Safe shelters by Christmas:WA budget review finds $3.8m for intervention at Perth's'tent city'

Safe shelters by Christmas:WA budget review finds $3.8m for intervention at Perth's'tent city'

Homeless groups hope to see families sleeping rough at the Lord Street site find shelter by Christmas day as part of the intervention.

  • byPeter de Kruijff

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Call to freeze City of Perth's $2.8 million advertising budget

Call to freeze City of Perth's $2.8 million advertising budget

Councillor Brent Fleeton will move at the next council meeting to cancel the City's spend on media companies working on its $2.8 million marketing budget.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
City of Perth,Basil Zempilas targeted by guerrilla artists over'anti-homeless'measures

City of Perth,Basil Zempilas targeted by guerrilla artists over'anti-homeless'measures

The installation was placed in the corner of Wellington and Barrack streets on Saturday morning to protest a decision by the council not to"approve"a program giving food to the homeless.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
Hawkers markets,rides and COVID marshals:This is what Australia Day will look like without Skyworks

Hawkers markets,rides and COVID marshals:This is what Australia Day will look like without Skyworks

The City of Perth will be replacing the Australia Day Skyworks fireworks show with an offering of concerts,amusement rides,water slides,hawker markets,and activities to the tune of $1.5 million.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
City of Perth infrastructure manager resigns a year into the job

City of Perth infrastructure manager resigns a year into the job

It comes a month after the council inked the Perth City Deal with the state and federal governments after years of back and forth and delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
Zempilas'free parking plan to cost Perth ratepayers hundreds of thousands

Zempilas'free parking plan to cost Perth ratepayers hundreds of thousands

A"cost-neutral"move by Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas to roll out three hours of free parking in the CBD on the weekends during Christmas will cost ratepayers hundreds of thousands of dollars.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
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Basil Zempilas to face angry LGBTQ groups in first council meeting as Lord Mayor

Basil Zempilas to face angry LGBTQ groups in first council meeting as Lord Mayor

Basil Zempilas will face a fiery first ordinary council meeting as Perth's new Lord Mayor,following his controversial transgender comments on radio last week.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola andLauren Pilat
Thousands rally behind calls to sack Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas

Thousands rally behind calls to sack Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas

The petition comes as thousands of abusive posts lashing Mr Zempilas flooded social media,forcing his wife,brand ambassador Amy Zempilas,to shut down her Instagram account.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
Push to move Pride out of Perth as Zempilas apologises for'radio banter gone wrong'
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Push to move Pride out of Perth as Zempilas apologises for'radio banter gone wrong'

Perth's LGBTQ community is protesting the city's new Lord Mayor and calling for the Pride festival to move to the City of Vincent after Basil Zempilas'transgender comments.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola,Nathan Hondros andFran Rimrod
Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas under fire over'repugnant,bigoted'transgender comments

Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas under fire over'repugnant,bigoted'transgender comments

The comments come just weeks before Perth's biggest LGBTQI festival,which has been sponsored by the council for two decades.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
From Brad to Baz:Here's some early advice for Perth's new Lord Mayor
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From Brad to Baz:Here's some early advice for Perth's new Lord Mayor

I thought I might share a few lessons that I have learnt after a decade on the job that might be helpful to the new City of Perth council and mayor.

  • byBrad Pettitt