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Business leaders say high house prices and skyrocketing rents are affecting where people choose to work and making it harder to find talent, according to KPMG.

The big gains behind Perth’s best-performing suburbs

Perth’s property market is turning heads, with some suburbs soaring by more than half a million dollars. Meanwhile, others are seeing values plunge by $100,000.

  • Sarah Brookes

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The pie list causes major FOMO.

Baker’s delights: Angelwood Pies brings irresistible blend to Leederville

Smart renditions of classic (and not-so-classic) flavours plus great coffee and service equals an irresistible blend of nostalgia and contemporary cafe thinking.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Boundless Books owner Allyce Cameron.

Beloved Perth high street to get a new vibe this Christmas

After Oxford Street Books closed, one of Perth’s premier high streets has lacked that certain something. But a new “heart of the high street” is on its way.

  • Emma Young
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This contemporary bar and bottle shop is committed to thinking global, but serving local

A menu of modern pub dishes and a focus on smaller, emerging producers ensures Besk remains one of the city’s key neighbourhood pubs.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Busselton, a popular coastal tourist destination on the doorstep of WA’s Margaret River wine region, has a high number of short-stay holiday rentals.

Revealed: The Perth suburb where land costs just $57 per square metre

In 10 exclusive suburbs, buyers are willing to fork out more than $5000 per square metre for some of Perth’s smallest blocks. But what about on the other end of the scale?

  • Sarah Brookes
The 17-year-old appeared in Perth Children’s Court on Friday.

Teenage boy jailed for ‘frightening’ late night Lake Monger sex assaults

The 14-year-old at one point had a bright sporting future ahead of him, will now spend months behind bars after he attacked two women exercising at the park.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
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Andrew Wright (left) and Miguel (right) Laborde and Mila.

Pet shop boys: The Perth duo making music for the world’s cats and dogs

When veteran musicians Miguel Laborde and Andrew Wright went looking for a hook to market their music, they looked no further than the critters we all love.

  • Mark Naglazas
Guinevere Hall with mother Kay Hall at Applecross bookshop Typeface.

Do not go gently: How bookshops are reinventing the business

Imagine if you slogged your guts out for an entire year and took home only $10,000. This is reality for plenty of people in our city – but now you can help.

  • Emma Young
Residents of the new development can look forward to having all this on their doorstep.

Developer targets desirable Perth cafe strip with $17 million 'precinct-defining project'

It's been called a “precinct-defining project” for an area that has weathered Perth's recent economic doldrums better than strips in Subiaco and Mount Lawley.

  • Emma Young
What's next for Princess Margaret - and wider Subi - as lights go out

What's next for Princess Margaret - and wider Subi - as lights go out

The journey back to life for PMH and wider Subiaco has begun as teams of workers dismantle the interior of the beloved old hospital.

  • Emma Young

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