The City of Fremantle is using hostile architecture to deter rough sleepers.

Hostile architecture:Freo council’s potty idea to deter rough sleepers from iconic strip

A Perth council is using nature in their battle against rough sleepers occupying an iconic tourist attraction.

  • Sarah Brookes

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Legally,there’s very little recourse for customers when an Airbnb booking goes wrong.

Why I’d rather book a shabby motel room than an Airbnb

Airbnb cleaning fees are irritating,and it’s making me take my accommodation dollars elsewhere.

  • Sarah Brookes
House prices in some shunned suburbs have started to fall in value.

East coast aggression pushed cheap Perth suburbs to crazy prices. What happens next?

Some of Perth’s most shunned suburbs have had their prices lifted to levels that were unimaginable a few years ago. But now east coast investors have left the market,will there be a correction?

  • Sarah Brookes
Perth has one of the world’s most affordable luxury property markets.

Move over Seoul and Dubai:Perth offers luxury homes at global bargain prices

A six by four in Peppermint Grove,anyone? Perth’s luxury house prices are the fastest rising in the nation,but still offer bang for buck on the global stage.

  • Sarah Brookes
Roger Cook and wife Carly lane arrive at Medina Hall after being re-elected as WA Premier.

WA state election 2025:How it all went down on election night as Labor wins historic third term

Labor has won a third term of government. Roger Cook will remain premier of Western Australia.

  • Daile Cross,Hamish Hastie,Jesinta Burton andSarah Brookes
WA is not building enough new homes to put a roof over our booming population’s heads.

WA’s housing crisis in numbers:What’s changed since Labor took office in 2017?

Since WA Labor swept into power in March 2017,the gulf between the haves and the have-nots has only grown wider. With a state election just days away,how do the key housing numbers stack up?

  • Sarah Brookes
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New data on Perth’s rental vacancy rate have been called into question.

For rent? Or room-only? Vacancy rate data questioned as WA rental crisis shows signs of easing

Three quarters of affordable rental properties in Perth aren’t even for a house or an apartment – it’s a bedroom only.

  • Sarah Brookes
NAB has upgraded its house price forecast for Perth,Brisbane and Adelaide amid ongoing strong growth.

Perth’s blistering house price gains end summer with a whimper

Perth has lost its mantle as the nation’s strongest growth property market with one property guru stating that the upcoming elections is a great time to buy.

  • Sarah Brookes
Mosquito treatment of wetlands along the Swan River.

Long weekend health warning for Swan River users over debilitating virus

Health authorities are warning the community after a mosquito-borne virus was detected in a popular riverside suburb in Perth.

  • Sarah Brookes
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Perth’s $500k suburbs vanish as city plunged into ‘mortgage stress’

Perth was one of the few cities in Australia to see a rise in the time to save for an entry-priced house and unit deposit,according to a new report.

  • Sarah Brookes