Mineral Resources boss Chris Ellison and his $10 million chopper landing at Herdsman Reserve.

No man’s land? How Chris Ellison’s helicopter commutes flew under the radar

A year-long chain of correspondence has laid bare how Ellison was able to fly without formal approval amid questions from residents,politicians and government agencies.

  • Jesinta Burton

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A mock-up of the Boonji Spaceman in the Council House gardens.

Get ready Perth for Boonji Spaceman,a seven-metre tall graffiti-covered astronaut

The Ore Obelisk is gone but not forgotten by the arts community,who are demanding a suitable replacement and horrified by the prospect of a seven-metre tall spaceman.

  • Mark Naglazas
Perth residents are in the grip of a mozzies plague.

Yes,mozzies are booming in Perth and Peel right now. Here’s why

Wetland-adjacent local governments have been ramping up efforts including using drones and helicopters in their battle to curb the blood-sucker surge.

  • Hamish Hastie

Fears for future of WA’s iconic black swans after cygnet deaths

A frightening reality for the future of our black swans has emerged as wildlife groups rally to move young swans to wetter ground.

  • Claire Ottaviano
Erin Erceg’s Little Grots kindy was going to mesh learning with the onsite farm.

Kindy stoush upsets hundreds of families in Perth’s south-east

Hundreds of families on the waitlist for a kindergarten in one of Perth’s fastest-growing areas have been left devastated after its owners were forced to abandon the venture.

  • Hamish Hastie

‘Jinxed’ South Beach change room’s slab to get pulled up in fresh hurdle

The City of Fremantle has notified beachgoers that the under-construction South Beach change room’s concrete slab would need to be removed and replaced.

  • Claire Ottaviano
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Roger Cook labelled councils “unaccountable”,WALGA president Karen Chappel hit back.

Perth councils fire back on premier’s ‘unbecoming and baseless’ attack

A battle has erupted between the local and state governments after Premier Roger Cook implied Perth councils were being influenced by minority voices.

  • Claire Ottaviano
A Buff Banded Rail caught by a cat at Lake Gwelup.

Roaming cats kill 47 million native Perth animals a year. These crusaders want that to end

The WA Feral Cat Working Group has urged the government to make an election promise to allow councils to introduce laws forcing Perth’s cat owners to keep them on their property.

  • Hamish Hastie
A cat’s life.

To catio or not to catio? Perth cat owners,there is no question

The popularity of cat enclosures is growing as owners look to better the life of their feline friends (and the environment).

  • Claire Ottaviano
The City of Wanneroo hosted the biggest council-led Australia Day citizenship ceremony in the country seven years in a row.

Residents in northern Perth suburb want ‘nation’s biggest’ citizenship ceremony to stay on January 26

City of Wanneroo staff said the decision to change or retain the date of its Australia Day citizenship ceremony was likely to cause upset either way.

  • Claire Ottaviano