Methinks it has the same credibility as the rest of his arguments.

Steve MarchesiWhitfeld Street, Floreat

Ground harder than your head George Crisp claims that wear-

ing bicycle helmets harms public health (Letters, POST, May 23).

Well here is my story.I was coming out of the University

of Western Australia a few weeks ago on my bicycle and was knocked off my bike by a car at the drive-way entrance into University Hall.

It was a low-speed collision but I landed on the ground head fi rst.

I was wearing a helmet, as I have always done since they were made mandatory years ago.

Without the helmet, which was split by the impact, I dont believe that I would be writing this letter now or would have cost the health system a packet or money and trouble.

People stopped to assist me, but although I was a bit dazed I was

able to get on my bike again and ride off. I thank those people who stopped to assist me.

Since then, whenever I see someone riding without a helmet I feel like shouting to them to buy one and wear it or perhaps suffer a serious head injury.

The loss of a small amount of general fi tness of the population, claimed by George Crisp to be the result of mandatory helmet use, could not compensate for a serious injury avoided, at least in this case.

Dont rely on anything else; wear a helmet.

The ground is harder than your head.

Bruce HartleyHensman Road, Subiaco

Dogfight over finesI refer to the article published about my

dog Harley (Dogged defence on fines, POST, May 16).

It must be pointed out that Harley was on a lead at the times that I received a fi ne, but not attached to me.

The dog was on private property, and I had permission in writing from the Subiaco church that owns that property.

The ratepayers of Subiaco and taxpayers of WA need to know that their money is being used for legal costs to contest this matter.

Ratepayers of Subiaco, I wish to make you aware that the council is fi ghting this action on a legal technicality.

It is based on a point of law, not on the concerns or issues at hand, of the dog not being on a lead.

That means they are fi ghting an action which raises the question of what is deemed to be private property?

As the owner of properties in Subiaco I wear two caps one as the owner of the dog, and second as a ratepayer.

The CEO and the Subiaco council (not the councillors) should not use my rates money to fi ght this action.

It is a $300 fi ne for allowing my dog on to private property.

Ron Smales Rokeby Road, Subiaco

Vote system shows hollow promiseLisa Scaffi di, the City of Perth

lord mayor, makes a particularly hollow promise to the Subiaco ratepayers she hopes to take over, when she is quoted as saying: we will be there for you.

The reality is that your rates may go down, but your representa-tion will also go down from three ward councillors to virtually none, and the university and big busi-ness will rule your destiny.

The City of Perth is unique in that it doesnt have a ward system for councillors, and it desperately wants that to continue.

To get elected, candidates have to win elections across all ratepayers. Needless to say, it requires candidates with deep pockets, or corporate support to stand for election.

The Town of Vincent originally strongly supported a merger with the City of Perth but withdrew when it became clear that the City would not budge from its no-ward system, and as a result the people of Vincent would forfeit their right to fair representation on council.

Kevin Wul Jasmine Avenue, Subiaco

Ireland shows the wayThe Pope, as an authority on moral guidance,

has no problem in judging and condemning birth control, use of condoms, abortion, couples living as partners, and divorced women.

He also proudly judges and regularly de-nounces the deadly sins.

But when he was asked his opinion on homosexuality he copped out by saying, whom am I to judge?

Catholic Ireland has taught the Vatican and Christian fundamentalists Jesus true way on how to accept love, give equality and practise tolerance of natures given differences.

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Zebra plan in black and whiteA big zebra could soon be making its home

in a park next to a childcare centre at Mt Claremont, if Nedlands councillors agree.

Cherie Lewis runs the centre in Strickland Street and leases the building from the council.

She wants to hire an artist to paint a colourful zebra on the outside wall of a garage and is will-ing to put up $7500 if the council pays the rest.

Alternatively, she told the citys arts commit-tee, children at the centre could paint it.

The committee asked for more information be-fore making a recommendation to the council.

Clean up Workers in a cherry picker paint over the gra ti on the Taj-on-Swan. Photo: Billie Fairclough

Taj graffiti fix before demo ding-dongGraffi ti at Radhika Oswals

Taj-on-Swan in Peppermint Grove was painted over this week, the day before lawyers met in the State Administrative Tribunal over a council demoli-tion order for the half-complete mansion.

Tribunal senior member Maurice Spillane gave Ms Oswals lawyer two weeks to provide the name of her builder who will resume work on the Bay View Terrace property.

Mr Spillane was curt with Jackson McDonald lawyer Kelly Blatchford on Tuesday when she told him her fi rm only learnt about the SAT hearing the day before.

Mr Spillane said a notice about the hearing had been sent on May 15.

I believe it was sent to the Bay View Terrace address, Ms Blatchford said.

Mr Spillane asked if it was sent to Jackson McDonalds St Georges Terrace address.

Ms Blatchford said: My in-structions are it was sent to Bay View Terrace.

Mr Spillane was unimpressed, and said his copy of the notice showed it went to the law fi rms address.

I have a copy in front of me: Im happy to show it to you, he said.

We will need some progress: Im going to give you a long list of

homework. Next time we wont have wasted 14 days.

Mr Spillane said it would be fantastic if Ms Oswal wanted to complete her home.

But he said the tribunal needed details of an Australian Taxation Offi ce freezing order on the property, mortgage proceed-ings in court, and other Supreme Court matters.

The tribunal will want to know what you say about all those issues, and how they im-pact on these proceedings, Mr Spillane said.

I dont want to adjourn, come back, and were back at square one.

Mr Spillane told shire lawyer Digby Robinson he wasnt get-ting away scot-free.

Mr Spillane said he wanted de-tails about the councils decision to seek a demolition order.

Mr Robinson said the council was not averse to mediation with Ms Oswal.

It very much depends on what we get, Mr Robinson said.

Mr Spillane told the lawyers to see him again on June 9.

On Monday, two workers in a big cherry picker covered the extensive graffi ti on the Tajs domes and walls.

Ms Oswals Sydney lawyers, Kennedys, did not respond to queries about the work.

Ms Oswal had 21 days to appeal against the demolition order.

In November, the POST re-ported plumber Gordon Stimson

By DAVID COHEN


Subiaco traders and coun-cillors have overwhelmingly supported a planned weekend market in Rokeby Road.

Rokeby Road traders packed the public gallery at Tuesday nights council meeting and told councillors why they wanted the market and that the council should support it.

Councillors voted unani-mously to allow the Venn Property Group to set up the weekend market in Rokeby Road, between Bagot Road and Hay Street, for the next six years.

Venn will now lodge the paperwork with Main Roads for approval to close Rokeby Road on Saturday and Sundays.

While it needs only two-thirds of the 55 Rokeby Road retailers to agree to the clo-

sure, Venn said it had 100% support.

It hopes to open the market in spring.

Emma McCarthey, from Table Culture, said the mar-kets would help Subiaco take back its mantle as a premier shopping destination and was an incredible opportunity to create something special.

Murray Kimber, from Chutney Marys, which has

been in Rokeby Road for 13 years, said there was a strong feeling the market would help change the streets fortunes.

Over the last few weeks and months, I have been in discussions with other hospi-tality operators and owners regarding the pros and cons of the market on Rokeby, he said.

Even though I cant speak on behalf of each operator, the general consensus is one of support and more broadly, lets give it a go.

Grant Johnston, co-owner of Brew Ha Cafe, said his business was negotiating with Venn to open a coffee outlet in the market. He said he ap-preciated that they would not be facing competition from outside coffee sellers.

Spring start for Rokeby market

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Last weeks POST gave too much credit to rags-to-riches philanthropist Walter Padbury for his role in the Sunset hospital for destitute old men.

Mr Padbury did not establish Sunset but he did contribute greatly to the enjoyment of life for the hundreds of men who ended their days there.

The government of the time had set aside 22 Dalkeith acres (9ha) in the mid 1890s and built the jetty and handsome buildings in 1903-04.

When Mr Padbury died in 1907 he did not forget the utter destitution he ex-perienced when orphaned at the age of nine.

Out of his huge estate he left a bequest for the poor, part of which bought comforts such as picture shows, outings on buses and ferries, bands and other entertainment.

Most welcome were the luxuries the men could not aff ord.

For Christmas 1926 his trust supplied lollies, cakes, other food plus two hundredweight of tobacco, 600 tobacco pipes, four hogsheads and two kilderkins of beer, plus 50 dozen bottles of soft drink.

What is now the Padbury Bequest made excellent investments, as it is still giving to the needy.

Camelot co eeNitrate-free bacon, potted

brawn, and a smashed avocado dish called Hulk Smash. Its all happening at Arts.

The Mosman Park cafe (in the Camelot building on Lochee Street) had a soft opening on Tuesday morning with many locals turning up for a look and a taste.

Chef Zac Wilkinson used to work at the Michelin-starred Northcote restau-rant in Lancashire, UK.

Arts is also a play on Camelots King Arthur and the next-door alfresco cinema.

On Tuesday, barista Anny Biagioni knocked out cof-fee from organic fair trade,

direct trade Crema beans.Renato promised $3

morning coff ees for people on their way to work.

Cupdate Renato Fab-retti, left, Anny Biagioni and Zac Wilkinson at the west-

ern suburbs newest cafe.

Tonia McNeilly was missing a gardener.

The super-agent says that was the reason some of her banners were unkempt.

A dog-walker sent in a photo bemoaning the mess, and described it as a disgrace.

Months and months like this? the dog-walker asked.

On Tuesday morning the POST asked Tonia about the banners.

You will be happy to know it has all been cleaned today, Tonia said.

Our gardener had a heart attack so it took some time fi nding another tradesperson to clean it up.

Untidy But it was cleared up after a POST enquiry.

Banners a dogs breakfast

One of Cottesloes newest sculptures will be installed next month.

Norton Flavels ball and chain titled Lucky Country will go between Curtin Avenue and the Cottesloe train station.

A recently installed station sign was moved about 20m on Monday to make way for

the $28,000 sculpture.We are just awaiting

some minor works to the piece to make it suitable for long-term placement, acting council CEO Mat Humfrey said.

These works should be completed by the end of next week, with installation to occur shortly after.

The Flavel sculpture at Cottesloe beach.

Making way for Lucky Country

Luxuries old men couldnt a ord

Carboni pops o for festivals sake

Mosman Park North ward councillor Brett Carboni has taken a months leave to prepare for Perths fi rst sake festival.

He fl ew to Yokohama on Friday to fi ll a shipping container with 57 varieties of sake.

The 4500 bottles will be imported for the sake festival in his Mosman Park Japanese restau-rant. Tsunami, which was granted a tavern licence this month.

Mr Carboni said he had to get a tavern licence be-cause under his previous licence it was illegal for wedding guests to stand and propose a toast with a glass of alcohol in their hands.

Grove reader eyes parking curb

Mosman Park resident Kok Foo Chang wants a shorter parking limit under the Grove library.

He told Mosman Park council on Tuesday night he used the library fre-quently because of his grandchildren but found it hard to fi nd a parking space due to the current four-hour limit.

In four hours I can go in and have an afternoon sleep, he said.

When you go in there is no place to park and it only takes 25 minutes to get books.

A Cottesloe alfresco restau-rant came under airborne attack last Saturday.

A passing crow dropped the lamb shank bone it was carrying,

With perfect aim, the bone smashed a glass on an outdoor table, to general consternation of those at the table and amusement of those seated nearby.

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Subiaco council and a local business lobby have agreed to set up a committee to work together for the sake of the main shopping strip and local economy.

The new group which will be called the Subiaco Town Centre Network could be made up of about eight members who would be business people from Rokeby Road and Hay Street and beyond, elected members and city staff.

It will meet regularly behind closed doors and is likely to have the authority to have some works carried out.

Details of how the Network will be set up and organised are being worked out, according to Subiaco CEO Ian Hill.

Theres a bit of process, Mr Hill said. The proposal will be considered at the next business forum on June 9.

That forum will be a more

detailed presentation by Tony Dawe of PPR on marketing research.

Therell be a draft proposal [about what powers it will have] before the forum on June 9, we need to have consultation and feedback before we fi rm it up.

Because its focus is opera-tional, a lot of its recommen-dations are likely to be imple-mented at administrative level. Should it become necessary it may be incorporated in reports to council.

Mr Hill defended the closed nature of the new body, which is being set up in conjunction with the Western Suburbs Business Association which has changed its name from the Subiaco Business Association.

Groups like this dont meet with open doors, Mr Hill said.

How do you have a meeting of a group and you say anyone can come and go as you wish,

Grove, Cott IT deal a wasteClaremont mayor Jock Barker

has criticised Peppermint Grove and Cottesloes plan to share an IT system, saying Claremonts proposed three-way deal was better.

Peppermint Groves current IT services, which cost $50,000 a year, might be moved on to Cottesloes system on October 1 to reduce costs.

Cottesloe acting CEO Mat Humfrey said Cottesloe sup-ported the project.

Council resolved at its February 2015 meeting to pursue resource sharing arrangements

with its neighbours and this is the fi rst project to come from that, Mr Humfrey said.

Peppermint Grove corporate services manager Paul Rawlings said he hoped the two councils would join Claremonts new system, which he said Claremont had committed to building, after three years.

By that time well be long gone, Mr Barker said, after questioning the confi dence of Peppermint Grove and Cottesloe in not committing to a more expansive plan now.

Its a waste of three years.


By LLOYD GORMAN

PLC shocks with homeless appealPresbyterian Ladies College

students tried a shock tactic to get people thinking about homelessness this week.

Alex DCruz lay in a sleep-ing bag outside PLCs middle school where parents dropped off their daughters on Tuesday morning.

Elsa Silberstein sat beside her and held up a sign which said: Did you sleep safe and warm last night? Help me.

Some of the girls coming here today dont know there are homeless people nearby, Year 12 student Alex said.

Its important to shock them.

Another sign said 11,000 Australian teenagers a night slept on streets.

Alex said a man slept in a park near her familys Nedlands

home.Other girls had seen people

sleeping in the Cottesloe Central shops carpark.

They look like ordinary peo-ple, Alex said.

Girls have helped at a Red Cross soup patrol in Fremantle, handing out bread and hot meals.

Year 12 student Amelia Murray said some people were grateful, while others did not say anything.

Their cases were all different: for some it was circumstances, Amelia said.

Its hard for them to get out of the cycle of homelessness.

Elsa, of Year 12, said she had talked to many people during the soup patrols.

Some of them fell into trou-ble and it was a quick tumble,

she said.In Australia we dont all get

equal opportunities.PLCs community and service

learning coordinator Tracey Bahen said the event was part of a winter warmer appeal, the schools service focus for this term.

We are focusing on the tough times felt by thousands of people in Perth who are living without safe shelter or food, Ms Bahen said. We are trying to drive home that homelessness is closer than we think, and close to our doorstep.

Ms Bahen said PLCs culture of individuals helping a little to make a big difference col-lectively was at work.

Our appeal is asking for food, blankets, and warm clothes, she said.

Roughing it Alex DCruz, in her sleeping bag, and Elsa Silberstein raise awareness about homelessness outside PLC. Photo: Billie Fairclough

Cafe sign to hit the tracksA cafe owner will be told to get

rid of a sandwich board sign after applying for a permit for a wall built without approval.

Cambridge councillors agreed Tracks cafe on the corner of Southport Street could have ret-rospective planning approval for the wall.

Councillor Rod Bradley said: I think the sandwich board on the footpath would be a bigger hazard.

I reckon that would obscure the view rather than the wall.

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$20m facelift for Dumas HouseThe cash-strapped state government is set

to spend up to $20million renovating a West Perth offi ce block exterior.

The building, Dumas House, is owned by the Department of Finance and is where most government ministers have offi ces.

It is less than three years since the govern-ment spent $56million revamping the interiors of 14 fl oors.

Last year, another $1.2million went on refi t-ting two levels occupied by the Department of

Premier and Cabinet.The building was opened in 1966 and heritage-

listed in 2000.Over 49 years, the heat, cold, wind and rain

have deteriorated the buildings exterior in its exposed position north of Kings Park, the Department of Finance said.

Materials have reached the end of their use-ful life and need to be repaired, or replaced.

In addition, the condition of the facade has created the potential for deterioration of the buildings structural frame.

Barriers and tunnels will be erected around the building to protect occupants and visitors from falling debris while the faade is re-stored.

The brief is to restore the facade and po-dium of Dumas House to a condition that will ensure its integrity and safety for a further 50 years, the tender papers show.

Subiaco Rotaryfaces the chopOne of the oldest Rotary clubs

in WA is in danger of closing down, and Bill Benbow does not want it to die in his arms.

A member of Subiaco Rotary since 1972, Bill says Rotary International can close the club at any time because its membership of 12 has slipped below the limit.

Only four members turned up to hear the last guest speaker, and one member to the speaker before him.

It was a bit embarrassing, Bill said.

The club, the fourth in WA to receive its charter, was estab-lished in 1947.

It has contributed greatly to the community of Subiaco for 68 years and faces the inevitable if more members cannot be recruited, Bill said.

It would be bloody pity if it had to close.

Only four of the present mem-bers now live in Subiaco.

Bill lives in Booragoon, and the fundraising stall the club runs is in Stirling, a gourmet bacon and egg burger stall at the markets.

In the past the club has pro-

vided Subiaco with a fountain, wishing well, sundial, a play-ground and the ever-popular skate park at the Police and Citizens Youth Club.

Bill and Geoff Down are keen to recruit new members to save the club, which meets on Monday evenings at the Witchs Cauldron restaurant in Rokeby Road, 5.45 for 6.15pm.

Projects in hand this year include bowel scan, with spon-soring pharmacies within the City of Subiaco.

It sponsors the Rotary Youth Exchange Program, which gives the opportunity for Year 12 stu-dents to spend 12 months in an overseas country.

A tree planting with Year 10 students from Churchlands Primary School helps protect the environment from salinity in Quairading, and Nedlands foreshore playground.

The club also supported the Cottesloe Surf LifeSaving Club with its re-enactment of the Gallipoli Landing in the Anzac Centenary commemoration.

If any member of the Subiaco community or business leaders is interested to learn more about Rotary, contact Bill Benbow, 9364 6727, or Geoff Down, 9381 9987.

By BRET CHRISTIAN

Skating on thin iceSubiaco Rotary Club members Geo Down (left) and Bill Benbow with a club banner at one of the clubs enduring and most popular projects, the Subiaco skate park.

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Daughter to pay for bitter disputeA woman has been ordered

to pay her mother $16,691.10 after her failed bid to become her mothers guardian.

State Administrative Tribunal member Charlotte Wallace criticised the woman, called LPQ in the published judgment, over her bid, which Ms Wallace said was done partly due to an ulterior motive.

She said LPQ sent three emails in 10 days. The fi rst was the day after LPQ was evicted from her mothers business, where she had an offi ce.

Ms Wallace said a tribunal offi cer wrote to LPQ to say the guardianship hearing must be

addressed from the perspective of the proposed represented persons best interests, and not those of the applicant.

LPQ started the proceedings on September 15 and said an urgent reason was her being blocked from her business.

Ms Wallace said the relation-ship between LPQ and her moth-er (83) could only be described as volatile and hostile.

She said LPQ fi led about 35 documents in her guardianship bid, along with material from magistrates and childrens courts.

None of the material fi led by [LPQ] was remotely relevant to the issues to be decided by the tribunal, Ms Wallace said.

One of the documents LPQ received, on October 16, was a report from a neurologist saying LPQs mother did not have a diagnosis of a mental disability, or cognitive ability or mental function impairment.

The tribunal invited LPQ to withdraw her guardianship ap-plication, but she refused.

Counsel for [LPQs mother] submitted the application ... was lacking in substance and was motivated by an improper purpose, that is, motivated by [LPQs] desire to re-enter her (business) following her evic-tion, Ms Wallace said.

She said parties normally bore their own costs in tribunal hearings: but there is a discre-

tion to award costs in certain circumstances.

LPQs mother applied to the tribunal for costs after the guardi-anship proceedings last year, which cost her nearly $37,000.

Ms Wallace said a letter LPQ sent to her mothers lawyer was particularly concerning, as it appears to threaten to pursue the guardianship proceedings unless the normal offi ce re-lationship is not immediately restored.

Ms Wallace said it was completely without foundation and highly improper that LPQ had alleged the neurologist manipulated results for his own fi nancial gain.

[LPQ] knew, at the very least

on or about 16 October, her ap-plications were doomed to fail because she had no capacity evidence to contest the medical assessments, she said.

The matter was most seri-ous, as it had the potential to take LPQs mothers fundamen-tal decision-making rights from her, said Ms Wallace.

Ms Wallace said LPQ applied to see documents in the case.

It seems the prime motiva-tion for making the application ... was the fact (LPQ) had failed to maintain copies of all the documents which she herself had fi led with the tribunal, and therefore she applied to obtain copies of her own documents, Ms Wallace said.

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Six-storey village block put on hold

Council-owned land was included in calculations to clear an apartment block at City Beach for planning approval, members of a government-appointed panel were told.

That and whether an agree-ment to put out the rubbish every day could be legally enforced sparked a series of questions that led to the deci-sion over a site at Kilpa Court, at the Ocean Village shopping centre, being put on hold.

The plan is for a $13mil-lion, six-storey development including 24 apartments, four offi ces and a restaurant and basement parking to be built alongside the shopping centre.

Development assessment panel (DAP) specialist members, architect Luigi DAlessandro and planner Paul Dreschsler, both said it did not matter that the build-ing was over-height according

to council rules for the area.Nearby residents had ob-

jected to the plan.Architect Malcolm Mackay,

who is usually a member of the DAP, excused himself because he had an interest, and then represented the developers.

It is to some extent a site in isolation, Mr Mackay said.

He said nearest residents were between 24m and 90m away.

The design was simple and elegant, he said, comparing it to an Italian hill town.

The height could be re-duced, he said.

You could squash it down and get old Buckeridge-style fl ats, he said.

Mr Dreschsler said he was concerned about some bed-rooms not having access to natural light or ventilation causing problems with con-densation.

I have been in units that have no natural light and I would not like to sleep in

one, he said.I do not think it is good for

children to sleep in one. Project architect Hugh

McGill said he had investi-gated the use of solar tubes.

You would have to fi re-separate between each, he said.

Cambridge council staff had recommended that two of three blocks of land should be amalgamated if the develop-ment were approved.

Mr McGill said it would cause problems raising capital.

Cambridge mayor Simon Withers said that, without the land being amalgamated, the existing shopping centre could be sold independently.

My reading is that the waste management plan is wholly dependant on the shopping centre, he said.

What if the shopping centre is sold and they do not co-operate? You would have no waste management plan.

The DAP agreed to defer the decision for six weeks.

By LINDA CALLAGHAN

Development threat to Kings Park land

Kings Park is being put in dan-ger of development by a new Bill now before Parliament, according to organisers of a petition against the plan.

The governments Perth Capital City legislation has been introduced into state parliament and will be debated next month.

Colin Barnett is still trying to push through developer-friendly boundary-change legislation and this time it involves Kings Park, Ken Eastwood, of the Western Suburbs Alliance organising the petition, said.

As usual they offer no business case for these expensive transfers and boundary changes, leaving one wondering why they want to do it and who will benefi t?

Part of this legislation will trans-fer control of Kings Park Botanical Gardens from the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority to the City of Perth.

This is of great concern to the West Australian public to whom the park belongs, Mr Eastwood said.

Not only is this the site of our states major war memorial but it is located where it is for the benefi t of all West Australians not just residents of the City of Perth.

There is the possibility of the City of Perth being convinced by some of our large property de-velopers that perhaps it might be a great opportunity to solve the

problem of Perths sprawling urbanisation.

They could do this by excising a strip of land from the northern and eastern perimeters of Kings Park (along Kings Park Road and Thomas Street) for the construc-tion of home units close to the city.

He said the legislation was a high-handed and undemocratic method of handing to the City of Perth the various assets of the cities of Nedlands and Subiaco, including the University of WA, and was totally un-costed.

The whole exercise is com-pletely unsupported by any benefi ts or savings if such exist, he said.

At no time over the universitys recent history has this spread of UWA facilities been any prob-lem as far as its expansion is concerned.

The legislation seeks to trans-fer into the City of Perth the University of WA, QEII Medical Centre, Perth Childrens Hospital and Kings Park Botanical Gardens

Included in the transfer will be about 3000 residents, mostly unwilling, who now live in the City of Subiaco.

They will have no vote on the takeover.

Petitions can be obtained by emailing Ken Eastward [email protected]

Bill Grayden, Kokoda Track veteran and president of the 2/16th Battalion As-sociation, lays a wreath at the Kings Park eternal fl ame, watched by Governor Kerry Sanderson, at a ceremony last week to mark the 75th anniversary of the battalions formation. Kings Park belongs to everyone, is home to the states main war memorial and should not be subject to Perth City Council, petition

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City of Perth Act Proposed changes to local government boundariesThe State Government has introduced legislation to expand the City of Perth including the part of the City of Subiaco south of Aberdare Road.

The city is committed to keeping our community together, and will request that the legislation be amended to allow Subiaco to retain its residential parts south of Aberdare Road.

For more information about the City of Perth Act, visit www.subiaco.wa.gov.au

Greg James and the commemorative sculptureAge shall not weary them is a bronze, life sized piece by renowned Western Australian sculptor Greg James to commemorate the ANZAC Centenary.

Join the city for a free lunchtime talk and hear more about the artists concept and process for making this thought-provoking piece depicting the impact of war on the Subiaco community.

When: Friday 12 June, 12.15pm Where: Subiaco Library, 237 Rokeby Road, Subiaco

Places are limited. Please RSVP on 9237 9300 or [email protected]

Business breakfast: Become a destination of choice Discover how to make your business a destination of choice for your customers at the next City of Subiaco and Western Suburbs Business Association business breakfast. Network with fellow Subiaco professionals and learn valuable information

about managing your customer experience with guest speaker, Jurek Leon, from Terric Trading.

When: Wednesday 10 June, from 7.30am to 9.30amWhere: Llama Bar, 1/464 Hay Street, Subiaco (opposite the

Regal Theatre)Cost: $30 per person (includes a light breakfast)

Bookings are essential. Visit www.trybooking.com/HUUJ to secure your place.

New Gold PilatesJoin the city for the new Gold Pilates class and discover the benets of improved exibility, strength, control and endurance.

When: Every Thursday, from 10am to 11am, commencing Thursday 18 June

Where: Palms Community Centre, corner Nicholson and Rokeby roads, Subiaco

It is $5 per session or free for Lords members; just remember to bring your membership card with you. This class is suitable for seniors.

City of Subiaco recognises volunteersThe city hosted its annual volunteer recognition luncheon on Sunday 17 May at the Royal Perth Yacht Club.

Thank you, and congratulations, to the following volunteers who were awarded for achieving key milestones in their outstanding contribution to the community.

5 years of serviceDorothy Leeson Meals on Wheels Suzanne Watt Meals on Wheels Kay Christie Meals on Wheels Charlotte Glance Subi Voice of Youth Jean Hamory Museum

10 years of serviceKenneth Nyman Meals on Wheels Jean Nyman Meals on Wheels Roslyn Noel Books on Wheels Madeleine Foster Museum

15 years of service Marion Gathercole Museum Nancy Cornish Meals on Wheels

20 years of service Stavros Gabriel Shenton Park Senior Citizens Association Nancy Eggleston Meals on Wheels

45 years of service Joan Muhling Meals on Wheels

Applications for Subi Kids Crew close soonSubi Kids Crew (SKC) is for children aged between seven and eleven years, who live or go to school in the City of Subiaco, and would like to learn about and contribute to their local community.

Applications will close at 5pm on Monday 8 June.

For more information, contact the city on 9237 9317 or visit www.subiaco.wa.gov.au to download an application. You can also visit the Subi Farmers Market on Saturday 6 June to complete an application and meet current members.

WA Day opening hours Subiaco Library and the citys Administration Centre will be closed on Monday 1 June for the WA Day public holiday.

For the opening hours at Lords Recreation Centre, please visit www.lords.com.au

Q Development applications received

Property Proposal

203 Railway Road, Subiaco

Alterations and additions to existing commercial premises

33 Selby Street, Daglish

Construction of a patio to existing dwelling

272 Onslow Road, Shenton Park

Alterations and additions to an existing dwelling

145 Park Street, Subiaco

Construction of a carport to existing dwelling

49 Kanimbla Road, Nedlands

Amendment to previously approved development application (raising of nished oor level)

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 Local Government Act 1995 Notice of intention to borrow Proposed loan of $250,000

Pursuant to Section 6.20 of the Local Government Act 1995, the City of Subiaco hereby gives notice that it proposes to borrow money by the sale of debentures, on the following terms and for the following purposes: two hundred and fty thousand for a period of ten years repayable by semi-annual instalments of principal and interest to fund drainage works undertaken by the City of Subiaco at Rosalie Park.

Details of the loan can be obtained by contacting Bianca Jones at the city on 9237 9222 between 8.15am and 5pm weekdays.

QBook Club The Secret History by Donna Tartt

Tuesday 2 June, 1.30pm and 6.30pm, and Saturday 6 June, 2pmSubiaco Library, 237 Rokeby Road, Subiaco For more information, please contact Subiaco Library on 9237 9300.

QCoffee cupping with Five SensesJoin Five Senses and the Barista Academy at a free coffee cupping experience to expand your coffee knowledge.Monday 8 June, 6pm Subiaco Library, 237 Rokeby Road, SubiacoPlaces are strictly limited. Please RSVP on 9237 9300 or [email protected]

QCommunity lunch United KingdomEnjoy lunch and a live stage performance by Earl Cole.Thursday 11 June, 11.45am to 2pm Subiaco Community Centre, 203 Bagot Road, Subiaco Please RSVP by Thursday 4 June on 9237 9320 or [email protected]

Q Draft Community Facilities Concept Plan and draft Rosalie Park Master Plan Call for feedback

The City of Subiaco, in partnership with CommPlan Alliance, has developed the draft Community Facilities Plan and the draft Rosalie Park Master Plan. The city would like to receive feedback from the public on the recommendations.

The draft documents plan for the future development and operation of the citys community facilities and Rosalie Park over the next twenty years. They include an analysis of the citys current and expected requirements as well as input from experts, stakeholders and the community.

Please go to www.subiaco.wa.gov.au/haveyoursay where you can view the draft plans and complete the surveys. Hard copy surveys and plans are also available at the citys Administration Centre, 241 Rokeby Road, Subiaco and Subiaco Library, 237 Rokeby Road, Subiaco.

Please submit your feedback by 5pm on Monday 15 June.

Q Development applications for comment

The city is inviting public comment on the proposed demolition of the existing dwelling and the construction of a three storey building comprising ve multiple dwellings at 368 Barker Road, Subiaco.

The city is also inviting public comment on the proposed demolition of the existing dwelling and construction of four, three storey grouped dwellings at 43 Troy Terrace, Daglish.

Comments are to be received by 5pm on Friday 5 June.

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.

Comments should be submitted in writing through the online submission form at 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.

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No more popcorn and choc bombs to be munched in the dark in the comfort of retro red velvet theatre seats.

They were but a memory as Subiacos four Ace Cinemas came crashing down this week.

The demolition of the cinema site at 500 Hay Street brought a nostalgic catch to the throats of passers-by who had enjoyed decades of cinema magic.

Generations of western suburbs kids got their fi rst ex-perience of movies on the big screen in the four cinemas at Ace Subiaco built in 1992.

The Singapore property invest-ment company Dradgin, which also owns the iiNet building next to the site, has approval for a $95million hotel development.

When fi rst announced it was to be seven storeys, but it has now grown to 10 storeys.

The cinema and adjoining former Wilsons carpark make up half the Dradgin hotel site with an area of 4200sq.m.

Ace cinema closed last July while Kitchen Witch, which had a store in the building, shut up shop in February.

Lloyd Collins, the Perth rep-resentative for Dradgin, said there was strong support for the redevelopment plan from the council, local business and residents from Subiaco and surrounding suburbs.

There will be fi ve theatrettes in the new building, which will also have a 200-seat food court between the office building and hotel.

Dradgin bought the cinema complex from receivers for the Saracini group in July 2011 for $16.8million.

Boulevard of broken screens

Jaws of destruction Huge machines takes bites out of the four cinemas at the Ace complex. Top: The once-inviting marquee entrance during demolition.

Subi denies Simpson claim Subiacos mayor has hit back

at a claim by Local Government Minister Tony Simpson that the government was co-operating with the council on a takeover of its south ward.

Speaking in Parliament last Thursday, Mr Simpson said: The government is working with the City of Subiaco on transitional arrangements for affected ratepayers in the area known as the Crawley fi nger.

Mayor Heather Henderson said she and CEO Ian Hill had

been given an assurance in February, when they met Mr Simpson to say that Subiaco would not support a merger with Cambridge council, that they would be consulted over the proposed City of Perth Act.

This was followed by a visit to Subiaco council by director-general of the Department of Local Government Jennifer Mathews and Nick Sloan, a senior ministerial adviser.

The one thing I want to say is that Minister Simpson suggested he was working with the City of Subiaco, Mrs Henderson

said.The city hasnt had any

interaction with anyone from the government since we met with Jennifer Mathews and Nick Sloan at the beginning of March.

Its important we get that mes-sage out to residents because a number of them have come to me suggesting that we may have met, and not disclosed it.

Well still be pushing for a poll to be considered, thats one of the things the community deserves, after all it is a forced boundary adjustment.

Meanwhile, Subiaco council has also launched a survey of ratepayers and residents living south of Aberdare Road, who could be affected by the bound-

ary change.It is being carried out by mar-

ket research company Catalyse and is expected to be fi nished shortly.

Thatll give us data one way or the other to understand what the community really wants, Mrs Henderson added.

Hollywood residents who carried out a door knock and community survey which they say Nedlands member Bill Marmion had asked them to do after a meeting with him found that 97% of locals they spoke to wanted to stay with Subiaco.

Mr Hill said there was evi-dence of community feeling in a submission prepared by Perth City Council for the reform Please turn to page 93

By LLOYD GORMAN

Neds Booze spirited away

Alcohol valued at more than $7000 was stolen from a container at a Nedlands hotel this week.

Padlocks on the container at the Captain Stirling Hotel were cut on Monday night.

Spirits stolen included Marie Brizard cherry bran-dy, Canadian Club, Black Douglas, Cougar, Chivas Regal, Glenmorangie, Southern Comfort, Bundaberg and Captain Morgan.

Bait kills dogA dog died after being

baited at its Wembley home last week.

The owner realised his german shepherd was ill on Thursday and took it to the vet, but it was put down the next day.

W e m b l e y p o l i c e a n d Cambridge council rangers are investigating.

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Planning and design for the new Wembley Sports Park Pavilion is underway, with works expected to be ready for tender mid this year.

The Wembley Sports Park Master Plan, approved by council in June 2011, identified that the long term home for Wembley Athletic Club should be located in an area that expands the current Pat Goodridge Pavilion.

The plan will allow Wembley Athletic Club to locate the headquarters for baseball and football with their existing cricket colleagues. The new and expanded facility will be called Wembley Sports Park Pavilion.

Council and Wembley Athletic Club have agreed on funding arrangements for this $3.5m project, supported by a CSRFF Grant from the State Government of $500,000.

Detail design for the new building is progressing and the existing Pat Goodridge Pavilion will be refurbished.

Under one new elegant roof structure, the Club will be able to enjoy:

New hall, kitchen and bar

Home and Away change rooms, along with umpire facilities

Significant undercover spaces with views over all playing fields

Tiered spectator seating overlooking Wembley Oval

Storage facilities for the various sports

Refurbished public toilets

This completes the Wembley Sports Park Masterplan after construction of Perth Netball Associations new building and netball courts, car parking, landscaping, oval and State Netball Centre.

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The Town of Cambridge will receive a $50 million payment in a combination of land and cash as a result of the State Government and Town of Cambridge reaching the final stage of the Perry Lakes Stadium redevelopment.

The Perry Lakes Redevelopment has resulted in the State being able to develop world class sporting facilities, while also creating an outstanding residential community for Town of Cambridge residents.

The land, comprising of three large unsold Perry Lakes apartment lots with development potential for almost 300 apartments, will be transferred to the Town before 30 June 2015. All other lots in the subdivision have been sold.

The balance of the $50m less the value of the land will be paid in 2016/17.

The Town will sell the apartment lots to complete the development. The settlement will bring forward a substantial cash payment to the Town, which could otherwise have taken many years.

This will benefit and possibly accelerate the long term works programs that are currently being spread over an extended period of time. They include:

Stormwater drainage improvements across the Town;

Paving laneways in Wembley and West Leederville;

Slab footpath replacement; and

Completing a bike path network;

Underground power in Floreat and Wembley with contributions from the State and property owners.

The Town has established a Major Projects and Underground Power Steering Committee to review the timing and funding of these major works.

Funding the capital works programs will take pressure off future rate increases, which were 3% last year.

The settlement concludes the financial arrangements of the Perry Lakes Stadium redevelopment between the State Government and the Town of Cambridge.

For more information visit www.camridge.wa.gov.au/CouncilMeeting26May2015

Overview of redevelopment site

Perry Lakes redevelopment settled

The lots shaded blue will be transferred to the Town. The development potential of the lots is detailed below:

Lot 231: 8252m2 4 levels up to 131 apartments

Lot 232: 6140m2 5 levels up to 98 apartments *

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April 2015

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Allez Julie, what about the climate?Subiaco artist and Juanitas

small bar owner Murray Gill is fond of calling the southern end of Rokeby Road the Paris End of the strip.

But last week there was a distinctive Gallic fl avour out-side Julie Bishops offi ce at 414 Rokeby Road.

Thirty people armed with baguettes and berets and a dalmatian dog gathered for a French-themed climate-

change protest.Julie Bishop is well known in

her role as Australias Foreign Minister, but less well known is her role as Australias lead negotiator at the UN Climate talks, which will culminate in Paris in December this year, Curtins Climate Action for a Safe Environment (CASE) con-venor Chilla Bulbeck said.

For the fi rst time in over 20 years the UN talks have the aim of achieving a legally binding

and universal agreement on climate, from all the nations of the world.

Many scientists agree that this is the worlds best chance to halt irreversibly dangerous global warming.

The most important thing Julie Bishop does in her whole life could be what she does in Paris this year.

According to the demonstra-tors, Australia is responsible for 1.3% of global emissions but

has along with Saudi Arabia the worlds highest per capita emissions.

The demonstrators handed in a petition with more than 4300 names asking the government to decrease fossil fuel emissions.

Australia will be left behind economically, environmentally and diplomatically if we do not move with our major trading partners into a renewable energy economy, Ms Bulbeck said.

Our government is gambling,

with taxpayers money and jobs, that the rest of the world will not move out of fossil fuels, even though more and more countries declare that they will.

When no one wants our coal and gas and we havent built up a strong renewable energy industry, our unemployment will sky-rocket.

The UN Association will hold a forum on the climate talks in the Bayliss Lecture Theatre, UWA, on June 9.

The French Connection These climate change protesters want Julie Bishop to say oui to better environmental controls on behalf of the Australian people. Photo: Paul McGovern

Mosman plea on McCabe StMosman Park is pressuring

Fremantle council to change its plans for McCabe Street to cope with the extra 6000 cars a day expected after high-rise apartments are built.

A study last month found traffic from high-density apartments planned at the Taskers and former Matilda Bay Brewery and One Steel sites would increase from 9841 to 15,886 vehicles a day.

Mosman Park councillors are concerned about safety, congestion, crashes and rat running.

On Tuesday night they unanimously voted to ask Fremantle council to increase the capacity of the intersection of McCabe Street and Stirling Highway, put in traffi c calming

or traffi c management between McCabe Place and Tyrone Street, make the exit from the Taskers site a left-only turn and prevent cars from the brewery site accessing McCabe Street.

I seriously think the coun-cil was remiss in not dealing with this in 2009 when this was

fi rst brought to the council, South ward councillor Jenna Ledgerwood said.

I have actively spoken out about this traffi c plan when it was fi rst thought about and supported [Riversea View resident] David Sturgess,

Neds bans Swannie tradiesConstruction workers will no

longer be allowed to park in residential streets near the old Swanbourne high school site after Nedlands council voted for park-ing restrictions for non-residents this week.

The Aria development in Milyarm Rise has caused increased parking on Alfred Road, Narla Road and the former Swanbourne school subdivision.

Council initially recommended parking restrictions only for Alfred and Narla roads, but this was amended to include nearby Wongin Way, Nadjalla Loop and Berrigan Loop at Tuesdays council meeting.

Wongin Way resident Alex Kailis

said parking restrictions in Alfred Road would have pushed all the parking congestion into the above residential area, which was already heavily congested.

Councillors also voted to make parking in the overfl ow area at Mt Claremont Oval available to workers.

Nathalie Kailis said worker vehicles parked in Wongin Way obstructed vision when pulling out of her driveway and had caused her to have an accident.

She also said increased park-ing had damaged footpaths and vegetation and led to rubbish on the street.

The parking restrictions are temporary.

By LLOYD GORMAN


Fremantle council has deferred consideration of its guidelines for the McCabe Street high-rise precinct after a councillor put up a last-minute amendment to increase build-ing heights to 15 storeys.

At Wednesday nights council meeting, Councillor Andrew Sullivan proposed increasing

the recommended height in one section from 25m to 33m and another to 46m.

North Fremantle resident Gerry McGill asked the meeting to re-advertise the plan while Mosman Park resident David Sturgess and councillor Jenna Ledgerwood asked for the deci-sion to be deferred.

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Not all residents who live in the City of Subiaco south of Aberdare Road support mayor Heather Hendersons view (Subiaco tells ALP to fi ght takeover, POST, May 23).

Some of us who reside, particu-larly, between the hospital and the university, have had enough of being neglected by the City of Subiaco.

We remember the fl ood dam-age to properties during the hail storm, most as a result of the councils failure to manage the drainage system adequately.

We are daily inconvenienced by the councils failure to manage non-residential parking, along with the inadequate street lighting.

I also suspect some of the busi-ness proprietors along Hampden Road, who for many years looked

across the road with envy at the privileges granted to their com-petitors by the City of Nedlands, may appreciate coming under the realm of a more business-orientated City of Perth.

Perhaps the City of Perth may also be able to deal better with that other dinosaur, the Swan River Trust, and allow the propri-etor of the Matilda Bay tearooms fi nally to modernise and improve his facilities for the benefi t of the increasing number of visitors to the foreshore.

Some of us suspect Mrs Hendersons concerns about boundary changes have more to do with loss of rates and parking revenue then any sense of commu-nity or our collective welfare.

Richard SherwoodMegalong Street, Nedlands

Some welcome City of Perth Economics come to the aid of conservationI was among an audience of

100 enthusiastic supporters of Underwood Avenue bush-land last Sunday, May 24, en-tranced by presentations from Bronwen Keighery (botanist) and Margaret Owen (described as folk hero, and well known to POST readers).

They reminded us why we need to keep the whole of Underwood Avenue bush-land to protect our remnant but beloved western suburbs cockatoo population.

A novel approach was offered by Paul Hardisty (director, land and water national re-search fl agship at CSIRO and UWA adjunct professor) who explained to his audience the enormous value in dollar terms of urban bushland.

In Melbourne, green spaces lower the temperature on scorching days by as much as 5C, thus reducing lives lost to heat stroke.

Each of these lost lives has a value according to actuarial tables.

Property values are higher by 5 to 15% when urban bushland is within walking distance.

As a result, each hectare of urban bushland in Perth is worth $750,000 to $1.5million: Underwood Avenue bushland is worth around $24million to $35million.

Should activists be making this economic case?

Or should we refrain from dirtying our hands and stick to our vision: preserving the species that cohabit this

planet with us, eschewing the inequity of consuming future generations wellbeing?

The feminist philosopher Audre Lorde said: You cant dismantle the masters house with the masters tools.

But it is good to know that the masters (economic) tools can no longer defend failure to act on climate change or bulldoz-ing the best half of Underwood Avenue bushland.

It is better to embellish these facts with the dream of resilient communities, sustain-able lifestyles and the joy of cockatoos fl ying overhead or chattering in our suburban trees.

Chilla BulbeckBroome Street, Cottesloe

Cash benefi ts of green bushland in SubiacoAccording to the May edi-

tion of Talk About Subi, the 3800 trees in the City of Subiaco consume 75 tonnes of CO2 annually.

This and other services they provide are calculated at more than $23million benefi t to our community. Quantifying the financial value of metropolitan trees should excite property de-velopers, real estate agents and local councillors.

It is known that proximity to green spaces signifi cantly upvalues property prices.

However, the reverse is occurring too often in the western suburbs, a fact reflected weekly as POST readers bemoan the spread of concrete and bitumen and defend threatened trees in our neighbourhoods.

Could local councils charge developers for the heavy fi nancial loss incurred as increasingly precious bush remnants disappear? An arch example of com-munity concerns about such loss is UWAs planned de-

velopment in the best part of much-loved Underwood Avenue Bushland, an in-valuable part of the coast-to-Kings Park green corridor. Could it be that UWA itself could benefi t more fi nancially from retaining, rather than developing this bushland?

Community disgust at its loss to housing could see cancellation of bequests to the university while reten-ing the bushland could attract more bequests from grateful alumni and others in our communities.

What if Nedlands council decided to impose an an-nual fee on UWA for loss of ecological and health serv-ices provided by the UAB? Of course, we need long-term integrated thinking about urbanisation. This includes how we can accommodate an increasing population while remembering that our shared natural and human-designed green spaces will increase in value as time marches on.

Judy Blyth Troy Terrace, Daglish

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Bushland. Photo: Margaret Owen

Cambridge mayor Simon Withers airily dismisses a 21-page report compiled by two respected planning experts with the phrase ... whats wrong with giving people more housing choice? (Small block rules fl awed, POST, May 23).

But which people Mr Withers? Developers appar-ently.

Because not many elderly current residents in the des-ignated infi ll areas who want to stay in the area would have the financial or planning wherewithal to subdivide,

build and sell the manor house high-density projects which are being proposed.

And why would they want to live with the resultant noise and traffi c pollution?

Mr Withers seems deter-mined to re-create the chaos and ugliness evident in Scarborough and his fl ippant responses to all concerns are a stark reminder to residents to ensure that all councillors are changed regularly and often.

Krystyna LynchWhitfeld Street, Floreat

Planning experts dismissed All at sea over infi ll

After reading the numerous quite vicious and aggressive letters by those residents in City Beach who are against any changes to the ratio of infi ll, I hope that I and my family never fi nd ourselves in a situation of being on board a sinking ship with such people, as our chances of survival would likely be slim!

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Battle for Seaward Village

Terror alert for SAS families

to protect the families of absent soldiers.

SAS soldiers have been banned from using Facebook.

He said the morale of Swanbourne soldiers and their families had been badly damaged by the plan to uproot the Seaward Village and eventually settle unknown neighbours beside the service families.

Formal and informal security systems now operate inside Seaward Village.

They know their neighbours, have dedicated communications lines and at present can easily detect anyone who seems out of place, SAS Association na-tional vice-chairman Andrew Leahy said.

They all look out for each other.

There were fears of who could buy the private blocks or visit the occupants.

There is no vetting of who buys the land, he said.

It could be that an ISIS sleeper cell all of a sudden comes to life.

Mr Nolan said Australias internal security threat had escalated hugely since plans to sell land to private owners were fi rst discussed in the 1990s.

Serving soldiers had been ordered to shut up about the extra morale-sapping concerns they now had for their families while absent, he said.

But their wives have expressed serious concerns to the national executive of the Special Air Service Association.

Mr Nolan said that in England, where SAS families are tar-geted by extremists, the 22 SAS Regiment families required plastic swipe cards to pass secu-rity to their living quarters.

But in Australia, Defence Housing Australia (DHA) was advanced in its planning to mix civilians with SAS families.

The national SAS association, Seaward Village families and the Swanbourne community are puzzled by the motivation behind the plan to bulldoze and replace 54, 20-year-old army houses and then sell land to the south for 160 new private houses.

Existing roads would be re-

routed, underground services of water, sewerage and power replaced and the blocks re-subdivided from 670sq.m to 450sq.m.

The project is being driven by the DHA, a government agency that calls itself a prop-erty developer on its website. It has 27,000 houses across Australia.

Plans for the new subdivision show private houses pushing into the slopes of Melon Hill, the prominent high point between Seaward Village and the Allen Park playing fi elds.

The high private blocks with ocean views would come with covenants preventing them

from overlooking the top-secret Campbell Barracks SAS train-ing site.

An architect member of the local Swanbourne residents group says that DHA will make no profi t from the deal.

He has calculated it would be far cheaper to renovate and upgrade the existing Seaward Village homes, perhaps ex-tending them with an extra bathroom and living areas to bring them up to modern demands.

The new plan shows some existing private homes in sub-urban Swanbourne will back on to army homes.

Many of the army wives have

said they would prefer to stay where they are in modernised homes without the uncertainty of sharing the site with unknown neighbours.

Residents in the surrounding streets are worried they will be used to funnel traffi c through Sayer Street, which is consid-ered too narrow to carry the extra traffi c.

The main entry to Seaward Village is now a single road off West Coast Highway.

Plans for the new subdivision are well advanced, with maps available and focus groups being held for Seaview residents and people who live in surrounding areas.

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Melon Hill in Swanbourne, the highest point in the area. Local residents say leaked maps show that new defence housing will be built up the slopes of Melon Hill. The blocks would have covenants preventing houses facing into the top-secret army base they overlook.

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ing Australia representative was heckled by a packed Nedlands council chamber as he spoke about the redevelop-ment of Seaward Village on Tuesday night.

John Dietz, the DHA Property Pro-visioning Group general manager, was responding to the councils concerns about the the development.

DHA would take all con-cerns into consideration, Mr Dietz said.

When Mr Dietz said this project has real national imperatives, laughter broke out in the crowd of about 80 residents, while some called out lies.

The council chambers were so packed at least 20 residents had to sit on the fl oor.

Councillors voted to seek support from the federal

member for Curtin, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, for the Swanbourne communitys con-cerns surrounding the Seaward Village redevelopment.

Ms Bishop has met village residents.

The village is home to SAS Regiment personnel and their families.

The decision to seek support from Ms Bishop, as well as the Minister for Planning John Day and at least one WA Senator,

Weird night at the OBHAt 6pm on an autumn

evening this year, eight Friends of Allen Park Bushland met in a room of Cottesloes Ocean Beach Hotel.

They were not there for a drink but to take part in a focus group for a mysterious client whose name was not to be revealed until the end.

They were each paid $80 in cash in an envelope.

Other focus groups involv-ing people living north of Forrest Street in Cottesloe, and families of SAS soldiers based at Campbell Barracks in Swanbourne, were also held separately.

The army families were not paid.

A telephone turned on to speaker was left on a table in the middle, and questions began to be asked.

It was not explained who was on the other end of the phone, or which city or state they were in.

But the questioner kept look-ing at his phone, reading texts and leaving the room.

The questions largely related to their beloved park, which is used for cricket, rugby, football and tennis, has a precinct of transported heritage houses and highly regarded bush surrounding it.

What do you like about the park? Would you like to see the bush go?

At the end the client was re-vealed at the Defence Housing Association that controls 27,000 armed forces homes in Australia.

The Friends became con-cerned that the DHA, which calls itself a developer, has its eye on the prime Melon Hill precinct between Allen Park and DHAs Seaward Village for SAS families.

The Friends have worked hard to preserve and enhance the bush, including its walk-ing trails to the top o

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