Local council
Residents in northern Perth suburb want ‘nation’s biggest’ citizenship ceremony to stay on January 26
City of Wanneroo staff said the decision to change or retain the date of its Australia Day citizenship ceremony was likely to cause upset either way.
- by Claire Ottaviano
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Tensions ignite over Trigg to Scarborough coastal boardwalk
Tensions surrounding the controversial Trigg to Scarborough boardwalk are heating up with fresh opposition and illegal signage igniting the feud.
- by Claire Ottaviano
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Environmental protection
‘They’re an idiot’: Mayor lashes those behind Perth park tree carnage
Over the past two years, 56 trees planted in four separate occasions at a park in Ocean Reef have been poisoned or cut.
- by Claire Ottaviano
Historic Freo tree faces axe as council backflips on protection – again
A prominent Moreton Bay fig is again in danger with the state’s most famously progressive council taking the 140-year-old beauty off its significant tree register.
- by Mark Naglazas and Emma Young
WA council meeting in disarray after residents call for sex education books to be restricted
City of Albany councillors will have to vote on whether or not they should restrict access to books from their local library that a group of residents has claimed are “sexualising children”.
- by Holly Thompson
Perth families denied burial plots seek ‘compassionate’ way forward
After closing a cemetery, a Perth metropolitan council has advised widows they can no longer be buried in the lots they bought beside their husbands.
- by Gary Adshead
Perth councils face rate rise pressure as cost-of-living crisis deepens
Perth councils are struggling to find ways not to pass soaring costs on every front to their equally embattled residents – with varying degrees of success.
- by Claire Ottaviano
Cost of parking in Perth during the day to rise, but one parking perk will stay
The City of Perth council has backed a substantial increase to daytime parking fees, with the hike set to bring in $700,000 in extra revenue this financial year.
- by Jesinta Burton
Perth council axes policy to protect its urban forest over safety concerns
This council was one of the hottest places in Perth during February’s heatwave conditions, so why did councillors vote to revoke its policy to stop trees of significance from facing the chop?
- by Sarah Brookes
WA’s greenest city turns red at the prospect of a cherished century-old tree being chopped down
Could great design and a land swap be the answer to saving this monster tree? Why architects say there is a design-led solution to this problem.
- by Mark Naglazas
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