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Roger Cook labelled councils “unaccountable”, WALGA president Karen Chappel hit back.

Perth councils fire back on premier’s ‘unbecoming and baseless’ attack

A battle has erupted between the local and state governments after Premier Roger Cook implied Perth councils were being influenced by minority voices.

  • Claire Ottaviano

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The City of Wanneroo hosted the biggest council-led Australia Day citizenship ceremony in the country seven years in a row.

Residents in northern Perth suburb want ‘nation’s biggest’ citizenship ceremony to stay on January 26

City of Wanneroo staff said the decision to change or retain the date of its Australia Day citizenship ceremony was likely to cause upset either way.

  • Claire Ottaviano
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Tensions ignite over Trigg to Scarborough coastal boardwalk

Tensions surrounding the controversial Trigg to Scarborough boardwalk are heating up with fresh opposition and illegal signage igniting the feud.

  • Claire Ottaviano
The site of the latest accommodation development.

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  • Holly Thompson
City of Joondalup Mayor Albert Jacob condemned the person responsible for cutting down new trees.

‘They’re an idiot’: Mayor lashes those behind Perth park tree carnage

Over the past two years, 56 trees planted in four separate occasions at a park in Ocean Reef have been poisoned or cut.

  • Claire Ottaviano
The fig tree, which also covers a much-loved local cafe, could be demolished.

Historic Freo tree faces axe as council backflips on protection – again

A prominent Moreton Bay fig is again in danger with the state’s most famously progressive council taking the 140-year-old beauty off its significant tree register.

  • Mark Naglazas and Emma Young
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Councillors will have a decision to make.

WA council meeting in disarray after residents call for sex education books to be restricted

City of Albany councillors will have to vote on whether or not they should restrict access to books from their local library that a group of residents has claimed are “sexualising children”.

  • Holly Thompson
Widows in Perth have been told they cannot be buried in pre-purchased plots beside their husbands because of a technicality.

Perth families denied burial plots seek ‘compassionate’ way forward

After closing a cemetery, a Perth metropolitan council has advised widows they can no longer be buried in the lots they bought beside their husbands.

  • Gary Adshead
Perth council rate rises interactive

Perth councils face rate rise pressure as cost-of-living crisis deepens

Perth councils are struggling to find ways not to pass soaring costs on every front to their equally embattled residents – with varying degrees of success.

  • Claire Ottaviano
The free nighttime parking perk was introduced in February 2022 in a bid to draw people back to the CBD and support businesses impacted by the pandemic.

Cost of parking in Perth during the day to rise, but one parking perk will stay

The City of Perth council has backed a substantial increase to daytime parking fees, with the hike set to bring in $700,000 in extra revenue this financial year.

  • Jesinta Burton

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