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On the hookCommentsPremiumMinister’s late night apology for cancer gaffe

Under-fire Labor Minister Bill Johnston made a personal apology to a regional shire president who he claimed was ‘too busy fishing’ to meet, when he was actually by his sick wife’s side.

Sam Jones

Cancel cultureCommentsPremiumCouncil bans ad depicting woman cooking man’s head

The City of Stirling has been accused of jumping on the cancel culture bandwagon after it removed advertising for a play which depicted an edited picture of a woman cooking a man’s head.

Briana Fiore

Council stoushPremiumRow brewing over taxpayer funding for legal fight

A local councillor has won his fight for ratepayer-funded legal assistance in his dispute with the City – but the victory could be short-lived.

Adam Poulsen

WFH falloutPremiumBaz blasts big city bosses over CBD’s empty shops

Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas says big city employers need to recall their staff to the office to help support businesses as vacancy rates in main CBD shopping hubs hit fresh highs.

Kim Macdonald

Repair orderPremiumSubi businesses await road relief after Hay St stoush

Subiaco business owners are breathing a sigh of relief with an end in sight to their suffering after the State Administrative Tribunal ordered Hay Street to reopen within weeks.

Laura Pond

Bright ideasCommentsPremiumBest in the west gather to hammer out Brand Perth

The energy in the room was palpable as Perth’s powerbrokers, creatives and decision makers gathered at Council House this morning to hammer out their vision of what ‘Brand Perth’ should include.

Bethany Hiatt

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Porter weighs in on Basil’s ‘short-sighted’ WACA call

Federal MP Christian Porter has weighed in on the City of Perth’s decision to abandon a deal to build a pool at the WACA — ‘labelling it ‘extremely disappointing and short-sighted’.

Sarah Ison, Briana Fiore & John Townsend

Mark vs BazVideoCommentsPremiumLord Mayor: McGowan has ‘spat the dummy’ over WACA pool

A catfight has erupted between the McGowan Government and the City of Perth over the scrapping of plans for a WACA pool, with Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas accusing the Premier of ‘spitting the dummy’.

Briana Fiore & Josh Zimmerman

Pool poleaxedCommentsPremiumOpposition backs council in sinking WACA pool plan

The State Opposition has thrown its support behind Perth council’s decision to scrap plans for a six-lane swimming pool at the WACA.

Briana Fiore

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WACA pool dead in the water after City pulls plug

The City of Perth council has unanimously voted to walk away from a deal to deliver a new pool at the WACA — leaving Premier Mark McGowan seething.

Michael Traill

‘Positive path’CommentsPremiumFormer Lord Mayor hopeful appointed Tourism WA chair

City of Perth councillor Di Bain has been appointed to the Tourism WA chairwoman board, one month after the mass resignation of half of the board’s members.

Charlotte Elton

‘Disappointed’PremiumCouncil slammed over closed door meetings

A Perth council has been slammed by the local government minister for defying an inquiry recommendation to re-open briefing sessions to the public.

Ben Smith

Idea sunkCommentsPremiumCity of Perth may torpedo $151 million pool plan

Plans for the highly anticipated WACA pool — which would cost Perth ratepayers $151.5 million — look set to sink after a draft business plan found ‘no unmet need’ for an aquatic centre in the city.

Briana Fiore

List growsPremiumAnother Hay St business gone in road closure stalemate

Worried western suburbs businesses have sounded the alarm as more Hay Street retailers shut up shop in Subiaco amid a bitter stand-off between developer Sanur and the local council.

Victoria Rifici.

First Nations honourCommentsPremiumPlan to rename Riverside Drive after Aboriginal elders

A part of Riverside Drive in the CBD could be renamed to honour local First Nations’ elders, under a proposal being pushed by Main Roads.

Michael Traill

New faceCommentsPremiumEx-journo fashionista appointed as new Nedlands mayor

Online fashion retailer and former journalist Fiona Argyle is the City of Nedlands’ new mayor — a position vacated amid controversy in February.

Michael Traill

Huge newsCommentsPremiumNew primary school for East Perth on cards: Lord Mayor

A new primary school will be built in East Perth ‘within this period of the current government’, according to Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas.

Kim Macdonald

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New site in running for Perth’s first wave park

A Perth area with a ‘strong surfing culture’ has emerged as a contender to host the city’s first wave park after failed attempts south of the river.

Nadia Budihardjo

Heritage debaclePremiumTown of Cambridge’s $300k beach kiosk ‘backward step’

The Town of Cambridge’s plan to overhaul a heritage building after it spent nearly $300,000 on preservation works has been slammed as a backward step that damages its historical significance.

Victoria Rifici

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FrontrunnerCommentsPremium
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Long-term mayor to be Labor’s Porter foe

Labor's candidate to take on Christian Porter in the must-win seat of Pearce has been revealed.

Peter Law

Mega pubVideoPremiumTown weighs court battle appeal over pub rates

A Perth council hasn’t ruled out taking its rates battle with Australia’s largest pub to the WA Supreme Court, despite a tribunal ruling that The Camfield doesn’t have to pay up.

Sarah Brookes

Eviction orderCommentsPremiumCity’s trespass threat shuts popular Bocelli cafe

The City of Perth has forced the closure of the iconic Bocelli Espresso Cafe amid a legal battle with giant industry superannuation property fund, ISPT.

Neale Prior

‘Mass murderer’CommentsPremiumStirling name change ‘not a priority’: report

Stirling officers have recommended councillors not prioritise a ratepayer’s move to change the City’s name and remove references to the colonial figure who led the 1834 Pinjarra massacre.

Nadia Budihardjo

Social media attacksToxic social media dividing council

Rockingham council members have spoken out about their issues with social media posts attacking their intelligence, age and more.

Holly Thompson