Perth is already the world’s longest city,and we’ve dropped the ball on sprawl
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Big Perth

Perth is already the world’s longest city,and we’ve dropped the ball on sprawl

Our city already stretches 150 kilometres,it is sprawling at a greater rate than it was in 2013 and at this rate,Bunbury will soon be its southernmost suburb.

  • byBrad Pettitt

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It’s a knockout:Why Perth city is losing the battle against the ’burbs
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It’s a knockout:Why Perth city is losing the battle against the ’burbs

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.

  • bySarah Brookes
Perth’s pub playground boom:social benefit or smart sales ploy?
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Perth’s pub playground boom:social benefit or smart sales ploy?

Some of Perth and Fremantle’s most recognisable historic buildings are getting decidedly modern fit-outs and parents are signalling wholehearted approval.

  • byEmma Young
Struggling with the rising cost of living? Your wardrobe could help

Struggling with the rising cost of living? Your wardrobe could help

To help her break into the property market,Bella Burgio turned her love for designer fashion into a side hustle that rakes in up to $35,000 a year.

  • byHolly Thompson
It’s a win for the Earth but ditching plastic is a huge headache at these WA landmarks

It’s a win for the Earth but ditching plastic is a huge headache at these WA landmarks

WA’s coffee-to-go trailblazers were once a modern marvel of convenience,but the clock is ticking on how well they can deal with the world’s next big change.

  • byHolly Thompson
Could this deal save Yagan Square’s ‘white elephant’?

Could this deal save Yagan Square’s ‘white elephant’?

Plans are well under way for a new multi-venue space to resuscitate the market hall at Yagan Square.

  • bySarah Brookes
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Cottesloe council to vote on plan to charge residents for play equipment on verges

Cottesloe council to vote on plan to charge residents for play equipment on verges

The Taskforce on Residential and Recreational Verge Uses has suggested a fee of $300 to apply for a permit,on top of an annual $100 fee to maintain it.

  • byHolly Thompson
Cashed-up,big houses and urban sprawl:How WA differs from the rest of Australia

Cashed-up,big houses and urban sprawl:How WA differs from the rest of Australia

Sandgropers have always been fierce defenders of the state’s unique identity,but are our lives really that different compared to our eastern cousins?

  • byHamish Hastie
Print price hike threatens to close Perth’s independent newspapers

Print price hike threatens to close Perth’s independent newspapers

The war in Ukraine is worlds away from the small newsrooms that pump out free papers across Perth each week,but it could signal their end – and soon.

  • bySarah Brookes
Hot property:The 20 Perth suburbs where houses are snapped up in days

Hot property:The 20 Perth suburbs where houses are snapped up in days

With not enough housing stock to keep up with demand,one analyst says WA will continue to see high competition among buyers,low median selling times and price growth.

  • bySarah Brookes
Bunnings proposal leaves gritty Perth arts precinct in a pickle

Bunnings proposal leaves gritty Perth arts precinct in a pickle

There are fears the district nestled between Leederville and Northbridge will be “destroyed” by a $25 million application to build a large-scale Bunnings store.

  • bySarah Brookes