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High life: Where are Perth’s best high streets, and why do we still love them?

Perth’s high streets are constantly under threat from mega-malls. But we cling to these urban oases because of their convenience, their charm, their connection to community.

  • Mark Naglazas

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There are signs Perth’s overheated housing market is finally starting to ease.

Fresh Perth home listings surge to the highest level in three years

With more listings than seen in years, buyers are becoming more price-conscious as Perth’s property market shows clear signs of moderation towards the end of 2024.

  • 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
Multi-instrumentalist G Flip is releasing their “dreaded” second album, Drummer, which is punchy, intimate and contemplative.

Flippin’ awesome: G Flip lights up Perth on WA leg of Drummer tour

No appearance by their Selling Sunsets love Chrishell Stause at the Astor Theatre on Saturday night, but that didn’t dampen the enthusiasm for the Aussie rocker’s music.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
Not all suburbs are recording modest growth in Perth.

Which Perth suburb is at risk of dropping out of the million-dollar club?

A well-known western Perth suburb has seen its median house price drop by 19.3 per cent to $1.09 million over the past year. It’s not the only one to record a fall.

  • Sarah Brookes
Even more homes are going to be needed to deal with the surging population. It will just add to price pressures on one of the most expensive property markets in the world.

Sprawling Perth needs ‘Barcelona’ suburbs – but Metronet’s not the answer

An influential industry body has identified five Perth suburbs as prime locations for transformative development near public transport, defying government logic.

  • Sarah Brookes
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A beautiful little bar in Maylands.

There are some diabolical restaurants in Perth. This isn’t one of them

But, today we have the privilege of reviewing a new bar in Maylands which is a cracker. It’s called Volare, Italian for flying, and it is indeed flying high.

  • Rob Broadfield
The Victorian state anti-discrimination commissioner has joined the WA commissioner in expressing concerns about the legality of the chaplaincy program.

How your taxes ended up funding religious jobs in WA’s public schools

The WA government publicly swears this role is open to people of “any or no faith” and has delicately edited the literature to say this... but is it really?

  • Emma Young
A coroner’s inquest is investigating the deaths of two boys who drown in Perth’s Swan River in September 2018.

Officer who chased boys to Swan River didn’t know they drowned until hours later

Asked why the group ran from police, one of the surviving boys who made it across the river responded, “f--- the police”, before breaking down recalling watching his friends die.

  • Heather McNeill
A coronial inquest is investigating the deaths of two boys who drowned in the Swan River in September 2018.

‘I said help my brothers, they’re drowning’: Boy who witnessed Swan River tragedy recalls desperate plea for help

Police officers’ desperate attempts to save two boys who drowned in the Swan River while fleeing authorities have been revealed during a coronial inquest into the teenagers’ deaths.

  • Lauren Pilat and Heather McNeill

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