Residents in northern Perth suburb want ‘nation’s biggest’ citizenship ceremony to stay on January 26

Residents in northern Perth suburb want ‘nation’s biggest’ citizenship ceremony to stay on January 26

City of Wanneroo staff said the decision to change or retain the date of its Australia Day citizenship ceremony was likely to cause upset either way.

  • byClaire Ottaviano

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Tensions ignite over Trigg to Scarborough coastal boardwalk

Tensions ignite over Trigg to Scarborough coastal boardwalk

Tensions surrounding the controversial Trigg to Scarborough boardwalk are heating up with fresh opposition and illegal signage igniting the feud.

  • byClaire Ottaviano
As it happened:WA news on Friday,October 4

As it happened:WA news on Friday,October 4

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  • byHolly Thompson
‘They’re an idiot’:Mayor lashes those behind Perth park tree carnage

‘They’re an idiot’:Mayor lashes those behind Perth park tree carnage

Over the past two years,56 trees planted in four separate occasions at a park in Ocean Reef have been poisoned or cut.

  • byClaire Ottaviano
Historic Freo tree faces axe as council backflips on protection – again

Historic Freo tree faces axe as council backflips on protection – again

A prominent Moreton Bay fig is again in danger with the state’s most famously progressive council taking the 140-year-old beauty off its significant tree register.

  • byMark Naglazas andEmma Young
WA council meeting in disarray after residents call for sex education books to be restricted

WA council meeting in disarray after residents call for sex education books to be restricted

City of Albany councillors will have to vote on whether or not they should restrict access to books from their local library that a group of residents has claimed are “sexualising children”.

  • byHolly Thompson
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Perth families denied burial plots seek ‘compassionate’ way forward

Perth families denied burial plots seek ‘compassionate’ way forward

After closing a cemetery,a Perth metropolitan council has advised widows they can no longer be buried in the lots they bought beside their husbands.

  • byGary Adshead
Perth councils face rate rise pressure as cost-of-living crisis deepens

Perth councils face rate rise pressure as cost-of-living crisis deepens

Perth councils are struggling to find ways not to pass soaring costs on every front to their equally embattled residents – with varying degrees of success.

  • byClaire Ottaviano
Cost of parking in Perth during the day to rise,but one parking perk will stay

Cost of parking in Perth during the day to rise,but one parking perk will stay

The City of Perth council has backed a substantial increase to daytime parking fees,with the hike set to bring in $700,000 in extra revenue this financial year.

  • byJesinta Burton
Perth council axes policy to protect its urban forest over safety concerns

Perth council axes policy to protect its urban forest over safety concerns

This council was one of the hottest places in Perth during February’s heatwave conditions,so why did councillors vote to revoke its policy to stop trees of significance from facing the chop?

  • bySarah Brookes
WA’s greenest city turns red at the prospect of a cherished century-old tree being chopped down

WA’s greenest city turns red at the prospect of a cherished century-old tree being chopped down

Could great design and a land swap be the answer to saving this monster tree? Why architects say there is a design-led solution to this problem.

  • byMark Naglazas