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The City of Nedlands is under investigation by WA’s workplace safety watchdog. Left to right from top left: Mayor Fiona Argyle, Deputy Mayor Kerry Smyth, councillors Blane Brackenridge, Rebecca Coghlan, Ben Hodsdon, Noel Youngman, Fergus Bennett and Hengameh Amiry. Hodsdon, Youngman, Amiry and Bennett all resigned within hours of each other on Monday, triggering an intervention by the state government.

‘Dysfunctional’ western suburbs council replaced until next election

The resignations of five councillors collapsed the City of Nedlands council, with the remaining four positions to be formally vacated on Friday.

  • Holly Thompson

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Above: Jubilee Street, Lake Douglas and the riverfront. Below: view of the trees from the footpath in front of Jubilee Street, looking towards the lake.

South Perth tiny trees to be ripped up after residents win fight to protect ‘million-dollar views’

The trees will be relocated at a cost of $30,000 after the council voted in favour of preserving the views of residents along one street.

  • Holly Thompson
Perth councils are crying out to implement their own cat containment laws.

WA councils want to outlaw roaming cats. Here’s what’s stopping them

Perth’s Cat Haven could halve its annual intake if councils made cat containment laws, it says – and many councils are trying.

  • Victoria Laurie
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
City of Nedlands Mayor Fiona Argyle. Picture: Facebook

‘Everyone loves dying children’: Sacked mayor’s bizarre radio rant

After four Nedlands councillors tendered their resignations on Monday, Mayor Fiona Argyle took to the airwaves on ABC Perth.

  • Hamish Hastie
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
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Cat predation is one of the main threats’ to the numbats’ future.

‘Bold’ WA council fights back on cats

Twenty-three local governments have tried and failed to enact cat containment laws. This one thinks it’s got a solution – and it could come just in time.

  • Emma Young
A subsidiary of Kerry Stokes’ family office made the purchase of the laneway last year.

City backs blocking public from Kerry Stokes’ laneway against advice

The unprecedented $675,000 deal to sell the billionaire a public road included a requirement to keep public access. But the City of Perth seems set on another path.

  • Jesinta Burton
Former Perth lord mayor-turned-Opposition Leader Basil Zempilas.

Zempilas apologises for campaign content on Perth lord mayor Facebook page

The opposition leader had been ordered to issue a public apology in the council chamber after the minor breach of local government rules.

  • Hamish Hastie
Mineral Resources boss Chris Ellison and his $10 million chopper landing at Herdsman Reserve.

No man’s land? How Chris Ellison’s helicopter commutes flew under the radar

A year-long chain of correspondence has laid bare how Ellison was able to fly without formal approval amid questions from residents, politicians and government agencies.

  • Jesinta Burton

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