Perth parents encounter technical difficulties trying to claim cost-of-living student payouts

Perth parents encounter technical difficulties trying to claim cost-of-living student payouts

Parents are facing tech hurdles in accessing the WA government’s $103.5 million Student Assistance Payment program.

  • bySarah Brookes

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Going to town:The ‘selfies of the day’ that captured the high fashion of Perth’s shoppers

Going to town:The ‘selfies of the day’ that captured the high fashion of Perth’s shoppers

A new exhibition during the Boorloo Heritage Festival celebrates the era in which gloves and hats,suits and ties were mandatory for those “going to town”. So when did standards slip?

  • byMark Naglazas
A new era for Perth’s ‘white elephant’? Yagan Square readies for revamp reveal

A new era for Perth’s ‘white elephant’? Yagan Square readies for revamp reveal

The $14 million revamp the state hopes will help the embattled Yagan Square hospitality precinct shed its reputation as Perth’s “white elephant” is nearing completion. But will it work?

  • byJesinta Burton
Gen Z is not drinking – and it’s threatening Perth’s live music scene

Gen Z is not drinking – and it’s threatening Perth’s live music scene

A sharp decline in alcohol consumption among risk-averse young adults is undermining the live music scene,which has long relied on the sale of booze.

  • byMark Naglazas
Charm offensive:Chris Isaak conquers an adoring Kings Park crowd
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Charm offensive:Chris Isaak conquers an adoring Kings Park crowd

For a singer celebrated for his heartbreaking romantic ballads Chris Isaak sure knows how to deliver a great gag.

  • byMark Naglazas
The Perth schools racing towards 3000 enrolments

The Perth schools racing towards 3000 enrolments

Enrolments at schools,particularly in Perth’s western and southern suburbs,are booming,some racing towards the 3000 mark for the first time.

  • byHolly Thompson
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City of Perth drags Van Gogh Alive team to court for Supreme Court gardens ‘damage bill’

City of Perth drags Van Gogh Alive team to court for Supreme Court gardens ‘damage bill’

The City of Perth has dragged the organisers of Van Gogh Alive to court demanding compensation amid claims the exhibition in the Supreme Court gardens left it with a $360,000 clean up bill.

  • byJesinta Burton
Cost of parking in Perth during the day to rise,but one parking perk will stay

Cost of parking in Perth during the day to rise,but one parking perk will stay

The City of Perth council has backed a substantial increase to daytime parking fees,with the hike set to bring in $700,000 in extra revenue this financial year.

  • byJesinta Burton
Tom Jones stuns Kings Park audience by diving into darkness and death
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Tom Jones stuns Kings Park audience by diving into darkness and death

The ageless Welsh star kicked off his Australian tour at Kings Park last night with a surprising mix of rousing classics and songs in the late-career elegiac mode of David Bowie and Johnny Cash.

  • byMark Naglazas
Bye-bye,free bays? City of Perth mulls abolishing parking perks,raising fees

Bye-bye,free bays? City of Perth mulls abolishing parking perks,raising fees

The City of Perth council could soon abolish its free nighttime parking incentive and impose an 11.5 per cent increase to its fees after officers concluded the perk was becoming too costly.

  • byJesinta Burton
Crisis talks:Housing and sustainability challenges injects urgency into Perth Design Week

Crisis talks:Housing and sustainability challenges injects urgency into Perth Design Week

Once regarded as an indulgence for the leisure classes,architecture and design is now at the centre of the conversation.

  • byMark Naglazas