LOCAL NEWS

December 4, 2025
Midland mental health centre open throughout the holidays
Midland Medicare Mental Health Centre will open daily through the holidays and offer free walk-in mental health support for adults facing stress, loneliness or grief.
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December 4, 2025
Eye on crime
Police are seeking the public’s assistance after a suspicious fire erupted in Bullsbrook, while a man has been charged after a Vines e-scooter sale went wrong.
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December 4, 2025
New Mundaring anthology is full of creative stories
The latest book anthology from the Mundaring creative writing group will be launched on Friday, December 12.
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December 4, 2025
Orange Sky offers free laundry service for disadvantaged
Orange Sky Australia has teamed up with St Martins Church in Forrestfield to help some of the area’s most vulnerable.
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December 4, 2025
Perth Sky Sculpture Park calls for art
Perth Sky Sculpture Park has launched and invites artists to create bold paid works in bushland to foster a new cultural destination in the hills.
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December 4, 2025
Andrew Reserve land sale is going ahead
Despite community opposition, the City of Kalamunda unanimously approved the controversial sale of two public-use lots next to Andrew Reserve acknowledging advertising concerns in the process.
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December 4, 2025
Midland women’s centre secures $37k tech funds
Midland Women’s Centre has received a $37,000 technology upgrade, delivered by Midland MLA Steve Catania as a pre-election promise, to modernise their essential systems.
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December 4, 2025
EMRC immobilisation plant gets EPA tick
The Environmental Protection Authority approved in late November the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council’s proposal to build a toxic waste treatment plant in Swan.
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November 27, 2025
Alcoa removes Perth Hills from their exploration area
Alcoa announced on Monday that they would no longer conduct exploratory drilling in the Perth Hills, following opposition from the community and its representatives.
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November 27, 2025
Arson attack on Midland tobacco shop escalates organised crime fears
An arson attack heavily damaged a Great Eastern Highway tobacco shop on Monday; sparking fears the Victorian tobacco wars have now reached Western Australia.
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