He might be Perth’s most difficult rescue dog,but he’s still someone’s ‘baby’
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Pets

He might be Perth’s most difficult rescue dog,but he’s still someone’s ‘baby’

I waded into the city’s “adopt don’t shop” versus “buy from a breeder” battles and emerged with some great stories of dog life – and some cautionary tales.

  • byEmma Young

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Perth councillor moves for greater power to block new homeless shelters

Perth councillor moves for greater power to block new homeless shelters

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.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
In the market for a puppy in Perth? Read this first
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Pets

In the market for a puppy in Perth? Read this first

If you’re thinking of adding a puppy to your family because a fur child seems preferable to a real one,maybe you should reconsider. There are a lot of similarities.

  • byEmma Young
Activ employees thrown temporary lifeline to keep workshops open

Activ employees thrown temporary lifeline to keep workshops open

The federal government has given $7.8 million to slow the looming closure of Activ’s large scale industrial workshops,but employees and their carers say they want it to stay open.

  • bySarah Brookes
East Perth sandpit to remain as Lendlease pulls out of Waterbank project

East Perth sandpit to remain as Lendlease pulls out of Waterbank project

On Friday,Lendlease confirmed it was exiting the $1 billion project,leaving state-owned development agency DevelopmentWA to decide on its future.

  • byHamish Hastie
Storm warning issued as Rottnest ferries cancelled for the weekend

Storm warning issued as Rottnest ferries cancelled for the weekend

The Bureau of Meteorology warns thunderstorms are forming over much of the south west of WA ahead of an approaching cold front which could cause damaging wind gusts and isolated heavy rainfall.

  • byHolly Thompson
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Taxpayers to stump up $112 million for billionaires’ East Perth power station vision

Taxpayers to stump up $112 million for billionaires’ East Perth power station vision

The jump is the latest in two years of incremental cost increases scattered throughout budget papers and mid-year reviews.

  • byHamish Hastie
Perth council headed to tribunal after homeless centre rejection

Perth council headed to tribunal after homeless centre rejection

Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas recently pushed for a decentralisation of homeless service providers from his local government’s boundaries to other councils.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
Perth,it’s time to interrogate this designer dog madness
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Pets

Perth,it’s time to interrogate this designer dog madness

The Perth dog markets are out of control. Before people go falling in love with that fluffy little face,they need to ask themselves some harder questions.

  • byEmma Young
City of Perth wants fewer homelessness service providers in CBD

City of Perth wants fewer homelessness service providers in CBD

Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas wants other metropolitan local governments to do more heavy lifting on homelessness by moving community services.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
We do not want you here or there. We do not want you anywhere! Perth homeless centre rejection casts cloud over sector

We do not want you here or there. We do not want you anywhere! Perth homeless centre rejection casts cloud over sector

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.

  • byPeter de Kruijff