A highly contaminated Wheatbelt tannery has been left abandoned and untreated for two decades, raising serious concerns for neighbours and the nearby town.
Hannah Whitehead
There’s a political adage that decisions are made by those who show up. Unfortunately for the electors in Nedlands, this is who showed up.
Ben Harvey
Sacked mayor Fiona Argyle has revealed where she believes the uprising against her from within — which came to a council-imploding head this week — really began.
Matt Zis
A Perth council’s budget has been praised as ‘realistic’ and the ‘best in the State’.
Michael Palmer
Optus and Vodafone have warned customers they could be in a dead zone after the Town of Victoria Park ordered they remove their towers from the Lathlain Park grandstand to make way for a proposed redevelopment.
Sophie Gannon
With less than four months to go until the local government elections, City of Fremantle mayor Hannah Fitzhardinge has her sights set on another four years holding the reins.
Caitlin Vinci
The City of Vincent looks set to double down on its refusal to reconsider conditions for two concrete plants in the Claisebrook precinct, despite a State invitation to reconsider.
Victoria Park mayor Karen Vernon said it had responded to feedback from residents and lowered the rate increase, which was ‘sufficient to cover the town’s operating and capital expenditure’.
The door might be open, but it’s time to give some mayors a shove through it.
Jessica Page
Never one to shy from a fight, Fiona Argyle started out as a TV journalist and model long before she became the City of Nedlands Mayor.
Perth councillor Catherine Lezer has become the first to signal her intent to run for Lord Mayor of Perth, seeking to replace now-State Opposition Leader Basil Zempilas.
Oliver Lane
It could take a fortnight for commissioners to take control of the City of Nedlands — but the councillors at the centre of the saga could renominate for the local government elections later this year.
Four councillors have quit, sending the City of Nedlands into crisis as the State Government prepares to step in.
Jessica Page and Harriet Flinn
City of Perth election candidates have been warned not to use council question time for grandstanding as the battle for seats in WA’s capital city heats up.
Sophie Gannon & Michael Palmer
A councillor has embarked on a campaign to be the first woman to become the mayor of one of Perth’s biggest councils.
Justin Bianchini
The hike equates to about $84 more that households will pay in 2025-26.
Albert Jacob has decided not to run for a third mayoral term in October, paving the way for ex-Federal Liberal Ian Goodenough to put his hand up for the top job.
The Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council’s membership has dropped from six councils to two but the reasons behind the abandonment have been kept behind closed doors.
The City of Rockingham council has gone against a proposal to increase rates by 3.9 per cent next financial year and voted for a more modest increase of 3.5 per cent.
Rachel Fenner
Admitting her patience is wearing ‘thin’ with obstinate and overly political local governments, the second term MP and minister has opened up to The West about a plague of issues in the sector.
Dylan Caporn
Despite his almost four decades of public and volunteer service to the Mt Barker community, Ken Clements admitted he was “very surprised” to see his name among the 413 esteemed Australians receiving an OAM.
Melissa Sheil
It comes in the wake of an Auditor-General report that found questionable spending by other councils on alcohol and dining perks.
Liam Murphy
Locals will be given a choice of three options: A) On the nearest Saturday to 26 January, B) On 26 January, or C) No preference.
Harriet Flinn
A community group has referred a Freedom of Information dispute to the WA Information Commissioner after the City of Stirling declined to release some internal documents.
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