I researched Perth school choices for six weeks. Here’s what I learned
Opinion
Education

I researched Perth school choices for six weeks. Here’s what I learned

Six weeks ago I committed to make public my personal research process about how to select a school for my son. I really wish my findings had been different.

  • byEmma Young

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What the ‘flight to private’ is doing to Perth schools,and those left behind
Opinion
Schools

What the ‘flight to private’ is doing to Perth schools,and those left behind

Why are relatively privileged inner suburbanites happy to put up with substandard public education and lack of return on taxes,instead paying through the nose?

  • byEmma Young
WA hospitality staff bear the brunt of noisy minority over proof-of-vaccination mandate

WA hospitality staff bear the brunt of noisy minority over proof-of-vaccination mandate

Venues with a capacity of more than 500 people have been the canaries in the coalmine as WA readies for wide-reaching vaccine mandates to come into effect.

  • byCameron Myles
Ute fire reduces Kwinana Freeway northbound to single lane as Easter holidaymakers return home

Ute fire reduces Kwinana Freeway northbound to single lane as Easter holidaymakers return home

A car fire on Kwinana Freeway has caused chaos for thousands of commuters travelling home from Easter long weekend festivities.

  • byLauren Pilat
Perth property bonanza gets landmark South Perth towers off the ground

Perth property bonanza gets landmark South Perth towers off the ground

Finbar announced on Friday earthworks at its Civic Heart project in South Perth would kick off in January after a sales bonanza had seen buyers snatch $31 million-worth of apartments last month.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
Perth property post-COVID:How recent pain could prove our gain
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Big Perth

Perth property post-COVID:How recent pain could prove our gain

Perth's waited a long time for property prices to rally,and by late March was braced for further blows. How low could we go? But seems the news ain't all bad.

  • byEmma Young
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Locals gather to grill Perth's twin towers of property power
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Big Perth

Locals gather to grill Perth's twin towers of property power

UDIA's high-priced events are usually attended by industry figures,but on Wednesday the public jumped at the rare chance to grill members of the inner sanctum.

  • byEmma Young
Why the coronavirus could have an upside for the WA economy

Why the coronavirus could have an upside for the WA economy

Finbar managing director Darren Pateman said despite ongoing global uncertainty he predicted Perth could benefit in the long run.

  • byHamish Hastie
Welcome to WA,where downsizing still means a three-bedroom house

Welcome to WA,where downsizing still means a three-bedroom house

Our love affair with big homes is as strong as ever and downsizers still can't find much in their neighbourhood,even with a very loose definition of"downsizing".

  • byEmma Young
Affluent Perth NIMBYs unite:Protesters gather to call for probe into WA planning minister

Affluent Perth NIMBYs unite:Protesters gather to call for probe into WA planning minister

Residents from some of Perth's most affluent suburbs are uniting to call for an investigation into Rita Saffioti's use of discretionary powers to approve controversial projects.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
Finbar boss slams'NIMBYs'over opposition to South Perth Civic Heart development

Finbar boss slams'NIMBYs'over opposition to South Perth Civic Heart development

The managing director of the development company behind the South Perth's Civic Heart project has slammed the influence of'NIMBYs'over the approvals process.

  • byNathan Hondros