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View of the trees from the footpath looking towards the lake.

Not on my foreshore: Residents fight tiny trees set to block ‘million-dollar’ Perth views

On one side, the city’s hard at work on an urban forest strategy with eager input from locals wanting more trees. But on Jubilee Street, the mood is different.

  • Emma Young

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Fremantle Press chief executive Alex Allan, Circus WA chief executive Jo Smith, with authors James Foley, Meg McKinlay and Deb Fitzpatrick at the arts organisations’ new home in Fremantle.

Fremantle Press, CircusWA buy landmark first home with Fini, state support

How on earth would two small arts organisations manage to pull off this complex and ambitious feat? They asked the question – and it was answered.

  • Emma Young
The parking situation on the author’s street.

Can Perth have infill without cars spilling onto our streets?

Infill development in Perth is meant to cure us of our unnatural dependency on cars, so why is my suburb crammed and cluttered with giant jalopies?

  • Brendan Foster
Aerial view of Canning Bridge, Applecross, where a number of high-rise towers have been built in recent years. Picture: Adobe Stock

Parks or parking? Fight brews in Perth’s high-end high-rise hotspot

Two years ago councillors resolved to create a public park for an increasingly dense urban apartment zone. Now they’re considering making a quarter of it car parking.

  • Emma Young
Each station has its own look while continuing a common geometric “narrative”.

Morley-Ellenbrook Metronet stations sweep WA’s top architecture awards

A long awaited public project setting “an impressive new sustainability benchmark” while also prioritising “user experience” took out the most prestigious prize.

  • Emma Young
Big Don’s Smoked Meats founder Donovan Macdonald.

Big Don fires up Bayswater council tilt after loo frustrations boil over

Donovan MacDonald took to Instagram this week to declare his intention to run in the West ward where he lives and where his popular restaurant is located.

  • Hamish Hastie
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The Oval at Subi East.

Subiaco, Bunbury developments take out WA’s top landscape awards

One of the most significant urban infill projects in Perth’s built environment history and a “bold, memorable, and deeply inclusive” regional project won the top gongs.

  • Emma Young
Pictures of the tree stumps left after tree removal due to the Polyphagous shot hole borer, on the edge of Kings Park, fronting Mounts Bay Road in Perth.

Perth got millions for new trees. Not a single one has been planted

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now. So why won’t $7 million in funding for new trees be used until winter 2026?

  • Sarah Brookes
Artists’ impressions of the new plans for Carillon City in Perth’s CBD. Picture: Supplied/Fiveight

‘Giving the city a new street’: Forrests’ $400m Carillon City revamp approved

The boarded-up arcade represents one of the city’s largest landholdings and its upgrade, including two 100-square-metre digital billboards, is hoped to inject new life into Perth’s heart.

  • Emma Young
Joondalup Resorts’ plan is for the area’s “desired future character”. But residents nearby are more worried about the area’s current character.

Joondalup Resort forms new northern front in Perth density debate

Planners welcomed a major residential development as appropriate for the area’s “desired future” character. Others are worried about the current character.

  • Emma Young

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