Monday 1 June 2009

Amateurs knock Morley out of Soccer Pools Cup

as posted here

The league took a back seat this weekend with the Soccer Pools Cup second round taking centre stage. The pick of the cup round was the all Premier League clash at the Edith Cowan University where Perth SC defeated ECU Joondalup 4-1.
The home side hit the front on 23 minutes when Greg Josling scored, and Steve Amphlett’s side led by that score line at the break. But four goals after half time put the visitors in control.

First Todd Howarth scored on 55 minutes, before a Phil Arnold hat-trick wrapped up the victory for Graham Normanton’s side.

“We had a number of players missing today, so that made the result and performance more pleasing,” Normanton said.

“We were a little disappointed to go in 0-1 down but we changed a few things at the break and the two early goals changed the game, and we went on to record a good win.”

The surprise of the round came at Wotton Reserve where Sunday amateur side Shamrock Rovers beat first division Morley Windmills 4-1.

Rovers made a perfect start when Shane McCarthy scored after only three minutes, but the home side hit back five minutes later when Martin Sherwin levelled. The game swung Rovers’ way on 51 minutes when Wayne Brooks converted from the penalty spot, and further goals from Barry Mulligan and Graham Byrne gave them a famous victory.

Rovers coach Peter Bartlett was delighted with the win.

“It was a great effort from the boy’s, and I’m still trying to get my voice back,” Bartlett said.

“It was an even first half but we changed things around just after half time and we went to 4-4-2 formation, and it seemed to do the trick for us. We scored the penalty and we then went on and deserved to win.”

In other games Inglewood United beat first division side Gosnells City 1-0 at the Clipsal stadium. Kevin Griffith’s goal on 61 minutes was enough for the home side, and assistant coach Kevin Brophy was happy to be in the hat for the next round.

“They really didn’t cause us too many problems today in front of goal, but I thought Gosnells worked hard and frustrated us,” Brophy said.

“We didn’t play that well in the first half but we made the change at the break and we got the goal in the second half and we’re happy to be in the next round.”

Stirling Lions ran out 3-2 winners against Sorrento in the all Premier League clash at Percy Doyle Reserve. The visitors were ahead after only two minutes through Perth Glory Youth defender Steven Hesketh, but Steve McDonald levelled for the Gulls before half time. Jason Mirco and Andy Brown gave the Lions a 3-1 lead, and Daniel Darras’ late consolation goal wasn’t enough for Steve Neville’s side.

Holders Western Knights carried on their merry way with a 6-1 win against first division Balcatta SC at Grindleford Reserve. Goals for the Knights came from Anthony Campbell (two), David Micevski, Daniel Micevski, Mario Marcinko and an own goal. The home side’s only goal came from Ashley Rosendale.

Penalty shoot outs decided two ties on Saturday. Firstly at Alfred Skeet Oval were fellow Premier League sides Armadale and Canning City ended 1-1 after extra time. Michael Rodgers had given the visitors a 1-0 half time lead, but Kevin Bissett levelled just after half time, but Armadale had to do it the hard way with both Andrew Bowyer and Peter Taylor, being sent off in extra time. In the shoot out Reds keeper Cyril Sharrock, who was playing his last game for the club after agreeing to sign for Sorrento next week, was the hero saving the crucial penalty.

The dreaded shoot out was also needed at the Westrac Stadium where South West Phoenix and visitors Fremantle Spirit were level 1-1 after extra time. Keiran Kavanagh gave the Phoenix the lead in the 53rd minute but Alex Consolanti equalised seven minutes later, but it was the home side who ran out winners in the shoot out.

PERTH
PETER SIMCOX


as posted here

Griffiths Sends Inglewood United Through In Soccer Pools Cup

as posted here

A goal just after the hour mark from Inglewood United midfielder Kevin Griffiths gave the Premier League side a 1-0 victory against first division side Gosnells City at the Clipsal Stadium, in round two of the Soccer Pools Cup.
Griffiths was on hand to fire home a Jason Colli cross, after the visitors didn’t clear their lines and the midfielder was happy to get the victory. “We knew it was going to be a battle today, and in the first half we were a bit under par. We made chances in the second half and I was happy to score and we’re happy to get into the next round,” Griffiths said.
It was a lively start to the game and the home side went close early, Rory Grant fed Colli in the box but Gosnells keeper Alan Dunlop was out quick to save.
The visitors settled and went close themselves on 11 minutes, midfielder Aaron Nadine’s long-range shot flashed wide of the target.
Both defences were well on top and chances were few and far between, but Dunlop had to be alert to punch clear from a dangerous cross from Ricky Smith on 25 minutes.
Moments later it was Gosnells who had the best opportunity of the game. Ian Maguire’s through ball sent Darren Francis clear, but Inglewood keeper Oliver Taseski was out to clear; although his clearance fell at the feet of Andrew McGettrick, who fired well over when well placed.
It was a tight contest, and the home side were struggling to break down the Gosnells defence with Mark Edwards excellent, but they did go close on the half hour. Colli’s corner from the right found James Duncan at the back post and his header crashed off the post, but referee Michael Tolme had whistled for a foul on the Gosnells keeper Dunlop.
The first division side was taking the game to their Premier League opponents, and on 36 minutes Francis’ shot from long-range went just over the bar. Moment’s later Gosnells midfielder Ian Maguire, who was having a great game, sent an inch perfect through ball into Sam Maguire, but his shot from the angle was wide.
Both sides had chances late in the half, first on 40 minutes Inglewood midfielder Jamie Mitsopoulos pass found Griffiths, whose shot from the edge of the box curled inches over the crossbar, with Dunlop at full stretch. Then on the stroke of half time Gosnells’ Luke Woodard found McGettrick, whose shot was blocked by Shayne Price, and Stuart Aitken’s follow up shot went wide.
Inglewood coach Alan Vest showed his intensions at half time, bringing on Dannie Richman and Louis Parkinson to bolster their attacking options and they began the half on top. On 50 minutes Colli was sent clear down the right, his cross into the box was met by Gosnells defender David Abbott whose attempted clearance went into the grateful arms of Gosnells keeper Dunlop.
It was all the home side and Parkinson’s header was well saved by Dunlop, and Mladen Kovacevic long-range shot was well over.
Then on 61 minutes the winning goal came. Colli’s low cross caused problems in the Gosnells defence and they failed to clear their lines and Grant’s shot was blocked but the ball fell to Griffiths who lashed it home from close-range.
It was nearly 2-0 moments later, a great run down the left by Daniel Kovacevic, ended with the defender cutting inside, but his shot was saved low by Dunlop.
The visitors began to throw men forward and second half substitute Adam Bremner fired wide from the edge of the box on 67 minutes, and moments later they went close to levelling. Again it was Ian Maguire who was the architect, his perfected weighted through ball sent Bremner clear and his shot from six-yards was well saved by Taseski.
With Shayne Price and James Duncan solid at the heart of the Inglewood defence, Gosnells were struggling to break them down, although Francis’ shot from 12-yards on 80 minutes was saved by Taseski.
Both sides cleared their benches late, and both had late chances. Ian Maguire’s free kick into the box was well held by Taseski on 86 minutes, while Dunlop saved well from Parkinson’s header moments later and he was out quick to save at the same player’s feet in stoppage time, but it was Inglewood who progressed to the next round of the cup.
Inglewood assistant Coach Kevin Brophy was happy to be in the hat for the next round of the cup. “They really didn’t cause us too many problems today in front of goal, but I thought Gosnells worked hard and frustrated us.
“We didn’t play that well in the first half but we made the change at the break and we got the goal in the second half and we’re happy to be in the next round,” Brophy said.
Gosnells City Coach Tony Maguire was happy with the performance of his side despite the loss. “It was a real good performance today, we had a game plan today and I think it worked.
“The boys worked hard for each other and we played some good football today, and if we play like that for the rest of the season I think we will be Ok,” Maguire said.
Inglewood United 1 (Griffiths61’)
Gosnells City 0
Clipsal Stadium, Saturday, May 30th, 2009
HT: 0-0
Att: 100 (Approx)
Referee - Michael Tolme
Assistants - Trent Fleskens and Stephen Knight
Inglewood United - GK Oliver TASESKI, 2 Shane PRYCE, 3 Daniel KOVACEVIC, 9 Rory GRANT, 11 James MITSOPOULOS (12 Dannie RICHMAN 46’), 18 Jason COLLI, 19 Ricky SMITH, 20 Albert OSEI-TUTU (10 Lewis PARKINSON 46’), 26 James DUNCAN, 27 Mladen KOVACEVIC, 34 Kevin GRIFFITHS (6 Matt WARDLE 83) - Subs not used - Lewis ITALIANO
Yellow Cards - Nil
Gosnells City - GK Alan DUNLOP, 2 Mark EDWARDS, 3 Sam MAGUIRE (12 Chris HOLLAND 72’), 4 David ABBOTT, 5 Raymond McDONALD, 6 Luke WOODARD, 7 Ian MAGUIRE, 8 Aaron NADINE (14 Allan CLAXTON 66’), 9 Darren FRANCIS, 10 Stuart AITKEN, 11 Andrew McGETTRICK (15 Adam BREMNER 59’) - Subs not used - RGK Maikol TASESKI, 13 DaronTWYMAN
Yellow Cards - McDonald 64’


as posted here

SunRun PPA



Check out the article about creative solar financing

Go solar and power your City

as posted here


Go solar and power your City

The race is on to have the most energy efficient community with the recent launch of the PV+ solar power competition between six south east metropolitan local governments, including the City of Gosnells.

Run by the switch your thinking! (syt!) initiative, the PV+ competition gives eligible residents a discount of $800, in addition to the Federal Government’s current $8,000 rebate – reducing the cost of a 1kw grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) system to $3790*.

By signing up for solar power through the PV+ program before 30 June, residents can help the City of Gosnells take out the competition prize – a 20m steel PV Tree sculpture whose energy-producing panels follow the sun.

The first local government to get 100 solar PV systems installed on residential rooftops wins.

City of Gosnells Mayor Olwen Searle said the competition was a great way to encourage more people to switch to solar energy.

"Solar power is one of the best ways to reduce your home’s long-term energy use and with the rising cost of electricity, it will significantly reduce power bills too," she said.

"If the City is the lucky winner of the PV Tree, it would not only make a wonderful and functional piece of public art but also help to power a community building like the new Civic Complex."

Project details include:

The current $8000 Federal Government rebate (Solar Homes and Communities Plan), which expires on 30 June 2009

The $800 syt! rebate is available from program sponsor Greenday Today through the Rebates 4 Residents project

Residents must live in a participating syt! council and have a combined household income of less than $100,000
Ends

* Terms and conditions apply – please visit www.switchyourthinking.com for details or call 9391 6032.








as posted here

Sunday 31 May 2009

GOSNELLS CITY F.C. 0 - 1 UNILATERALS

as posted here


After our bye last week most of the boys were itching to get back onto the park and make a show, especially for Cliff Bennison’s last game before he deserts us for US….. Back to the pitch. As usual there were some who rocked up early and slept in the carpark (Rowley), and some who rocked up late but still got a run (Jimmy). Some pre-game exercises and a quick chat to the Ref preceeds the kick-off.

Game on and much of the first 10 minutes was played out in the midfield followed by a defensive clearance of some description. The wings weren’t be used too well by either team and play only resulted in easily saved shots on goal or turnovers.

As the game progressed we started to utilise the wide ball, with Cliff and Al Mac working overtime onto through balls and beating their respective men. Team intensity picked up for the Laterals but nothing resulted. Some great opportunities arose but a lack of decision making in front of goals meant we where taking too long and couldn’t get a shot off quick enough.

Man of the match Dan Vivian was having a great game in defence winning numerous headers and contesting every ball. Never giving the Gosnell’s lackluster forward line any chance of getting a decent shot on target. Ryan, Kev, Bernie, Hiroto and backline fill-in Brad all played well together preventing the opposition from getting into the box.

The first half played out at nil all. We felt pretty confident in our fitness going into the second half and some tactics talk from our esteemed leader Mark gave us some good ideas moving into the second period.

Immediately we picked up our game and created several chances in the first few minutes. Unfortunately the grounds were not as good as ye old Macgilvray oval and the ball kept bobbling all over the place. Once again Al Mac on the left wing producing some fine work and Rowley working well with the strikers creating great opportunities. The subs kept rolling and the defence kept defending, moving the ball up around the outside of the corridor. Our speed and fitness proving to be too much to handle for the GCFC players.

Jimmy provided the usual good work on the right wing and the Parks brothers were alternating great plays going forward. Kenny had a couple of chances and a few shots were fired from outside the box by the midfield. After one particular cross from Jimmy Lim the ball goes over Brandy’s head just inside the top of the box only for Mark to get a good shoe in. In true Laterals style he leaps up and executes a fantastic scissor kick, too bad he missed the ball.

The team kept the intensity high and it eventually paid dividends. From a throw-in Jarrad gets the ball outside the box and to the right of goals. Kenny makes a great run and JP plays and excellent through ball. Kenny fires and the keeper parries, only for Al Mac, our saviour once again, to come in and clean up the crums putting the ball cleanly into the back of the net from 4 yards out.

No more goals eventuated but we did continue to keep up the game-play until the final whistle. Kevin was nicely annoying the shit out of the opposition strikers as they tried to do the same to Pitty on corners. All went well and Pitty kept the teams first clean sheet for the season. Great game by all and hopefully more will come in the coming weeks.

This entry was posted on Sunday, May 31st, 2009 at 5:33 pm and is filed under Home, News, Results, Social, UWA Laterals. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.




as posted here

Thursday 28 May 2009

Will your town lay down and die?

as posted here

With amalgamations looming, will your local council fight or unite with its neighbour? Perth's metropolitan mayors discuss survival tactics with Chris Thomson.

Only six of metropolitan Perth's 29 mayors say they will consider merging with neighbouring councils when the Barnett Government forces them to nominate efficiency measures later this year.

Local Government Minister John Castrilli has set an August 31 deadline for WA's 139 councils to decide if they want to merge, take land from their neighbours, or otherwise become lean and mean.

On Monday, WAtoday.com.au revealed how sparsely populated shires in WA's Wheatbelt and Midwest regions were charging up to 10 times more rates per person than their city cousins.

Now, a straw poll of metropolitan mayors and shire presidents reveals 16 oppose mergers, six support, and two are undecided.

Three months out from Mr Castrilli's deadline, Perth region mayors vote 'YES', 'NO' or 'MAYBE' to local council mergers ...

Armadale mayor Linton Reynolds - NO

"The good thing about this process is it's caused everybody to stop and think."

. Opposes amalgamations with neighbouring Gosnells and Serpentine-Jarrahdale on grounds that main financial weakness of all three councils is that their rate base is too suburban;

. opposes amalgamations with Cockburn or Kwinana, both separated from Armadale by Kwinana Freeway, as he sees no common community of interest;

. says number of Armadale councillors should be culled from 14, to between six and nine.

Bassendean mayor Tina Klein - NO

"There's no need for us to amalgamate with anyone, because we're sustainable."

. Opposes amalgamation;

. prefers 'squaring off' boundaries with neighbours along main roads, sharing regional services, and reducing number of councillors.

Bayswater mayor Lou Magro - YES

"My personal preference would be for metropolitan councils of 100,000 people or above."

. Supports council amalgamations so that each Perth council would have no fewer than 100,000 people;

. supports 'squaring off' of council boundaries.

Belmont mayor Glenys Godfrey - NO

"It's putting the cart before the horse because the WA Local Government Association had already entered into a reform process."

. opposes amalgamation;
. supports greater sharing of services among eastern suburbs councils.

Cambridge mayor Simon Withers - NO

"I think there should be a lot of amalgamations in the Wheatbelt councils. All the urban councils are sustainable for as long as they want, basically."

. opposes amalgamation with neighbouring councils;

. supports squaring off the town's boundaries.

Canning mayor Joe Delle Donne - NIL RESPONSE

Claremont acting mayor Paul Kelly - MAYBE

"It's certainly worth considering because there's economies of scale and substantial efficiencies that can be gained."

. open minded toward merging with the City of Nedlands, and instituting an electoral system where both Claremont and Nedlands would retain ward status;

. says that regardless of outcome, current boundaries need to be squared up.

Cockburn mayor Logan Howlett - YES

"We see the main way of moving forward as an amalgamation with a neighbouring local government."

. supports amalgamation with either City of Fremantle or Town of Kwinana;

. looking at squaring up boundaries;

. supports regional service sharing;

. has reservations about reducing current number of councillors down from 10.

Cottesloe mayor Kevin Morgan - YES

"Peppermint Grove is an integral part of any merger involving Cottesloe."

. open-minded to mergers, especially with tiny Peppermint Grove, though doesn't expect there would be great financial benefits;

. prefers number of Cottesloe councillors be slashed from current 11 to a "lean, mean council" of five, but worries about increased councillor burden;

. supports regional service sharing.

East Fremantle mayor Alan Ferris - NO

"I think that we've been a long term (takeover) target of everyone. We're a small council, we understand that (but) we don't agree with it."

. opposes amalgamation with neighbouring Fremantle;

. supports greater service sharing, in finance and human resources services with neighbouring councils;

. says his ratepayers should decide whether the town is amalgamated or not.

Fremantle mayor Peter Tagliaferri - YES

. Vigorously opposes Cockburn mayor Logan Howlett's mooted merger with smaller Fremantle, but is a long-term advocate of merging with the even smaller Town of East Fremantle;

. supports squaring up boundaries;

. supports greater sharing of services, particularly information technology where he sees potential economies of scale.

Gosnells mayor Olwen Searle - NIL RESPONSE

Joondalup mayor Troy Pickard - NO

"We're 160,000 people, and if you get any bigger than that you expose yourself to the potential of losing touch with your community."

. Opposes amalgamation with Joondalup's neighbours;

. supports larger councils such as Joondalup contracting out expertise (such as urban planning) to smaller councils in remote areas.

Kalamunda shire president Donald McKechnie - YES

"We could do with a bit more industrial and (annexing) that Hazelmere area (from the City of Swan) would make us very sustainable because that's where the heavy industry is going."

. Says annexing Hazelmere from City of Swan would broaden Kalamunda's largely residential and rural rates base;

. supports slashing current councillor numbers from 12 to 9;

. says amalgamation spotlight should be on smaller country and western Perth councils, not on larger Kalamunda;

. supports squaring up boundaries.

Kwinana mayor Carol Adams - NIL RESPONSE

Melville mayor Russell Aubrey - NO

"The reform process, it's a bit confusing for us all without a firm idea of what the minister is hoping to achieve."

. Opposes amalgamations, because he sees his city's size of 100,000 as optimum;

. supports squaring up boundaries;

. says current number of 13 councillors is fine.

Mosman Park mayor Ron Norris - MAYBE

"Divide and conquer is the only intelligent strategy I can attribute to the manner in which the minister is conducting this matter."

. If residents of North Fremantle came to him, and wanted to move from City of Fremantle to Mosman Park he'd welcome it;

. likewise with the tiny shire of Peppermint Grove, but he won't be initiating annexure for fear of falling into Mr Castrilli's divide and conquer "trap".

Mundaring shire president Helen Dullard - NO

"We are currently looking at why we would do that and what gains there would be for our communities."

. Lukewarm on need for mergers with neighbouring councils of Swan, Northam or Kalamunda, saying she does not want to pre-empt an imminent council decision on the matter;

. supports boundary 'tidy ups'

Nedlands mayor Sheryl Froese - YES

"If (amalgamating with neighbour Claremont) is done in a good way and brings the community with you, that might be something that might work."

. Supports a merger with adjacent Claremont, but not a mooted super western suburbs council;

. supports boundary square offs.

Peppermint Grove shire president Brian Kavanagh - NO

"We're financially well off, viable, and deliver services people want and they're prepared to pay for it, so why would we want to change?"

. Opposes amalgamations;

. actually wants more councillors - up from current seven to nine to ensure there's a quorum at meetings;

. supports squaring of boundaries.

Perth mayor Lisa Scaffidi - NO

"I believe that amalgamation is a question mark of a word."

. Advocates "redrawing the local government map" to encourage greater efficiency;

. says there is scope for Perth to extend north into Northbridge and southwest toward the University of Western Australia to enhance its capital city role;

. says a recent media report saying Perth wanted to annexe the Burswood entertainment precinct and residential areas of Northbridge was incorrect.

Rockingham mayor Barry Sammels - NO

"Our boundaries are pretty well defined."

. Opposes Cockburn's amalgamation overtures, as he believes Kwinana is already sustainable, and growing all the time;

. opposes any reduction in the town's current number of 10 councillors;

. says squaring of boundaries is unwarranted, because the current ones work well.

South Perth mayor James Best - NO

"South Perth is incredibly sustainable."

. opposes amalgamation with neighbouring councils;

. supports slashing current number of councillors from 13 to 9;

. supports expanding existing service sharing with adjoining Victoria Park to joint procurement of equipment, employment of back-office staff, and mowing along the river foreshore.

. supports squaring up of boundaries.

as posted here

Tuesday 26 May 2009

How does your council rate?

as posted here

Council rates takes per resident 2007-08:

City of Albany $532

City of Armadale $388

Shire of Ashburton $771

Shire of Augusta-Margaret River $947

Town of Bassendean $489

City of Bayswater $405

City of Belmont $722

Shire of Beverley $1024

Shire of Boddington $884

Shire of Boyup Brook $1000

Shire of Bridgetown-Greenbushes $567

Shire of Brookton $998

Shire of Broome $681

Shire of Broomehill-Tambellup $1250

Shire of Bruce Rock $872

City of Bunbury $607

Shire of Busselton $781

Town of Cambridge $499

City of Canning $386

Shire of Capel $371

Shire of Carnamah $1314

Shire of Carnarvon $438

Shire of Chapman Valley $1236

Shire of Chittering $757

Town of Claremont $663

City of Cockburn $338

Shire of Collie $364

Shire of Coolgardie $890

Shire of Coorow $1520

Shire of Corrigin $1032

Town of Cottesloe $711

Shire of Cranbrook $1058

Shire of Cuballing $726

Shire of Cue $2905

Shire of Cunderdin $915

Shire of Dalwallinu $1362

Shire of Dandaragan $1139

Shire of Dardanup $403

Shire of Denmark $627

Shire of Derby-West Kimberley $446

Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup $444

Shire of Dowerin $917

Shire of Dumbleyung $1421

Shire of Dundas $1084

Town of East Fremantle $572

Shire of East Pilbara $594

Shire of Esperance $607

Shire of Exmouth $781

City of Fremantle $800

City of Geraldton-Greenough $519

Shire of Gingin $802

Shire of Gnowangerup $1525

City of Gosnells $348

Shire of Halls Creek $346

Shire of Harvey $463

Shire of Irwin $726

Shire of Jerramungup $1741

City of Joondalup $354

Shire of Kalamunda $301

City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder $470

Shire of Katanning $455

Shire of Kellerberrin $739

Shire of Kent $2245

Shire of Kojonup $1119

Shire of Kondinin $1577

Shire of Koorda $1300

Shire of Kulin $1286

Town of Kwinana $539

Shire of Lake Grace $1801

Shire of Laverton $2149

Shire of Leonora $1832

City of Mandurah $625

Shire of Manjimup $607

Shire of Meekatharra $1399

City of Melville $369

Shire of Menzies $4666

Shire of Merredin $625

Shire of Mingenew $1854

Shire of Moora $1031

Shire of Morawa $998

Town of Mosman Park $599

Shire of Mount Magnet $1220

Shire of Mount Marshall $1361

Shire of Mukinbudin $1145

Shire of Mullewa $1530

Shire of Mundaring $404

Shire of Murchison $1000

Shire of Murray $497

Shire of Nannup $637

Shire of Narembeen $1257

Shire of Narrogin $594

Town of Narrogin $474

City of Nedlands $577

Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku $138

Shire of Northam $406

Shire of Northampton $690

Shire of Nungarin $1281


as posted here

First home least affordable in WA

as posted here

26th May 2009, 7:15 WST

WA is the most unaffordable place for first-homebuyers in Australia, with the State’s young couples taking more than four years to save a deposit, according to BankWest research.

Though the property boom is over, the research shows it is still a struggle to get into the first-home market, which has been buoyed by Government grants worth $14,000 to $21,000.

The boost grant will return to normal levels by the end of the year, potentially making it even more difficult for first-homebuyers to get on the property ladder.

The research to be released today shows it takes 4.3 years for couples to save a conservative deposit worth a fifth of the cost of a WA home, which is more than $90,000.

This is based on savings worth 20 per cent of the average pre-tax income for a WA couple aged between 25 to 34, as well as the Government grant.

It compares with a national average saving period of 3.7 years for a home and about three years for a unit.

The Perth area, excluding the regions, is only slightly more affordable than the State as a whole, with couples taking 4.2 years to save a deposit for a home and 3.3 years for a unit.

This is slightly less time than needed to save for deposits for homes in the cities of Sydney (5.2 years) and Melbourne (4.6 years).

BankWest retail head of strategy and products Selina Duncalf said the survey showed homes were now less affordable than they were five years ago.

“Even with the higher level of the first-homeowner grant, it is taking first-time buyers in Western Australia longer to save a home deposit than five years ago,” Ms Duncalf said.

“The fact remains that many young people face years of renting before they can climb on to the property ladder.”

Single first-homebuyers in Perth have an even harder task getting their foot on the property ladder. The research showed it would take 6 1 /2 years for a single person to save a deposit for a unit on their own.

Regional areas were more affordable than the metropolitan area, with 42 per cent of the local government areas in regional WA included in the survey requiring less than two years savings time for a home.

The research showed that couples would have to save the least amount of time to buy a unit in Kwinana (1.4 years), followed by Armadale (1.9 years), Rockingham (2.1 years), Gosnells (2.2 years), Swan (2.5 years), Cambridge (2.5 years) and Wanneroo (2.7 years). The longest savings schedule was needed for units in Cottesloe (9.2 years), Claremont (7 years), Nedlands (5.8 years), East Fremantle (5 years), Subiaco (4.8 years), South Perth (4.4 years) and Melville (4.3 years).

KIM MACDONALD


as posted here

Day one ..

the following reply was given ...

Thankyou for your enquiry. Council meetings are conducted under the provisions of the City of Gosnells Standing Orders Local Law 2003, a co...