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Man living in tree to keep council at bay

JAYNE RICKARD, The West AustralianDecember 9, 2009, 5:53 am

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A Thornlie resident has been living in a big eucalyptus tree on his verge for two days in a bid to stop the giant being cut down by the local council.

Richard Pennicuik said he had no choice but to protest against a City of Gosnells decision to remove more than 20 native trees from his street over the next week. He said he would not be leaving until the tree was saved.

City of Gosnells chief executive Ian Cowie said the council would be removing the tree and hoped to come to an "amicable" resolution with Mr Pennicuik. But he said the city would not try to remove him from his tree.

The tree removals follow a city survey which identified 22 potentially dangerous trees in Hume Road, mainly because of falling branches.

The native trees will be replaced by 35 jacarandas.

Mr Pennicuik had been living in the tree since Monday morning and had struggled to sleep throughout his protest. Neighbours and friends have been supporting him, bringing food, water and other items

"I don't mind if other people want their trees cut down," he said. "But I won't back down."

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The x on this tree symbolises that this tree is "unsafe" or "dangerous" to pedestrians when the foot path is on the other side of this road. The council is going to cut this native tree down and replace it with a tree that is not native. The man who lives at this house with this tree has said that he is going to stay up this tree so that it is not cut down. I believe that it is wrong that the council is going to cut down these trees and especially during summer when we use our trees for shade. So i'm with him the council should not be cutting down these trees.  By Yoorala Evans

The Mark of Death - MAN IN TREE IN THORNLIE

MAN IN TREE IN THORNLIE

The x on this tree symbolises that this tree is "unsafe" or "dangerous" to pedestrians when the foot path is on the other side of this road. The council is going to cut this native tree down and replace it with a tree that is not native. The man who lives at this house with this tree has said that he is going to stay up this tree so that it is not cut down. I believe that it is wrong that the council is going to cut down these trees and especially during summer when we use our trees for shade. So i'm with him the council should not be cutting down these trees.  By Yoorala Evans

$2.3million for Kenwick Village surrounds

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John Day
Minister for Planning; Culture and the Arts

Tue 08 December, 2009

$2.3million for Kenwick Village surrounds

Portfolio: Planning

The Maddington Kenwick Sustainable Communities Partnership today received a boost of $2.3million towards underground power, street lighting, streetscape enhancement and traffic calming in Kenwick Village centre.

Planning Minister John Day said the funding was the State Government’s 2009-10 contribution to the project which began in 2003.

“The City of Gosnells has made considerable progress in the past six years of this partnership project to develop and implement strategies for the sustainable regeneration of Maddington and Kenwick communities,” Mr Day said.

“To do this, it developed alliances with government agencies, non government organisations, businesses and local residents and there is substantial evidence that this has been a project well worth our support.”

The new round of funding announced today will fund the planning, design, installation and commissioning of an underground electricity supply distribution system and the construction of footpaths and pathways, in accordance with the project plan.

Benefits include pedestrian and cyclist safety, with lower traffic speeds, better lighting and improved amenity for all users of the village centre.

The village centre will attract investment and new businesses to establish in the area, as it develops into a more attractive place to shop.

City of Gosnells mayor Olwen Searle said the Government funding would help create a safer, better place to live and work for residents and business people in the Kenwick Village area.

“There has been major community input through the Kenwick by Design project and the ongoing support of the State Government is essential to helping realise the vision shared by the local community and the City of Gosnells for the area,” Mayor Searle said.

“The regeneration of older suburbs has been a spectacular success in other parts of the city and I am sure we can achieve similar results here.”

The underground power and street lighting project is scheduled to be completed by September 2010. Construction of pathways/footpaths, enhancement of streetscape and installation of traffic calming devices will follow and should be finished by March 2011.

Minister's office - 9213 6600

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Blaze rips through Southern River bushland

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December 07, 2009 09:00am

FIRE RAGES: Firefighters battled for several hours to extinguish an overnight blaze in Southern River.

FIRE ripped through bush in Perth's southern suburbs overnight.

The blaze started about 8.40pm in bushland near Balfour St in Southern River and took 26 firefighters almost two hours to bring under control.

Fire crews from four metropolitan stations and volunteer units were called to battle the blaze, which was fanned by strong winds.

Firefighters continued mopping up hot spots until 2am.

About 12ha of bush was destroyed. 

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YMCA HQ's Summer Skate Series - Maddington Qualifying Round

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Date Listed 24/11/2009 Event Date(s) 23/01/2010 Event Time 12:00 to 17:00 Address Maddington WA, Australia  View map The YMCA HQ's Summer Skate Series is being held over the 2009/2010 summer with events being held at skate parks across WA. Winners of qualifying rounds go on to compete at the State Final at the YMCA HQ on Saturday 13th Feb. Winners of this Championship Event qualify for Skateboarding Australia's Dew Series (National Champs in Sydney). Visit http://www.hq.org.au/ for more information.   Qualifying Rounds: Saturday 28th November - Kwinana Skate Park Saturday 5th December - Bassendean Skate Park Saturday 12th December - Bunbury Skate Park Saturday 19th December - YMCA HQ Skate Park Saturday 9th January - Victoria Park Skate Park Saturday 16th January - Geraldton Skate Park Saturday 23rd January - Maddington Skate Park Saturday 30th January - Albany Skate Park Saturday 6th February - Nedlands Skate Park Championship Event: Saturday 13th February - YMCA HQ Skate Park Age groups: 15 & Under (Boys and Girls) 18 & Under Boys 18 & Under Girls Open (includes 18 & under sponsored boys/girls)   Free registration is from 12.00pm at the venue (Bunbury 9.30am).   For more information please contact Gemma Richman on 9328 3221/ 0419 396 020 or gemma.richman@ymca.org.au

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