'You can't sleep through it':Council removes basketball hoops after neighbour noise complaints

'You can't sleep through it':Council removes basketball hoops after neighbour noise complaints

Brand new basketball courts in a Perth park have sat empty for nearly a year after noise complaints from nearby residents forced the council to remove their hoops.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola

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Bass Coast councillor cleared of alleged $15 million bribe

Bass Coast councillor cleared of alleged $15 million bribe

A Bass Coast Shire councillor has been cleared by a major corruption investigation into allegations he offered to spend up to $15 million of his private wealth if five other councillors agreed to support his bid to become mayor.

  • byCameron Houston
Not lovin'it:Big stoush brews over 24-hour McDonald's in Perth's north

Not lovin'it:Big stoush brews over 24-hour McDonald's in Perth's north

He said they had raised their concerns with the City of Wanneroo on several occasions but had been told the development was compliant with local planning laws.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
Basil Zempilas comments on homelessness become focus for guerrilla artists

Basil Zempilas comments on homelessness become focus for guerrilla artists

Perth woke up to a guerrilla art installation on Wednesday morning which used comments about homelessness made by Basil Zempilas in November last year.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
How a Vaucluse property grew 200sq metres overnight,sparking a war over harbour view
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How a Vaucluse property grew 200sq metres overnight,sparking a war over harbour view

A block of land that mysteriously grew 200 square metres overnight has sparked a war over prized views of Sydney Harbour.

  • byCarrie Fellner
Millions in WA council contracts under the spotlight following damning report

Millions in WA council contracts under the spotlight following damning report

Millions of ratepayer dollars could have been wasted in contract extensions approved by unauthorised council officers in WA,a damning report by the Auditor General has revealed.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
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Harvey accuses government of City of Perth interference as inquiry drags on

Harvey accuses government of City of Perth interference as inquiry drags on

Opposition Leader Liza Harvey has criticised the government's handling of the scandal-prone City of Perth,accusing it of parachuting in a new chief executive without an OK from elected councillors.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
Rottnest Island Authority boss appointed new City of Perth CEO

Rottnest Island Authority boss appointed new City of Perth CEO

As the City of Perth council election looms,the troubled local government has appointed Rottnest Island Authority boss Michelle Reynolds as the city's new chief executive.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
Labor infighting brews on Ipswich City Council election eve

Labor infighting brews on Ipswich City Council election eve

High-profile former Ipswich councillor Paul Tully's Labor Party branch plans to censure Labor's Ipswich state MP Jennifer Howard for speaking out in State Parliament about Mr Tully's record.

  • byTony Moore
Claws come out in Cockburn amid push for City to consider cat ban

Claws come out in Cockburn amid push for City to consider cat ban

"Cats are a menace. They are lovely,gorgeous,intelligent,furry,cute menaces."

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
Property developers aren't'evil',minister says

Property developers aren't'evil',minister says

NSW Local Government Minister says she won't flag her party's position on Labor's bid to ban developers and real estate agents from local councils.

  • byAngus Thompson