Education Minister Tony Buti has claimed the decision,made at Tuesday night’s council meeting,was a direct result of Basil Zempilas’ political views.
The state government has stepped into a bitter dispute between a community service provider and the City of Perth that left vulnerable women stranded in the middle.
Women’s Interests Minister Sue Ellery accused Zempilas of failing to disclose an impartiality interest in a planning item that affected property he had a personal interest in.
The decision has raised the eyebrows of some ratepayers in the Pilbara city,who questioned why the workshop couldn’t be held at a local venue.
Tanya Richardson and her husband Daniel took their application to the State Administrative Tribunal after her own planning department repeatedly knocked back the application.
Children on the quiet cul-de-sac enjoyed the makeshift basketball court for years before the council ordered it be removed.
An impassioned response to the City of Fremantle dropping a Moreton Bay fig from its significant tree register has pushed councillors into revoking their decision.
South Perth and the City of Belmont are some of the first local governments in WA to consider policies on short-stay rentals.
Last week,the City of Cockburn was on the verge of sending four councillors on a business class trip to Croatia. Now Perth is mulling similar perks. So,how does your council travel on the ratepayers’ dime?
City of Perth councillors are set to consider a host of changes to the policy governing their benefits,which would allow business-class travel and hotel stays bankrolled by ratepayers.
A woman who broke her ankle while holidaying in Denmark by slipping at Black Hole Rock,claimed the local shire should be held responsible for the accident.