Perth council to set targets for reducing number of homeless people in CBD

Perth council to set targets for reducing number of homeless people in CBD

The City of Perth administration will present a 12-month action plan which will include'rough sleeper reduction targets in defined areas and CBD hotspots'.

  • byPeter de Kruijff

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City of Perth cancels $1.3m ad spend,backs new'city of lights'plan

City of Perth cancels $1.3m ad spend,backs new'city of lights'plan

Advertising campaigns for the first half of 2021 will be put on hold while $280,000 worth of new lighting installations could be installed around the city.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
Just twelve per cent of City of Perth employees would promote working there

Just twelve per cent of City of Perth employees would promote working there

A July survey of the local government's staff found morale had not improved much prior to a new council and chief executive taking over.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
Rubik's cube-like building and pub reno planned for eastern Perth suburb

Rubik's cube-like building and pub reno planned for eastern Perth suburb

The nine-storey building has been recommended for refusal at an upcoming meeting of a government development assessment panel.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
West Coast Eagles pre-season games back on for Lathlain

West Coast Eagles pre-season games back on for Lathlain

The AFL club has seen off a challenge from a local council to put a halt to its pre-season and WAFL games.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
Decision on redevelopment of popular Yelo cafe in Trigg parked once more

Decision on redevelopment of popular Yelo cafe in Trigg parked once more

Approval for a maligned four-storey mixed-use development with restaurant and apartments is looking more likely despite a concerted community outcry.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
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Call to freeze City of Perth's $2.8 million advertising budget

Call to freeze City of Perth's $2.8 million advertising budget

Councillor Brent Fleeton will move at the next council meeting to cancel the City's spend on media companies working on its $2.8 million marketing budget.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
Perth councils join slow march as Subiaco and Vincent follow Fremantle's lead

Perth councils join slow march as Subiaco and Vincent follow Fremantle's lead

Rokeby Road is the latest metropolitan strip to embrace a traffic slowdown as Subiaco follows Fremantle lead dropping speed limits down to 30km/h in the city centre.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
Christmas'miracle'as Perth council reverses'impossible'nativity play cancellation

Christmas'miracle'as Perth council reverses'impossible'nativity play cancellation

The City of Perth will still come in under budget for its Christmas concerts despite the $80,000 price tag on the event.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
Trigg's Yelo cafe development knocked back again. The culprit? Parking,again

Trigg's Yelo cafe development knocked back again. The culprit? Parking,again

A four-storey redevelopment of the Yelo cafe in Trigg has been rejected by the City of Stirling despite the proponent offering more parking options.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
Perth rough sleepers'request for'tent city'skip bin tied up in buck passing bureaucracy

Perth rough sleepers'request for'tent city'skip bin tied up in buck passing bureaucracy

Rubbish is building up at the homeless camp as the City of Perth and Public Transport Authority point fingers over who is responsible for providing a bin.

  • byPeter de Kruijff