Fire away. Please refrain from getting in to personal debates. Go to the Spam thread for that.
Anything in West Property today?
Anything in West Property today?
Medium / long term plans to take that out of Midland - with a new alignment following Roe and then GEH Bypass through Hazelmere.Midland line will never get buried now (in our lifetime for that matter). Someone has decided to preserve the line thru Midland for historical link I suspect.
significant freight still runs adjacent to the passenger line and they've invested massively on the Lloyd st underpass also...
Not so funny when the proposed line goes right through my business - and whilst it "may" never happen, the PCA is in place restricting development. hno:they're funny.
quote, "Ms Scaffidi said council resolved in November to review the alfresco dining local law, and a public survey was launched on June 1.
“This feedback will be used to determine a new policy setting for council’s consideration, and it would be premature to amend the policy without full consideration of all feedback provided by the community,” she said.
Ms Scaffidi said early results indicated 41 per cent did not consider current charges too high."
I know it just didn't need to be said. Just leave it at "consultation in place".http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/red...s/news-story/309f85f152498a8395dfa2bacb4c93f7
I've met Lisa Scafidi with the Future Perth gang and I love her from what I know of her and I know this is PerthNow but that last paragraph about 41% thinking the charges to "rent" a bit of curb space for some tables is NOT too high? This is out of touch and really sad.
This. The sooner they get rid of her and her toxic "block" the better. She is truly delusional.The takeaway from that section of the article should be that it took the City of Perth 7 months between deciding to review the law and sending out a survey. An absolute mess of an organisation at the moment.
How long has she been in the position?This article might give some insight into what's going on with Scaffidi's bizarre behaviour...
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/07/power-causes-brain-damage/528711/
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-24/toilet-tourism-when-public-loos-become-public-art/8634230From public loo to public art: Would you travel to see a toilet?
RN By Claire Nichols for Books and Arts
...Once a smelly old 1960s toilet block, the public toilet building at Bayswater is being transformed into a bone fide work of art.
The project was commissioned by the council after a community group campaigned for the old toilet block to be refurbished rather than demolished and replaced.
Artist Duncan Moon is building a giant patterned dome over the old flat roof, and has decorated the walls with a geometric pattern of expanding squares.
The result will be something that would fit comfortably in Middle Earth: a building that looks like it's grown out of the ground itself...
Agreed but I suppose it is only a toilet and it is a place of shit. :lol: If it were something else then you could say it's an eyesore.Not a fan.
Source: SBS - http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/...ssengers-told-say-prayer-flight-returns-perthAirAsia passengers told to 'say a prayer' as flight returns to Perth
Passengers on an AirAsia flight that was forced to turn back after leaving Perth have told of a terrifying ordeal in which an engine failed and an explosion was heard.
Source: AAP
1 DAY AGO
Flight D7237 departed just before 7am (WST) on Sunday for Kuala Lumpur with 359 people on board and was about 90 minutes into the flight when the pilot identified what an AirAsia statement said was a technical issue.
Passengers said the captain announced there appeared to have been an engine seizure on the left side.
Passenger Sophie Nicolas said it was a terrifying ordeal and she could tell it was "really bad" judging by the cabin crew's reaction.
"He (flight captain) said 'I hope you all say a prayer, I will be saying a prayer too and let's hope we all get back home safely'," she told reporters.
A lot of people were crying and everybody burst into applause when the plane landed safely, she said.
'Like sitting on a washing machine'
Brenton Atkinson said the plane started vibrating and shaking after a small explosion before it was turned around.
"It was literally like you were sitting on top of a washing machine," he told ABC radio.
"You could see the engine out the window which was really shaking on the wing.
"It was a little unnerving, everyone handled it pretty well, no one freaked out too much."
'Brace for landing'
Passengers were ordered to get into the brace position for landing.
The plane landed back in Perth at about 10am. An airport spokesman said fire and emergency services were called to meet the plane, as a precautionary measure, but no one appeared to have been hurt.
AirAsia said in a statement the plane had returned due to a "technical reason".
"The safety of our guests are our utmost priority," AirAsia said.
"Flight crew are taking precautionary measures to check the aircraft and some guests onboard the flight will be transferred to the next available flight today".
Marine Rescue Services were also put on stand-by by police to prepare for a water landing off the WA coast.
Source:Hutt River ’royals’ seek tax bill help
Prince Leonard has been hit with a $3m bill for unpaid taxes. Picture: File.
WA'S Hutt River Province “royals” are calling for help after they were ordered to pay more than $3 million in unpaid taxes.
Leonard Casley, 91, proclaimed himself Prince Leonard when he set up the independent state at a 75 sq km wheat property in WA’s Mid West region following a row over wheat production quotas in 1970, but recently abdicated, handing the crown to his youngest son Graeme, 60.
ATO chases Hutt River royals for unpaid tax
(Video in source)
A bailiff delivered the tax bill in February and earlier this month, WA Supreme Court Justice Rene Le Miere ruled it must be paid, saying anyone could declare themselves a sovereign in their own home, dismissing their arguments as bizarre, irrelevant and gobbledygook.