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UWA turning its back on the community

The University of WA is turning its back on its local communities by agreeing to join the City of Perth, Nedlands mayor Max Hipkins says.

He said UWA was trying to work its way up an obscure and meaningless world league table, an action that would abandon the local co-operation of its two local councils, Subiaco and Nedlands.

The state government has an-nounced that it will introduce a Capital City Bill into Parliament in the current session.

This will seek to incorporate UWA, QEII Medical Centre, Hollywood Hospital and Kings Park into the City of Perth.

Mr Hipkins said that as well as losing its biggest ratepayer, Hollywood Hospital, which pays $630,000 in rates, there would be no point in continuing the arts and parking programs Subiaco and Nedlands run with UWA.

He said Nedlands had made great efforts to put three-hour time limits on its streets to allow students time to attend lectures but keep streets from

all-day parkers, many of them city commuters.

Its all fi nely balanced to accommodate the needs of the university, Mr Hipkins said.

Subiaco council fears that it will lose 12% of its residents, those living east of Hampden Road and Broadway.

He said that paid parking in Kings Park was a real possibil-ity, according to a government website.

Perth charges a parking levy of more than $700 per bay per year, without exceptions, to fund its CAT buses.

This also applies to govern-ment departments and would hit staff and visitors to UWA, QEII and Hollywood Hospital.

By BRET CHRISTIAN

Please turn to page 60

Max Hipkins Mark McGowan

Ambitious plans for Irwin BarracksIrwin Barracks in Karrakatta

will be beefed up as a major military base and important operational centre.

In recent weeks the barracks has been busy, with low-fl ying army Black Hawks from NSW using it as part of a familiarisa-tion training exercise.

But future military ambitions for the barracks have been sig-

nalled by birds of a different feather.

The Department of Defence has categorically ruled out swap-ping any of Irwin Barracks 61ha for parts of the 32ha of bush at Underwood Avenue, which is owned by the University of WA.

That idea was put on the table about a year ago by Curtin MP and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, who has been trying to fi nd a solution to save the bush

after she was approached by the Friends of Underwood Avenue Bushland.

The group argues the trade-off would allow UWA which wants to build nearly 200 homes at Underwood Avenue to ac-cess another nearby location for housing while preserving the bush, which is an important habitat for about 600 endangered cockatoos.

But the Australian Defence

Force has other plans for Irwin Barracks, one of the biggest dedicated army reserve bases in Australia and home to the 13th Brigade.

Defence has advised that there is no land within Irwin Barracks that is surplus to Defence requirements, a letter to Ms Bishop, from the parliamentary secretary to the Minister for Defence, said. Please turn to page 60

By LLOYD GORMAN

Cathy Garbin lost track of the number of friends she had promised could be her bridesmaid over the past three decades, so this weekend she will have 45.

Cathy and her soon-to-be hus-band Greg Nicholas have been together 30 years and have two adult sons, but until recently never gave too much thought to tying the knot.

But after a mutual discus-sion Cathy said the pair, who live in Floreat, decided it was time.

We are close to retirement age now and it just feels like the right time to start our next chapter together, Cathy said.

We plan on doing lots of travelling. The honeymoon will start with camping and then we are sailing in Croatia later this year.

Cathy said over the years so many loved ones had asked her when she and Greg would get married and she would say: I promise that if we ever do, you can be my bridesmaid.

True to her word, 45 of her friends, sisters, nieces, god-daughters and cousins will wear a touch of purple at the wedding at Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club this Saturday.

The purple represents wis-dom, creativity and spirituality, she said. Also, I dare say it is a token of good luck to my hus-band's favourite football team [the Fremantle Dockers], who will hopefully win the grand fi nal this year.

By RHIANNON SHINECathy corrals 45 Easter bridesmaidsCathy corrals 45 Easter bridesmaids

Wedding belles Cathy Garbin, front, with some of her bridesmaids, from left, Julie Martino, Debbie Garbin, Fiona Wilson, Penny Macpherson Price, Victoria Hope and Michelle Gyr. Photo: Paul McGovern

Base load Irwin Barracks supports a range of units.

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Take a reasoned approach to zoning in Cambridge

The argument raging in Cambridge at the moment about proposed changes to zonings in the Endowment Lands raises a great deal of emotion.

As a community we have always been very proud of the amenity of our beautiful part of the world. I have just fi nished running a campaign to stop north City Beach being transferred to Stirling.

Why? Because we didnt want to be a part of a local govern-ment area that allowed massive block splitting that results in dreadful amounts of land over-use with all the resulting lack of outside areas and insuffi cient parking, etc.

And I dont want to see the same thing happening in Cambridge.

However, I know from my time in local government that the state is constantly putting pressure on local authorities to increase population and housing density in areas close to the CBD.

My fear is that unless the council takes a pro-active ap-proach to appear willing now, in a few years the government will override the local councils

with a one size fi ts all plan and allow the effective, if un-inspired, block splitting and battle axing which has ruined so many suburbs.

I have to say, honestly, that what the council is suggesting will probably not result in enough population increase to justify messing around with the current, much-loved, zonings.

But I think it should be looked at carefully for what I think it is trying to do meet needs of some members of the commu-nity, get the state off our backs without adversely affecting our way of life and the attractive-ness of our town, and prevent much worse problems in the future.

So while part of me sympa-thises with the people protesting at changes, I ask you to consider the long-term carefully and dont throw out the baby with the bath water.

And please stop the aggres-sive and very personal attacks on councillors.

They do not do your cause any good in fact it probably adversely affects your argu-ment.

Hilary PineruaDrabble Road, City Beach

I was surprised to read in the POST that Cottesloe council has a $70,000 annual acquisitions fund for purchase of sculptures (Cott sculptures embrace fatal shores, POST, March 28).

I dont know who makes the de-cision but I would have thought we have enough objets dart littering our streets.

Call me a philistine but I consider the third-world toilets under the Indiana to be a more pressing priority.

In Europe, attendants are employed to supervise toilets in areas of heavy use.

I know that the Indiana is re-sponsible for the maintenance,

but the system is not working.May I suggest that the Indiana

management pay for a major upgrade and install video sur-veillance and security doors from dusk till dawn.

Cottesloe council could then use the acquisitions fund to provide caretakers to maintain hygiene and deter vandals and graffi ti compul-sives.

P r o b l e m solved, or am I dreaming?

Lew SmithForrest Street,

Cottesloe

Hygiene before high art

They have to listen to their ratepayers they are elected to represent the ratepay-ers, David Airey says of Cambridge council (Small blocks will spoil Floreat, POST, March 28).

Fat chance, mate.Cambridge council

could not display more contempt or disdain for ratepayers if it tried.

I recently attended a planning meeting where some council-lors were pocketing $400 to turn up and ig-nore their ratepayers $400 of ratepayers money of course.

And while I have some sympathy for those in City Beach, thats got nothing on what we are facing in West Leederville.

Where there was one dwelling, we can now look forward to 10. Yes, 10. You think youve got it tough?

Id imagine they have a suite at council HQ where they lav-ishly and slavishly entertain builders and developers, effectively promising them any-thing and everything and assuring them that the grubby little ratepayer will not be a problem.

Much like the state government, in fact.

Graham Luke MitchellConnaught Street, West

Leederville

Fat chance of representation

Hands off the home of football

Subiaco Oval shouldnt be forced into closing down by the WAFL or Domain, who now have taken the name over.

As for the WACA, who even cares about it?

There are a lot of people who love only football and it belongs to us, the public.

The WAFL and Premier Colin Barnett should all be ashamed.

All are against keeping Subiaco Oval going it should be on the heritage list.

For over 20 years Ive lived in Subiaco and have fought for the oval.

Pull the WACA down instead. Cricket and football do not go together.

The AFL is laughing at us what a joke to pull the oval down!

Valda BertramRailway Parade, West Leederville

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Height fight stymiedA last-minute drama sty-

mied moves to reverse the approval of three four-storey riverfront homes in Jutland Parade, Dalkeith.

A court injunction arrived just as Nedlands councillors were arriving for a special meeting on Thursday evening last week.

Justice David Parry, at the State Administrative Tribunal, issued the injunction prevent-ing the council from reversing the decision made earlier in the week that the houses could go ahead.

The approval had been car-ried by one vote.

At least two councillors had told council staff they could not attend the special

meeting.The almost-identical houses

are proposed by members of the Franco family, whose wealth is based on a steel fabrication and anti-corrosion coating business.

A feverish row at Nedlands monthly council meeting last week centred on whether the council had the power to ap-prove plans for houses of more than two storeys.

The family maintained the two lower levels on their plans, would not be habitable rooms and could not be classed as storeys.

They told the council they had 40 companies and 20 pri-vate properties and needed to store lots of documents.

Council staff had suggested councillors go into closed session to discuss the

applications.But the council decided to

discuss them in public after councillor Bill Hassell, a lawyer, argued there was no reason to keep them secret.

The Franco family had re-ferred the application to the State Administrative Tribunal in 2014 but no discussions or hearings had been held, a spokesman at the SAT said.

Justice Parry granted the injunction, freezing action by Nedlands council.

Council staff said they re-ceived notifi cation 10 minutes before the meeting was due to start and immediately began telephoning council-lors to tell them it had been cancelled.

The SAT will consider the injunction later in the month.

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Anger over walnuts in school lockerSt Hildas parents are angry

at learning from the POST about walnuts left in the locker of a Year 11 girl.

Some parents wondered if the potentially lethal incident, which happened two weeks

ago, was bullying.After the incident Year 11

girls met with their teachers and non-teaching staff.

My guts just about dropped out of my body, one parent said.

I am pretty ropeable there has been no communication

with parents, especially those whose children have aller-gies.

Another parent said she had pressed St Hildas for more information about the incident.

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Please turn to page 60

All the hats in an Easter parade at Wembley Downs Primary School were carefully engi-neered.

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The activity pro-vided great motiva-tion to design, make, appraise and revise a hands-on project and was also great fun! principal Doug Cook said.

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Page 4May the Prosh be with you

The dark side of the Force was strong in Subiaco on Wednesday morning.

UWA second-year stu-dent Ashley Swetman (21) was selling copies of the 84th edition of the satirical newspaper Prosh at the railway station.

With Ashley were two Princess Leias, clad in tight-fi tting black leather.

They have gone to the dark side, Ashley said.

Ashley, who studies anatomy, human biol-ogy, and French, said she was looking forward to reading the newspapers page on Taylor Swifts new album.

I fi nd your lack of faith disturbing If you didnt buy Prosh this week.

One hundred thank-yous

Many PLC parents thought par-ent Lizzie Marinko was a worthy winner of the $3500 pendant at the schools centenary party last weekend.

Lizzie was in Ferguson House as are her three daughters.

Lizzie was a perfect recipient of such a great prize, one former student said.

She gives the school a lot of her own time, especially with the artwork that raised more than $20,000 at the last quiz night.

The Purity Pendant was given by PLC old girl and Subiaco jew-eller Siobhan Way in memory of former student and registrar Francesca Nelson.

It has 18ct white gold with pav-set PLC-blue sapphires (2.40ct) and a white diamond on an 18ct pink gold chain.

The white diamond, the 100th stone set in the pendant, symbolises 100 years of PLC.

Worthy winner Lizzie Marinko won this creation last weekend in

Peppermint Grove.

A bouquet of roses arrived at Parliament House in West Perth last week.

Ten WA girls with Irish heritage visited parliament on Thursday to take part in a soire laid on for the leaders of the Irish community to mark St Patricks Day.

While most of the guests were free to enjoy themselves on the night, the girls, who are compet-ing to represent Perth in the Rose

of Tralee festival, were offi cially on duty and being judged on how they carried themselves at the function.

A committee will select one of the girls as the Perth Rose who will travel to Ireland in August to take part in the festival, which sees young women from across Ireland and the world vie to be crowned the International Rose of Tralee.

There have been two Perth win-ners of the Irish pageant.

The last wordA document that could

be easily described as dull spelt the end of six years of angst and anger in council districts across Perth.

New orders were pub-lished in the Government Gazette on March 13 that stop Subiaco council from being abolished and ab-sorbed into a boundary change by Cambridge, a change that was due to come into eff ect on July 1.

Orders for this and other mergers of city councils originally appeared in a special edition of the Government Gazette pub-lished on Christmas Eve last year.

Nothing in the language of the revocation orders hints at the heated debate and passion the state govern-ments failed council cull policy generated over the six years that it ran.

After two very succinct and technically worded sections on the pertinent page in the March issue of the Gazette, one sentence summed it up: The [seven] orders listed below [in-cluding] Local Government (Subiaco and Cambridge Abolition and Change of Boundaries) Order 2104 are revoked.

A note tagged on to the end of the order said a boundary change for Stirling, which would have seen it encroach into Cambridge, no longer applied as a result of this order.

Providing microscopes for schools is a popular charitable exercise by members of the Freshwater Bay Rotary Club.

Requests from all over the state come fl ooding into the club and many are delegated to other clubs.

But club secretary Di Collins

thinks she may fi nally have been stumped.

A school in India where staff had heard about the scheme sent the latest request and Di is puzzling over whom to ask to sponsor it.

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Train station muggingTwo teenagers have been charged with

robbery after a man was beaten up at the West Leederville railway station on Tuesday night.

Wembley police officer-in-charge Dave Stevenson said it would be alleged the teenag-ers demanded a 19-year-old Butler man hand over his camera and money.

Who were the mystery people chauffeured to the Taj-on-Swan last month?

Peppermint Grove council maintained no work had been done to make the property safe.

A council worker saw two cars outside Radhika Oswals half-built mansion in Bay View Terrace and took an interest.

Part of the metal fence had been pushed aside and the worker found two groups of

people inside the building.One group claimed they were

architectural students and were told to leave.

The other was Daryl Rabey, the owner of Classic Vehicle Charter, a southern suburb business.

Mr Rabeys charter vehicle was one of the cars outside, but this week he would not answer queries about why he was there or who was with him.

I have no comment at all, Mr Rabey said.

I am loyal to my employer.Mr Rabey would not say who

his employer was.Peppermint Grove shire reiter-

ated no efforts had been made to make the building safe.

Despite several assurances from the Oswals lawyers that work would be undertaken to secure the property, noth-ing has been commenced and it is obviously disappointing that yet another promise has been broken, shire CEO John Merrick said.

Kara Thornton, from Kennedy lawyers said Mrs Oswal would seek legal advice if served with a demolition order.

However, we can say at this point that any attempts to have the multi-million dollar structure demolished will be resisted, she said.

It is her intention to fi nish the construction of her family home and reside in it.

Oswal denied stay of prceedings page 16

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Will Radhika Oswal return to the Taj-on-Swan?

Subi celebrates its survival

Subiaco council will throw a party in honour of an age-old local tradition and to mark its survival as a municipality Subiaco Day.

Since the 1890s when Subiaco was fi rst formed as a council district, April 10 has been the offi cially designated date for the area.

But for the fi rst time in a quar-ter of a century the occasion is back on the social calendar of the city.

We used to have big celebra-tions for Subiaco Day, we used to have Subiaco awards which were held on April 10, for years and years, but it sort of fell by the wayside, Subiaco mayor Heather Henderson said.

Now, with the rebirth of Subiaco and our independence being confi rmed, we felt it was a good time to resurrect it as a celebration.

It is an opportunity to bring the community together and cel-ebrate our unique identity and achievements after the distrac-

tions of the abandoned reform process.

If the state governments council cull policy of halving the number of metropolitan councils had not collapsed recently, Subiaco would have been abolished and absorbed by Cambridge council on July 1.

Mrs Henderson said there was a bit of a strange feeling in the wake of the governments an-nouncement it would drop the council cull policy.

For me its like having been on a bouncy castle for years and not knowing which way you are going to go or land and suddenly somebody walks past and trips over the cord and the whole thing sorts of defl ates, she said.

It feels like being left in limbo.

Someone else described it as like getting up at 5 oclock in the morning to take the kids swimming and then swimming is cancelled.

She said councillors did have a toast with a glass of champagne after a council meeting on the

day that Premier Colin Barnett and Local Government Minister Tony Simpson ended the cull in February.

But she said they were re-luctant to celebrate it until the Governors Orders, the fi nal step

in approving the council merger on July 1, were revoked.

That finally happened on March 13.

Mayor Henderson said Subiaco had a lot of great stories to tell as a city and that April 10 would be

a chance for people to tell and share their favourite moments and memories about the place and its community.

As part of the celebration

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Keith zaps alongMost mornings 78-year-old

Keith Jones is at Cottesloe beach preparing for his daily swim after cycling 5.5km from his Claremont home.

But it wasnt always like this. Just over a year ago, swimming and cycling was becoming a real effort.

Last April, Keith had major open-heart surgery. Before his surgery he bought an electric bike to help him recover and commute without placing too much strain on his body while he slowly regained his strength.

The bikes electric motor only kicked in when it was needed to assist his ride, such as riding up hills.

So apart from just for medi-cal reasons, the bike is able to give you as much assistance as you want, Keith said.

Cyclists can take advantage of the power assistance, which can kick in as and when needed to take it as fast or slow as they like.

It has made a difference to me. Before I had my operation I simply could not go uphill anywhere. I was out of breath all the time.

Now going up hill is just a

breeze. I cut the power on the fl at and downhill it is really great.

Keith now cycles up to 20km a day, which includes his 11km round trip from home to the beach.

As a self-funded retiree, Keith now fi lls up his car only every three weeks instead of two, which he says is better for the environment and his pocket.

His current eBike with its motor at the back weighs about 25kg and cost around $2400.

Last weekend Keith tested a newer model, with a WA-designed-and-made 6061 alu-minium alloy frame that has the battery and electronics in a pur-posemade compartment above the bottom bracket making it easy to handle. With one charge it can get you up to 70km.

The new ZAP Cross bike weighs in at 18.5kg, which is the lightest in its class and uses torque sensor technology to multiply the riders effort.

This bike is well balanced

and easy to ride, Keith said.The bike has keyless start and

the power comes on with a light touch of the pedal.

It will be the first one on the streets of Claremont and Cottesloe when Keith gets it.

Keith is contributing to ZAP Bikes Indiegogo crowd-funding campaign to raise the $US65,000 to take the ZAP Urban and ZAP Cross bikes to a global market.

The money will be used to help ZAP with the tooling re-quired to launch into full-scale production.

In return, ZAP is offering the bikes at a third of the price i.e. $US949 for the Urban and $US1199 for the Cross (con-verts to about $1250 and $1650 Australian) to people taking part in the fundraising.

When the target is reached on May 16, the bikes will be delivered in August.

The campaign is well under way and confi dence is high.

To take part go to: zapbikes.com.au/indiegogo-campaign.

Keith Jones testing the ZAP Cross model while ZAP owner Steve

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The Australian Council for Educational Leaders has awarded Hale School deputy headmaster David Bean for excellence in his job.

He has been at the school for 30 years and helped set up a schol-arship program for indigenous students in 1998.

Since then, 60 students have graduated under the program.

The work was recognised by the council but Mr Bean insists it was a team effort.

A Rhodes Scholar, he studied at Oxford University in the UK in the 1970s after completing a Bachelor of Arts at the University of WA.

He researched Australian litera-ture for the Oxford Literary Guide to Australia while he worked in the English department at UWA before moving to Hale.

Hale excellence rewarded

David Bean

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The City of Subiaco is conducting a trial early morning noise patrol and complaint response service.

Acoustic consultants will patrol the trial area between the hours of 3am and 7am, seven days a week for four weeks.

During patrol hours, residents living within the trial area can call the service on 0447 379 288 to report unreasonable noise.

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Uni cyber probe disgracefulA UWA IT workers foray

into computers at its Centre for Water Research on Wednesday has been de-scribed as disgraceful.

A source said the email accounts of centre staff were downloaded, along with re-search grant applications and other information.

The source said centre head Professor Jorg Imberger and his colleagues were not told about the hour-long foray, which started at 3pm.

The staff are petrifi ed, the source said.

They suspect the university wants to read emails to see if it can fi nd out who is leaking material to the media.

They see this as an attack on them and an absolute witch-hunt.

The centres data is on a separate server, so the IT workers set up in its board-room and downloaded the data to UWA servers.

Professor Imberger was stood down by UWA last year

but re-instated last month.The university closed the

centre last month, claiming it made a loss.

A UWA spokesman said: The work performed at the UWA Centre for Water Research yesterday was undertaken by UWA IT staff as part of an ongoing univer-sity-wide effort to correctly back-up electronic data and to bring local servers around the university on to the central system.

Tradies make life difficult

Tradies trucks are making life a misery for elderly residents at Ocean Gardens Retirement Village, says one woman.

Janice Krishnan says she and her scooter were forced into sand when she tried to pass builders vehicles on the Ocean Mia estate on her way to the shops.

They park all over the place and you cannot get past, Ms Krishnan said. It is too dangerous to go down the middle of the road.

She uses the scooter because she has had many fractures but said she had to get off and try to haul her vehicle out of the sand.

Two older workers came and helped me but none of the young ones did, she said.

Ms Krishnan said she had lived at the retirement village off The Boulevard for more than 11 years.

She has used her scooter to get to Floreat Forum since a fi re at the shopping centre in Gayton Road.

I have phoned the council but they do not seem to do anything, she said.

A woman I spoke to said she

would send an email but I do not know what good that would do, there are so many different build-ers working there.

Rangers had been out once and spoken to some of the drivers but it did not make any difference, she said.

Life is diffi cult enough when you can barely walk, she said.

Janice Krishnan says tradies trap her by blocking the roads at Ocean

Mia.

LEstrange backs low densityChurchlands MP Sean

LEstrange promised to stand by Cambridge residents against moves to change the town planning scheme.

And he told the council to think again about what it was doing to allow duplex, tri-plex and apartments in City Beach, Floreat and part of Mt Claremont.

It is my duty to represent the majority view so therefore I do not support it, he said.

The local council needs to relook at how it is addressing Direction 2031 so it achieves its infi ll without damaging the suburbs of Floreat and City Beach, he told a rally in City Beach on Sunday.

Estimates of how many people attended the meeting in Beecroft Park off The Boulevard varied from a few hundred to more than 1500.

Coast ward councillor Rod

Bradley was at the rally and es-timated numbers about 1000.

It was a good turn-out, he said. They came with their dogs and kids.

A group of elderly residents from nearby Ocean Gardens retirement village staged their own protest at development planned in the village.

Cambridge council has initi-ated a legal procedure to amend the town planning scheme.

Residents and ratepayers have until Friday, May 8, to comment

and submit specifi c forms as part of the legal process.

The changes to allow extra development on blocks over 900sq.m have angered lots of residents who say they want to preserve the garden suburbs.

Mayor Simon Wither previ-ously said development allowed would be no worse than many of the big houses that fi t the existing rules.

He did not go to the rally

and afterwards said: It has been a struggle to engage the community on housing. When we ran a discussion program on housing in 2013, only about 10 people volunteered to run informal gatherings to discuss housing options.

Now that we have at last got everyone's attention, we want to get people's views on housing choice. How much, what type and so on.

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MP Sean LEstrange said Cam-bridge council should think

again.

A crowd at the Sunday morning rally in City Beach.

Taxi licence suspendedThe Swan Taxis driver who

allegedly assaulted a female passenger in Claremont two weeks ago has had his licence suspended and will face court later this month.

Last week the POST re-ported that a bank manager claimed a taxi driver hit her in the face when she got out of his cab in Claremont on March 20.

A spokeswoman for the Department of Transport this week said the mans taxi drivers licence had been suspended after the WA Police reported the incident to them.

Cottesloe offi cer-in-charge Neil Morton-Smith said the 37-year-old taxi driver had been charged with assault and was due in court on April 16.

A spokeswoman for Swan Taxis said the company was co-operating with the DoT and police.

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Academic Scholarships are offered to boys of high academic ability and good character entering Year 7 in 2016.

Music Scholarships are awarded each year for boys of outstanding musical ability.

Scholarship examinations and Music auditions will be held on Saturday 9 May, 2015.

Application closing date for scholarships is 24 April, 2015.

Further details and online applications for Scholarships can be found on the Scotch College website

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WA Gardner Bequest is open to sons and grandsons of Old Scotch Collegians.

Indigenous Bursaries are awarded to provide educational opportunities for indigenous students who have the potential to lead in their community.

Boarding Bursaries partially cover tuition and boarding fees of students who would otherwise be unable to attend the School due to their financial circumstances.

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Community notices

When: Wednesday 8 April (for ages eight to twelve), 5.30pm to 7pm

Wednesday 15 April (for ages thirteen to eighteen), 5.30pm to 7pm

Where: Subiaco Library, 237 Rokeby Road, Subiaco

RSVPs are essential. To reserve your place, please contact Subiaco Library on 9237 9300 or library@subiaco.wa.gov.au

For more information, visit www.subiaco.wa.gov.au/events

Safety House ProgramThe Safety House Program offers a place of safety for children travelling to or from school whenever they feel uncomfortable or unsafe. They are identied by the yellow and black Safety House sign on a house letterbox or shop window.

If youre interested in your home becoming a Safety Householder, please apply through Safety House WA at safety@safetyhousewa.org.au

If you are in the Shenton Park area, contact Rosalie Primary School Safety House Coordinator at mrskatewall@hotmail.com

Celebrate Subiaco Day Friday 10 April is Subiaco Day and this year the city is celebrating with a program of free community events, providing an opportunity to reect on our unique and diverse history and heritage.

Come celebrate all things Subiaco on the lawn area outside Subiaco Museum, 239 Rokeby Road, Subiaco (next to Subiaco Library) between 11.30am and 2.30pm.

Activities for kids include face painting, adventure walks and photo opportunities with childrens entertainers. Subiaco Library is also running a special Subiaco Day themed storytime for kids.

All community members will be encouraged to take part in a program of self-guided heritage walks and participate in a special commemorative postcard sharing activity.

Subiaco Museum will open its doors for an extended period of time from 11.30am to 4pm, providing an opportunity to visit the ANZAC Centenary exhibition When the Great War Came to Subiaco.

For more information, visit www.subiaco.wa.gov.au/events

Meet Subiaco Football Club As part of the Subiaco Day festivities on the lawn area, there will be opportunities to meet the Subiaco Football Club and have your photo taken with the 2014 Premiership Cup. Players will be signing autographs between 11.30am and 12.30pm.

Family ancestry research library talk Whether you have history in Subiaco or far beyond, visit Subiaco Library and learn how to research your family ancestry with this free lunchtime talk.

When: Friday 10 April, 12.15pmWhere: Subiaco Library, 237 Rokeby Road, Subiaco

RSVPs are essential. To reserve your place, please contact Subiaco Library on 9237 9300 or library@subiaco.wa.gov.au

Youth writing workshops for the 2015 Tim Winton Award Join this action-packed and inspiring creative writing workshop with author Raewyn Caisley. This free workshop is a great opportunity to develop ideas for your entry in the Tim Winton Award for Young Writers and to have some creative fun!

Q Development applications received

Property Proposal

240 Nicholson Road, Subiaco

Construction of a patio

206 Nicholson Road, Subiaco

Addition of awning to front elevation of existing building

9 Rosebery Street, Jolimont

Alterations and additions to an existing dwelling

57 Nicholson Road, Shenton Park

Alterations and additions to an existing carport

15 Smyth Road, Shenton Park

Alterations and additions to an existing dwelling

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 Development Services Committee meeting Thursday 9 April

Agenda items

148 Heytesbury Road, Subiaco

127 Stubbs Terrace, Daglish

46 Subiaco Road, Subiaco

229 Hamersley Road, Subiaco

112 Onslow Road, Shenton Park

Draft revised Planning Policy 2.8 Aged or dependent persons dwellings Report to advertise

Draft revised Planning Policy 4.10 Shenton Park Precincts Report to advertise

Draft revised Planning Policy 4.9 West Subiaco Precinct Final adoption

Proposal to include 118 Subiaco Road, Subiaco on the Town Planning Scheme Register of Places of Cultural Heritage

Signicance

Proposal to include 429 Rokeby Road, Subiaco on the Town Planning Scheme Register of Places of Cultural Heritage

Signicance

Proposal to include 203 Nicholson Road, Shenton Park on the Town Planning Scheme Register of Places of Cultural Heritage

Signicance

Proposal to include 18 to 22 Coghlan Road, Subiaco on the Town Planning Scheme Register of Places of Cultural Heritage

Signicance

Proposal to amend the level of signicance of 2 Hamilton Street, Subiaco on the Local Government Inventory

Proposal to remove 119 Fairway, Crawley from the Local Government Inventory

Nomination to include 80 Townshend Road, Subiaco on the Local Government Inventory and Town Planning Scheme

Register of Places of Cultural Heritage Signicance

Nomination to include 3 Browne Street, Subiaco on the Local Government Inventory and Town Planning Scheme Register of

Places of Cultural Heritage Signicance

Re-appointment of Design Review Panel

Q Town Planning Scheme No. 4 Final adoption of policy

On 24 March 2015 the city adopted Planning Policy 3.5 Assessment of Cultural Heritage Signicance. The policy can be downloaded from the planning and development section of the citys website www.subiaco.wa.gov.au

Q Planning and Development Act 2005 City of Subiaco Local Planning Strategy 2014

Notice is hereby given that in accordance with regulation 12B(4) of the Town Planning Regulations 1967 (as amended), the Western Australian Planning Commission has endorsed the abovementioned Local Planning Strategy.

Q Early morning noise complaint response service trial period

The City of Subiaco is conducting a trial early morning noise patrol and complaint response service between Monday 16 March and Sunday 12 April. Acoustic consultants will patrol the trial area and monitor noise levels between the hours of 3am and 7am, seven days a week.

During the patrol hours, residents living within the trial area can call the service on 0447 379 288 to report unreasonable noise.

Please see the advertisement on page six for further information.

Q City of Subiaco Town Planning Scheme No. 4 Scheme Amendment No. 27

Notice is hereby given that the local government of the City of Subiaco has prepared the abovementioned town planning scheme amendment for the purpose of amending the City of Subiaco Town Planning Scheme No. 4 as follows:

Recode Lots 88 to 93 and Lots 1 and 2 on Strata Plan 7036 Luth Avenue, Lots 184, 185, 115, 116 and Strata Lots 1 and 2 on Strata Plan 27954 Stubbs Terrace and Lots 188, 300 and 301 Troy Terrace from R15 to R20 and amend the Scheme Map accordingly.

Submissions on the town planning scheme amendment may be made in writing on Form No. 4 and lodged with the city by 5pm on Friday 17 April.

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 city@subiaco.wa.gov.au 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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Whats happening in SubiQCompose yourself

As part of National Youth Week the city is holding a free songwriting workshop for people aged twelve to twenty-ve with local performer Rachel Gorman. Sunday 12 April, 10am to 2pm Subiaco PCYC, 450 Rokeby Road, SubiacoPlease RSVP on 9237 9216 or culture@subiaco.wa.gov.au

QEvening talk with Shannon Lovelady

Shannon Lovelady will discuss the Gallipoli Dead of Western Australia research project, sharing stories of Subiaco men who fought at Gallipoli.Monday 13 April, 6pmSubiaco Library, 237 Rokeby Road, Subiaco Please RSVP on 9237 9300 or library@subiaco.wa.gov.au

QLunchtime talk with Claire Greer

Claire Greer will discuss First World War enlistments from individual residences throughout Subiaco, with a focus on Olive Street. Friday 17 April, 12.15pmSubiaco Library, 237 Rokeby Road, SubiacoPlease RSVP on 9237 9300 or library@subiaco.wa.gov.au

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Judge backs child witnessesDelays in reporting sexual

assaults do not make chil-dren unreliable witnesses in court.

Justice Peter McClellan, who is conducting the national royal commission into institutional response to child sexual abuse, said this week that the average time lapse in making a report is 20 years.

He says the mistaken belief

about the credibility of wit-nesses where there is a long time lapse is hard to dislodge, even in the highest legal circles.

His analysis has serious courtroom consequences for cases uncovered by the Royal Commission where alleged offenders will end up as in criminal courts.

The commission has so far made 510 referrals to authori-ties, including police.

Justice McClellan was the

keynote speaker this week at the Australasian conference on child abuse and neglect.

His royal commission has heard harrowing accounts of sexual and physical abuse of children in 25 schools and other institutions across Australia, including Western Australia, with many more to come.

He said the legal system had not embraced modern research by psychologists and psychia-trists which proved that many

centuries-old entrenched beliefs about human behaviour were wrong.

So many male judges had treated sexual assault com-plainants as unreliable that laws had to be changed to guide judges when making directions to juries.

But these law changes had been watered down by decisions of the High Court in two promi-nent child abuse cases.

Justice Peter McClellan Please turn to page 60

200km run no problem for a GurkhaKiran Gurung will run from

Bunbury to Perth on Anzac Day weekend to commemorate 200 years of Gurkha service and 100 years since the Gallipoli campaign.

The Gurkha brigade, compris-ing Nepalese soldiers who were often recruited to the British Army, was formed on April 24, 1815.

Kiran, who lives in West Leederville, served in the Gurkha contingent of the Singapore Police Force before he moved to Perth six years ago.

He will leave from Bunburys Anzac Park at 6am on April 23 and attempt to cover the 200km journey on foot to arrive at Kings Parks War Memorial at 6am on April 25.

To add to the already sizeable task, Kiran will complete the marathon in his full military combat attire.

The challenge will be car-ried out in boots, a hydration pack and camoufl age uniform, Kiran said.

By completing the run, Kiran said he hoped to raise $200,000 for the Gurkha Welfare Trust, which supports ex-Gurkhas and their often impoverished com-munities.

When he served as a Gurkha he would often cover 15km in two hours with 60kg strapped to him, but Kiran said this marathon would be his biggest challenge yet.

My wife thinks Im crazy, he said.

The challenge is 90% mental and 10% physical.

But I like challenges.Kiran will also run the HBF

Run for a Reason marathon this year in full military clothing for Diabetes WA.

This year marks 15 years since my grandfather who was a World War II Gurkha veteran died after losing his battle to diabetes, he said.

On April 19, just a few days be-fore his 200km marathon, Kiran will complete the Bankwest Gallipoli walk/run marathon in Kings Park while carrying 45kg (100 pounds) to commemorate the

centenary of World War I.He said Gurkhas from the

6th Gurkha Rifl es brigade also landed at Gallipoli on Anzac Day.

As a Gurkha it is a proud moment of history for me and all the Gurkhas, he said.

You can donate to Kirans cause at www.justgiving.com/Gurkha200kmRunPerth.

Running man Kiran Gurung, above and right, will run from

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E-waste drop-off day a WINNERThe success of the Towns recent e-waste drop-off weekend has saved 15 tonnes of recyclable items from ending up in landfill!

Over 500 cars made the trip to the administration centre to drop off old electronic items such as computers, TVs, stereos, speakers, cameras and Nintendos.

Due to the huge success of the event the Town will now host two e-waste drop-off weekends each year, to coincide with the scheduled bulk verge collections.

The next collection is scheduled for August 2015.

The Town would like to extend a huge thank you to all our residents who participated in the e-waste drop-off weekend and working with us to achieve Maximum Recovery.

To learn more contact our Waste Minimisation Officer on 9347 6000 or email waste@cambridge.wa.gov.au

Join the great COCKY COUNTBirdlife are looking for volunteers to join them for the seventh annual Great Cocky Count, WAs biggest survey of the Carnabys Black Cockatoo.

On Sunday, 12 April volunteers will gather in the evening at roosting sites across the south-west of the State to count the Carnabys.

This year the count will also include the red-tailed black cockatoo.

For more information vist Birdlife WA at www.birdlife.org.au

Town staff David, Paul, Domenic, Andrew and Robert lend a helping hand

Wembley Golf Course hospitality precinct concept

Exciting dining offerings in a fabulous new hospitality precinct will soon be on offer at Wembley Golf Course, with Council recently awarding the building construction contract, and appointing an hospitality operator.Leading WA commercial construction contractor, Firm Construction have been awarded the $8.1m construction contract to build the new hospitality precinct, which will incorporate:

restaurant and bar with balcony dining; function centre; change rooms and amenities; kiosk; extra car parking; and landscaping worksThe cost of construction will be totally funded from revenue the new precinct generates.

Dining and beverage offerings at the new precinct will be the domain of experienced hospitality operators, Spices Group WA, who were appointed at the March 2015 Council meeting. With over 33 years of outstanding service in WA catering, the award winning Spices Group will offer golfers and visitors to Wembley Golf Course the opportunity to enjoy great food in what will be a fantastic new facility.

Service will definitely improve as well as the quality and style of our offerings said Peter Hickson, Managing Director of Spices Group.

There will be a wide range of offerings to suit different tastes and budgets whether it be a quick take away meal or a full private function.

Plus, there will be a strong emphasis on families to ensure an affordable as well as enjoyable experience, he said.

During the construction phase Spices will operate from a temporary pop-up food and beverage facility that will be located alongside the ProShop.

Work on the new hospitality precinct is scheduled to start mid-2015 and expected to take around 12 months to complete.

The Town is finalising planning for the miniature golf course and new playground areas and aims to have these facilities ready when the new hospitality precinct is completed.

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Comment is invited on a proposed amendment to the Town Planning Scheme which, if implemented, would allow for a greater choice of housing in City Beach, Floreat and Mt Claremont.

Future Housing Choice packs containing an information brochure and feedback forms have been distributed to all Cambridge home owners in City Beach, Floreat and Mt Claremont, and are available for collection from:

Town of Cambridge Admin - 1 Bold Park Drive, Floreat Cambridge Library - 99 The Boulevard, Floreat The Boulevard Centre - 99 The Boulevard, Floreat (below Cambridge Library) Wembley Community Centre - 40 Alexander Street, Wembley Wembley Golf Course - The Boulevard, Wembley Downs

Background to the proposal, the brochure, two options for feedback and FAQs can also be accessed at cambridge.wa.gov.au/futurehousingchoices. The two options for feedback provided are:

1. Housing Options Survey - one per household only (either online or using the survey form provided in the Future Housing Choices pack).

2. Form 4 - one per adult resident (aged over 18 years).

Have your say on FUTURE HOUSING CHOICES

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For those wishing to discuss the Future Housing Choices proposal, two informal sessions are planned.

Drop in any time between 10am and 2pm when members of our Planning Services team will be on hand to explain the proposal and answer any questions.

Saturday, 11 April Saturday, 2 May 10am -2pm 10am - 2pm The Boulevard Centre The Boulevard Centre (below Cambridge Library) (below Cambridge Library) 99 The Boulevard, Floreat 99 The Boulevard, Floreat

To have your views on the Future Housing Choices proposal known, please provide your comments by 5pm on Friday, 8 May 2015.

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New spark for Shenton Park in power substationA $49million expansion of the

electricity substation in Shenton Park should be working by the end of the year.

Deep excavations and ground works have been carried out on land next to the existing substation just off Lonnie Street in Daglish and close to the Autism Association of WA in Stubbs

Terrace.Western Power said much of the

equipment at the Shenton Park zone substation was nearing the end of its functional life.

Forecasts for the area already showed electricity demand would exceed its capacity by the end of last year.

Investigations indicate that the

most technically and economically viable option for overcoming this capacity shortfall is the conver-sion of the existing Shenton Park 66/6.6kV substation to a 132/11kV operating voltage, a Western Power spokesman said.

The new substation is being built on the land of the existing structure, as well as on an area

of crown land next to it.Car bays on the western side of

the complex have been affected or shut down by the works.

The target completion date for the Shenton Park substa-tion expansion is late 2015, the spokesman said.

The existing 66kV plant will be decommissioned and removed

in 2017.An update on Western Powers

website this week showed that the energisation of the fi rst new transformer would be pushed back from November this year until January 2016.

The second transformer was, and still is, due to be energised in April 2016.w

Dentist facesexaminationA Claremont dentist who was

de-registered by health insur-ance provider HBF appeared before the State Administrative Tribunal this week.

Dental Board of Australia spokeswoman Nicole Newton said the board had referred Randeep Dhillon, who practises at Dental Horizons Claremont, to the SAT.

The role of the board is to protect the public, Ms Newton said.

One way it does this is by managing concerns raised about dentists and, when needed, tak-ing regulatory action.

The board has referred [Dr Dhillon] to the State Administrative Tribunal in West Australia, which hears allegations about serious un-professional conduct.

Ms Newton said Dr Dhillon could not be considered a risk or otherwise until the SAT reached a verdict.

An HBF spokeswoman said Dr Dhillon was the only WA dentist de-registered by HBF in the past year.

His de-registration means HBF

no longer covers claims made by Dr Dhillons patients.

Dr Dhillon said he had been treated unfairly by HBF and had been wronged terribly by the system.

Im a reasonably good dentist and have never caused harm to anyone, Dr Dhillon said.

Dr Dhillon said the allegations dated back to 2013 and he had spent thousands on lawyers since then.

At his SAT hearing on Tuesday, Dr Dhillon represented himself and told Judge Tim Sharp he had been through four sets of lawyers.

Judge Sharp said Dr Dhillon had been asked to provide a response to the Dental Board of Australia by January 27 but still had not done so.

Dr Dhillon has until April 14 to present his side of the story to the board and the SAT before his mediation on May 13.

The Dental Board of Australia, HBF and Dr Dhillon all refused to give details of the allegations.

Dr Dhillon practises general and cosmetic dentistry, includ-ing root canal treatment, wisdom tooth removal, dental implants, sleep dentistry and veneers.

Good work, son Sergeant Pat Kelly watches as Tyra Ngo and Matia Piletic warn school principal Andrew Streeton what could be in store if he doesnt do the right thing. Photo: Paul McGovern

Sergeant Pat Kelly likes the idea of nagging kids in the car over Easter.

The Wembley police sta-tion officer helped deliver the Police Commissioners road safety message to North Perth Primary School kids and parents on Wednesday.

Sergeant Kelly said many lives were lost and many more were profoundly affected by

road crashes because of inat-tention or distraction.

Commissioner Karl OCall-aghans #HeadsUp campaign aims to use childrens infl u-ence to spread the message.

Its clear some drivers are not listening to police so, in-stead, listen to your children who are, after all, the most precious cargo youll carry this Easter, Dr OCallaghan said.

Sergeant Kelly told children to nag their parents if they saw them on their phones or not paying attention behind the wheel.

On average we lose three to four lives on the roads during Easter, Sergeant Kelly said.

Sergeant Kelly said he and his colleagues would be look-ing for people not wearing seat belts, speeding, and drink or drug-affected driving.

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Please send letters to The Editor, 276 Onslow Road, Shenton Park 6008; email to letters@postnewspapers.com.au; or fax to The Editor at 9388 2258. Full name and address should be given, and thereshould be a daytime phone number for verification. Boring letters, or those longer than 300 words, will be cut. Email letters should carry the writers full residential address. Deadline is noon Wednesday.Letters to the POST Please email letters to letters@postnewspapers.com.au; or SMS to 0429 558 001; or mail to: The Editor, 276 Onslow Road, Shenton Park 6008. We require every letter intended for publication to include the writers full name and address plus daytime phone number for verication. Boring letters, and those longer than 300 words will be cut. Deadline is noon Wednesday.

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While politicians and popular journalists are busying them-selves with their proposed Anzac presentations for the 100th anni-versary of the Gallipoli landings on April 25, may I make a point that doesnt appear to have been considered amid the approaching euphoria?

For the next four years we will hear a great deal of how the Australian characteristics of mateship, endurance and per-severance under pressure were forged on Gallipoli and in the trenches of the Western Front.

What arrant nonsense! These national traits had been develop-ing for 100 years and more during the course of the 1800s during the convict era, on the Goldfi elds at Ballarat and Bendigo, and during the land settlement phase later in that century.

There is no better example of this than at the grave site of Captain Joseph Peter Lalor who was killed on April 25, 1915, only hours after the fateful landing.

He is commemorated in the Baby 700 cemetery on Gallipoli.

It was Lalors grandfather, a member of the Ballarat Reform League which espoused the principles of early democracy in Australia who led the Eureka Stockade uprising at Ballarat in 1854, leading subsequently to the insertion of these democratic principles into the Victorian parliament.

Lalor later became speaker of the Legislative Council.

Today all state parliaments of Australia oversee and guard these principles. Should we for-get, therefore, that we owe these earlier generations as much, if not more, than the men who fought on the Gallipoli peninsula.

The provenances of our laws, our parliamentary systems, our marvellously egalitarian society,

some of our most distinctive lit-erature and poetry, even the way we speak, were seeded within our culture during the course of the 19th century.

What a pity modern politicians, the media and the Australian Council of Educational Research, responsible for the implemen-tation of history programs for our younger citizens within the National Curriculum, have ap-parently forgotten these crucial metamorphoses.

It is a fact that Australia began its march to nationhood long before the landings at Anzac Cove! The Anzac legend could be regarded as a conclusion rather than a beginning!

Whither the 19th century?Dr Bill Edgar,

Grand Promenade, Doubleview

Lest we forget our origins

Anzac Day traditions.

Last shot A shooter takes one last shot on the Swanbourne range last December.

I heartily agree with your correspondents that we should we should be grateful for the military base at Swanbourne (Letters, POST March 21).

But there was a minor error in one letter.

It was inferred that the base has been at Swanbourne for 60 years.

In fact the location has been in use since at least 1911 when the military and many of the Perth-based National Rifle Association of Australia Clubs moved there.

The base was originally known as Osborne Range.

Prior to Osborne Range, the military and the clubs were based at Karrakatta for a few years.

Before Karrakatta, we were based at Kings Park. The range was where the DNA Tower and the long grassed fairway are located.

There were once many rifl e ranges throughout Perth and even more clubs, with member-ship being seen as a patriotic duty.

Many companies, govern-

ment departments and the University of Western Australia had well-run rifl e clubs while schools had cadet units train-ing and competing with .303 Lee Enfi eld, and .310 Martini Cadet rifl es.

When the clubs started in Western Australia, there were three to four formed each week and there was such a shortage of .303 rifles that Lord Forrest had to urgently fi nd thousands of service rifl es for the members to train and compete with.

These thousands of trained rifle club members were the reason we were able to raise our army so rapidly for service in World War I and World War II. Sadly, many never returned home.

It was only late last year that the NRAA clubs ceased com-petition at Swanbourne range. Now only our offi ce and shop remain temporarily on-site, while our new range is built at Wanneroo.

Stephen NapierArmadale-Byford Rifl e Club

Canning Road, Pickering Brook

Our home on the range

Reduce traffi c to clear roads

We have been complaining about congestion on Perths roads for years, and the solution always seems to be to add more lanes to existing roads.

This has not worked and will not work.

People in Perth should look around the world to observe how other cities have success-fully dealt with their congestion problems.

Shifting commuters from private motor vehicles to other forms of transport is the solu-tion.

This can be done via a tar-geted congestion charge; think London.

Or roads are put on a diet; think San Francisco.

Heinrich BenzBicycle Transport Alliance

Delhi Street, West Perth

Single parentsIn last weeks POST I was

reported as saying that single parents dont need a back yard or a front yard.

What I actually said was that single parents dont need a back yard and a front yard.

My point was that single par-ents may not want the workload of maintaining both a front yard and a back yard.

The housing needs of single parents are different to the needs of two-parent families, as are the needs of couples and people living alone.

That is why we are proposing a greater range of housing choice in City Beach and Floreat.

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Claremont council wants to dispose of land that belonged to a man who died 80 years ago.

Kimberley Fitzroy Forrest, a distant relative of mining mag-nate Andrew (Twiggy) Forrest, died in 1935 owning a 20sq.m right-of-way off Claremont Crescent.

The request was sparked by Claremont residents Rodney and Stephanie Kidd, who re-cently bought 19 Claremont Crescent.

The right-of-way straddles their property and land occu-pied by apartment block Lake

View Mansions.Last month, the recommenda-

tion to Claremont councillors was to ask Lands Minister Terry Redman to close the right-of-way and merge it with the Kidds land.

But councillor Chris Mews said he had been contacted by retired Nedlands solicitor Kim Forrest, a relative of Kimberley Fitzroy, who wanted to investi-gate whether his relative had any heirs.

Councillors agreed to Mr Mews request to defer dispos-ing of the right-of-way.

Oh my God, Mrs Kidd said, when told about the deferral.

Its almost a year now since

we fi rst made our application.The council knows how to

defer things and doesnt know how to get things done.

Mrs Kidd said she wanted to control the land.

Because its so close to the railway station it really terrifi es me, she said.

If somebody stands there I have no authority to say, Leave us alone.

Mr Kidd said the right-of way dated from when night-carts were used to empty toilet pans from two long-gone buildings.

It should have been rubber-stamped, Mr Kidd said about the disposal.

Kim Forrest said he did not

understand why the council said the land could be sold.

Beneficiaries of the late Kimberley Fitzroy Forrest may be interested in making a claim (on the land), Mr Forrest said.

I dont know who they are.He said his relative had died

without children and his wife, Flora, had died about four years later.

Enquiries will need to be made, Mr Forrest said.

He said Mr Forrest, the mining magnate, was distantly related to his late relatives brother.

He said Kimberley Forrest was a son of explorer Alexander Forrest.

Forrest relative stalls Claremont land deal

Dead mans land A move to sell a Claremont plot belonging to a late gentleman has been

delayed.

By DAVID COHEN

How to save those family memories

A death in a family prompted Sindy Dowden to create her lat-est family history program.

The Grove community his-tory librarian was approached by the family of a late woman who had been an oral history interviewee.

They asked if their mother had ever donated anything to the library, Sindy said. The entire family archive had been destroyed.

Of course, we were able to replicate the substantial collec-tion of news articles and photos she had donated, along with a copy of her interview.

It was quite profound for the family, hearing their mother speak after her death.

The familys joy made Sindy think about how precious such memories are, and the fragility

of old documents and photo-graphs.

She decided to get the mes-sage out about the importance of making digital copies, and what to do with them.

We created a very simple workshop called Scan the Clan, Sindy said.

It teaches participants why they should scan, how to scan, and what they can do with the images.

We burn the images to a DVD so they can view the images on their TV.

I stress the importance of making multiple copies and disseminating them among the family.

So far, four other councils, in-cluding Subiaco and Cambridge, have also started using Scan the Clan.

By DAVID COHEN

Please turn to page 60Scan plan Sindy Dowden at The Grove library has come up with

another great idea.

Netball moves inThe $26million State Netball

Centre in Selby Street was fi nally opened on Saturday.

Construction was marred by a fi re last year that caused damage to the court area inside.

Premier Colin Barnett and Sport and Recreation Minister Mia Davies opened the cen-tre expected to cater for 2500 matches in the fi rst year.

The WA Netball League (WANL) competition, West Coast Fever training and development and community netball activities will be held there.

Mr Barnett said: Netball is the largest female participation sport in the State, so it is fi tting that it now has its own state-of-the-art facility.

The centre at the Matthews Netball Centre in Jolimont has four indoor netball courts also marked for volleyball and badminton and seating for 1050 spectators.

Subi aims to bring back the punters

Subiaco council is hoping a two-month push will help put its CBD back on track to its former glory as one of Perths best shopping and recreational districts.

Subiaco is looking for a consult-ant to carry out an assessment of the retail and hospitality sectors in the area and report back quickly with a plan of action.

Tender documents for the con-tract say there has been a downturn in the amount of money and people coming into the town centre, which also has many empty shops.

While the council says it is nor-mal to have low points in the life cycle of any destination, the problem has been made worse because of competition from sur-rounding suburbs and shopping centres.

It also cites an increase in online shopping, high rents and the loss of the Subiaco Pavilion Markets.

A comprehensive assessment

of the current town centre retail and hospitality sectors will pro-vide an important starting point from which to identify key actions in relation to business develop-ment, activation and promotion of the Subiaco town centre, the tender says.

Using the study, Subiaco says it will work with others to improve the mix of shops, drive more sales and make the areas around Hay Street and Rokeby Road and the railway station vital and vibrant.

As part of the project, two busi-nesses from a range of areas, such as fashion, cafes and restaurants, jewellery and kitchen wares as well as other areas, will be in-cluded in the assessment.

Once the assessment work starts on April 22, the consultants will have until June 17 to report on ways to give local retail and hospitality a big boost.

Contractors have until April 15 to tender for the assessment work.

By LLOYD GORMAN

Upgrade for Rotto wasteTenders have been called

to upgrade Rottnest Islands 19-year-old waste water treat-ment plant.

Authorities want to change the plant from a cyclic activated sludge system to a membrane bio reactor system.

The work will be staged, so the existing system can work during winter.

Works will include removing gas chlorination and recycled water storage systems and installing new chemical dosing systems.

Tenders are due on April 20.

Island plant Rottnests waste water treatment plant is near Pinky

Beach.

Autumn Workshops 2015

Bioscaping Seminar

Spend an evening with the team from Beyond Gardens as they share some useful tips on how to create a sustainable garden suited to Perths soils and climate.

When: Thursday 23 April, 2015, 6.30pm - 9.30pm Where: 1 Bold Park Dve Floreat Register: http://beyondgardens.com.au/events.php

Great Food Gardens Workshop

Join us as Great Gardens presents this popular workshop on how to grow delicious food in your own backyard.

When: Thursday 7 May, 2015, 6.30pm - 9.30pm Where: 1 Bold Park Dve Floreat Register: http://theforeverproject.com.au/our-events.aspx

Bird Identification Workshop

Get to know your local birdlife with the guides from Birdlife Western Australia

When: Thursday 14 May, 2015, 6.30pm - 9.00pm Where: 1 Bold Park Dve Floreat Register: www.cambridge.wa.gov.au/BirdIDregistration or sustainability@cambridge.wa.gov.au

Beaky Breaky

Join the Birdlife WA guides at Lake Monger for a morning with the birds followed by a delicious barbecue breakfast.

When: Saturday 16 May, 2015, 7.30am - 9.00am Where: Lake Monger Reserve (reserve at end of Dodd St) Register: www.cambridge.wa.gov.au/beakybreakyregistration or sustainability@cambridge.wa.gov.au

Join the Towns Sustainability Team for a series of Autumn workshops. Register your interest now!

If you would like to enquire about the workshops contact 9347 6000 or e-mail sustainability@cambridge.wa.gov.au

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Pipes are calling for PLC playersCassidy Quantrill heard a

strange new sound when she arrived at Presbyterian Ladies College as a six-year-old.

I walked around the halls and heard the pipe band, Cassidy, now in Year 12, said.

I loved it, especially the drums: it inspired me.

A decade on and Cassidy will be leading her schools pipe band in Swanbourne this Sunday.

The All Schools Pipe Band Competition and Mini-Easter Fair will see local bands com-pete with school bands from Albany, Sydney, Singapore, and Malaysia.

Cassidy is the bands drum

major and learnt how to use the mace in many fl ourishes and signals during the bands performance.

She has been tutored by a former US Marine Corps drum major, George Schweitzer.

Fellow student Ailsa Edwards, the bands pipe major, also knew from an early age she wanted to be in the band.

My brother, dad, and cousins were in the pipe band at Scotch College, she said.

I went to all the speech nights, heard them play Auld Lang Syne and wanted to do that.

Ailsa said she didnt get nerv-ous before a performance.

It hits me while Im playing

or just afterwards, she said.Ailsa said band members

practising together was key.Sometimes were like one

big dysfunctional family, always looking after each other, she said.

In February, Ailsa fought her way through the crowds to get to Anzac House in Perth, where she played Amazing Grace from the boat carrying the Girl Giant for the Perth International Arts Festival.

The band contest starts at the Scotch College playing fi elds at 10am.

There will also be highland dancing, a bouncy castle, food and crafts.

Cassidy Quantrill, in cap and sash, is an integral part of PLCs pipe band. Photo courtesy Acorn Photography.

Widow denied will challengeThe WA Supreme Court has

refused a 91-year-old widow extra time to challenge her husbands will.

Sadie Robinson Craig applied for the extra time fi ve weeks after the six-month deadline to challenge the will expired.

She was applying for adequate provision to be made out of her husband John Boyd Craigs estate.

Justice Robert Mitchell said Mrs Craigs assets were worth $2,644,000 while Mr Craigs estate was $1,871,993, which included the $1,850,000 Crawley property the couple lived in.

Mr Craigs will allowed Mrs Craig to live in the property free of rent providing she kept it in good condition, paid the outgo-ings and kept it insured.

Her occupancy was to cease when she remarried, entered into a de facto relationship, vacated the property, stopped using it as her primary residence or died.

Justice Mitchell said Mrs Craigs $685,000 Fremantle prop-erty was rented out for $4000 a month, she had a $1,250,000 property in Dunsborough, shares worth $575,000 and about $100,000 in cash.

In her affi davit, Mrs Craig said her health was deteriorating and a room in an aged care home required an upfront deposit of between $680,000 and $1million plus fees of about $160 a day.

The Craigs signed a prenuptial agreement in 1994, when they were 71 and 76 years old, to keep their assets and fi nances separate.

Justice Mitchell said Mrs Craigs affi davit refl ected their approach to married life.

The plaintiff [Mrs Craig] says that when the deceased was alive he would pay for the couples normal household expenses, including rates and taxes, electricity, water and food, he said.

However, the deceased would pay only for himself when the couple went on holidays, requir-ing the plaintiff to pay for her expenses, including airfares and accommodation.

Whenever they went out for meals, the deceased required that the plaintiff pay for her-self and any of her family who joined them.

Justice Mitchell said Mrs Craigs assets were suffi cient to provide for the lifestyle she was contemplating, particularly if she sold the Dunsborough property.

At 91 years of age, and with assets exceeding $2.6millio