Spotlight on Perth planning:'730 pages of policy and still no idea'

Spotlight on Perth planning:'730 pages of policy and still no idea'

The problems run deep in Perth's urban infill planning system,but there's still time to have a say.

  • byEmma Young

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Millions of dollars later,and a Perth water park could be closed anyway

Millions of dollars later,and a Perth water park could be closed anyway

The City of Bayswater released its draft budget for the coming financial year on Tuesday,with a proposal suggesting the closure of Maylands Waterland.

  • byHannah Barry
City of Perth worker jailed after lying to Corruption and Crime Commission

City of Perth worker jailed after lying to Corruption and Crime Commission

The worker committed the crimes because he"didn't find it a friendly workplace".

  • bystaff writers
$200k lifeline for Perth Fashion Festival as organisers put on notice

$200k lifeline for Perth Fashion Festival as organisers put on notice

Organisers requested $275,000 from the city,but council officers recommended the city only allocate $50,000 towards the 2018 event.

  • byHannah Barry
'Shortcomings of varying significance':Spotlight on council credit card use

'Shortcomings of varying significance':Spotlight on council credit card use

Several WA councils have been criticised in a recently tabled report for the ways in which they manage corporate credit cards.

  • byPhil Hickey
Special inquirer finally appointed to probe City of Perth council

Special inquirer finally appointed to probe City of Perth council

A lawyer with Royal Commission powers will determine the fate of the City of Perth council.

  • byDavid Prestipino
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Ratepayer friction with City of Melville kindles another special meeting

Ratepayer friction with City of Melville kindles another special meeting

More than 500 electors in the City of Melville backed a request for the meeting to discuss controversial decisions taken by the council.

  • byDavid Allan-Petale
Mayor defends application for data tower in teenage daughter's name

Mayor defends application for data tower in teenage daughter's name

Gosnells mayor Glenn Dewhurst’s initial explanation didn’t help dispel concerns from locals and residents have taken to social media to question his motive.

  • byHannah Barry
'It's a free holiday':Rockingham locals rubbish council's $35,000 Japan trip

'It's a free holiday':Rockingham locals rubbish council's $35,000 Japan trip

“This has no benefit to the residents,it’s basically a free holiday for councillors."

  • byHannah Barry
'Floods of complaints':Perth council,MPs fight for control over their own neighbourhood
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'Floods of complaints':Perth council,MPs fight for control over their own neighbourhood

Developers have been accused of dodging councils and taking their proposals straight to WA's peak bodies for approval.

  • byHannah Barry
They're not lovin'it:Jolimont residents protest'Las Vegas'-sized McDonald's sign

They're not lovin'it:Jolimont residents protest'Las Vegas'-sized McDonald's sign

"These dimensions are more in keeping with a freeway petrol station or a Las Vegas casino,not a tiny residential suburb with a primary school."

  • byHannah Barry