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Fremantle councillors unanimously backed plans to significantly increase the scale of development allowed at 2-8 Harvest Road, supporting a proposal that could allow buildings of up to six storeys on the site.

ConstructionCommentsFreo council greenlights massive six-storey development

The move, which was unanimously backed by councillors, marks a major shift for the area.

Harriet Flinn

A render of the proposed Pullman Perth Airport.

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Perth Airport’s $90m hotel delayed while it waits on builder

The 240-room Pullman Perth Airport, a partnership between the aviation hub and hospitality giant Accor, was announced to great fanfare in October 2024 and expected to be ready next year. 

Sean Smith

Edmond Margjini

WA NewsCommentsPremiumCFMEU enforcer loses right to storm WA building sites

The former street gangster and cage fighter has been stripped of his right-of-entry permit allowing him to march onto WA building sites with impunity.

Ben Harvey

There were just 386 blocks on the market in the March quarter, which was the second-lowest number on record since the 261 blocks in the December quarter.

PropertyCommentsPremium‘Too cheap’: Expert warns Perth land prices are set to rise

A national expert says Perth vacant land prices are currently $41,000 below fair value and are set for an imminent increase.

Kim Macdonald

D & C worked on two of VIctor Goh’s builds — Capital Square on Mount Street and EQWest on the banks of the Swan River.

ConstructionCommentsPremiumContempt threat as SRG chases Goh in quay debt feud

A fresh contempt claim has been foreshadowed against the company building Victor Goh’s Elizabeth Quay skyscraper project after an alleged failure to comply with a Supreme Court summons.

Matt Mckenzie

Indigo Commercial founder Tarrsha Watkins, fourth from the left, is offering work opportunities for people who needs hours that align with school drop-offs, pick-ups, or other family commitments.

Workplace MattersCommentsPremiumThe WA firm creating jobs that work around the school run

The boss of a local labour provider says its family-friendly shift model aiming to work around the school run could become as mainstream as the regular 9-5 working day.

Cheyanne Enciso

Internal view of the proposed upper alfresco bar area.

ConstructionWhy council is set to reject Irish pub’s beer garden plan

The State’s peak planning body is scheduled to decide on the controversial $2.5 million proposal next week.

Harriet Flinn

Disgruntled Inspired Homes customers on the builder's Hamilton Hill Building site.

state politicsCommentsPremiumNew laws to demand builders open their books

Laws to crackdown on dodgy builders could be expanded to include milestone payments and cap price rises, in a bid to prevent a repeat of Perth’s Niche Living scandal. 

Jessica Page

The Housing Industry Association said the data showed major improvements considering the increased size of the industry.

Commercial propertiesCommentsPremiumThe WA builders who have collapsed this financial year

SEE THE LIST: New data shows nine commercial and residential builders have collapsed so far this financial year, but three construction companies are going under every week.

Kim Macdonald

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - MAY 12: Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers delivers the 2026-27 Federal Budget at Parliament House on May 12, 2026 in Canberra, Australia. The Labor government's budget for 2026 focuses on cost-of-living relief, housing affordability, and defence spending, as Treasurer Jim Chalmers faces pressure to deliver economic stability ahead of a federal election cycle. (Photo by Hilary Wardhaugh/Getty Images)

EconomyPremiumTreasurer details $10b productivity hit list

Jim Chalmers is promising to rev up Australia’s economic engine with a $10 billion red tape cutting plan hoping to raise the country’s growth “speed limit”.

Matt Mckenzie

Construction of a huge skyscraper at Elizabeth Quay is set for an extraordinary blow after ASX-listed contractor SRG foreshadowed plans to seek an arrest warrant for developer Victor Goh.

ConstructionPremiumNo ‘tarmac arrest’: Warrant for Victor Goh, with a catch

A Supreme Court judge has issued an arrest warrant for businessman Victor Goh but the Elizabeth Quay developer has been given a ‘final chance’ to comply before it takes effect.

Matt Mckenzie

New Veolia ANZ chief Craig Barker, Kevin Souster, and Veolia ANZ general manager Resource Recovery WA, NT and SA Daniel Van Veen.

ContractingCommentsPremiumIt’s FOGO, not FOMO, for waste boss eyeing WA growth

Veolia has resolved a bitter fight with Acciona over the Kwinana Waste to Energy Plant as new chief Craig Barker talks up investment into WA’s circular economy.

Matt Mckenzie

Construction of a huge skyscraper at Elizabeth Quay is set for an extraordinary blow after ASX-listed contractor SRG foreshadowed plans to seek an arrest warrant for developer Victor Goh.

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Cook weighs in on EQ skyscraper spat amid arrest bid

The WA Premier has weighed in as an extraordinary legal fight threatens to derail a huge building project in Elizabeth Quay.

Matt Mckenzie

A survey sent to 45 key operators in the field found cost increases for diesel, materials and supplies had boosted ‘overall costs’ by 5 to 20 per cent.

Commercial propertyCommentsPremiumCivil contractors warn fuel cost crisis worse than COVID

In only two months the diesel crisis has boosted prices for civil contractors by the same level experienced over 18 months during the pandemic era.

Kim Macdonald

Construction of a huge skyscraper at Elizabeth Quay is set for an extraordinary blow after ASX-listed contractor SRG foreshadowed plans to seek an arrest warrant for developer Victor Goh.

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Contractor’s arrest bid for property developer Victor Goh

Construction of a huge skyscraper at Elizabeth Quay is set for an extraordinary blow after ASX-listed contractor SRG foreshadowed plans to seek an arrest warrant for developer Victor Goh.

Matt Mckenzie

Premier Roger Cook, Treasurer Rita Saffioti and Manufacturing Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson make the pre-fab announcement on Tuesday. But they’re not doing the heavy lifting.

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Is this really how bad our housing crisis has become?

Housing supply is improving, but too slowly. Government needs to do better, and that means it needs to partner up more with business.

Sean Smith

Premier Roger Cook, Treasurer Rita Saffioti, Housing and Works Minister John Carey and Manufacturing Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson.

state politicsCommentsPremiumFaster, cheaper ‘lego’ housing gets $50m boost amid crisis

A $48 million Budget spend on two advanced manufacturing factories will aim to fast-track high density housing and key Cook Government projects.

Jessica Page and Daniel Newell

Built executive chair Marco Rossi and Wesfarmers CEO Rob Scott announce the launch of Built Living.

ConstructionCommentsPremiumWesfarmers shifts into apartments with $100m deal

WA conglomerate Wesfarmers is shifting into apartment construction and will tip $100 million into a joint venture it says can help address WA’s affordable housing supply crisis.

Daniel Newell

Celia Holt, with her dog Percy, lives in a granny flat on her daughter’s property in Maida Vale.

Your MoneyCommentsPremiumWA’s granny flat explosion! Why it’s a win-win for families

A ‘phenomenal’ rise in the number of granny flats being built in Perth is not only solving the housing crisis, it’s also keeping families together.

Nick Bruining

NRW managing director Jules Pemberton and chairman Michael Arnett

MiningCommentsPremiumNRW vote pushes Pemberton’s pay to staggering heights

The contractor’s second crack at handing chief executive Jules Pemberton a multimillion-dollar bonus scheme has succeeded, despite one major proxy adviser still giving it the thumbs down.

Adrian Rauso

Mr Berryman was not a registered building contractor.

Courts & JusticePremiumPerth tradie fined after homeowner left $17k out of pocket

A Perth man has been described by a magistrate as having committed ‘egregious offences’ after being fined for three building breaches.

Liam Murphy

Plans for a $40 million retirement-style redevelopment in Nedlands are set to move ahead.

ConstructionCommentsPremiumFive-storey $40m western suburbs development gets go ahead

Plans for a $40 million retirement-style redevelopment in Nedlands are set to move ahead, with the first stage of the project recommended for approval.

Harriet Flinn

Jojo's cafe

ConstructionCommentsPremiumWestern suburbs $27m redevelopment plan grinds to halt

A $27 million redevelopment proposal for the Nedlands Baths site, once touted by the State Government as a major tourism drawcard, appears to have fallen through the cracks.

Harriet Flinn

Commercial PropertyCommentsPremiumWhy is WA struggling to keep up with build-to-rent?

Perth may be the Australian birthplace of build-to-rent, but it has only 4 per cent of the projects in the $40 billion national industry.

Kim Macdonald