Thursday, August 20, 2020 COMMUNITYNEWS.COM.AU GOVERNMENT COMMITS TO 10-YEAR LANEWAY MISSION TO SAVE OUR BEACH LEGACY Push to honour a Freo music great P8-9 SANDS Border ‘breachers’ found in Coolbellup TWO women who flew about 1.30am the next into Perth this week with- morning. out permission and alleg- At a hearing on Tues- edly escaped hotel day, Perth Magistrate’s quarantine hours later Court was told the women were found at a block of had travelled to Perth OF TIME units in Coolbellup, a with the sole purpose of court has heard. attending a party and Isata Jalloh, 19, and began plotting their Banchi Techanna, 22, escape on the bus from the arrived in Perth on Mon- airport. Jon Bassett ment by Rita Saffioti, ment ensured it received day night from Adelaide Police prosecutors said worth $3.25 million over the lion’s share of and were told they would that as they were being THE State Government the next decade, is in line Government assistance have to quarantine for 14 driven to the Novotel, the has confirmed it will foot with Fremantle Council’s made to support four ero- days before being sent bus driver heard them the bill to keep trucking strategy to eventually sion hot spots, with home. They were escorted hatching their escape sand on to Port Beach for shift carparks and build- money also for Point by police to a hotel on plan to head to the party, another 10 years as au- ings such as the home of Peron, Quinns Beach and Murray Street in central so he informed police. thorities continue to buy Coast restaurant farther Geraldton’s Drummond Perth, but the pair alleg- The women, who time to plan longer-term from the shrinking Cove. edly left the hotel some appeared in court via erosion protective mea- beach. “The funding from the time during the night and audio link, are expected sures. Port Beach’s dire need Sand piles ready for use were arrested by police at back before the court Yesterday’s announce- for annual sand replace- CONTINUED PAGE 8 at Port Beach this week. the Malvolio Road unit today. INSIDE: YOUR GUIDE TO GETTING BACK TO FREMANTLE MARKETS COC 2 NEWS August 20, 2020 NEWS ....................................................................... P1-9 FREMANTLE MARKETS FEATURE ................... P13-16 EDUCATION MATTERS FEATURE.......................... P17 Golfers’ traps down the drain ART ............................................................................ P18 REAL ESTATE ..................................................... P20-22 Ben Smith cial lakes will start to dry up monitoring all fauna and Emergency Services was when the weather gets any future development consulted and confirmed the TRADES DIRECTORY ........................................ P23-25 THE process to turn the for- warmer,” he said. work will be undertaken in lakes were not on any regis- EMPLOYMENT ........................................................ P26 mer Glen Iris Golf Course “The draining of the lakes line with an agreed environ- ter of emergency water sup- into a housing estate has and the aquatic animal relo- mental management plan plies for firefighting CLASSIFIEDS ........................................................... P26 taken a further step with the cation is being carried out that will be prepared and purposes, which had been MOTORING .............................................................. P26 draining of its lakes. under the watchful eye of approved prior to any works raised by concerned mem- SPORT ....................................................................... P27 Work has begun to empty environmental consultants commencing,” he said. bers of the community as a the seven lakes on the site of at Emerge Associates. City of Cockburn acting reason for the lakes to the old public course, which “They’ll also be ensuring planning and development remain. INSIDE was closed in April after the work does not have any director Rachel Pleasant A DFES spokesman said being sold to Eastcourt impact on the water birds’ said drainage works were there were other larger Property Group. breeding season, which typ- permitted on private proper- water sources nearby they Acumen Development ically occurs in late spring ty. would be able to draw from if Solutions project director or early summer.” “The lakes are being required. Editorial Director: Amanda Keenan Jarrod Rendell described Mr Rendell said draining drained and would have nat- Mr Rendell confirmed no News Production: Matt Zis the process as progressive so the lakes would also ensure urally dried out as the development application for Design: Carly Pilton they could remove and relo- they could not pose a drown- warmer weather approach- redevelopment work had Features Editor: Arylene Westlake-Jennings cate fish and other aquatic ing risk to the community or es as they are not being been submitted yet, and Digital Editor: Alison Middleton animals along the way. become a summer breeding replenished by bore water,” other than lake drainage General inquiries: 9237 1000 “As the bore pumps and ground for bugs and mosqui- she said. and scheduled maintenance, irrigation system are no toes. Mr Rendell said the there was currently no work Email: [email protected] longer operating, the artifi- “Emerge Associates are Department of Fire and being undertaken at the site. Reporters: Ben Smith 9237 1436 (Cockburn, East Fremantle) Adam Poulsen 9237 1534 (Melville, Fremantle) Photographers: David Baylis, Andrew Ritchie Group Sales Director: Max Wilson 0420 927 511 communitynews.com.au Business Development Manager: Paul Skuse 0413 686 100 communitynews.com.au/subscribe Contact Centre/Trades: Rick Edwards 9237 1442 /FremantleGazette Distribution: 08 9237 1630 Published by: Community Newspaper Group /FreoGazette 50 Hasler Road, Osborne Park WA 6017. CONTACT US CONTACT Printed by Colourpress 54 Hasler Road, Osborne Park WA 6017. COC August 20, 2020 NEWS 3 LOCKEDMONEY IN FOR NEW FREO COP SHOP AND LOADED Adam Poulsen on three police cars parked outside the current station. FREMANTLE’S “long-over- That expensive and bra- due” new police station zen incident, which could be operational by late occurred on the night of 2022, according to Police Perth Festival’s Highway to Minister Michelle Roberts. Hell event in full view of The State Government security cameras, led the last week pledged $52.6 mil- WA Police Union to ramp up lion towards construction of its demands for a new facil- a state-of-the-art facility at ity in Fremantle. the former Stan Reilly White was sentenced to Joe Danau with some of his works Wall Garden (front), Uluru (middle) and Spirit (back). Picture: Andrew Ritchie Reserve site on South Ter- four-and-a-half years race as part of a $96.5m pack- behind bars, but will be eligi- age to upgrade police ble for parole in two years. stations across WA. The court heard he had Every artistic piece tells a story Ms Roberts said the build been drinking so heavily was expected to take about since the morning of the THE extraordinary life Beagle Bay. story of a talented artist’s very powerful stone from two years. attack that he couldn't he’s lived means Joe Danau Danau’s passion to paint thoughts, feelings and the sky people,” Joe “I’m expecting the tenders remember a thing. White’s could be a walking, talking and create was there from experiences. recounts for the Gazette. will go out in November this lawyers said he only learnt story himself, only that’s the beginning but it wasn’t There are hundreds but “The sky people knew it year,” she said. “It could be what he had got up to the foll- not the way the he wants it until his bricky’s body none speak a richer tale was him who stole that late ’22 (or) early ’23 before it owing day and he went to be. packed it in that he made a than a hard-crafted and sacred stone because he’d is actually opened.” straight to the police. His way of living and life-changing move to enrol perfectly finished be the only bloke who could Ms Roberts said the sta- Ms Roberts said a new sharing his stories, in art school, aged 55. sculpture made from a get up as high as that. tion on High Street would be purpose-built station would thoughts and feelings is “It was the best five years “rough as guts” chunk of “So they came down and replaced with a “major pol- have “all the modern facili- through his immense in my life because I was Australian wood, dug from found their stone in his icing complex” to service the ties” and much-needed talent for art, something he doing art, being looked road reserve near Ayers nest and they killed him southern metropolitan secure parking for officers. has done hundreds of time after in the school and had Rock and transformed by and took their stone back region, which would give “Fremantle is a major from the ‘studio’ that is his friends that did art,” he Joe into the Dreamtime But the power that was in WA Police Commissioner regional centre; we need a Spearwood home’s garage. said. I think it saved my life story of Uluru. the stone had gone into Chris Dawson “greater major policing complex here The son of a Belgian to tell you the truth.” Now a lounge room Ayers Rock. liberty to allocate more po- and as government-owned prisoner of war, who lived That was about 30 years centrepiece that can swivel “While he was off lice officers”. land and a central site, this is his earliest years in the ago. And not even a heart and turn as the story is stealing all this, his wife, “It’s more than 10 years ideal,” she said. “hell” of a Catholic attack and ailing health in told, the one-of-a-kind the lizard, was having an since the original Fremantle “It’s been really hard for boarding school before recent years has managed piece features all of its affair with a ground bird.