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Urban regeneration specialist Activate Perth is gaining traction in Perth’s CBD, filling five vacant spaces in recent weeks under its innovative rent-free, rolling lease model.

The City of Perth will hold elections on October 17, Local Government Minister David Templeman announced today, following the council’s dissolution.

Activate Perth chair and mayoral hopeful Di Bain has penned an open letter to the state government lobbying it to spend up to $130 million raised through Perth CBD’s parking levy as stimulus for the city’s commercial tenants.

Former Channel 7 reporter and current 6PR weekend presenter Mark Gibson has declared he will run for Lord Mayor of the City of Perth in October’s election, becoming the third candidate to announce a bid for the top job.

Prominent media personality Basil Zempilas has ended months of speculation and confirmed he will run for Lord Mayor of the City of Perth.

Spacecubed founder and managing director Brodie McCulloch has become the fifth major candidate to declare their candidacy in the City of Perth’s upcoming mayoral election.

Di Bain discusses the impact on Perth City businesses from thousands of people continuing to work from home post COVID-19.

Sandy Anghie, manager of FJM Property’s Historic Heart Project, has announced she will join the race for Lord Mayor of the City of Perth.

Controversy and celebrity loom large in what is set to be one of the most consequential elections in the City of Perth’s history.

Candidates are quietly organising ahead of the City of Perth’s upcoming election as they strive to distance themselves from the factionalism of the previous council.

Startup founder and lord mayoral aspirant Brodie McCulloch has taken political innovation to a new level.

Suspended councillors, deputy mayors and media personalities are among the dozens of candidates running for council in the City of Perth’s upcoming election.

A crowded field for the City of Perth’s lord mayoralty highlighted contrasting visions for the city’s future at this afternoon’s debate.

Di Bain talks about her enthusiasm for tackling the major issues now facing the City of Perth in today's episode of Controversy & Celebrity,

Di Bain has challenged her opponents to disclose their conflicts after it was revealed her lord mayoral campaign had received more than $100,000 in contributions.

Reece Harley has told Business News he will seek to reclaim his position on council in the City of Perth's upcoming election.

More than 5,800 votes have been cast in the City of Perth's council election with just one day left before polls close.

Basil Zempilas has been elected the 56th lord mayor of the City of Perth.

Two years of turmoil will come to an end this afternoon as the City of Perth swears in its new lord mayor and council.

The couple behind a luxury tourism company and former pro surfer Taj Burrow are among the buyers recently snapping up property in the state’s south west.

City of Perth councillors have accepted thousands of dollars’ worth of gifts since October, with Perron Group, Rio Tinto and Primewest among a notable list of benefactors.

The pandemic did little to deter some of Perth’s most prominent business leaders from opening their wallets for luxury homes.

Di Bain has been named Tourism WA chair and Anneke Brown and Janelle Marr have been appointed to the board after six members announced their resignations earlier this year.

Basil Zempilas has reaffirmed his support for the Perth City Deal after the state government lashed the city's councillors for voting against developing a public swimming pool at the WACA Ground.

A new chairperson and board changes preface a fresh era for Tourism WA.

Tourism WA's executive director of industry, aviation and markets has stepped up as managing director, more than a year after Brodie Carr left the agency's top job.

Di Bain has swapped seats with Sandy Anghie, taking over as City of Perth's deputy lord mayor following yesterday's special council meeting.

Now is not the time to be timid; it is the time to be bold.

Schedule set for English football frenzy in Perth as government confirms yesterday's Business News exclusive.

The City of Perth has knocked back Ruah Community Services' bid to relocate its Northbridge community centre, only leaving several months to find an alternative.

Nine members, including Morgan Solomon and Janelle Marr, have been appointed to the Arts and Culture Trust board, the body replacing the Perth Theatre Trust.

City of Perth councillors will decide on a new deputy lord mayor with Di Bain set to finish her term in the position next week.

A disagreement between two levels of government continues after John Carey overrides the council and exempted the Western Australian Cricket Association from paying rates.

Political ambitions aside, Basil Zempilas remains firmly fixated on winning a second term as Perth’s lord mayor.

City of Perth councillor and former deputy lord mayor Di Bain has resigned from council ahead of the upcoming local government elections.

Carolyn Turnbull has resigned as Tourism WA managing director, confirming she would leave the government tourism agency on May 10 after two and a half years of service.

Hospitality executive Anneke Brown has been announced as the new managing director of Tourism WA, starting a five-year term on December 9.

A panel of tourism professionals have lauded the sector’s recovery post COVID-19 but detailed the challenges operators in Western Australia still face.