The mayor of the City of Stirling has backed a move to fence off more than half of the Mirrabooka Regional Open Space playing fields for the Perth Glory Football Club.

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Mayor Mark Irwin says the council hasn’t experienced much backlash.

“[The] Community are always interested in what’s going to happen with their own public use of that space and what benefit they’ll get out of this,” he told 6PR Perth Live.

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