Scarborough beach businesses sue government over $75 million revamp disruption

Scarborough beach businesses sue government over $75 million revamp disruption

Nine beachfront businesses have banded together to ask for almost $5 million compensation over losses suffered as the precinct underwent a lengthy redevelopment.

  • byFran Rimrod

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'I found my breast cancer getting a fake tan':A young Scarborough woman's story of survival

'I found my breast cancer getting a fake tan':A young Scarborough woman's story of survival

Cancer was not among Rhianne Miller's birthday wishes,but barely a week after turning 32 the sales rep's life was flipped upside down by a small lump on the side of her breast.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
Teenage girls to face court following a stabbing in Scarborough

Teenage girls to face court following a stabbing in Scarborough

Police allege one of the juveniles was armed with a pair of scissors and threatened to stab the couple before lunging at the woman and stabbing her in the side,puncturing her lung.

First WA council to ban wheel clamping could face compo claims,company says

First WA council to ban wheel clamping could face compo claims,company says

The draft Immobilisation and Detention of Vehicles Local Law 2019 would ban the use of wheel clamps and regulate the detention of vehicles throughout the City of Stirling.

  • byLauren Pilat
Scarborough's failed 3 Oceans site to get second life with temporary pop-up,carpark

Scarborough's failed 3 Oceans site to get second life with temporary pop-up,carpark

The Scarborough site once earmarked for the tallest residential and hotel development along WA’s coast is likely to become a carpark and pop-up retail space in coming months.

  • byLauren Pilat
Fair Work Ombudsman confirms investigation into Perth restaurant

Fair Work Ombudsman confirms investigation into Perth restaurant

The Fair Work Ombudsman has confirmed it is conducting an official investigation into The Local Shack after workers walked off the job last week.

  • byHannah Barry andHamish Hastie
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Staff walk off the job at Perth restaurant over bullying,understaffing claims

Staff walk off the job at Perth restaurant over bullying,understaffing claims

Staff at The Local Shack at the Mandurah Marina left the store high and dry just before the Friday evening dinner rush.

  • byHannah Barry
'Disproportionate':Mayor slams wheel clamping during popular Scarborough night market

'Disproportionate':Mayor slams wheel clamping during popular Scarborough night market

Punters attending the opening night of Scarborough's signature summer event were left seething after having to fork out hundreds of dollars to have wheel clamps removed.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
The Local Shack was fined thousands for unfairly sacking workers and health code violations. So why hasn't it paid a cent?

The Local Shack was fined thousands for unfairly sacking workers and health code violations. So why hasn't it paid a cent?

Dozens of former employees have contributed to a WAtoday investigation into alleged underpayment,dodgy practices,bullying and a toxic workplace culture at the bar and restaurant chain.

  • byHannah Barry andHamish Hastie
'Intimidating,predatory,expensive':Scarborough businesses urge wheel-clamp ban

'Intimidating,predatory,expensive':Scarborough businesses urge wheel-clamp ban

Wheel clamping has its place but the intimidation and expensive fines some private contractors employ is ridiculous,according to Scarborough Beach Association chairman Wayne Bowen.

  • byLauren Pilat
'Environmental vandalism':Scarborough's scenic dunes slipping away

'Environmental vandalism':Scarborough's scenic dunes slipping away

A section of coastal dunes in Perth’s north will be cleared by a private developer despite the area having the highest protection available under the Land Administration Act 1997,with an activist calling it"environmental vandalism".

  • byLauren Pilat