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Perth MP and Housing Minister John Carey, Premier Roger Cook and Education Minister Tony Buti at the site of the new East Perth Primary School on Monday.

One of Perth’s biggest car parks set to close later this year

Premier Roger Cook clarified the date of the car park’s closure after a confusing press conference at the site on Tuesday morning where Education Minister Tony Buti initially suggested the entire car park would be closed by the end of the week. 

  • Hamish Hastie

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Australian Federal Police arrest footage of 17-year-old who was eventually convicted of drug smuggling. Picture: AFP

Teenager jailed in WA after meth import attempt foiled by federal police

The scheme was uncovered in June when the Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department found the drugs packaged inside stone pedestals destined for an apartment in East Perth.

  • Hamish Hastie
Boorloo Bridge lighting testing.

Testing starts on groundbreaking light show for new Perth bridge

Ambitious plans to transform the eastern foreshore gateway to Perth city have reached new milestones, including testing of a state-of-the-art moving light show.

  • Emma Young
177 Wellington Street, Mosman Park.

From a cheese mansion to nurses’ quarters, these are Perth’s biggest trophy home sales of the year

Trophy home sales have significantly increased, thanks to the continued strength and confidence in the Perth property market.

  • Sarah Brookes
East Perth Power Station is being activated as part of Perth Festival.

Two billionaires were going to develop it. Then a high-end hotel was coming. Now Perth Festival is taking over

In taking over the East Perth Power Station, the Perth Festival is proposing a community-based alternative future for the heritage-listed building.

  • Mark Naglazas
The East Perth power station redevelopment is not over yet.

State has already spent $109m on East Perth Power Station, but there’s more to come

While unveiling the 8.5-hectare riverfront site as a key Perth Festival venue on Wednesday Planning Minister John Carey revealed there was still remediation work to be done to the building including removing asbestos.

  • Hamish Hastie
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A render of the proposed Waterbank project which proved too unstable for large buildings and required serious geotechnical works.

Super-sized lots now a roadblock for desperately needed housing developments in Perth

The state government has been urged to revisit its boutique master planned urban renewal development model.

  • Sarah Brookes
The hotel would be on the East Perth Power Station site.

Global partners needed to turn prime riverfront land into high-end hotel

A hotel pitch to international visitors at a tourism event suggests the state is now searching further afield for private partners to get an East Perth site redeveloped.

  • Hamish Hastie
Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas and Liberal Party leader Libby Mettam.

‘B-grade TV personality’: Labor lashes lord mayor, Libs vow to dump school deal

Libby Mettam indicated she would return to the negotiating table over the school if elected, as parliamentary debate descended into a row over her high-profile candidate.

  • Jesinta Burton and Holly Thompson
The state government and City could not reach an agreement over the land.

State has ‘spat the dummy’ over East Perth primary school: Zempilas

Construction of East Perth Primary School, stalled for more than a year over a stoush between the state and City of Perth, will proceed without the City’s agreement.

  • Holly Thompson

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