Local government
Former Wanneroo councillor cleared over election pamphlet smear campaign
A pamphlet intended to sully the reputation of a local government councillor backfired when the featured candidate won the seat.
- by Claire Ottaviano
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935 days later: Forrest’s Indiana Teahouse revamp in limbo as Cottesloe council pulls rank
Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s Fiveight has slammed the Town of Cottesloe over its handling of plans to revamp the Indiana Teahouse, after two-and-a-half years of council deliberations ended in the business plan being voted down in secret.
- by Jesinta Burton
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
‘We’re not mugs’: Perth council refuses to hand over land for new school
Education Minister Tony Buti has claimed the decision, made at Tuesday night’s council meeting, was a direct result of Basil Zempilas’ political views.
- by Holly Thompson and Jesinta Burton
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City of Perth
Planning minister intervenes in Perth women’s safe night space clash
The state government has stepped into a bitter dispute between a community service provider and the City of Perth that left vulnerable women stranded in the middle.
- by Hamish Hastie and Jesinta Burton
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Northbridge
Zempilas’ Northbridge apartment at centre of new spat with state government
Women’s Interests Minister Sue Ellery accused Zempilas of failing to disclose an impartiality interest in a planning item that affected property he had a personal interest in.
- by Hamish Hastie
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Spending
Pilbara council spends $20k to send 15 councillors and staff south for one-day workshop
The decision has raised the eyebrows of some ratepayers in the Pilbara city, who questioned why the workshop couldn’t be held at a local venue.
- by Hamish Hastie
How the City of Swan’s mayor was refused council approval for renovations
Tanya Richardson and her husband Daniel took their application to the State Administrative Tribunal after her own planning department repeatedly knocked back the application.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Cottesloe resident’s basketball hoop booted from verge by noise complaints
Children on the quiet cul-de-sac enjoyed the makeshift basketball court for years before the council ordered it be removed.
- by Heather McNeill
Fremantle activists celebrate after council walks back removal of century-old fig from tree register
An impassioned response to the City of Fremantle dropping a Moreton Bay fig from its significant tree register has pushed councillors into revoking their decision.
- by Mark Naglazas
Airbnb guests to be screened, subject to codes of conduct under South Perth proposal
South Perth and the City of Belmont are some of the first local governments in WA to consider policies on short-stay rentals.
- by Hamish Hastie
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