The price of preservation:What will it take to protect Fremantle’s endangered heritage?
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Fremantle

The price of preservation:What will it take to protect Fremantle’s endangered heritage?

Everyone loves Freo’s gorgeous Gold Rush-era streetscape,but there are deep divisions within the community about how to save it.

  • byMark Naglazas

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New $80 million student housing tower approved for Perth’s CBD

New $80 million student housing tower approved for Perth’s CBD

The project will provide a further 835 students with a place to stay as the state’s housing crisis deepens – but not everyone is happy about it.

  • byHolly Thompson
How the City of Swan’s mayor was refused council approval for renovations

How the City of Swan’s mayor was refused council approval for renovations

Tanya Richardson and her husband Daniel took their application to the State Administrative Tribunal after her own planning department repeatedly knocked back the application.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Monster Freo fig faces the chop after removal from tree protection register

Monster Freo fig faces the chop after removal from tree protection register

The tree sits on an area of land with an old development which is now up for sale. Without protection,there are fears developers could cut it down.

  • byHolly Thompson
As Perth swelters,state tackles the elephant in the room:tree canopy
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As Perth swelters,state tackles the elephant in the room:tree canopy

After years of advocacy by all the lesser bodies,the WA government has picked a 42-degree day to finally announce a plan to beat the heat and green the suburbs.

  • byEmma Young
Tribunal scolds Satterley over unrelenting Perth Hills estate row

Tribunal scolds Satterley over unrelenting Perth Hills estate row

The 33-year bid to establish a sprawling suburban-style town site north of Mundaring was dealt another blow last year when it was knocked back over bushfire risk concerns.

  • byJesinta Burton
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Multibillion-dollar Burswood project wins approval for twin-tower plan
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Multibillion-dollar Burswood project wins approval for twin-tower plan

The complete Burswood Point plan,years in the making,includes 4500 homes and 90,000 square metres of office and retail space on the Swan River foreshore.

  • byEmma Young
Granny flats planning approval laws to be scrapped

Granny flats planning approval laws to be scrapped

In a bid to ease the housing crisis gripping WA,the state government is making it easier than ever to build a granny flat in your backyard.

  • bySarah Brookes
Goodbye ‘shed on the river’:New Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre revealed

Goodbye ‘shed on the river’:New Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre revealed

Long touted as an underused eyesore,the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre is due to undergo a waterfront transformation.

  • byHolly Thompson andHamish Hastie
The Perth suburbs with the smallest vacant blocks

The Perth suburbs with the smallest vacant blocks

CoreLogic data has revealed which suburbs which on average have the smallest vacant land area for sale.

  • byHolly Thompson
What’s stopping infill in WA? The hurdles developers face
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What’s stopping infill in WA? The hurdles developers face

Perth’s love of suburbia has stood in the way of infill,but changes may be on the horizon.

  • byHamish Hastie