I researched Perth school choices for six weeks. Here’s what I learned
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I researched Perth school choices for six weeks. Here’s what I learned

Six weeks ago I committed to make public my personal research process about how to select a school for my son. I really wish my findings had been different.

  • byEmma Young

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Development closing in on Perth’s most biodiverse wetland to face EPA scrutiny

Development closing in on Perth’s most biodiverse wetland to face EPA scrutiny

Several applications for rezoning and developments around the Greater Brixton Street Wetlands – which contains more than 500 species of plants – are being examined by WA’s independent environmental watchdog.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
Charity gala ball launch revs up at Barbagallo

Charity gala ball launch revs up at Barbagallo

Barbagallo Motors in Osborne Park hosted the launch of the Ronald McDonald House Charities WA Gala Ball on Tuesday night.

This Perth grandma drove her EV to Ningaloo and lived to tell the tale

This Perth grandma drove her EV to Ningaloo and lived to tell the tale

Judging by the looks and banter from other travellers,the sight of a grandmother hooking up her EV is not yet an event that can go unremarked in regional WA.

  • byDenise Fitch
Brains behind The Beaufort take on Yagan Square and new South Perth venture

Brains behind The Beaufort take on Yagan Square and new South Perth venture

Meet mates Drew Flanagan and Ross Drennan who quit their day jobs to start a successful events business 11 years ago and are quickly growing a stable of popular venues.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
Perth expert delivers harsh warning to homeowners dreading rate rise

Perth expert delivers harsh warning to homeowners dreading rate rise

Can’t afford $20 a week extra after one rate rise and subsequent rises up to 3.1 per cent? Then you shouldn’t have a mortgage at all,warns a WA property expert.

  • bySarah Brookes
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‘Hospo smiles’ coming back to Perth as mask rules lift from Friday

‘Hospo smiles’ coming back to Perth as mask rules lift from Friday

West Australians are about to undergo a shift in COVID rules,with tomorrow marking the first day masks will no longer be mandatory in venues except hospitals and aged care facilities.

  • byDaile Cross andChloe Booker
Help for WA hospitality on offer as Perth CBD readies for mandates to end

Help for WA hospitality on offer as Perth CBD readies for mandates to end

WA Health reported 43,408 active COVID cases in the state on Wednesday,with 8392 new cases and 253 people in hospital with the disease,nine in intensive care.

  • byDaile Cross
Listen up Perth:Local podcasts are off with a bang

Listen up Perth:Local podcasts are off with a bang

Sick of the same UK and USA content? Here’s a roundup of some hyper-local shows about everything from health and creativity to sport,property and business.

  • byKate Geldart
Pandemic locks down deep fifth album for Perth psych-rockers

Pandemic locks down deep fifth album for Perth psych-rockers

The pandemic kept Perth rockers Psychedelic Porn Crumpets at home,and may have also led to the creation of some of their best work yet.

  • byCameron Myles
WA live gigs back but operators still looking at ‘a very dark and cold winter ahead’

WA live gigs back but operators still looking at ‘a very dark and cold winter ahead’

Venues which relied on income usually generated over the summer live music season instead lost hundreds and thousands of dollars as COVID restrictions forced cancellations. Getting started up again is proving difficult.

  • byKate Geldart