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Thursday, December 3, 2020 perthnow.com.au/community-news HOSTS ON EASY STREET TO GET THE PARTY STARTED Roy Lewisson wants to make it easier to hold street parties. Picture: Trevor Collens FREO’S NEW GIN JOINTS Pages 8 & 23 New chief in PARTY town MORE than six months after parting ways with their chief executive, the City of Cockburn has unveiled his replacement. Australia Pacific Air- TIME ports Melbourne’s head of planning Tony FREMANTLE is leading a and a couple of drinks with- this year, with the “prohibi- Brun will take up the resurgence in old-fash- out spending weeks on pa- tive” cost exceeding $2300. top bureaucrat job in ioned street parties, albeit perwork and thousands of The trial could bring that February. in slightly more sophisti- dollars. cost down to just a few Mr Brun has experi- cated ways than dragging a White Gum Valley resi- hundred dollars and, Fre- ence in WA’s local couple of wheelie bins out dent Roy Lewisson, who is mantle Mayor Brad Pettitt government sector as a to block traffic. one of the locals pushing for hopes, deter people from former chief executive A new council trial aims the change, said the current illegally blocking off roads at the City of Greater to make it easier for neigh- system was “just too hard”. themselves. Geraldton and also bours to block off the road He and his neighbours once held the role of for a game of street cricket threw a street party earlier FULL STORY PAGE 3 chief strategy officer at CONTINUED PAGE 3 INSIDE FRE 2 NEWS December 3, 2020 NEWS ..................................................................... P1-23 CRIME WATCH.......................................................... P10 CHRISTMAS FEATURE ...................................... P24-25 Night at the Kings table LOCAL FOCUS FEATURE ........................................ P26 ZESS FOR LIFE OVER 55 FEATURE....................... P27 THE redeveloped Kings Square played host for the ART ........................................................................... P28 first time on Saturday to the BOOKS ..................................................................... P29 fifth annual Fremantle Long Table Dinner. FASHION .................................................................. P30 A sold-out crowd of more REAL ESTATE ...................................................... P31-32 than 650 people enjoyed live TRADES DIRECTORY ........................................ P34-37 entertainment and a three- course feast, in the process EMPLOYMENT ......................................................... P37 raising nearly $90,000 for CLASSIFIEDS ............................................................ P37 INSIDE Fremantle’s homeless. SPORT ................................................................. P37-38 The popular fundraiser, organised by the National Hotel and St Patrick’s Com- munity Support Centre, had Editorial Director: Amanda Keenan previously been held on News Production: Matt Zis High Street. Revellers at last weekend's Fremantle Long Table Dinner. Picture: Vince Cascioli Design: Carly Pilton A host of celebrity chefs Features Editor: Arylene Westlake-Jennings and performers — including Families also enjoyed free “The COVID-19 pandemic volunteers, local businesses Digital Editor: Alison Middleton “secret entertainer” Kav entertainment including has made people more vul- and partners, we will be able General inquiries: 9237 1000 Temperley, of Eskimo Joe live music, roving circus per- nerable to housing insecuri- to help even more people in fame — donated their time formers and a Christmas ty, but thanks to the need,” St Pat’s chief execu- Email: [email protected] on the night. Market as part of the event. generosity of Long Table tive Michael Piu said. Reporters: Ben Smith 9237 1436 (Cockburn, East Fremantle) Adam Poulsen 9237 1534 (Melville, Fremantle) Photographers: David Baylis, Andrew Ritchie Advertising Manager: Max Wilson 0420 927 511 Advertising Executive: Paul Skuse 0413 686 100 Contact Centre/Trades: Rick Edwards 9237 1442 Distribution 1800 811 855 Published by: Community Newspaper Group 50 Hasler Road, Osborne Park WA 6017. CONTACT US CONTACT Printed by Colourpress 54 Hasler Road, Osborne Park WA 6017. COC December 3, 2020 NEWS 3 Fremantle plans to party Adam Poulsen policy for a 12-month trial, start this summer, capitalis- of his experience organising work. Nothing really builds The policy would apply during which the City will ing on the newfound sense of a street party in February. community like a good only to small-scale events FREMANTLE residents will cover the cost of hiring an community brought on by “We went through all the street party.” that attract fewer than 400 be trained as volunteer traf- accredited traffic controller COVID-19. correct processes for traffic Councillor Rachel Pem- people. According to the pol- fic wardens under a new to supervise each street “To do it (throw a street management, the permit berton thanked Mr Lewis- icy, small-scale events are trial policy aimed at making event. party) legally and properly from police, the risk assess- son, adding that efforts to “not open to the general pub- it easier for neighbourhoods Volunteers will be recruit- is quite onerous,” he said. ment and everything else, reduce red tape had fallen by lic but are targeted towards to host street parties. ed from local precinct “It’s a mountain of forms and it ended up costing us the wayside during her nine residents from the immedi- If it’s successful, the Com- groups and their training and also a lot of cost. about $3000-4000 total; years as an elected member. ate streets, and generally are munity Street Activation will be fully paid by the City. “It’s supposed to be an “$2300 of that was traffic “There was always an by invitation only”. Policy will cut red tape and The City will also cover easy, low-cost thing to do management alone,” he intention to do this, in terms It would allow the closure costs including thousands of the cost of public liability in- with your neighbours, not said. of giving some capacity to of short sections of residen- dollars organisers currently surance up to $20 million, something that involves “What we’re advocating… the community to self-orga- tial streets, excluding any have to spend hiring traffic police road closure applica- weeks filling out forms.” is to try and get some of the nise around this sort of stretches where there are management contractors. tion fees, and waive all book- White Gum Valley resi- local residents trained up as stuff,” she said. intersections, traffic control Councillors voted unani- ing and event approval fees. dent Roy Lewisson, who first traffic wardens so we could “This creates a structure signals or bus routes. mously at last week’s coun- Fremantle Mayor Brad proposed the idea to council, eliminate that cost, and also that hopefully means it can A report will be presented cil meeting to adopt the Pettitt hoped the trial could spoke at last week’s meeting streamline a lot of the paper- have some longevity.” to council after the trial. Support in safe hands WHEN single mum Belle MacColl was at rock bottom, it was Fremantle PCYC Cockburn CEO Tony Brun. that extended a helping hand. In 2015, the Hilton resident was driving to pick up her then six-year-old daughter Miley from day care when she New CEO collided head-on with an out-of-control car and was almost killed. FROM PAGE 1 When she was released from hospital two months later, Ms MacColl was Perth Airport. broke, unable to work and faced a He will step into the role gruelling rehabilitation. which has been vacant since Then she found out about the PCYC’s April, when the City of after-school SafeSPACE program. Cockburn parted ways with “They provided so much support to long-term chief executive both of us when I was quite honestly in Stephen Cain. the darkest time of my life,” Ms During his time at the MacColl said. helm in Geraldton, Mr Brun “It was those times when I couldn’t was recognised as a finalist get out of bed because of the pain that it in the Bertelsmann Founda- really helped, because I knew I had a tion’s global Reinhardt few hours to relax and do some Mohn Prize and was a win- exercises to be able to cope with the ner at the United Nations evening ahead.” Environmental Program Five years later, the 39-year-old owns LivCom Awards in 2011. a successful body art business called He was a finalist in the Born to Sparkle and she’s repaying the same awards in 2012 and is favour by throwing a disco at the PCYC also an adjunct professor of next Monday. sustainability at Curtin Uni- Ms MacColl said there would be versity. Mr Brun also over- various attractions including face saw the selection of painting from 3pm to 5pm, with all Geraldton as one of the IBM money raised to be donated to the Smarter Cities Global Chal- PCYC. lenge cities. “It’s a pay-as-you-can event, so if you His arrival comes more can’t afford anything, you still get to than a year after his prede- enjoy it,” she said. cessor Mr Cain went on ‘spe- “The PCYC is such a great asset to the cial paid leave’ amidst community; there’s such a variety of allegations of an unsafe Belle MacColl with her daughter Miley MacColl-Morris (11). Picture: Andrew Ritchie programs that they offer to kids.” workplace. COC 4 NEWS December 3, 2020 Light bulb moment for savings Ben Smith power bill. “A business case is being In Cockburn, just 343 of its The Spearwood and could be in the future. The LED trial will be the prepared for council to con- 14,118 streetlights are LEDs, Atwell streets were chosen “LED lights have a longer MORE than 50 streets are set first proactive replacement sider replacing all existing which equates to 2.4 per as they were representative life, lower maintenance to be turned green and white conducted anywhere on the traditional streetlights with cent. of most streetlight condi- costs and the ability to this summer to slash council South West Interconnected LEDs, which could reduce Cockburn sustainability tions in Cockburn.