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Business leaders say high house prices and skyrocketing rents are affecting where people choose to work and making it harder to find talent, according to KPMG.

The big gains behind Perth’s best-performing suburbs

Perth’s property market is turning heads, with some suburbs soaring by more than half a million dollars. Meanwhile, others are seeing values plunge by $100,000.

  • Sarah Brookes

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Three Things I Love: ‘FIFO’ model reveals her favourite parts of Perth

Her day job involves frequent-flying – to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. But she’s got strong reasons to stay living in the west, and she shares them here.

  • Emma Young
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Three Things I Love: She lives and breathes great Perth experiences. Here are her go-tos

Her day job is creating, championing and marketing Perth’s most memorable experiences and locations. Now she lifts the lid on the ones she can’t live without.

  • Emma Young
A render of the Serai apartment complex with an inset image of Vanessa’s home in Alice Springs.

‘I’d rather watch the gardener mow the lawn’: Empty-nesters snap up Perth’s luxe apartments

Perth’s cashed up older community is splashing cash on the ultimate downsize, freeing themselves from the shackles of property maintenance.

  • Sarah Brookes
Winton at the Sydney Theatre Company for the production of his play Signs of Life in 2012.

Three Things I Love: Tim Winton on record shops and river rituals

He’s a familiar face at writers festivals and environmental campaigns. Now Tim Winton reveals something different: the Perth places closest to his heart.

  • Emma Young
While the menu will be fluid and change constantly, accessible pricing will be a recurring theme.

The new Freo restaurant that’s like going over to a chef mate’s place for dinner

A community eatery reviving a much-loved location over winter has well-priced coastal Mediterranean dishes – and chefs trained in an influential Perth dining room.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
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Busselton, a popular coastal tourist destination on the doorstep of WA’s Margaret River wine region, has a high number of short-stay holiday rentals.

Revealed: The Perth suburb where land costs just $57 per square metre

In 10 exclusive suburbs, buyers are willing to fork out more than $5000 per square metre for some of Perth’s smallest blocks. But what about on the other end of the scale?

  • Sarah Brookes
The cost of renting in Perth is out pacing income.

The long list of Perth postcodes where renting is unaffordable

Even on the average rental household income of $103,805 a year, more and more people are struggling to find an affordable rental in the current market.

  • Sarah Brookes
Rob Broadfield, Broadbrush column. Old Bridge Cellars. Pictures: Supplied

A taste of Japan comes to North Fremantle

There’s lots happening in Western Australia’s drink and dining scene. Almost too much to keep up with.

  • Rob Broadfield
Palette’s pavlova. Do yourself a favour and check it out.

Dessert first at Perth’s latest hangout for hungry artists and those who are just hungry

If an Eton Mess and a Knickerbocker Glory had a baby, it would be the fruity, creamy, meringue monster that is Palette’s pavlova. 

  • Rob Broadfield

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