Planning and development
Rural rebellion at plan to populate Perth’s urban fringe
Paving Perth’s paddocks is one way the state’s planning to accommodate the projected 2050 population. But will the city’s most biodiverse wetland suffer?
- Emma Young
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Fremantle’s future: What does our port city look like without its port?
For the first time, a vision for a port without its trademark ‘dinosaurs’ has been revealed in a 50–year plan to transform it to a world-leading waterfront city.
- Claire Ottaviano
‘Jinxed’ South Beach change room’s slab to get pulled up in fresh hurdle
The City of Fremantle has notified beachgoers that the under-construction South Beach change room’s concrete slab would need to be removed and replaced.
- Claire Ottaviano
Perth homeowners could be paid to plant trees in bid to thicken canopy coverage
A plan to plant one million trees in Perth in the next 10 years has been announced in an attempt to cool the city down. Here’s how Labor plans to achieve it.
- Holly Thompson
The $400m plan to redevelop Perth’s rundown Carillon City
Will a new proposal to revitalise the Carillon arcade in the CBD turn this ugly duckling into a swan?
- Sarah Brookes
State help for home loans expanded, but it’s not hitting the right note: expert
State government lender Keystart announced on Thursday it was increasing the property price limit eligibility on loans from $650,000 to $730,000 to reflect Perth’s current median house price of $735,000.
- Hamish Hastie
Smaller than a basketball court: Lots shrink as developers urbanise Perth’s fringe
The dream of a spacious home with a white picket fence on a block with room for a pool has become a micro-lot congestion nightmare, says a prominent insider.
- Sarah Brookes
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
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- Tourism
Controversial 250-bed ‘pod hotel’ approved in Fremantle
The $8 million tourism development cut its height to appease state planners, but that may not be enough for the angry neighbours abutting it.
- Claire Ottaviano
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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