Sandy Anghie

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.

Sandy Anghie has been sworn in as deputy mayor of the City of Perth at a special council meeting this morning.

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.

Perth deputy lord mayor Sandy Anghie has launched defamation action against Channel Nine over a story which implied that she leased a West Perth meeting room to run for council.

Perth business leaders cooked meals for vulnerable people last week and raised $146,973 for Foodbank WA, with Northern Star Resources’ Hilary Macdonald leading the way.

Perth-based CO-Architecture is tackling the contingent nature of the professional design industry with a new online marketplace.

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

Architects are finding ways to push the envelope on sustainable design.

Fremantle’s Walyalup Civic Centre scooped the major prize at the event.

Fremantle’s Walyalup Civic Centre navigated some choppy waters to emerge as the top project at this year’s WA Architecture Awards.

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.

With_Architecture Studio is pioneering a national push for carbon neutral certification in the design space.

Climate risks and emissions are no longer an afterthought for developers.

Premier Mark McGowan, former governor Kim Beazley and Edith Cowan’s family have thrown their support behind a statue of the women’s rights activist proposed for St Georges Terrace.

The creators of a new Perth event hope to inform the public about the city’s rich design world.

Another planning policy to boost infill in the housing market has been introduced with the state government set to implement quality controls for medium density developments.

Property players have joined forces to deliver more targeted advocacy, with the Town of Cambridge first up in the group's sights over a policy that limits interaction between developers and staff.

Architect and City of Perth Councillor Sandy Anghie has confirmed she will challenge incumbent Basil Zempilas to become Perth's lord mayor at the election this October.

Attention to environmental impact was a theme across several of the winners of this year’s Architecture Awards.

Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas wants Perth to throw its hat in the ring for the now-hostless 2026 Commonwealth Games, pushing back on the state government's decision not to entertain a bid.

Architects and interior designers are adjusting their approach in response to the unstable construction environment.

Last-minute changes to new medium density housing codes have drawn the ire of local governments as stakeholders wait on an updated timeline for the revised code’s implementation.

The City of Perth has voted to sell a West Perth laneway to a private company belonging to Kerry Stokes, with further development hinted for the site.

Incumbent City of Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas has officially entered the mayoral race, running against former deputy mayor Sandy Anghie and another contender.

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.

In this podcast Mark Pownall and Simone Grogan discuss Lithium deals, Qantas, BGC, brewery action, IR and Perth's mayoral race.

The campaigns ahead of local government elections have brought about some heated interaction among contenders.

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.

Black Swan State Theatre Company and West Australian Opera were the most awarded arts organisations at the 2023 Performing Arts Western Australia Awards.

Property industry groups have backed the state government’s raft of planning reforms, including the medium-density code policy, which was reworked after receiving mixed reviews.

Property industry groups have backed a proposal to develop a strategy to increase tree canopy in urban developments in the Perth and Peel regions.

Architects are increasingly repurposing existing assets, as the world’s focus on climate change intensifies.

Industry has welcomed the state government’s changes to the metropolitan region scheme, which aim to lessen the approvals burden on projects.

Ross Donaldson will replace Sandy Anghie as Australian Institute of Architects WA President from next year.

Business News journalists have won two awards this week in recognition of their coverage of architecture and sports in Western Australia.

The West Australian failed to provide fair and balanced coverage of former Perth Lord Mayoral candidate Sandy Anghie on multiple occasions, the company’s self-funded regulator has found.

Minister Carey and Shadow Planning Minister Neil Thomson have today engaged in war of words over the state government’s appointment of Emma Cole as WAPC chair.