High-profile WA developer circles Graylands Hospital site despite no set date for closure

High-profile WA developer circles Graylands Hospital site despite no set date for closure

WA property developer Hesperia has lodged a proposal for an urban infill project at the hospital site,which sits on about 10 hectares of prime land in the heart of the western suburbs.

  • byHamish Hastie

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'Highly demoralising':How people get trapped in Perth's planning web
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'Highly demoralising':How people get trapped in Perth's planning web

There are checks and balances in place to manage conflicts in Perth's planning system. But the closer to the top it gets,the murkier the process becomes.

  • byEmma Young andHamish Hastie
Eight years to write a plan,as battles build to war for Perth bush

Eight years to write a plan,as battles build to war for Perth bush

Hundreds,if not thousands,of emails have poured into my inbox over recent years from distressed residents begging me to help them save bits of Perth bushland.

  • byEmma Young
Litter of hot and thirsty kittens dumped in box on 30-degree Perth day

Litter of hot and thirsty kittens dumped in box on 30-degree Perth day

A litter of hot and thirsty kittens were left dumped outside Cat Haven in a box on a 30-degree day.

  • byLauren Pilat
Landcorp to clear Shenton Park bushland for high-density housing

Landcorp to clear Shenton Park bushland for high-density housing

Community reacts with “utter despair” after Landcorp got the green light to clear Lemnos Street Bushland for a housing development at the former hospital site.

  • byEmma Young
Campaigners fear Perth's green spaces'up for grabs'as four-year battle draws to a close

Campaigners fear Perth's green spaces'up for grabs'as four-year battle draws to a close

Locals fighting to preserve a corridor of banksia woodlands in Shenton Park fear for the future of green spaces as a development decision looms.

  • byCameron Myles
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Former Carlisle priest faces additional child sex abuse charges

Former Carlisle priest faces additional child sex abuse charges

Patrick Holmes,83,has been charged with 16 offences relating to alleged abuse in the 1960s and 70s,when he was priest in Carlisle and Shenton Park.

  • byAAP
Perth property manager fined over'unauthorised withdrawals'from trust account

Perth property manager fined over'unauthorised withdrawals'from trust account

The woman said it was her first instance of misconduct;she'd repaid the money to the property owners and did not receive any direct financial gain.

  • bystaff writers
Former Carlisle priest charged with more historic child sex abuse offences

Former Carlisle priest charged with more historic child sex abuse offences

An 83-year-old former priest has had yet more charges laid against him as WA Police continue to investigate historic child sex abuse.

  • bystaff writers
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