WeekWANNEROOender Communitynews.com.au EVERYSATURDAYEVENING ENDLESS AT THEHARBOUR TERRACE- THURSDAY,MAY 10, 2018 $39 TAPAS SEE INSIDE FOR MORE DETAILS INSIDE Impasse over kerbside recycling Swell at PAGE 3 the beach KALLAROO couple and C Restaurant Perth co-owners Olivier and Cassandra Letrone have turned their talentstoarestaurant on MullalooBeach. Story page 7 Olivier and Cassandra Letrone have opened Swell Mullaloo Beach. Picture: Martin Kennealey www.communitypix.com.au d480537 We salute mumsthis Mother’sDay Daysofhaze ahead PAGE 5 SarahBrookes the department’s ability to kick off DETAILS basicallybanned any burning that its prescribed burning program, might bring smoke into the city. PERTH is likely to experience burn-offs were in full swing after “The result was dangerous fuel SMOKE ALERTS ISSUED FOR dozens of smoky days each year, recent rain. accumulations in the forests east PERTH METRO AREA (GINGIN with the Department of Biodiversi- “The department’s annual fi- and southeast of Perth and some TO MANDURAH) ty, Conservation and Attractions nancial year target for prescribed very nasty bushfires. 2014-15 ......................37 (DBCA) saying it will take advan- burning in the South-West of the “About two years ago, there was 2015-16 ......................48 tage of every opportunity to hold state is 200,000ha,” she said. “So far arelaxation of this policy, with 2016-17 ......................34 prescribed burning ahead of the the department has burned more fuel reduction burning and 2017-30 April 2018 ...........20 summer bushfire season. 138,168ha. smoke-haze consequences. Residents woke up to aheavy “The impact of smoke and “I think apoint that people miss Mosquito smoke haze last Friday after 14 weather conditions are vital con- Underwood said without pre- is that in the absence of burning, finehas prescribed burns conducted by siderations when deciding when scribed burning, Perth would be you get fires which generate far DBCAonThursday, withmore and where to undertake burns.” subject to worse smoke pollution. worse smoke than mild burns. The readers smoke lingering over the city on In the 2016-17 financial year, the “The department is well 2005 Perth Hills fire blanketed Saturday morning. DBCA burned 247,360ha, the de- aware that smoke is political dyna- Perth for three days and you could talking ADBCA spokeswoman said partment’s best result in 29 years. mite,” he said. “For many years, not see the city from Kings Park.” PAGE 10 while adry start to autumn limited Bushfire Front chairman Roger successive governments in WA More, page 30 2018 Federal Budget •Taxrelief of up to $530 fortaxpayersearningbetween $48,000 and $90,000 •Freeway extension from Hester AvenuetoRomeo Road •Joondalup Hospital expansion -including 165new beds •Retaining refunds on excess dividend creditsfor shareholders •No change to negative gearing taxconcessionsoninvestment properties •No increase in capitalgains tax Ian Goodenough MP www.budget.gov.au Federal Member forMoore #AlwaysWorkingForMoore Authorised by Ian Goodenough MP,Liberal Party of Australia, 3Boas Avenue, Joondalup WA 6027. WAN COASTAL Lostturtle Building gets go-ahead What they’re saying turnedover It’s cost me my life, just being here away from ON THE my family, away from work. No time for family, COAST to vet clinic no time for my kids. ATURTLEhas made alucky –Carabooda market gardener Michael Le APPROVAL for afour-storey building in escape from the surf at Scar- outside court on Monday after atrial Scarborough hasbeen given, despiteneigh- borough. examining accusations he and his bours’ objections. Vet Garry Edgar said his brother were involvedinan The Metro North-West Development As- clinic was looking after an illegal worker scam collapsed sessment Panel gavethe green light to own- oblong turtle that had been ers Greenstorm for the$3.3 million complex found at the beach last to be builtonthe corner of Scarborough Thursday. GOOD WEEK BeachRoadand BurnistonStreet. “They’re afreshwater For freeway commuters ,with the The developmentwill include eight two- An artist’simpression of the apartments species that you find in the State Governmentsetting aside bedroomand four three-bedroom units, com- from Burniston Street. swamps of Perth,” Dr Edgar money for an extra northbound lane munal open space, 24 basement parkingbays said. “This one was found between Hutton and Cedric streets. andsix bicycleracks. The report said redevelopment of the surfing at the dog beach in Areport by the City of Stirling said it and areawas “strategically important”asitwas Scarborough. BAD WEEK the Department of Planning, Lands and Her- one of Perth’s key activitycorridors and the “We suspect someone For Auntie, with ABC funding frozen in this week’s itagehad spent the past 10 years developing proposal had been assessed againstrelevant found it near aswamp in that Federal Budget. the frameworktotransform thearea west of planningframeworks. area and thought the space it Scarborough Beach Road intoa“vibrant “With the imposition of appropriate con- should be is at the beach. The and pedestrian-friendly mixeduse area”. ditions, the proposal will representanac- thing was desperately trying win But feedbackfromthe public wasnega- ceptable formofdevelopmentinthis loca- to get out of the water and it tive,with all 19 submissions from residents tion,” it said. was getting dumped over and FOUR new Rubik’s who lived within100m of the site objecting. Among the 28 conditions are require- over in the surf.” games that take the Issues raised includedbuildingheight, ments to widen Brodie Lane at the develop- Avet nurse came across classic Rubik’s Cube in perceived lack of parking, increased traffic er’s cost,toplant two trees on Burniston the struggling turtle and fun new directions have and privacy concerns. Street andretaintwo trees on Brodie Lane. brought it in to work. been released. Rubik’s Battle brings the quick-thinking brain Communitynews teaser challenge of Find us online .com.au Rubik’s to afast-action Weekender Who we are card game for the whole family. Regional Editor: Photographer: Earn battle cards by phone Justin Bianchini ....................(08) 9237 1444 Martin Kennealey shouting out the unique Deputy Editor: Real estate number to Rubik’s Bat- TheWeekender is published on Thursdays and is part of the Com- Lucy Jarvis ...........................(08) 9237 1433 cubie colour first. munity Newspaper Group. 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JOON MOTHER’S DAY at theBreakwater Breakfast, Lunch, High TeaorDinner 2018 10, May To bookcalluson9448 5000 Thursday, WEEKENDER, THE 2 Battle brewing on waste fees Lauren Pilat Australia’s biggest buyer of recy- Community News contacted “The City expects Cleanaway Cleanaway had proposed afour- clable materials, stopped import- both councils, which cumulative- to continue receiving and pro- fold increase in processing fees to WASTE collection company ing solid waste in an effort to re- ly produce 33,000 tonnes of recyc- cessing recycling materials from shoulder the cost increase, which Cleanaway will not reveal details duce pollution. lables per annum, forcomment our residents’ kerbside bins, as it argued was still far less than of contracts with the cities of The movemeant commodity and received individual state- per the agreement currently in what it was paying. Wanneroo and Joondalup, follow- prices dropped, causing some ments saying their contracts were place,” it read. “If they choose not to engage, ing reports the cost of recycling waste collectors to pay for recy- confidential and could not be dis- The statement from Joondalup then we can’t have these exorbi- may increase. clables to be taken away and that cussed publicly. read: “The City has aprocessing tant costs imposed on us,” he said. An ABC report this week re- cost passed to local governments. The statement from Wanneroo contract in place with Cleanaway “The cost of recycling is going vealed that if local governments According to the ABC, Clean- said the City had areceiving and and the details of the commercial up. We’re talking something like did not agree to higher recycling away had been negotiating with processing contract in place with agreements and negotiations are less than 10 per cent for most fees, Cleanaway might be forced 20 WA local governmentssince Cleanaway forresidents’recyc- confidential.” councils. to send recyclables to landfill or February, but had not made head- lingmaterials and that details of Cleanaway’s