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Thursday, July 9, 2020 COMMUNITYNEWS.COM.AU WE ARE JUST KIDS, AND IT’S NOT FAIR...” — INDIE, 7 Cott kids ramp up bid for skate park Laura Pond urb’s youngsters to have the op- “We are just kids and it’s not portunity to skate without fair people don’t want us skating COTTESLOE kids are standing leaving their suburb. at the park.” up for their right to skate. “I love to skate. I mostly skate Indie’s mum Jaime said there Momentum continues to build in our laneway because we don’t were several playgrounds scat- in support of a skate facility at have a skate park. It’s bumpy so I tered around Cottesloe that ca- Grant Marine Park and seven- would love somewhere smooth,” year-old Indie wants the sub- she said. CONTINUED PAGE 3 Town back in court after talks collapse FLOWER Victoria Rifici ment Minister David Templeman Templeman’s initial agreement to at the end of May due to concerns not make an order against the THE fates of Town of Cambridge over good governance, but the two Town before 10am on July 14 was POWER elected members will remain in parties failed to mediate the issue now “dependent on the outcome the hands of a Supreme Court on Tuesday. of further court proceedings”. Judge after talks fell apart. A Department of Local Govern- Mayor Keri Shannon said the Page 5 The Town was hit with a show ment, Sport and Cultural Indus- Town would “continue to seek cause notice by Local Govern- tries spokeswoman said Mr procedural fairness”. CMS 2 • THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2020 COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS WSW July 9, 2020 NEWS 3 Wheel deal FROM PAGE 1 their grandchildren. atmosphere it could bring. “It’s easy to get here, there “I think it will most likely tered for younger children. is lots of car parking, food be local children using the “I would love to see a play- nearby and you could go for park,” he said. ground where primary and a swim too,” Mitchell said. Mr Porteous supports high school kids had Business owners are also the proposed facility in the somewhere to play with behind the venture; Chris- “family suburb” and said it scooters, skateboards and tian Angeles from nearby would form part of the BMX bikes,” she said. Pharmacy 777 on Eric Street vision for the Cottesloe Eight-year-old Austin said it was “a good place for foreshore. believed a skate park would kids to socialise and it can Time is running out for get “kids off devices and do teach children how to calcu- people to have their say, exercise”. late risk and improve their with the Town of Cottes- “I’m getting better at ska- self-reliance”. loe’s public consultation teboarding because my Cottesloe IGA owner ending 4pm tomorrow. brother helps me and gives Aaron Loo said: “It’d be good Despite incorrect figures me advice,” he said. for business as there would quoted in a feasibility study “Perry Lakes and North be more people transition- by Enlocus to the Town, Fremantle are closest to me ing through Cottesloe.” which listed Grant Marine Cottesloe skaters Indie, Mason, Daisy and Blake. Picture: Ian Munro and my mum takes me and The now infamous anony- Park as the best spot when my brothers skating all the mous letter delivered to Cot- the numbers ranked it ity to the boundary of from a limited number of were keen for the public sur- time so if there was one in tesloe residents warned behind the Sea View Golf Forrest Street and Marine residences.” vey to continue so it and Cottesloe we could walk or property prices would fall if Course carpark and Cottes- Parade — which would A previous report to coun- recalculated figures could be ride there together and meet the skate park went ahead loe train station, a subse- impact the usable area of the cil by Town staff said the sta- presented to council. our friends there.” but William Porteous Prop- quent explanation found it site and future expansion op- tion site was “high risk” “It is important to high- Cottesloe teenager Mitch- erties International director was the preferred site. portunities, and put the because owner the Public light that 75 per cent of the ell Rosenberg and his Man- Andrew Porteous did not The report said “critical skate park close to neigh- Transport Authority sought survey questions are focused durah friend Jordan Bailey believe that would be the factors” scored lowly for bouring homes. to lease the land subject to a towards identifying aspira- (both 13) said they supported case. the golf course carpark, “The Grant Marine Park six-month termination tions for a skate park in Cot- a facility at Grant Marine He suggested looking to with “undulating topogra- site in contrast has ample clause. tesloe in general and are not Park, with Jordan saying it the popular Scarborough phy” and close proximity of space, and can circumvent A Town spokeswoman ac- directly related to the survey would be a “fun thing” for Beach skate bowl for an indi- golf course facilities push- most of these issues,” it said. knowledged the “unfortu- questions about the Grant older residents to do with cation of the family-friendly ing the potential skate facil- “The site sits 100m back nate” error but said they Marine Park site,” she said. Community wins goal of access to Subi Oval under proposed plans Victoria Rifici behalf of community) will from Monday to Friday after not require permission from school hours and from 9am FOOTY and fitness fanatics an alternative management to 1pm on Saturdays, and off and families are set to have body to schedule activities peak use will be Monday and early mornings, evenings or use Subiaco Oval within Wednesday evenings and and weekends to enjoy Sub- allocated times, which two hours on Sunday. iaco Oval’s hallowed turf. would be the situation if the Cr Rick Powell said the Subiaco councillors City does not have the man- oval was the “correct place agreed on Tuesday to sup- agement order,” he said. for senior and junior foot- port a draft plan outlining The hours for use of the ball” despite some objec- allocated hours for usage turf between all three par- tions from residents. and maintenance costs of ties are not yet set in stone, “Concerns have been the oval shared between Bob with agreement needed raised by the general com- Hawke College, Department from the department and munity outside football and of Education and WA Foot- WAFC. school that they’re maybe ball Commission. If approved, Subiaco Oval not getting what they had Under the plan, manage- will be freely available on hoped for,” he said. ment and maintenance of weekends, before and after “To me, the school was Subiaco Oval will be vested school hours, and during part of the community and with the City pending agree- school holidays. football was part of the com- ment from the department In summer, Friday even- munity and logically I would and WAFC. ings will be for the City to think the oval is the home of City of Subiaco planning host community events and footy.” services manager Alexan- community football. Maintenance costs will be der Petrovski said at the Bob Hawke College will split between all three par- ABORIGINAL health workers from Nedlands QEII Medical Centre gathered outside Perth meeting the management use the oval during school ties, with the City set to cov- Children’s Hospital this week to mark the original NAIDOC Week dates after national order was “in favour of the hours from 9am to 4pm Mon- er $30,282, the Department official celebrations were postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. They enjoyed a City” because it allowed a day to Friday except holi- $18,925 and the WAFC performance by Bindjareb Middar dancers Warlitch Kearing, Joseph Anderson, Jerome greater amount of certainty days. $45,422 annually, and poten- Williams, Theo Kearing, Theo Kearing Jnr and Cyallyutt Kearing. Picture: Andrew Ritchie for ongoing community use. WAFC will have access to tially reviewed in three “The City (acting on the oval during peak season years. WSW 4 NEWS July 9, 2020 NEWS ..................................................................... P1-10 WEEKLY LIFE ............................................................ P12 WHAT’S ON .............................................................. P14 Footpath fenced off REAL ESTATE....................................................... P15-22 LIFESTYLE ................................................................ P23 A POPULAR Crawley foot- path has been fenced off as FILM .......................................................................... P24 erosion threatends to cause FASHION .................................................................. P26 it to break. Soil and sand supporting PARENTING ............................................................. P28 the concrete path within JH GARDENING ............................................................ P30 Abrahams Reserve along TRADES DIRECTORY ......................................... P31-33 Hackett Drive has eroded through the river wall, creat- EMPLOYMENT ........................................................ P33 ing voids underneath. CLASSIFIEDS ...................................................... P33-34 INSIDE Nearly the entire stretch SPORT ................................................................. P34-35 of footpath in the City of Perth area has been fenced off for public safety. “If the concrete is left Editorial Director: Amanda Keenan unsupported in areas, it The footpath at JH Abrahams Reserve has been fenced off. Editor: Laura Pond could potentially break and Design: Carly Pilton create a hazardous situa- sion by backfilling the soil path,” Mr Jorgensen said. approval will not be known Features Editor: Arylene Westlake-Jennings tion,” City chief executive and creating a new footpath. The City applied for until September. Digital Editor: Alison Middleton Murray Jorgensen said. “The works will address Department of Biodiversity, Work is expected to finish General inquiries: 9237 1000 It aims to extend the life of the erosion issue, extend the Conservation and Attrac- by January if signed off by Email: [email protected] the river wall through main- life of the river wall, and tions funding of $246,911 to the Department of Plan- Reporters: tenance and eliminate ero- replace the sand and foot- part subsidise the works but ning, Lands and Heritage.

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