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Power Lines Cook a Burra FREMANTLE Ho ERALD Volume 23 N 1 Fremantleʼs own INDEPENDENT newspaper 41 Cliff Street, Fremantle Saturday January 7, 2012 Letterboxed to Fremantle, Beaconsfi eld, East Fremantle, Hilton, North Fremantle, Ph: 9430 7727 Fax 9430 7726 www.fremantleherald.com O’Connor, Samson, South Fremantle and White Gum Valley Email: [email protected] FIGHT THAT FLAB! Power STICK to that new year’s resolution and look and feel fab in 2012 with the Herald. Take on a delivery lines round and watch as your body tones and fi rms up. By next Christmas you’ll look and feel terrifi c! Lovely cook a Marie King has vacancies throughout Freo, Cockburn and Melville—there’s bound burra to be a round close to you! Call Marie today on 9430 7727. by BRAD JEFFERIES A KOOKABURRA came THE beach front at the old to a sad end in Bateman South Fremantle power Wednesday, electrocuting station site should be fenced itself on powerlines and off to the public because sparking a fi ve-hour blackout it is contaminated with to 1800 homes. cancer-causing chemicals, Western Power workers would environmentalists warn. Full normally just switch the power story, page 9 back on but because there’s a total fi re ban on they had to visually inspect the line, which took about an hour. Complicating matters was a passer-by speaking little english who saw the bird get fried and Taxpayers’ $17m who repeatedly yelled “shock! shock!” at a well-meaning local. The samaritan, assuming the by CARMELO AMALFI woman had been shocked, called an ambulance which scooted SOME $17 million of taxpayers’ the bewildered woman and her money has been handed to rescuer off to emergency. the company behind the ISAF When Western Power heard its bill for ISAF infrastructure had caused a near- World Sailing Championships despite its failure to meet key were so poor. $8.6m promised by the Gillard complained were those who tried fatal electric shock, it triggered a Achieving the 175,000 visits government—including $2m that to make money out of the event. procedure that kept the line shut performance benchmarks. target would mean an average of was originally earmarked for later “I had 1100 volunteers, every down another four hours. According to a contract 11,000 visits to the Esplanade for this year—and every cent of $9m one of them had a great time The Herald hears it’s the between the company and the each day of the 16-day regatta. from the Barnett government. except one—and he was the second time a bird has caused federal government, ISAF had to Mr Longley says he’s still Another $3m was raised from person the Herald quoted.” havoc at the line, near Adam and show there were 175,000 visits to getting feedback from people who private sponsorship. Mr Longley says he is required Dean Roads. The last victim was its World Village at the Esplanade ran the village but acknowledges Mr Longley concedes the to submit to the WA government a magpie. Reserve in order for funds to be providing a fi rm fi gure to the federal government “may be an interim report on the event progressively released. government will be diffi cult upset” if the 175,000 visitor by January 31 and a full progress “That is a benchmark we are as—despite visits being a key benchmark falls short but notes it report by April 30. Find the Fake Ad yet to meet, we have to report benchmark—no-one recorded will have little chance of recouping As to criticism that the village back on that but we’ll hit that how many people actually went funds as most have been spent. was not well attended, he claimed & WIN a Chance easily,” ISAF chief John Longley through the site. Any remaining will go towards it would have been packed had for a Feast for 2 told the Herald this week, insisting “I can’t prove it and I’ll never future sailing events. He believes Fremantle council allowed ISAF to the two-week regatta had been a be able to prove it,” he conceded. the championships may “break serve alcohol. sensational success. Another benchmark was to even” but is waiting to fi nd out “The reality is people won’t sit His confi dence fl ies in the achieve 250,000 “unique visits” how much TV coverage there was. around listening to music unless face of reports to the Herald from to the ISAF website. Mr Longley “In the end, the most they can drink,” he said. traders, who’d reported dismal says the number is already close to important thing is how WA and “If there had been alcohol, the sales and few visits: Some had 300,000. Australia performed on a world village would have been full of simply walked away from their Western Australia 2011 Pty stage running a very signifi cant people. But then Little Creatures marquees in the middle of the Ltd, the $2 company that ran ISAF international event,” he says. and other pubs would have For details, please see the two-week event because sales has now received $8.5m of the “The only people who complained.” Competitions page DELIVERY DRIVERS WANTED + locally created womenswear Tin Tin T-Shirts Tin Tin TIPPY’S sizes 10 - 20 + hand picked famous artisan wares Destination Moon 100% Cotton Offroad Mens Shirts PIZZA Plus our Great Ribs SUPER SPECIAL Tuesday & Wednesday Buy One Pizza Get Another HALF PRICE of equal or lesser value pekho wear + wares DELIVERY • DINE IN 7 wray ave • PICK UP • WE CATER FOR Hand Made Jackets 100% Cotton fremantle ALL YOUR PARTY NEEDS Ladies T-Shirts 90% Cotton, 10% Rayon Ladies T-Shirts tue to sat 10 - 5 Ladies Dresses 90% Cotton, 10% Rayon 165 Hampton Road, South Fremantle www.pekho.com Shop M70 Phone 9430 7525 Cherry E Shed Markets www.tippyspizza.com.au • New Menu Available • 5pm - Late This space could Freo hails for more cabs million glass-box rank just with the general streetscape and be yours for just $99 Call Today by JENNY D’ANGER opened in Northbridge ($500,000 not just cater for a handful of Small spaces that pack a punch! 9430 7727 MORE taxis, not ritzy ranks, was provided by the Perth city hours on Friday and Saturday Conditions Apply council). nights.” are needed in Fremantle says “What I have written to the The council has already council corporate services minister is we don’t need…a installed CCTV along the strip chief Glen Dougall. taxi rank in that form,” Dr Pettitt and would like that portion His comments are a slap- says. of the funding spent on better back at WA transport minister Unlike Northbridge the lights. Metropolis Nightclub Troy Buswell who recently told South Terrace rank outside director David Heaton, who has reporters his “advances” to the Fremantle Markets)is not been working with council on Proudly Supporting the Arts the council about providing a a dedicated taxi rank, Mr increasing taxi numbers in the CCTV-monitored rank had been Dougall says. “It is adjacent to port city, is disappointed the “ignored”. a signifi cant heritage building minister’s offer wasn’t raised at Mr Dougall and mayor Brad and during the day it has a large any of the meetings he’s had in Pettitt told the Herald while amount of pedestrian traffi c. recent months. He says the lack they’d welcome government [We] need to be mindful of of late-night taxis is a “core” dollars but don’t want the $2 keeping any proposal in context issue. Hair Collective 20% discount to all our clients on Mon, Tues & Wed for the month of January Fubar 32 High Street, Fremantle West End Phone 9336 6898 • Cockburn mayor Logan Howlett at the current border with Fremantle. Photo by Matthew Dwyer Special gift to indulge your special ones Merge plan Rockingham—incorporating in amalgamating with either by BRENDAN FOSTER Rockingham and the southern Cockburn or Rockingham.” COCKBURN city council’s half of Kwinana Cockburn mayor Logan audacious suggestion to If the suggestion was adopted Howlett denies his council’s Indulge your loved it would prove to be a fi nancial submission is inconsistent with collapse six local councils one over the new bonanza for Cockburn, delivering the results of a 2009 referendum into three mega-councils year with a gift card. it the rates base of Australia’s where amalgamation was has angered Kwinana, biggest industrial area—Latitude overwhelmingly rejected. 10% discount which would cease to exist. 32 in former Hope Valley/ “It is apparent the reform if purchased prior In its submission to the Wattleup—and an extra 60,000 process is seeking to identify metropolitan local government ratepayers by 2027. options and not simply defend to January 15* review panel, Cockburn wants: Kwinana mayor Carol Adams the status quo,” he said. •SKIN REJUVENATION *conditions apply • A City of Greater says her town isn’t interested. “Having said that, the City of • PERMANENT HAIR REMOVAL Cockburn—incorporating “I don’t think it’s in our interest Cockburn respects the right of •TEETH WHITENING • ALL WAXING Cockburn and everything in or the community’s,” she told the individual local governments Herald. to submit their own reasons for •NON SURGICAL FAT REDUCTION •CUSTOMISED FACIAL Kwinana north of Thomas Road “I think Cockburn has had retaining their identity.” • MICRODERMABRASION - Organic Flower Peel • A City of Greater a look at the map and thought WA premier Colin Barnett Clara is located in the heart of Fremantle | Open Mon-Sat 10am-6pm Fremantle—incorporating about what is in the best interest is demanding fewer councils Fremantle, Melville and East of Cockburn.
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