CROSSING Charles Street can be like a deadly game of Frogger, so Perth MP John Carey is holding a public forum to improve pedestrian safety there. During last year’s election […]

STATE-appointed commissioners in charge of Perth council want a further clampdown on councillors’ allowances and expenses. Under a draft policy the three commissioners have released for consultation, councillors would get […]

LABOR’S Patrick Gorman won the federal seat of Perth on Saturday with just under 40 per cent of the primary vote as apathetic voters failed to get enthused about a […]

IN the wake of a dismal turn-out for the Perth and Fremantle by-elections, the by-election to replace retiring Bayswater councillor Brent Fleeton will be held on September 14 – and […]

A TREASURE trove of artefacts found under the floorboards of the old Perth Girls’ Orphanage on Adelaide Street will provide a rare insight into the life of the young city’s […]

JUST one month after the state government banned single-use plastic bags, Coles has announced they’ll give away reusable ones instead. Perth MP John Carey spent years advocating for a plastic […]

PERTH council has lowered parking fees at Point Fraser car park by one dollar, acknowledging the $4 per hour charge was deterring customers. But Anne Bontempo, a one-time contender for […]

AFTER three years, a 52-page Corruption and Crime Commission report, 45 alleged breaches and an 18-month tussle with the State Administrative Tribunal, how did lord mayor Lisa Scaffidi end up […]

A REFUGEE rights group has staged a touching tribute to Fazel Chegeni Nejad on the first day of an inquest into his tragic death on Christmas Island in 2015. The […]