Fast Action at Port Coogee
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Volume 31 No 45 Your local, INDEPENDENT newspaper 41 Cliff Street, Fremantle Saturday November 7, 2020 Letterboxed to: Applecross, Ardross, Booragoon, Brentwood, Mt Pleasant, Myaree, Bateman, Ph: 9430 7727 Fax 9430 7726 www.fremantleherald.com Bullcreek and Winthrop Street Press: Murdoch, Bicton, Kardinya, Leeming, Attadale, Willagee and Willeton Email: [email protected] Inside 20-storey bid 6 PAGES OF REAL ESTATE! FIND YOUR NEXT for Kardinya HOME INSIDE in regard to their house and to get to from the shopping Element suggesting that by ISABELLA BEILIN centre. residential height limits and STEVE GRANT for the suburb”. Carol Warren was lead “The idea of having on surrounding streets be THE owner of the petitioner and says they densities of these sorts of raised up to four or five Kardinya Park Shopping have concerns about the apartments, [is that] you storeys to create a smoother height, traffic and changes want to have a pretty good interface with the main Centre has pushed to public transport system,” development. That could have the height limit for to the character of the suburb. he said. see affected properties a major redevelopment increase in value. lifted to 20 storeys. “The proposed rezoning of R-codes will significantly Transport The council’s planners The move has outraged impact on the character of have recommended trying nearby residents, who have “Apartments without to peg that back to two our suburb and adversely public transport just don’t organised a 397-signature affect the welfare of or three storeys, while petition opposing moves to make sense.” they also want the main Kardinya residents,” her But there might be rezone the site through an petition reads, calling on the development area kept to “activity centre plan” drawn some incentive for near a nine-storey maximum. council to vote against the • Christine Soutar (file photo) up by the developer. neighbours, with the While the council will have proposal. report produced by owner Kardinya Resident of 39 But the city’s planners a vote on the plan, it will be including at the Melville Dato Holdings’ consultant years, Christine Soutar runs have warned that an activity decided by the WAPC. It’s Back! City Centre in Booragoon the Facebook page Save centre plan is required of at comparative district SATURDAY, Kardinya (No Rezoning). by the WA Planning centres with [activity centre “If it goes ahead, I Commission, and the plans] in place such as the 28 NOVEMBER see [the] suburb slowly council risks having no Melville or Riseley district changing,” Ms Soutar said. input at all if it simply SEE PAGE 6 centres. “Massive traffic issues, rejects what’s on offer. TO FIND OUT HOW YOU “The recent approval loss of bird life and A report to the council’s for redevelopment of the CAN BE A PART OF OUR greenery, an area not ideal November 14 meeting says Kardinya Park Shopping BUMPER JACARANDA for raising families, loss of 1500 letters were mailed Centre property indicates FESTIVAL EDITION! money for families who out to residents, which no more than two storeys would need to sell at a loss resulted in 223 objections, at the intersection of South and move their families to 26 supporters and a Street and North Lake Road other areas.” handful who made neutral while a maximum height of comments. nine storeys was imposed This new pub Rezoning The report notes the for the residential apartment • Jan Rodda with XRWA’s Red Rebels this week. developer has proposed a has big bite! Kardinya has a median component of that proposal, Photo by Kim Hamilton default height of 15 storeys age of 41 and an average reduced from the 12 storey Herald foodie across a central zone of of 1.7 children per family originally proposed.” Matthew Eeles visits the plan area, with two according to the latest Melville councillor The Australian Brewhouse “landmark” locations on the Australian Bureau of Nick Pazolli says there’s corners of South Street and Fast action at Port Coogee. Statistics census, and Ms no appetite amongst locals North Lake Road, and South Are you game enough to Soutar says that’s something for multi-storey, high Street and Gilbertson Road by STEVE GRANT eat crocodile and emu? they don’t want to risk density development in the to be zoned for 20 storeys. changing. Kardinya area. SEE PAGE 12 “The only other location AN East Fremantle grandmother who went on Mimi Warren is part of Cr Pazolli also questions within the city that such a four-day fast to prompt WA’s politicians into Ms Soutar’s group and said whether there’s adequate heights could be potentially taking action on climate change says nothing else during recent doorknocking, public transport for such a sought is at the Canning seemed more important. she found that 90 per cent high-density development, Bridge Activity Centre,” the of residents had “little to no as there’s only a couple of Jan Rodda said her heart started pounding and she report said. knowledge of the proposed bus stops and one requires got the jitters after sipping nothing more than water “Such heights are rezoning and what it meant crossing three lanes of traffic • Continued page 7 nowhere else contemplated Catholic schools are great places to learn Enrol and belong today for 2021 DIANETICS® THE MODERN SCIENCE A pole lot of trouble OF MENTAL HEALTH “Numerous class actions are currently by L. Ron Hubbard by STEVE GRANT under way in the United States and other ATTADALE residents are up in arms countries representing people who have Get it. Read it. had their health severely impacted due about a “radiocommunications” to close proximity to 5G and wireless No Pills. facility they say will create a traffic facilities,” the letter read. hazard on the Ormond and Stoneham “No studies or tests have proven No Side Effects. Roads intersection – while the 5G long-term, continuous exposure to the debate looms in the background. electromagnetic frequencies (EMF) FIND OUT! David Rowe lives near the intersection emitted from these structures are safe, and told the Herald the first he knew while many scientists warn of potential Available at leading about the Optus facility was a notice serious health effects.” booksellers or scan the stuck to a power pole last week saying it The letter refers to a lawsuit lodged against the United States’ Federal code to purchase direct: would house three antennae. Next to the pole will be an equipment Communications Commission by an Visit the address below for cabinet which Mr Rowe says is his biggest organisation run by Robert F Kennedy a free demonstration concern. Jnr, which claims 5G safe exposure limits “This intersection is already extremely are based on assumptions that are nearly Church of Scientology Perth challenged by the number of cars and 25 years old and ignore more recent 18-22 Belmont Avenue, Rivervale pedestrians using and crossing Stoneham medical evidence. 08 9221 7686 and Ormond Roads, and this pole and Optus said they were “reviewing community concerns about the traffic © 2020 CSAUS. All Rights Reserved. cabinet installation will certainly create a blindspot and obstacle that should not safety and assessing the alternative exist there.” location suggested”. • Optus’s notice went up without many He says a better site is next to some It’s also extended the consultation knowing what was going on. Jensen Auto Express existing electrical boxes about 150 metres process until November 20. SERVICE CENTRE away on the corner of Ern Stapleton reserve, or somewhere along Burke Drive. “I’ve been a first responder to a few accidents, and when you’re sitting in the CARS Bridge scheme review car holding bandages against their cuts or 4 WHEEL DRIVE cold packs against their bruises, it really LIVING in the shadow of a skyscraper? initiated local planning policy, changes to makes you stop and think,” he said. Worried our planning masters thought from the CBACP will still carry more weight. Mr Rowe said the protest campaign it sensible to ramp up Canning Bridge’s Getting on top of the bonus heights was was a hot topic on the Attadale density before fixing the chronic traffic SPECIALfrom $169 one of the key platforms of mayor George Community Group website, as it was congestion? Or are you enjoying the Gear in his election campaign. “Over time $239 being viewed as a sort of litmus test with views from your 30-storey penthouse and it has become clear that many long-term SERVICE & SAFETY CHECK the roll-out of 5G networks across the reckon there should more like yours for residents feel the outcomes now being Includes oil & oil fi lter country expected to bring a “tsunami” of others to enjoy? realised within the area are not meeting antenna applications. If so, Melville council wants to hear their expectations and understanding of the He’s also wondering why privately- from you, as it’s just started a review of the original vision,” Mr Gear said. operated companies are getting the use much-maligned (unless you’re a developer “We need to ensure that we can meet • Servicing All Makes & Models • Cooling Systems of publicly-owned infrastructure and • Log Book Servicing • General Repairs or penthouse owner) Canning Bridge state government infill targets while being whether Western Power’s poles have Activity Centre Plan. sensitive to our community, and in a way • Brakes • Tyres been tested to ensure they can handle the • Clutches • Batteries Last week the city’s planners implored that adds value to their quality of life and new infrastructure. councillors to use the review to try and amenity.” FREE oil, water andPLEASE tyre CALL check! TO BOOK While the proposed antennae are contain the contentious height bonuses Key areas included in the review are for the 4G network, it’s likely they’ll be which have seen apartment towers regularly height controls, density and developer Bryan 0409 292 034 upgraded to 5G in the future, leading to double the base heights set by the scheme.