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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

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The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was already on bail, and will appear in court again in May.

Perth boys jailed over series of violent ‘premeditated’ attacks on gay men

Five men aged between 19 and 33 were lured to secluded areas, thinking they were meeting a person from dating app Grindr, before they were attacked by the gang.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt and Ezra Holt
Watsonia Park in Spearwood, which will be drained after a nearby sewage spill. Picture: 9News Perth

Spearwood sewerage repairs to drag out over weekend

Water Corporation crews will work through the weekend to repair a damage sewerage system that has spilled waste across Perth’s south.

  • Cameron Myles
Perth’s sewage spill has made the river unsafe to swim in.

Spearwood sewage spill clean-up ‘to take weeks’: Water Corporation

A Water Corporation spokesman confirmed there were no further risks of any significant overflow after the spill leaked into the Swan River.

  • Emma Young and Hamish Hastie
Blak Dingo quiz nights with Ilona McGuire. By Cole Baxter

Three Things I Love: Community leader shares her top Perth experiences

She’s an artist and leader whose job it is to create special and positive Perth experiences. Here are the people, places and things she can’t live without.

  • Emma Young
Off Lancelin Island.

Three Things I Love: Young Volunteer of the Year makes time for stunning WA sights

She’s a nurse and student by day, and an ambulance officer by night, wanting to “give back.” But she’ll always make time for these Perth and WA experiences.

  • Emma Young
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The new Fremantle Traffic bridge.

Fremantle’s old traffic bridge is closing for 12 months. Where will all the cars go?

And why is Main Roads drawing inspiration from the Armadale line shutdown?

  • Hamish Hastie
Kate Hulett on Monday.

Fremantle independent hopeful of Labor upset as vote count continues

Climate 200-backed independent Kate Hulett is on the verge of staging a major upset in Fremantle against one of Labor’s most progressive MPs, just seven weeks after nearly doing the same in the state seat.

  • Hamish Hastie
The campaign signs adorning Brendan Foster’s street.

Is my street a harbinger of a changing federal parliament?

While my neighbourhood sounds like some utopian Athenian democracy, it reflects the changing nature of Australian politics with the rise of mini and micro-parties.

  • Brendan Foster
Emma Pegrum (left) and Kate Hulett (right) record their A Piece of Kate podcast in Treeby, in the federal electorate of Fremantle.

Social climbers: How Perth independents are bypassing mainstream media to reach voters

Social media is playing a bigger role in political campaigns, but no WA candidates are doing it as effectively as Kate Hulett in Fremantle and Kate Chaney in Curtin.

  • Mark Naglazas

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