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Marcus and Pamela Plunkett have been stopped from de-molishing and replacing their house in one of Peppermint Groves most signifi cant hous-ing groups, known as the Three Sisters.

They wanted to build a new mansion on Freshwater Bay, 7m closer to the river than their existing 115-year-old Queen Anne bungalow.

The housing tycoon and his wife, neighbours of another developer, Nigel Satterley, appealed to the State Administrative Tribunal after Peppermint Grove council ruled they could not build a three-level home on the riverfront at 58 The Esplanade.

SAT member Rebecca Moore said the existing home was part of a cultural group of four heritage-listed dwellings, three of which had the highest (category 1) rating.

The Plunketts argued that changes made to their house had reduced its historical signifi cance.

But Ms Moore said under the current state and local planning rules, any replacement home needed to respect the adjoining properties in terms of location,

scale, form and materials.In this case, the tribunal

found that the proposed replacement dwelling would have an unacceptable adverse impact on the cultural heritage signifi cance of the cultural group and the streetscape character of The Esplanade, she said.

Peppermint Grove shire president Rachel Thomas said the SAT decision recognised and protected the areas heritage values and its amenity.

We are pleased that the heritage provisions in the shires town planning scheme have been upheld and that councils decision on this development application has been confi rmed, Ms Thomas said.

The shire spent $66,000 responding to the Plunketts SAT challenge.

When Perths leading families built the homes along Freshwater Bay during the timber and gold booms around 1900, they made a gentlemens agreement that their front verandahs would all line up so that no house spoilt the river view from any other house.

The sites are half an acre or an acre, between 2000 and 4000sq.m, in an area on the river-level part of The Esplanade closest to Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club.

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The Three Sisters of The Esplanade, Peppermint Grove. The Plunkett-owned home is in the middle. TOP: The Plunketts proposed new mansion.

Army can veto sell-offA plan to put private hous-

ing next to SAS families in Swanbourne could be trashed by an army security audit of the controversial scheme.

If the outcome of the review is no, then we cant go ahead, said John Dietz, general property manager of Defence Housing Australia.

We take our lead from Defence regarding security.

There might be restrictions we cant address. If so would have to look for other solutions.

Fear of possible threats to their safety was partly why SAS soldiers families who live next

to the base objected to federal government plans to sell a quar-ter of the 22ha Seaward Village land to private buyers (Seaward sale a threat to security, POST May 9).

The security review will be completed at the end of this month.

This will be a major milestone to address, Mr Dietz said.

Already, local real estate agents have been approached by people interested in buying prime waterfront blocks from the government.

Army families say the scheme will destroy the privacy and protection of the village com-munity, where strangers are

obvious.It emerged this week that SAS

families had been misled by an information brochure they received that sought to reassure them about their privacy.

The brochure said there would be defined army and private residential precincts at Seaward as well as separate entry roads.

But Mr Dietz said army and private owners and their visitors would all be allowed to enter via either Seaward Avenue, off West Coast Highway, or Sayer Street from suburban Swanbourne.

He said the connecting road between the two precincts would

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Well earnt, AustinCongratulations to Austin Robertson on his

well-earnt Australian Football Hall of Fame award.

Success seems to be sweeter as you grow older.

Also congratulations on his recent great articles on Richie Benaud, Wally and his dad, Austin Robertson senior.

I think his dad would have been proud.

Brian and Kaye FranceFloreat

Brian, who played for West Perth, was the best full back who ever played on me. Austin

De-stress thoseFloreat moggies

I was saddened, but certainly not surprised, to read of the vicious attack by a cat on an innocent walker in Evandale Street, Floreat (Cat attack put me in hospital, Letters, POST, June 6).

Floreat cats have long been noted for their gentility and manners, which result from exceptional pressure on them to comply with the high standards of their owners no wandering on nearby rooftops to satisfy their natural curiosities, no slow killing of feathered creatures, no loud sex on fences at 2am.

The problem is that under such pressure some cats just snap.

We see the results of this every day at the Shelter for Failed Floreat Felines (SFFF).

Lately, we have noticed a sharp increase in the numbers of FFFs in our care, which we put down to a growing trend in Floreat to supplement pet ownership with small yappy dogs, adding to feline stress levels.

My advice to Floreat cat owners who want to avoid FFF syndrome is to resist dog own-ership.

Reward the loyalty and manners of your small furry friends with special treats and cuddles (rubbing behind the ears is recom-mended) and do not skimp on medium rare steak, slow-roasted chicken and King Island double cream.

Im often asked what we do with failed Floreat felines that do not respond to treat-ment.

We release them in Scarborough where they fi t right in.

RodneyMarlow Street, Wembley

Too many BsLast week we were bombarded by media

bulletins about the three Bs: Bond, Burke and Blatter.

Bogus buffoons or beatifi ed bounders?However, the old adage comes to mind

that the end justifi es the means.Bumptious bullies usually get their come-

uppance as Mr Blatter may fi nd out.Lew Smith

Forrest Street, Cottesloe

Mum died soonafter Bell sankAlan Bond hero or villain?

The latter for me, defi nitely!My mother was a happy investor in Bell

Resources under the nice man, as she called him, Robert Holmes Court.

Bond took it over and stripped it. Practically overnight, Bell was wiped out and my mother lost her savings.

She died six months later and I have no doubt that the stress caused by this crimi-nal act of Bonds with Bell Resources was a major contributing factor to her heart attack and death.

Think of the people he hurt and dont weigh it up against a bloody yacht race!

James NattArchdeacon Street, Nedlands

Will our paradise end up paved?Like the Cookie Monster, Premier

Colin Barnett appears to have a voracious appetite for gobbling up the harmonious beauty of our precious city.

We have been told that urban infi ll is essential to the economic progress of our city.

The myth is that high-rise devel-opment is essential to our recovery, with state debt now at $26.9billion despite the mining boom.

But hasnt the debt crisis come about because of Mr Barnetts gov-ernments lack of foresight in mas-sively overspending on grotesque projects like Elizabeth Quay?

This will plague the city for another decade.

Wasnt he warned?And what is the justifi cation for

yet more massive high-rise, with an escalating 15% vacancy rate in West Perth?

And who is this development actually for?

ABC-TVs Lateline has revealed that 20% of homes sold in NSW this year, for example, were bought by foreign investors rather than residents.

So what is the benefi t to us and our children, especially with the continued erosion of our green

open space?A failure to develop proper pub-

lic transport infrastructure and additional population centres has led to all the pain being focused on the leafy inner suburbs of Perth.

This is unsustainable.South Perth residents are fi ghting

massive 20 to 30-storey develop-ments without setbacks.

Could this be the future of Hollywood through the City of Perth Act?

And will this development frenzy spread like a cancer to Kings Park and surrounding suburbs?

Unlike the 97% of Hollywood residents, Cambridge voters, in their fury against their councils push for a town planning scheme amendment to allow higher den-sity, were fortunate enough to gain the support of Churchlands MP Sean LEstrange.

This could, however, be a case of too little too late.

Perhaps they could use this op-portunity to lobby him to say NO to the City of Perth Bill through which Mr Barnett could infl ict even more damage on the paradise we are losing.

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Seven Mosman Park Mens Shed members are mentor-ing three students with mild disabilities to help them fi nd jobs when they leave school this year.

They are teaching the students basic work skills to better equip them to fi nd jobs.

Shed chairman Brian Millman said members had taught the students to make tool boxes and would progress to wooden toys.

We also have a plant nursery and will be teaching them how to raise plants from seed and how to re-pot plants, he said.

The project is a partnership between Therapy Focus, the WA Mens Sheds Association, Australian Youth Mentoring Network and a research team led by Associate Professor Reinie Cordier, from Curtin University.

The pilot study involves the Mosman Park, Victoria Park and Kalamunda sheds.

The students identifi ed by Therapy Focus have each been matched with two mens shed members.

The Mosman Park mentors are Mr Millmore, Richard Allen, Tony Brown, Mike Ansell, David Syminton, Bill Groves and Shaun Dubery

For about two hours a week for the 10 weeks of the program, the shed members mentor the students to guide them in a construction activity.

The research team has trained the shed members to be mentors and will support them over the 10 weeks.

Surveys and interviews with those taking part will help the team refi ne the program for the next phase.

On Thursday, Mental Health Minister Helen Morton present-ed the shed with the inaugural Dr Louisa Alessandri Research

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Growing careers

Brandon Marenko (16) gets some advice from Helen Morton, left, and his mentor Mike Ansell at the Mosman Park Mens Shed. Photo: Paul McGovern

Perth Bill a complete messRespected Dalkeith academic

Martyn Webb has contacted all MPs urging them to vote against the City of Perth Bill.

Emeritus Professor Webb said that since May he had been try-ing, but had failed, to persuade Premier Colin Barnett to change the Bill.

The current Bill is an insult to all those who believed in the idea of transforming the city of Perth into a fully-fl edged state capital for WA, he said.

I call it a Bigger Bunbury Bill, said Professor Webb, who has intensively studied

local government throughout the world and formed the Local Government Association,

He was UWA foundation pro-fessor of geography in 1964.

It would put in the driv-ing seat Mr Barnett, Local Government Minister Tony Simpson and the head of the Local Government Department, he said.

The City of Perth Bill is not only disappointing but it also completely misses what lord mayor Lisa Scaffi di de-scribed as a one-in-a-100-year

opportunity.He said big changes would

need to be made to the Bill if Parliament genuinely wanted to renovate the city of Perth over the next 25 years into a true, functional, visual capital city.

The committee had left out vital ministries needed to make a great capital city, such as planning and transport, he said.

The whole thing has become a complete mess, he said.

As it stands it does no more than formally recognising the

City of Perth as the capital city of WA.

I am calling for the Bill to be moved to a select commit-tee or better still a joint Upper and Lower House committee to look into the whole matter. Separately, Professor Webb has described as mistaken the Bills proposal to incorporate Kings Park, parts of Subiaco and Nedlands and QE11 Medical Centre and UWA in the city of Perth.

It should be abandoned, he wrote (POST, April 11).

By BRET CHRISTIAN

Fight over church land

Church land in Stirling Highway will be the subject of Peppermint Groves fi rst development assessment panel application.

Presbyterian Ladies College wants to lease land around the St Mary Star of the Sea church from the Catholic Church for playing fi elds.

PLC also wants a carpark with a roof deck for playing fi elds and a three-storey wellness and community centre on the land in McNeil Street.

But the council wants apart-ments on the land to help it meet the state governments Directions 2031 infi ll targets.

PLC will try to get DAP ap-proval for its plans before it leases the land.

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They never forget A spell of winter sun let a beach lover get close to Mother Natures artistic masterpiece at

south Cottesloe.

Beached elephant?Is it an elephant, a mas-

todon or a Transformer?Mother Nature has

been working for many years at south Cottesloe on a spectacular entry in next years Sculpture by the Sea.

Recent high tides and storms have cleared out sand from around the feet and give a clearer view than usual of the stony-faced pachyderm.

To the unimaginative its a quirky limestone outcrop, but a little imagi-nation makes it a petrifi ed elephant, or ...

Over recent summers the rock formation has been a temporary home for a surfer who has set up camp between the rocky legs as a base to enjoy surf-ing waves at the nearby artifi cial reef.

John Giorgi makes the big decisions.

The Cambridge council compliance manager was formerly the CEO at Vincent council, where he was across all areas.

In November 2013 at Vincent, Mr Giorgi told all council workers he had

changed the organisations style guide.

Mr Giorgi vanquished using the typeface Times New Roman and decreed 11-point Arial font, like this, was the go for printing letters, reports, and minutes.

He added 10-point Arial was required for agenda

reports and minutes.Vincents current PR

operative did not answer a query asking if the edict was still in force.

Its a font-free job for Mr Giorgi at Cambridge, where he manages development compliance, environmental health and rangers.

Comeback for san serif font

After days of trying to entice punters to Sexpo at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre over the weekend, this advertis-ing trailer stopped for a breather in Shenton Park this week.

Entry to the adult ex-hibition was restricted to people aged 18 and older

but there was no such age appropriate restriction on where to park the mobile hoarding.

The trailer and the vehi-cle towing it were parked near the corner of Rankin and Railway roads, in Shenton Park next to a council-owned park which has a kids playground.

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Swings and roundabouts The Sexpo trailer takes a

breather near a park.

Bond took it with himAlan Bond anecdotes

were swirling around the western suburbs this week ahead of his funeral.

Hero or rogue, or both? Everybody has a story, a per-sonal one or one they heard as the gospel truth.

Nedlands councillor Ian Argyle, who knew Mr Bond well, has his own favourite.

The pair bumped into each other St Georges Terrace, and stopped for a chat.

A paper-boy offered the men a copy of that afternoons Daily News, a company that Mr Bond was later to own.

Alan Bond wanted a paper but said he had no money and asked Mr Argyle to buy it for him.

I handed him the only cash I had, $20. He paid for the paper, pocketed the change and walked off , Mr Argyle said.

I never saw any of my $20 again.

Tip from the saddleA Cottesloe resident who

answered his door after the bell rang last Saturday was confronted by two horses.

In the saddle were police offi cers with a message for him.

Your front door is wide open, they told the Broome Street resident.

He appreciated the tip and the officers efforts to spread an important security message.

After the controversy surrounding the state gov-ernments failed council cull, Premier Colin Barnett may be relieved to see this photograph of Mosman Park Mayor Ron Norris signing the Mayors for Peace petition.

However it was not a petition for peace in the western suburbs but one seeking to ban all nuclear weapons by 2020.

During his recent trip to Japan, Mr Norris visited the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum, which contains

relics of the explosion and photographs of the damage.

Some of the damaged structures can still be seen in the Peace Park, Mr Norris said.

I was lucky enough to be in the Peace Park when a large group of students were off ering a prayer for peace and placing their origami cranes on the memorial at the bombs hypocentre.

It was very moving. I took the opportunity

at the museum to sign the Mayors for Peace petition.

Mosman Park mayor Ron Norris signing the Mayors for Peace petition, but it wasnt for peace after the govern-

ments failed council cull bid.

It wasnt because we wanted to keep Evangeline Michaels increasingly popu-lar rocky road all to ourselves that we failed to tell anyone the name of her cafe or its whereabouts in last weeks TimeOut report (Born baker fi nds her niche).

It was just a mistake.Evangeline sells her won-

derful rocky road and loads more home-made treats in her cafe, Davies Ground, at 62 Davies Road, Claremont. Its open from 7am to 3pm, Monday to Saturday.

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Pine links school, Governor and AnzacsA shady character will rep-

resent the best of the Anzac spirit.

Students and staff from Shenton College were recently invited to plant a sapling grown from an aleppo pine tree in the school grounds.

The college pine is believed to have grown from a seed of one of the trees on the island of Lemnos, where wounded and sick Diggers from Gallipoli were cared for and treated.

The sapling has been planted

in the middle of the lawn at Government House, next to the tennis court.

In April, as one of the guests at the colleges centenary Anzac Day ceremony, Governor Kerry Sanderson was given a sapling.

The event was held on the schools oval, close to the original buildings of the former Lemnos hospital, which opened in 1926 for returned servicemen.

The buildings are now used as classrooms for Shenton

College.Ms Sanderson later offered

the school the chance to visit Government House to plant the sapling at a ceremony.

Student Daisy Fanning sang the royal anthem, Alec Barclay sang the national anthem, and Max Howett played bugle.

A plaque next to the sapling explains it was a gift from the college.

After morning tea, the stu-dents toured Government House.

Shenton College head girl Mia Konarick and head boy Wayne Tan helped plant the sapling at Govern-ment House. Photo: Paul McGovern

Excavated spoil from the Taskers high-rise site in McCabe Street could expand the playing fi elds and practice areas of Mosman Parks Tom Perrott reserve.

On Tuesday night, the corporate and techni-cal services committee voted unanimously to survey residents in Fairbairn Street about the

proposal to truck the material along McCabe and Fairbairn streets to the southern end of the oval, which now contains the mulch dump.

South ward councillor Jenna Ledgerwood suggested widening the survey area after speaking to Fairbairn Street residents.

She said two of the most strident opponents to doing anything to the oval had no objec-tions to it.

The June 23 council meeting will consider the report.

Sporty proposal for Taskers site rubble

More secret Pavilion talks

A planning dispute over the controversial $120mil-lion redevelopment of the Subiaco Pavilion Market site has escalated into a series of unexpected, secret talks.

On June 5, Subigate, the group behind a proposed 16-storey apartment block on the site, was back at the State Administrative Tribunal (SAT) for a second round of confi den-tial negotiations with the state government.

A third SAT mediation ses-sion has been scheduled for next month.

Originally Subigate, headed by Sydney-based developer Ian Day, anticipated a quick fi x at the SAT.

Mr Day appealed against some of the 39 conditions imposed by the local development as-sessment panel (DAP) in late February when it approved the building.

The owners of 16, 110-year-old heritage homes in nearby Catherine Street are worried conditions about dilapidation reports and building repairs

were being challenged.At a SAT directions hearing

on April 2 it emerged that the challenge was expected to take only a few hours.

The tribunal member asked Subigates lawyer, Paul McQueen, a partner at Lavan Legal, if a one-off mediation ses-sion starting at 2.15pm on May 13 would be long enough.

Yes, I believe so, Mr McQueen said.

The tribunal member who is not identifi able in an offi cial audio transcript of the meeting obtained by the POST said he asked because its just a lot of papers and that it looks like a bulky fi le.

Mr McQueen said: This is an application for review in respect of a number of condi-tions of approval granted by the respondent [DAP].

We simply seek to have the matter programmed to media-tion by consent in order to work through those conditions and hopefully resolve the matter without the need to trouble the tribunal at a substantive hearing.

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Betty Cooper turned 100 on Tuesday and celebrated with dinner at a restaurant in Nedlands with her family.

I have had a lot of fun in my life, she said. I am not going to sit back and wait to die.

Betty, who lives in Bulimba Road, Nedlands, keeps active in mind and body and loves going out for coffee with her daughter and taking a daily walk with her son.

And she can tot up Scrabble totals faster than lightning when she is playing her daily game.

Memory is what keeps you going, she said.

Her eldest son, Neal, lives with her and goes to the nearby shops early on Fridays to pick up a copy of the POST rather than waiting for it to be delivered.

I read everything in the POST, including what people want to sell, Betty said.

All the baristas know exactly how she likes her coffee, Neal said. As soon as they see her her they say We know exactly what you want.

She does not wear spectacles or have a hearing aid and does not take any medication.

Betty and her husband, Wally, had two sons and two daughters, Neal, Bryan, Elizabeth and Lynette.

Bryan lives in eastern Australia and Elizabeth lives in the US, but they were in Nedlands for the big big day.

Betty grew up with her two sisters and brother, Eileen Joan and Charlie, in Koojan between Moora and Bindoon, before being sent to Princess

May School in Fremantle.She developed diphtheria

and was kept in isolation at the infectious disease hospital for a month.

Betty met Wally when she was 18 and went to work as a govern-ess on his brothers station near Kalgoorlie

My sister Joan was supposed to go, but at the last minute she could not so I went instead, Betty said.

Wally was quite a good look-ing young fellow but it was not his looks that attracted me, she said. He was a genuine fellow.

On her return to Perth, Betty, who had been apprenticed to a Perth dressmaker at 16, and her younger sister, Joan, set up a dressmaking business in Trinity Arcade.

She said they charged 12 shillings and sixpence to make a dress.

She and Wally had kept in touch and fi ve years later were married in St Georges Terrace in the city. Betty made her own fl owing wedding dress and full-length veil, which were later borrowed by many friends.

Afterwards we had to go around to another church be-cause his sisters were Catholics and all the nuns wanted to see us, she said. We were late for our reception.

She and Wally had a rocky start when they headed for Pinjarra on their honeymoon.

It was past midnight when we got there and the hotel would not let us in, she said.

So the pair went on to Albany.

Wally joined the army and

was an offi cer in the 10th Light Horse Regiment, which pa-trolled at Wanneroo and were on the lookout for Japanese submarines, she said.

Later Wally was posted to Borneo.

Betty said: When he came home, Bryan was about two and said to him, My Mum is the boss, because he did not know who he was.

After the war, Wally worked for Elders and the family lived in Napier Street, Nedlands, for about 40 years before moving to Bulimba Road.

Betty and Wally played tennis and golf, with Betty winning the foursome club championship

at Chidley Point Golf Club in Mosman Park twice with her daughter Lynette.

Betty fi nally gave up golf when she turned 90.

Betty and Wally visited their daughter, Elizabeth, in the US, where Betty has been three times, the last time in her 80s.

Wally died when he was 96, in 2012. He had been admitted to the nursing home at Hollywood Village and Betty visited him twice a day.

Friends said when Wally re-ferred to his wife he would pref-ace his comments with Silver hair and heart of gold.

She has six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

At 100, Betty Cooper plays Scrabble without her glasses. Photo: Paul McGovern

A century of living keeps Betty active

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Grove critic will be missed

The late Julian Frayne will be missed, Peppermint Grove council says.

Dr Frayne died on May 30, aged 80. A memorial service was held at Scotch Colleges chapel last Sunday.

On Tuesday night, shire presi-dent Rachel Thomas, who was at the service, said the council was saddened by his death.

Dr Frayne was a tremendous supporter of the shire, Ms Thomas said.

He came to almost all our annual general meetings. Sometimes he was the only one.

Ms Thomas said Dr Frayne had been heavily involved in a petition against the state governments forced council mergers.

He wasnt shy about telling us when he thought we werent doing the right thing, Ms Thomas said.

Councils being held to ac-count is always a good thing.

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MLC whooping cough warningMethodist Ladies College and

the Health Department would say nothing about a reported case of whooping cough at the school this week.

The Claremont school told par-ents on Monday the Year 7 girl would be back in class after a course of antibiotics.

MLC deputy principal Yvonne Palmer said: Personal informa-tion relating to a stu-dent, including health matters, is subject to privacy laws, so we cannot answer all these questions.

Whooping cough is a reportable disease and Ms Palmer said it was the responsibility of general practitioners to notify the Health Department about such cases.

We see it is our re-sponsibility, when we are informed of the oc-currence of a notifi able communicable disease, to raise awareness and vigilance among our community, she said.

In the interests of health and well-being for all members of our

community, we encourage parents to ensure their childrens vaccina-tions are up to date, to be alert for symptoms, and to consult their GPs promptly if they are concerned.

In February, the Australian

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Nathan elbowed out of bronze

Champion power lifter Nathan Baxter talks about setting goals and chasing them down.

The Floreat athlete and former high school chaplain practises what he preaches, recently breaking the Australian, Oceania and Commonwealth records at the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) world bench press championships.

His bench press of 340kg in Sundsvall, Sweden, made him sixth in the world. He then tried for a massive 352.5kg lift for third place.

I nearly got the bronze, but I missed it by a centimetre when my right elbow did not lock out, he said.

He said the worlds top three bench pressers could lift 400kg.

We get awestruck by them, Nathan said.

Nathan started lifting inter-nationally in 2007 and until two years ago combined his sport with working as a chaplain at Karratha Senior High School.

Now he and his wife have moved to Floreat, where he has continued training.

The more you do it the better you get, Nathan said of his fi ve or six-day-a-week training regime.

He said power lifting in Australia had exploded and there were now about 100 entrants in WA competitions at various levels.

Nathan owns Baxter Strength Systems and enjoys working with young lifters.

I love the coaching side and it is fun to put back into the sport, he said.

Nathan is a motivational speak-er, encouraging high school stu-dents and the wider community to see that within each person lurks unlimited potential.Nathan Baxter competing in Sweden at the world championships.

By JUDY EWING

Oswals lawyers get Taj deadlineRadhika and Pankaj Oswal

had spent $17million on their incomplete Peppermint Grove mansion so far, one of their lawyers said on Tuesday.

Its not your average suburban house, lawyer Julius Skinner told the State Administrative Tribunal.

Mr Skinner told tribunal mem-ber Maurice Spillane it would take two years to fi nish building the Bay View Terrace home.

Mr Spillane said: Im inter-

ested in the time, cost and scope of works.

Mr Skinner and lawyers for Peppermint Grove council were at the tribunal for another hearing over the councils ap-plication to have the Oswals home known as the Taj-on-Swan demolished.

Lawyers for both parties doubted mediation would solve anything.

We dont feel we would get a lot further out of the prickle-bush, council lawyer Digby Robinson said.

When is this building going to be safe for human occupa-tion?

Mr Skinner said the Taj had been there for four years.

The shire took no action, then they jumped to the most extreme action, he said.

Mr Spillane said he would give both sides another two weeks to try to make progress.

I anticipate you wont agree, he said.

Mr Spillane set a hearing date for June 23.

You will live and die on the

evidence, he told both sides.Mr Skinner said the Oswals

almost hired an expert to help them, but the appointment fell through.

There was advanced discus-sion with a building expert to provide evidence ... theres been a setback, Mr Skinner said.

Mr Spillane said: There are lots of architects and lots of builders. Whats the time-line?

Mr Skinner said the Taj was

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Community notices

Justice of the Peace The City of Subiaco facilitates a Justice of the Peace (JP) service at the citys Administration Centre, 241 Rokeby Road, Subiaco, every Tuesday between 2pm and 3pm.

This service is for local community members who need documentation witnessed. No bookings are required. For more information about the JP service, please contact the city on 9237 9222 or city@subiaco.wa.gov.au

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

Soothe your soul with sunday@subiThe City of Subiacos sunday@subi concerts are back to warm up your winter, featuring a series of entertaining musical performances.

The 2015 season will kick off with a double bill concert showcasing Dean Martin and Tom Jones tributes. An Auslan interpreter will be on stage at this concert.

When: Sunday 21 June, 2pm Where: Subiaco Arts Centre, 180 Hamersley Road, Subiaco

Tickets are free and available from the venue from 1.15pm on a rst come, rst served basis.

The season will continue every Sunday through to 23 August with a selection of music genres suitable for all ages and interests.

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

Lords Winter/Spring sports season promotion The Winter/Spring sports season kicks off on Monday 26 June, and Lords Recreation Centre is waiving the nomination fee for all teams who sign up before the end of June.

Lords runs weekly games of basketball, netball, indoor soccer, volleyball and dodgeball, in one of Perths most popular nightly social sports competitions.

Get your friends, family and co-workers together and sign your team up today.

For more information, visit www.lords.com.au

Special musical storytime Sing and dance to some musical themed stories, followed by an activity for children to make their own musical instrument so they can keep the music going all week long.

When: Tuesday 23 June and Friday 26 June, 10.30am Where: Subiaco Library, 237 Rokeby Road, Subiaco

No bookings required. For more information, please contact Subiaco Library on 9237 9300.

Tasty ToddlerDid you know a childs developing senses shape their feelings and attitudes towards eating?

Presented by Stephanie Fairbairn and Ngala, this workshop will provide strategies to help establish and encourage long term healthy eating behaviour for children as their growth pattern changes. For parents of children aged one to three years.

When: Thursday 25 June, from 10am to 12pm Where: Shenton Park Community Centre,

240 Onslow Road, Shenton Park

Please RSVP on 9237 9317 or culture@subiaco.wa.gov.au

Film club Billy Elliot Looking to watch an all time favourite feel good lm? This British drama follows eleven year old Billy, an aspiring dancer who struggles against the odds to make his dreams of being a male ballet dancer come true.

When: Thursday 25 June, 11.45am Where: Subiaco Community Centre,

203 Bagot Road, SubiacoCost: $13

Please RSVP by Thursday 18 June on 9237 9320 or adminscc@subiaco.wa.gov.au

Q Corporate, Community and Technical Services Committee meeting Tuesday 16 June

Agenda items

Disability Access and Inclusion Committee recommendation Shenton Park Rehabilitation Hospital site redevelopment

Trafc management treatments for Hart Lane, Jolimont

Car park No. 12 Park Street, Subiaco Land Tenure Consolidation Review

Review of delegations

Financial statements May 2015

Draft budget 2015/2016

Q Draft revised Planning Policy 4.10 Shenton Park Precinct

The City of Subiaco is inviting public comment on draft revised Planning Policy 4.10 Shenton Park Precinct. An earlier review of the policy was undertaken in 2014. To full its purpose, the policy is required to be updated after some issues were identied shortly after the adoption in October 2014.

Comments are to be received by 5pm on Monday 29 June.

Q Age friendly Gold PilatesTry the new Gold Pilates class and discover the benets of improved exibility, strength, control and endurance. Most exercises are performed holding or sitting on a chair however oor exercises are an option. Thursdays, 10am to 11amPalms Community Centre, corner Rokeby and Nicholson roads, SubiacoCost: $5 (free for Lords members)

QPerth UpmarketVisit the winter Perth Upmarket where you can pick up handcrafted wares and gourmet delights from over 150 of Perths most talented artists, designers, craftspeople and food connoisseurs. Proudly supported by the City of Subiaco.Sunday 21 June, 10am to 4pm Winthrop Hall, The University of Western Australia, Crawley Parking and entry is free.

QMums without mumsThe city runs a free fortnightly mums without mums group open to all, regardless of where you live. It is a chance for women in similar situations to support each other, talk about raising children and share their stories over a tea or coffee.Tuesdays fortnightly, 10.30am (except during school holidays) For more information, or to attend, please contact the city on 9237 9317.

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.

Q Development applications received

Property Proposal

483 Hay, Subiaco Change of use from restaurant to tavern

36 Jersey Street, Jolimont

Change of use from warehouse to health studio

35 Union Street, Subiaco

Alterations and additions to 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

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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.

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Subi-siders say no to takeover Most residents in Subiaco

councils South ward oppose being forced into the City of Perth, a new survey has found.

People living in the Nedlands part of Subiaco (Hollywood) were the most ardent about staying with Subiaco.

The data from the survey clearly indicates that the City of Subiaco is the local govern-ment that residents want to remain in, said Subiaco CEO Ian Hill.

Every member of the commu-nity is important, and the over-whelming support of residents reaffi rms the citys position on having the City of Perth Bill amended.

The survey showed 77% of them preferred Subiaco, while 13% wanted to go into Perth and 11% had no opinion or were unsure.

Subiaco commissioned market research fi rm Catalyse to carry out the survey. Between May 22 and 31, it surveyed 124 people living south of Aberdare Road.

Subjects could self-descibe their location.

Of those who said they lived in Subiaco, 65% of residents sur-veyed wanted to stay put while 15% preferred Perth and 20% did not know or have an opinion.

In Crawley, 52% favoured stay-ing with Subiaco while 21% would be happy to go into Perth.

Crawley had the highest number of dont knows or no opinion.

The survey showed 65.3% preferred to stay in Subiaco, 16.1% favoured joining Perth, 11.3% had no preference and 7.3% were unsure.

About 3000 residents in 1337 properties stand to be assimi-lated into Perth City on July 1 next year without the option of a local referendum on the issue.

A boundary change under the City of Perth Bill, which was introduced to Parliament last month, would see the university and QEII Medical Centre moved from Subiaco and Nedlands into the Perth council.

Nearly 90% of those contacted were happy to take part in the survey.

Most of those who took part (85%) were aged 55 or above and 90% of them owned their own homes.

The Catalyse survey reported that renters were the most likely group to have no preference or to be unsure.

Streets affected are Broadway, Fairway, Caporn, Clark, Cook, Everett, Myers, Megalong, Tareena, Hackett Drive, Hampden, Hardy, Kanimbla, Park and Princess roads and Stirling Highway.The Avenue and Winthrop Avenue were also surveyed.

By LLOYD GORMAN

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Mat Humfrey is Cottesloe councils new CEO.

Mayor Jo Dawkins said the vote was unanimous after a closed meeting of councillors on Monday night.

There were 46 applicants.Mr Humfrey was acting CEO

after Carl Askew quit earlier

this year.He was getting the CEOs

package of $180,000, but this week Ms Dawkins said it had been increased to $195,000.

Mr Humfrey was given a fi ve-year contract with a review after 12 months.

He started at Cottesloe as

corporate and community service manager four years ago.

His 16 years in local government include three years as deputy CEO at Dalwallinu in the Wheatbelt, and jobs at Brookton, Chittering, and Wanneroo/Joondalup.

Top job Mat Humfrey is now in charge at Cottesloe.

Mat gets Cottesloes top job

Isaacs art soarsIsaacs art soars

Isaac Davies and Stormie Mills admire the result of their collaboration. Photo: Paul McGovern

Will Isaac Davies become the fi rst RAAF pilot to win an Archibald Prize?

If he does, Stormie Mills will be able to take some of the credit.

The artist worked with Year 6 boys at Christ Church Grammar School over a fortnight that saw their creations take fl ight.

Isaac and his mates explored the subject matter of aero-planes.

They drew, painted, and de-tailed their craft with pencil, acrylic paint, and pens.

Walls at the school were cov-ered with jets, propeller-planes, an Apple spaceship, rockets and a Zeppelin.

Theres a few little Fokkers here ... do you think thats a Spitfi re or a Mustang? Stormie asked.

Art teacher Claire Donald said the boys relished the opportu-

nity to work with Stormie, who won the childrens prize for his giant pink bunny at this years Sculpture by the Sea.

It was clear they idolised him and appreciated every mo-ment they had in his presence, Claire said.

Isaac said he wanted to be-come a pilot but the arts were important too.

Maybe Ill win an Archibald Prize, he said.

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Each household that registers for an audit may receive up to $50 worth of energy and water saving hardware to install in their home (Water saving shower heads provided by the Water Corporation).

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STUDENTS PITCH IN with lake rehabilitation workOn Friday, 6 June Lake Monger Reserve was abuzz with keen gardeners, with 240 students from six local primary schools descending on the park for a morning of Arbor Day planting duties and birdlife appreciation activities.

The task of planting hundreds of native seedlings was enthusiastically done by students from Bold Park Community, Holy Spirit Catholic and City Beach, Floreat, Lake Monger and West Leederville primary schools. The mornings activities also included a lesson on the biodiversity value of Lake Monger Reserve and the importance of trees in the landscape.

Attending the planting morning Cambridge mayor Simon Withers said Arbor Day is one of those events that sticks in your memory.

The work the kids have done today is a great help toward achieving our goal of rehabilitating Lake Monger to its once pristine condition.

The area planted is stage two of a five stage program that over the next couple of years will see all introduced plant species removed and replaced with native trees.

This rehabilitation work is key to improving water quality in the lake and will provide a healthy habitat for local wildlife, said Mr Withers.

Its also great to see the kids enjoying the day and know that they can return to the park years down the track to see how the trees they have planted have grown.

The joint Town of Cambridge/Birdlife Western Australia/Cambridge Rotary Arbor Day event was followed by a ceremonial tree planting by Mayor Withers, and a barbecue lunch generously provided by Cambridge Rotary.

Lake Monger is a regionally significant recreation reserve with a 71 hectare conservation wetland that is home to a range of wildlife. It is also an important Aboriginal heritage site which has historic and mythological significance to the Aboriginal people.

Cambridge Rotarys Peter Burns, Mayor Simon Withers and West Leederville Primary students plant the ceremonial Arbor Day tree at Lake Monger Reserve

Walking with GIANTSVisit the Cambridge Library this June to hear Anthony Alborn share his once in a lifetime experience of spending three days walking with and filming the Giants when they visited Perth earlier this year.

Anthony will share his experience at 10.30am on Friday, 19 June so be sure to come along and enjoy his free presentation over coffee and cake!

Bookings essential.

To book please call the Library on 93838999 or via email library@cambridge.wa.gov.au.

SPECIAL MEETING ANNOUNCED to formally consider proposed Scheme Amendment 31FUTURE HOUSING CHOICESInterested community members are invited to attend a special meeting of Council at which the proposed Town Planning Scheme Amendment 31 (Future Housing Choices) will be formally considered.

The Special Council meeting will be held at the Towns Administration at 6pm on Wednesday, 1July 2015.

A report is being prepared that considers all the submissions made, and looks at a number of changes to proposed Amendment 31 to address matters raised in the recent community consultation, including:

Manor house apartments not looking like a house

Too much development and impact from manor houses

Dwellings too large

Not enough outdoor space; and

Options not suitable for aging in place.

These and other changes documented in interim report (Item 10.2) submitted to the May 2015 council meeting are being considered. Read the full report at www.cambridge.wa.gov.au/futurehousingchoices

It is also proposed the Town Planning Scheme Review Steering Committee (TPSRSC) meet, for elected members to be briefed on the findings of the recent community consultation and receive presentations from specialist consultants on traffic management, planning and consultation outcomes.

A tentative meeting date of Wednesday, 24 June is proposed, however this date is yet to be confirmed. If it proceeds, the TPSRSC meeting will be open to the public who can attend to observe the briefings. No decisions will be made at this meeting.

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Army can veto sell-offbe closed only in times of a heightened state of security, when the army would lock down the village.

Current Seaward Village and Swanbourne residents were alarmed to discover this week how far advanced planning for the new project was.

We thought we were being consulted at the beginning of the process, in the belief that they will take notice of us before they start, but were being presented with a done deal, one resident said.

They have yet to call on the residents of local streets that will be badly affected by construction and residential traffi c that will end up in Sayer Street via all the connecting residential streets.

Firms of planning consultants, engineers and environmental consultants have drawn up diagrams, and traffi c consultants have been engaged, while architects and Mission Australia have been hired to design a new childcare centre.

But Mr Dietz said it was not a done deal.It is not too late for residents view to be

taken into account, he said.He said DHA needed to have an outline

approved for the site before it could be put to the residents.

Certain aspects of the use of the site had to be signed at the highest level, such as the 25%

sale to private buyers, before we could put it to the community, in an informed consultation and a focused discussion, he said.

We want to hear back from the commu-nity.

An information evening for Seaward Village army residents and those of the surround-ing Swanbourne areas was held at the rugby clubrooms at Allen Park, Swanbourne, on Wednesday.

If the project gets the Defence security go-ahead, the existing 153 DHA houses will be demolished and replaced with new houses over the next six years.

About 60 to 80 families can remain on the site if they wish, but they will have to move house at least twice.

The doomed houses, built during the 1980s, will be replaced by 145 three and four-bedroom houses and 20 townhouses, partly paid for by the sale of 25% of the 22ha site.

House backyards will range from 100 to 150 square metres.

Many army homes in Seaward Village do not meet current Defence standards.

Mr Dietz said DHA had been created after a review showed that, Australia-wide, the quality of housing was a major reason people left the defence forces.

DHA did a major review of its properties in 2007 and was given 10 years to replace Seaward Village.

DHA is now one of Australias biggest prop-erty developers, and must return a profi t and pay tax.

Seaward Village is one of the few sites that was gifted to DHA, but it has a caveat that prevents property being sold to private own-ers.

If the 160 private houses at Seaward Village go ahead, the caveat will be removed and replaced with another on the DHA houses only.

Many other Defence homes, including oth-ers among the 915 in Perth, have been sold to investors and leased back by DHA with guaranteed tenants.

Maintenance costs on the Seaward Village houses are twice that of other Perth DHA houses.

Private houses will have design restrictions to prevent overlooking the top-secret Campbell Barracks SAS training areas.

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Battle for Seaward Village

DHA: Well never surrender site

Defence Housing Australia general manager John Dietz says whatever the outcome of the army security audit, the DHA will not surrender Seaward Village.

Housing would still have to be upgraded to modern Defence standards.

We cannot hand it back and say this one is too hard, he said.

Another DHA offi cial recently told MPs on a Senate estimates committee that Defence could have the village back if it paid $260million.

The 22ha site was originally transferred to the DHA free of charge when it was set up to look after defence housing needs.

Nedlands mayor Max Hipkins went to Wednesdays information session for Seaward and neigh-bouring Swanbourne residents.

Its a pity the process is so di-visive, Mr Hipkins said.

Some residents have been taken into confi dence and asked not to say anything.

He said there had been no con-cept plans or any other visual aids at the information meeting, only photos of what was there now.

He said Nedlands council had been largely by-passed.

We thought we would be left out of the loop and that is what has happened, he said.

I guess now we just wait six months and see what plans they come up with.

It would have been much better if they had sought to change our

town planning scheme rather than go straight to the government with an improvement plan.

Soldiers rents will rise after the village redevelopment, according to a DHA brochure, but Mr Dietz could not say by how much.

That is for Defence, he said.They pay a housing allowance

based on rank.

By LINDA CALLAGHAN

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Families need local support

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A Nedlands councillor who once lived in defence housing has taken up the cause of SAS families facing the forced redevelopment of Seaward Village.

Coastal ward councillor Nikola Horley met the local MP, Premier Colin Barnett, on Friday to try to enlist his support.

I understand that he does not believe that the mixing of civilian housing and defence personnel makes sense, she said.

Ms Horley said her family lived in defence housing in Weymouth, Britain, when she was born.

Her father Ronald was serving in the Royal Navy and had married Agnes, an Australian.

Eventually she wanted to come back to live in Australia and we did, she said.

Ms Horley, who has two sisters, said she understood how important it was for defence families to be together.

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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.

Im normal and dont hate anyoneMany years ago, I went to a talk

at UWA. I had a professional in-terest in the subject, a recently isolated and identifi ed virus.

I was perfectly healthy when I arrived but left with a terrible disease, a socially isolating condi-tion that would see me banished from polite company, perhaps forever.

The talk was on HIV and pre-venting its spread.

Earlier research had shown Aids was confi ned almost entirely to the homosexual population.

HIV, the virus, had recently been isolated and identifi ed.

I didnt know then that Dr Leo Laden had been sacked from the sexually transmitted disease clinic for pointing out the link with homosexuality.

So the speakers attempts to steer the discussion away from this obvious link was puzzling.

Before the talk, I doubt Id ever heard of the disease affl ict-ing me.

Apparently, if I recognised that homosexuality was aberrant behaviour and an evolutionary dead end, then it was conclusive proof (pathognomonic, in medical terms) that I had homophobia.

I went away mystified and saddened.

Homo means mankind, man or the same, and pho-bia means fear of.

Straying from its linguistic roots, homophobia has come to mean hatred of homosexuals.

This meaning does not defi ne me or anyone I know.

I dont hate anyone homo, hetero or anything in between or beyond.

Still, I have to resign myself to my diagnosis.

But it leaves me with another linguistic question: What word do we use for someone like Hayden Strzina (Australia behind times on equality, Letters, POST, May 30) and his ad hominem and vitu-perative diatribe against people like me?

Apparently, I have an ... intol-erant, hate-driven mindset a stubborn mind thats allergic to change and I support a ... hate-fuelled argument that is insult-ing to the GLBTI community.

Is he a homohomophobic, or perhaps homophobicphobic or maybe heterophobic?

As for me, I need a single word that allows me to shake off this ter-rible diagnosis of homophobia.

Would normal do?

Gavan OConnorScaddan Street, Wembley

Goodbye to the green and leafyAs I sit writing this, I listen

to the heart-rending sound of mature trees being torn down in a garden two blocks to my north.

And then it will be the turn of the block immediately next door.

Cambridge councils un-bridled greed will see my suburb buried in bitumen and concrete as it pursues its shameless cash grab.

Why have one rateable home

on a block when you can have a few would seem to be driving this grotesque destruction.

Generations to come must not be allowed to forget that infi ll all but destroyed the green environment around us.

Why, theyre even eying up Lake Monger Reserve for a cafe, as reported in this paper a while back.

Disgusting and shameless.Graham Luke Mitchell

Connaught Street, West Leederville

Toss out Cambridge planning changes

Once again Cambridge council has indicated that despite having more than twice the larg-est response in the history of the state to a scheme amendment, it will undertake research to justify Amendment 31 and undermine the communitys strong opposition to it.

The council has now engaged experts to report on the traffi c, heritage, planning frame-work and amenity impacts.

One of the experts, Planning Context, is led by Charles Johnson, who, like the planner engaged by Cambridge for Amendment 31, Malcolm Mackay, sits on the DAP with mayor Simon Withers and councillor Corinne MacRae.

Its a small world.At the last council meeting, councillors

were asked how the planning departments suggested 10% take-up rate for manor houses [apartments] was arrived at.

Development and sustainability director Ian Bignell advised the fi gure was based on the results of the 2014 Catalyse survey where residents advised they were unlikely to take up the option of developing apartments on their land.

This fi gure fails to consider Amendment 31 favours developers.

Developers are motivated by profi t so how does the council intend on capturing the take-up rate from a developers perspective?

The council is using more ratepayers money to justify a fundamentally fl awed process and scheme amendment.

It has already spent more than $325,000. Its only option is to vote not to proceed with Amendment 31 and start again.

Keri Shannon, spokespersonSave our City Beach our Floreat

Nothing will stop the MRA

The fi rst high-rise building approved by the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority (MRA) in the China Green pre-cinct of Subi Centro is under construction.

It is six storeys high with the sixth level including a gymna-sium and storage rooms for each apartment and it is called the Viridian.

But hang on, didnt Planning Minister John Day grant a concession to the community after its long, hard campaign and set a height limit of fi ve storeys for this lot, and further-more deny the former Subiaco Redevelopment Authority (SRA) the usual right to dis-cretion to allow higher, and wasnt this spelt out in the text of the Subiaco Redevelopment Scheme at his insistence?

We expected that would be binding on the SRA and its successor, the MRA.

It looks like the MRA is fol-lowing the behaviour of its predecessor, the SRA, and riding roughshod over the community.

Kevin Wul Jasmine Avenue, Subiaco

The Viridian, planned for China Green in Subiaco.

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June 132015 Town awards volunteers

National Volunteer Week, this year May 11-17, is the largest cel-ebration of volunteers and volunteerism in Australia, and provides an opportunity to high-light the role of volun-teers in our communi-ties, and to say thank you to the more than six million Australians who volunteer!

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THIS is our opportunity to pay tribute to all those volunteers who donate their time and energy to help others, said Cottesloes Deputy-Mayor Peter Jeanes, at the Civic Centre on May 13, when he made awards to three local people.

Volunteers such as yourselves, and the local organisations that you represent, make a real contribution to the Cot-tesloe community.

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Taskers set to get more unitsTaskers looks likely to be

allowed to increase the height and density of a new building planned for its McCabe Street, Mosman Park, site.

On Wednesday, June 3, Fremantle councils planning services committee unani-mously recommended that the Metro West Joint Development Assessment Panel approve increasing the number of apartments in the Taskers Tekona building from 20 to 26, and the height by 1.5m,

without conditions imposed by the council.

The DAP approved the original 20-unit application in January last year but last November the developer applied to increase the unit numbers by reconfi guring the internal layout so some units had bedrooms without natural light or ventilation.

Fremantles design advisory committee then demanded that all bedrooms should have direct access to natural light

and ventilation.As a result, the devel-

oper appealed to the State Administrative Tribunal (SAT) on February 11.

After two mediation ses-sions, the SAT ordered the DAP to reconsider.

The developer offered a so-lution that included installing a light passage at the side of the front bedroom.

The full council will con-sider the recommendation on June 24.

Nicholas lends a legal handNicholas van Hattem is

doing something about help-ing vulnerable people to get access to legal help.

Nicholas, a lawyer and Claremont resident, wants to raise at least $30,000 for a campaign that would help law graduates work at community legal centres (CLC), helping people who might otherwise be unable to afford legal help.

He said community legal centres faced a crisis, and about 150,000 people were turned away from legal assist-ance every year.

Commonwealth and state budgets have cut funding, and further cuts are likely, he said.

His solution through the Piddington Society, a kind of alternative Law Society that began four years ago would let graduates get experience, and CLCs get money.

In September, we will call for our fi rst cohort of 30 gradu-ates, he said.

They will pay to enrol in a special graduate education course, and money from their fees will go to CLCs.

We will pay at least $1000 per graduate to the CLCs that take our grads for placements.

Nicholas said the Piddington Society needed $30,000 to cover costs and let him work on the scheme two days a week.

All donations are helpful, but for $100 you can become a premium supporter that means free access to our fi rst two events, including our sell-out Meet the Silks, he said.

Helping law graduates get real experience is the other aim of the scheme.

Nicholas said he had had no trouble getting work experience to help complete his qualifi ca-tions: his father, Peter, was to the bar in 2003.

But if you dont have a dad whos a lawyer, how do you get experience? he said.

There are now more than twice as many domestic law graduates as there

were in 2001.But graduate opportunities

are shrinking, commercial intakes are down.

Next year Legal Aid will not take any graduates.

If you want to work there, or many other places, you need to get admitted fi rst.

In Nicholas day new lawyers did articles. Now they pay $9000 to do legal training.

Nicholas said he was upset to discover some new lawyers paid and had their 75 days of required work experience knocked down to only 25.

People can say theyre a

lawyer having done only 25 days, he said.

I say thats wrong and a waste.

Nicholas, who went to Scotch College, said the Piddington Society was named after Albert Piddington, the shortest-ever serving High Court judge [one month], who never sat on the bench.

It is open to lawyers and friends of justice.

Its interested and engaged people who want to make a difference, he said.

For more information, go to pjp.org.au.

Nicholas van Hattem wants to help law graduates and vulnerable people.

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Wearne ripe for tower,Merrick warns Grove

Profi ts from the Wearne Hostel aged-care facility could see it rise to 10 to 12 storeys, Peppermint Grove CEO John Merrick said at Tuesdays council meeting.

Representatives from Cottesloe, Peppermint Grove, Claremont and Mosman Park councils will soon meet to discuss the hostels future.

As equal shareholders of the $30million facility, the councils must consider Cottesloes plan either to sell the hostel to current lessee Curtin Care or