Perth is the sprawl capital of the nation and the city’s Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas wants suggestions to provide incentive for developers to build up instead of out.
With plans afoot to triple Perth’s CBD population by 2050,WAtoday speaks to three people who live,work and play in the CBD to find out the good,bad and ugly about city life.
The WA minister has called in a decision by the City of Perth to block the relocation of a drop-in service centre for homeless people 200 metres around the block from its current site in Northbridge.
A City of Perth councillor has submitted a motion to this month’s meeting that could mean anyone trying to open a community centre would face another level of scrutiny.
The Matildas star would be the first West Australian-born woman to receive the honour,which has not been awarded since 2014,in a $15,000 ceremony.
Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas recently pushed for a decentralisation of homeless service providers from his local government’s boundaries to other councils.
Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas wants other metropolitan local governments to do more heavy lifting on homelessness by moving community services.
A leading city provider needs to move its homelessness drop-in centre 200 metres around the corner to make way for new construction. But the council blocked it.
The former councillor was elected in 2013 by a narrow margin,beating his next competitor by 54 votes - however the inquiry uncovered several incidences where the lawyer manipulated votes and created a sham corporate lease to be eligible for the role.
The Perth CBD has been a ghost town during the week as WA prepares for an increase in COVID-19 cases.
The annual Australia Day fireworks-driven extravaganza is up for review before next year as Perth Mayor Basil Zempilas suggests it could be time for a pause or refresh of the event.