Customer cancellations hit Perth hospitality venues hard

Customer cancellations hit Perth hospitality venues hard

CBD cafes,restaurants and bars look forward to weekend business but are finding last-minute cancellations are on the increase.

  • byKate Geldart

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Cost of Perth university city campus blows out by $158m before build starts

Cost of Perth university city campus blows out by $158m before build starts

Edith Cowan University and the state and federal governments will chip in extra cash as the project cost rises to $853 million because of the “challenging construction environment and labour market”.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
Nearly $400,000 of coffee goes begging as workers desert Perth offices

Nearly $400,000 of coffee goes begging as workers desert Perth offices

In February Perth was the only city across Australia that experienced a decline in occupancy levels. And it’s not a fear of catching COVID that is keeping workers away from city offices,but something else altogether.

  • bySarah Brookes
Forrest hotel development spells doom for Freo’s giant numbat

Forrest hotel development spells doom for Freo’s giant numbat

It’s the end of the exhibition for Belgian street artist ROA’s numbat mural,which will be lost when the building it is painted on is demolished.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
Uber frustrating:Perth rideshare drivers find new ways to price-gouge
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Uber frustrating:Perth rideshare drivers find new ways to price-gouge

Perth Uber drivers struggling to make ends meet are urging each other not to accept ‘non-surge jobs’ near the city so they can drive fares to ‘surge’ heights.

  • byAja Styles
Why it might be time to head back to Fremantle

Why it might be time to head back to Fremantle

Fremantle’s $270m redevelopment has awakened in the city centre. Bars,shops,cafes and now an amusement precinct complete with bowling alley,mini-golf and arcade machines are up and running at FOMO after COVID-19 put a hold on leases.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
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Fringe World’s nifty cup scheme saves staggering load from landfill

Fringe World’s nifty cup scheme saves staggering load from landfill

If you head to Fringe World this weekend and get a beer you’ll be asked for $2 extra. But don’t get mad,you’ll get it back – or something even better.

  • byEmma Young
Venue manager,event promoter charged over ‘secret’ NYE party at The George

Venue manager,event promoter charged over ‘secret’ NYE party at The George

The venue faces fines of up to $250,000 and the possibility of losing its liquor license.

  • byEmma Young
COVID-19 ‘breaching’ New Year’s event at The George organised by third party

COVID-19 ‘breaching’ New Year’s event at The George organised by third party

Police say a New Year’s Eve event with about 300 patrons that allegedly broke COVID-19 restrictions was a ticketed event organised by a third party.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
Eshays:Perth’s modern day bogans dressed like tennis players

Eshays:Perth’s modern day bogans dressed like tennis players

You’ll find them loitering at skate parks. Shopping centres. Train stations. They are easily identified by their crude dialect,volatile social practices and eccentric dress code of polo shirts,Nike TNs and bumbags. They are eshays.

  • bySarah Brookes
Events organisers and nightclubs offered grant lifeline after New Year’s cancellations

Events organisers and nightclubs offered grant lifeline after New Year’s cancellations

The government is offering a $30 million grant scheme after the event industry claimed the shutting down of music festivals has resulted in a loss of more than $26.5 million as a result of 250 events being cancelled.

  • byHamish Hastie