Opposition Leader Zak Kirkup has challenged Premier Mark McGowan to accommodate all the rough sleepers at Fremantle’s tent city by the end of the month.
Josh Zimmerman & Peter Law
Security guards will be doubled and CCTV ramped up in Scarborough as part of a plan to combat violence after confronting pictures revealed the ugly brawls troubling the beachfront strip.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Banning party buses in Scarborough won’t curb rising antisocial behaviour in the area, according to the operator of a bus service that regularly visits the coastal party hotspot.
Ben O'Shea
The City of Stirling will meet with police to tackle antisocial behaviour after confronting photos exposed alcohol-fuelled violence plaguing nightlife in the seaside suburb.
Michael Traill
A Perth homeless camp dubbed ‘tent city’ has become even more dangerous after a series of fires which destroyed all the belongings of some of its residents and left the site covered in ash.
Annabel Hennessy
City of Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas has offered an ‘alternative home’ to the Perth Royal Show, as organisers claim they’re being pushed out of Claremont.
Charlotte Elton
The City of Greater Geraldton has stopped short of condemning its mayor after a social media stoush in which he traded insults with a resident and accused him of being jailed for a serious crime.
Elise Van Aken
Leaders at Fremantle’s ‘tent city’ have called on Community Services Minister Simone McGurk to find them permanent housing, not just temporary crisis accommodation.
Kim Macdonald
Fremantle Mayor Brad Pettitt wants the ‘tent city’ set up in the port city on Boxing Day to be cleared within a week.
In a year like no other, new Perth Mayor Basil Zempilas must be acknowledged for his work rejuvenating our city - according to Adrian Barich.
Adrian BarichSports Presenter
A bold new vision for the city, detailed in The West Australian today, has the potential to deliver on a number of fronts.
A bold plan to revitalise the city has raised hopes of breathing new life into long-neglected buildings in the centre of Perth.
Our frontline health workers and two mothers who fought for justice for their children are among WA’s people of the year — the West Australians who shone in an extremely challenging 2020.
The festive lights in Perth’s streets will soon be pulled down with City of Perth ratepayers being asked to fork out thousands just to store the extensive $2.6 million collection.
Fraud charges linked to local City of Perth elections have been dropped against ex-councillor Jim Adamos.
Health minister Roger Cook has conceded some young people in WA have been ‘badly let down’ by existing mental health services, and promised to ‘listen’ to their concerns.
Cottesloe residents are afraid their seaside suburb is becoming too affluent — which could become a hurdle for Andrew Forrest’s plans to redevelop the beach’s iconic Indiana Teahouse.
Despite being a shadow of its former historic self and not actually being heritage listed, the owners’ hopes of building a dream home have become a nightmare.
Adam Poulsen
In her opening address, counsel assisting the CCC Nadia Pantano said the watchdog had ‘uncovered a culture in which Paul Whyte’s corrupt conduct was able to thrive’ at the Department of Communities.
Josh Zimmerman
Residents fighting a luxury resort and housing estate planned for Gnarabup claim the development will send worrying levels of effluent into its world-famous beaches.
A former Department of Housing employee has ‘categorically’ denied receiving kickbacks totalling more than $27,000 from a company run by his friend in exchange for engaging workers from the firm.
Paul Whyte’s one-time bookie pocketed hundreds of thousands of dollars out of a Department of Housing deal brokered by the corrupt public servant at a time when he owed massive gambling debts.
Christmas shoppers appear to be flocking back to the CBD, with weekend shopping numbers the biggest in Perth since the 2019 Boxing Day sales.
Kate Massey
A new proposal has been put forward to replace the former Yanchep Surf Life Saving Club building on the foreshore after plans for a beach tavern fell through.
Lucy Jarvis
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