Alison Xamon

The state government has announced its decision to join the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), replacing the agreement signed in January by the Barnett government for a locally administered NDIS.

Despite overwhelming and bipartisan support for John McKechnie’s reappointment as CCC head, agreement is missing where it counts.

WA Labor amassed a significant fundraising advantage this past financial year as unions, law firms and sitting members opened their wallets to fill the party’s coffers.

Among the huge list of council hopefuls is the usual swag of business people, community heroes, colourful characters and eyebrow-raising pitches which make elections great.

The introduction of optional preferential voting for local government elections has caused counting to be a slower process but some councils have announced their 2023 results.

A developer will turn a rundown West Perth site into a $107 million hotel and apartment complex after receiving unanimous support from an assessment panel.

The nine-storey apartment project, which was scaled down from its initial form, has been given the green light at a JDAP meeting today.

Leederville Oval, which has been the home ground of several WAFL clubs, has been renamed as part of a three-year sponsorship deal.

Two concrete batching plants will remain in Claisebrook for several more years after the state’s peak planning body approval despite the area being earmarked for housing.

Three Perth metropolitan councils are celebrating 30 years of operation after being ‘spun-out’ from the City of Perth.

Treatment is underway at Hyde Park to remove the shot-hole borer infestation, which breached Western Australia’s biosecurity three years ago.

Advocacy groups and local governments are pushing for more action to increase Perth’s tree canopy.

An AFL ‘gather round’ in WA could be on the cards after Perth MP Patrick Gorman took to Leederville Oval to spruik a $1.5 million investment in the oval, should an Albanese government return to power.