McGowan’s sledgehammer approach to planning ignores reality

McGowan’s sledgehammer approach to planning ignores reality

The big majority of homeowners do not want towering apartment blocks built next door to their homes. Councils know that and reflect their ratepayers’ wishes.

  • byBrian Burke

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‘It’s arrogance’:How will McGowan’s planning reforms change Perth?

‘It’s arrogance’:How will McGowan’s planning reforms change Perth?

In an escalation of the fight against NIMBYism on Wednesday Premier Mark McGowan flagged major reforms to the planning system.

  • byHamish Hastie
Why WA needs to look to the ‘£10 Pom’ policy to tackle housing crisis

Why WA needs to look to the ‘£10 Pom’ policy to tackle housing crisis

From free flights to free housing,WA needs to up its game if it wants to win the global war for talent – particularly in the construction industry.

  • bySarah Brookes
Former fire boss slams Satterley’s hills housing estate

Former fire boss slams Satterley’s hills housing estate

The site,surrounded by an extreme bushfire zone,is 150 hectares bigger than Kings Park,and larger in area than London’s Hyde Park and New York’s Central Park,combined.

  • bySarah Brookes
This apartment boasts amazing views of the Swan. So why has it been on the market for 1268 days?

This apartment boasts amazing views of the Swan. So why has it been on the market for 1268 days?

The lack of car bays is holding down the price of otherwise desirable inner-city apartments? Will Perth ever get off its addiction to cars?

  • bySarah Brookes
Plea for Perth to use empty quarantine site for coming tsunami of homeless uni students
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Plea for Perth to use empty quarantine site for coming tsunami of homeless uni students

Universities are preparing to deal with a flood of homeless overseas students unable to find a bed when the new semester starts later this month.

  • bySarah Brookes
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Perth,it’s time to end your love affair with big homes

Perth,it’s time to end your love affair with big homes

Australian homes are the biggest on earth and WA’s among the largest homes in the country. Do they need to be?

  • bySarah Brookes
McGowan government serves no one by detonating Perth urban growth plan

McGowan government serves no one by detonating Perth urban growth plan

Our community deserves more. A government that can walk and chew gum at the same time:that is,protect endangered species while delivering affordable housing.

  • byNeil Thomson
A net-zero Perth will need more trees – but how will we water them?

A net-zero Perth will need more trees – but how will we water them?

As a teenager,I began planting things largely out of intuition. Now there’s a whole lot of science backing my feeling – and it’s time to scale this way up.

  • byProfessor Josh Byrne
Perth’s $100 million surf park to clear black cockatoo habitat

Perth’s $100 million surf park to clear black cockatoo habitat

The proposed facility,which would be the largest in the southern hemisphere,has been relocated after an initial deeply divisive bid to build in Alfred Cove.

  • byEmma Young
Bring back the setback:Perth dead zones a planning fail,says expert

Bring back the setback:Perth dead zones a planning fail,says expert

Looked at any Perth street lately and thought,“That sure is a wall of glass I don’t much care to look at?” Well,you’re not alone – but we can change it.

  • byEmma Young