Sky's Vic Park Newsletter #27: cycle lanes, skateboards, and short-term rentals
Coming up in December: more support for Water Sensitive Urban Design; a skateboarding partnership; short-term rental accommodation policy; extension of the Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan; traffic issues on Hubert St and Butler Lane; accessible pathways for Kensington Bushland; the Rutland Ave shared path project; and Lathlain Park negotiations with the State.
Sky's Vic Park Newsletter #26: The Pool, hockey, and Charles Paterson Park
Coming up in November: policy review, hockey, Burswood Park, the library services strategy, arts and culture, Aqualife Cafe, and Charles Paterson Park.
Decisions made in October: The Pool and encouraging nominations for council.
Sky's Vic Park Newsletter #25: decisions, elections, and inspiration
A catch-up for August, September, and October.
Sky's Vic Park Newsletter Special Edition: 2025 Elections!
Local government election votes close 6pm 18th October! Learn more about how to vote and what the candidates have said.
Sky's Vic Park Newsletter #24: advocacy, housing, waste, and batteries
Coming up in August: advocacy priorities, short-term rental accommodation applications, the strategic waste management plan, the Rutland Ave separated cycle path, community batteries, and a progress report
Sky's Vic Park Newsletter #23: safer streets, more trees, sustainable building, and the budget
Items coming up in July, including tree retention, sustainable building policy, safer streets, and the budget
Sky's Vic Park Newsletter #22: the Albany Highway Precinct Plan, motions from the community, and FOGO
This covers items coming up in June, including Black Swan Theatre’s ‘The Pool’; the Albany Highway Precinct Plan; and a report on parking.
Sky's Vic Park Newsletter #21: community motions, community grants, the urban forest, and more!
Kaya! I’ve been enjoying the cooler weather, and starting to get into the garden a little more. If you have a patch of green to tend, whether a garden or a...
Sky's Vic Park Newsletter #20: waste, safer streets, and some big projects
Kaya! I hope that you’re all well and enjoying the shift to some cooler days that Djeran brings. Reading about this season I learned that in Djeran red...
Sky's Vic Park Newsletter #19: what's happening around Town and traffic in Carlisle
Kaya! I hope that you’re well, and enjoying the shift to cooler weather as we move from Bunuru to Djeran. This newsletter is shorter than usual, covering: A...
Sky's Vic Park Newsletter #18: WA election, electors' meeting, and safer streets
This covers how to get involved;
what's happening behind the scenes at council; WA elections scorecards; what’s coming up in March, including the potential for safer local streets; and decisions made in April, including opposition to the Burswood Park motorplex at Joorolup.
Sky's Vic Park Newsletter #17: Extreme Heat, Community Grants, and the Motorplex
This Tuesday we'll discuss development and short-term rental accommodation approvals, community grants, green energy, and opposition to the proposed motorplex.
Sky's Vic Park Newsletter #16: Millen Precinct, Repairs, and Rutland Ave again
This newsletter tell you how to get involved this month; summarises some of the decisions made in December, including arts season grants, work at Millen precinct, repairs to Lathlain Park Grandstand, and traffic calming on Rutland Ave; and talks about staying connected without billionaires.
Sky's Vic Park Newsletter #15: Repairs, Rutland, and Recycling
What’s coming up at the December 10th Ordinary Council Meeting: the strategic waste management plan, repairs to the Lathlain Park Grandstand, advertising a plan to close one end of Claude St in Burswood, report on options for traffic calming on Rutland Ave, and the tender for the Edward Millen Park.
Sky's Vic Park Newsletter #14: the Urban Forest, climate action, cats, and the skate bowl
More on cats; the Urban Forest; Archer/Mint; climate action policies; and Rutland Ave.
Sky's Vic Park Newsletter #13: Climate action on the agenda and September decisions
This newsletter will cover how to get involved around the Town (and beyond!); how (some) change happens; climate action, the Albany Highway Precinct Plan (and much more!) on the agenda at council for the 15th October Ordinary Council Meeting; and decisions made by council in September.
Sky's Vic Park Newsletter #12: August decisions and September's meeting
This covers some key decisions from the August Ordinary Council Meeting, and upcoming items of particular interest for the September 17th Council Meeting.
Sky's Vic Park Newsletter #11: July and August Meetings, why won't my councillor say how they're voting, and bringing nature into the city
This newsletter includes more about how council works, ways to get involved, a not-so-brief summary of the July Ordinary Council Meeting, a not-at-all-brief overview of items for the 20th August Ordinary Council Meeting, including the proposed development at Miller’s Crossing, and inspiration from elsewhere.
Sky's Vic Park Newsletter Special Edition: the evidence on cycle lanes
Kaya! I’ve recently joined the Carlisle Community Facebook page and have been struck by the responses to the Archer St protected cycle lane. I started...
Sky's Vic Park Newsletter #10: the budget, cost of living, and community resilience
Kaya! I’m writing from rural Alberta, on land that is the traditional territory of five Indigenous groups, the Tsuut’ina, Michif Piyii (Métis), Ĩyãħé Nakón...
