Across Perth,Metronet is powering ahead. But with cost blowouts,rail shutdowns and added congestion on the roads has the public been sold a pup?
Town of Victoria Park residents have passed a motion of no confidence over a series of major decisions they claim have left ratepayers out of pocket and in the dark.
As hungry WA families turn to shoplifting,one inner Perth suburb has been harder hit than most. But local businesses have found a creative solution.
Progress on an $80 million recreational facility opposite an inner-city university has ground to a halt – despite a community that actually wants development. And now some councillors want to only deal with ‘decorous and temperate’ petitions.
With plans afoot to triple Perth’s CBD population by 2050,WAtoday speaks to three people who live,work and play in the CBD to find out the good,bad and ugly about city life.
“When you come and you walk the strip,the community engagement,you can actually feel it,it’s not fake. It’s not something that’s advertised or promoted. It’s something that’s actually quite real,” cafe owner Sandro Puca said.
A year 11 student on trial over a younger schoolmate’s broken hip says he never placed the boy in a headlock,with a common assault charge hanging on the claim.
Developers say the 100-metre tall,$165-million tower will provide a stunning entry statement to an area proposed to be a key commercial outpost of the CBD.
Decided to bite the bullet and replace your car? You might kick yourself for not acting earlier,as WA's best-known dealer has never seen a market like this.
Brand new basketball courts in a Perth park have sat empty for nearly a year after noise complaints from nearby residents forced the council to remove their hoops.
In recent years indie bookshops have thrived where once chains failed,through personal service:but it was intimacy placed at at risk when the pandemic hit.