TWO years ago any restaurateur wanting to go alfresco on Vincent’s footpaths had to negotiate a red tape obstacle course and pay for the pleasure. The council was raking in […]

TERRORISTS could exploit a four-metre gap between bollards at Perth Arena and plough into crowds with a large vehicle, a state government inquiry has found. The inquiry into protection of […]

PLANS are afoot to spend $7.7 million on restoring the old Maylands Brickworks, but it’ll likely involve a substantial residential development. The 1927 brickworks, which have been closed for 30-odd […]

PERTH city council CEO Martin Mileham went on indefinite personal leave this week after discovering he’d been the subject of a secret internal investigation. Nicknamed Project Percy, the probe found […]

PERTH city council CEO Martin Mileham’s decision to take indefinite sick leave  comes just days after he attempted to crack down on councillors speaking to city staff. In report at […]

I AM writing to express my grave concerns about the federal government’s proposed Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Funding and Disclosure Reform) Bill 2017. This bill will have a huge impact […]

A PROPOSED ban on plastic bags needs to be tweaked if it’s to be effective, says Fremantle mayor Brad Pettitt. The McGowan government has committed to banning lightweight single-use plastic […]

Vincent mayor Emma Cole dropped in with the council’s new engineering director Andrew Murphy (right) and parks co-ordinator Ian Ellies (left) this week to check the ongoing work to double […]

AFTER years of protests from locals and multiple applications, a contentious six-storey development in King William Street, Bayswater has been approved. On February 15 the Development Assessment Panel gave the […]

THE problematic rollout of the NBN continued in characteristically bumpy fashion this week, with contractors allegedly killing a mature tree at the corner of Central Ave and East Street in […]