City life
Rottnest ferries cancelled for the weekend as severe weather rolls in
The Rottnest Express has cancelled all services across Saturday and Sunday, with weather warnings of high tides, strong wind and swells.
- by Holly Thompson
Latest
Taxpayers to stump up $112 million for billionaires’ East Perth power station vision
The jump is the latest in two years of incremental cost increases scattered throughout budget papers and mid-year reviews.
- by Hamish Hastie
Perth council headed to tribunal after homeless centre rejection
Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas recently pushed for a decentralisation of homeless service providers from his local government’s boundaries to other councils.
- by Peter de Kruijff
Opinion
Pets
Perth, it’s time to interrogate this designer dog madness
The Perth dog markets are out of control. Before people go falling in love with that fluffy little face, they need to ask themselves some harder questions.
- by Emma Young
City of Perth wants fewer homelessness service providers in CBD
Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas wants other metropolitan local governments to do more heavy lifting on homelessness by moving community services.
- by Peter de Kruijff
We do not want you here or there. We do not want you anywhere! Perth homeless centre rejection casts cloud over sector
A leading city provider needs to move its homelessness drop-in centre 200 metres around the corner to make way for new construction. But the council blocked it.
- by Peter de Kruijff
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.
- by Emma Young
Development closing in on Perth’s most biodiverse wetland to face EPA scrutiny
Several applications for rezoning and developments around the Greater Brixton Street Wetlands – which contains more than 500 species of plants – are being examined by WA’s independent environmental watchdog.
- by Peter de Kruijff
Charity gala ball launch revs up at Barbagallo
Barbagallo Motors in Osborne Park hosted the launch of the Ronald McDonald House Charities WA Gala Ball on Tuesday night.
Opinion
Electric cars
This Perth grandma drove her EV to Ningaloo and lived to tell the tale
Judging by the looks and banter from other travellers, the sight of a grandmother hooking up her EV is not yet an event that can go unremarked in regional WA.
- by Denise Fitch
Brains behind The Beaufort take on Yagan Square and new South Perth venture
Meet mates Drew Flanagan and Ross Drennan who quit their day jobs to start a successful events business 11 years ago and are quickly growing a stable of popular venues.
- by Peter de Kruijff