Politicians are scrambling to contain growing frustration in Perth's inner-east, where Rivervale residents and business owners accuse the Cook government of ignoring a community living in fear over anti-social behaviour they link to unsupported public housing. A visit to the Kooyong Road shopping strip last week by local MP Cassie Rowe and Police Minister Reece Whitby has been dismissed as a "five-minute photo op", and the dispute has now been taken to Parliament.
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