Why the City of Perth is trying to lure more families to live in the CBD

Why the City of Perth is trying to lure more families to live in the CBD

When we think of inner-city Perth what comes to mind are the young and the childless – cool couples and singles who don’t mind forking out big money for small spaces - but this demographic spells bad news for the area.

  • byMark Naglazas

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NIMBY battle:Perth council fights ‘tough love’ rehab centre Shalom House on new location
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NIMBY battle:Perth council fights ‘tough love’ rehab centre Shalom House on new location

The state’s peak planning body has been dragged into a legal row between the City of Joondalup and Shalom House over plans to bring the rehab’s ‘tough love’ program to Perth’s northern suburbs.

  • byJesinta Burton
‘Where the hell do we stop?’ Perth council rejects role in banning junk food,booze ads from streets

‘Where the hell do we stop?’ Perth council rejects role in banning junk food,booze ads from streets

City of Canning mayor Patrick Hall said ratepayers did not expect councils to involve themselves in the national debate on the virtues of advertising liquor or fast foods.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Perth sprawl gains ground as urban infill dwindles

Perth sprawl gains ground as urban infill dwindles

Hundreds of hectares of land were consumed by subdivision in 2021 but the rate of urban infill in Perth has still tanked to just 29 per cent.

  • bySarah Brookes
Perth’s biggest local government pushes back on basketball court ban

Perth’s biggest local government pushes back on basketball court ban

The City of Stirling mayor has said new guidelines on basketball courts could cost the City money and stop people from exercising.

  • byHolly Thompson
Perth councils call for government help to rein in roving trolleys

Perth councils call for government help to rein in roving trolleys

Local government representatives say retailers are not doing enough to address the escalating issue of trolley litter – and they want the state government to step in.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
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Perth’s basketball battles:Councils to keep courts 100 metres from homes

Perth’s basketball battles:Councils to keep courts 100 metres from homes

Town of Victoria Park Mayor Karen Vernon said if the council didn’t take complaints about noise seriously then they could be sued.

  • byHolly Thompson
Dig-up date looms in WA council’s war of the roses with great-grandfather

Dig-up date looms in WA council’s war of the roses with great-grandfather

A 92-year-old great grandfather has until the end of the month to remove his award-winning roses from the verge outside his house.

  • byEzra Holt andCameron Myles
Cottesloe council to vote on plan to charge residents for play equipment on verges

Cottesloe council to vote on plan to charge residents for play equipment on verges

The Taskforce on Residential and Recreational Verge Uses has suggested a fee of $300 to apply for a permit,on top of an annual $100 fee to maintain it.

  • byHolly Thompson
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
Councillor who threw viral Zoom tantrum is running in key federal seat

Councillor who threw viral Zoom tantrum is running in key federal seat

The councillor’s outburst during an online council meeting,in which he also brought his iPad into the toilet,preceded the revelation of his political ambition.

  • bySarah Brookes