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.
This council was one of the hottest places in Perth during February’s heatwave conditions,so why did councillors vote to revoke its policy to stop trees of significance from facing the chop?
Could great design and a land swap be the answer to saving this monster tree? Why architects say there is a design-led solution to this problem.
A proposal for City of Cockburn ratepayers to foot a $114,000 bill for the mayor and three councillors to spend a week in Croatia has been put on ice.
A Cockburn council delegation to Split,Croatia,includes spending up to $25,000 on each councillor’s business class flights,plus an accommodation budget of $500 each per night.
West Australians are eligible to get at least $200 credit on their power bills while residents affected by the Mariginiup fire can access the Lord Mayor’s Distress Relief Fund.
The stalled project provides insight into what’s happening – or not happening – across the rest of the city,whose many heritage buildings are boarded up because the owners are not motivated to develop their properties.
The worst-performing places were outer suburban areas with rapidly growing greenfield developments and often lagging infrastructure.
Whether you get a warning or a $10,000 fine for interfering with your local suburban streetscape might depend on little more than luck in Perth.
Is this 51-storey South Perth record-breaker an environmental marvel,or an undercooked overdevelopment? It depends who’s talking,the developer or the council.
Architects are charged with putting people into homes. So why,during a housing crisis,are seven high-profile design professionals fighting to stop a major development?