Troy Pickard

Two long-awaited and much-debated marina proposals have inched closer to becoming reality, with Cedar Woods’ Mangles Bay getting an environmental thumbs-up, and the state government committing to advance 30-year-old plans to develop an 850-pen facility at Ocean Reef.

THE world of commerce may be guided by share values, net assets and project scale, and political power ultimately decided at the ballot box, the business of government is far more opaque – with influence far more mysterious than most other sectors of the community.Advisers

The Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council has been given the environmental tick of approval to develop a waste-to-energy plant at its Redhill site.

Advocates for local council mergers are in danger of over-reaching when they talk up the anticipated benefits.

Reform of metropolitan councils is set to be derailed unless there is a quick response by the state government to concerns over funding implementation costs, according to the WA Local Government Association.

Georgiou Group has been awarded a $16 million contract to build a multi-storey car park for the City of Joondalup.The five-storey car park will provide 560 bays of public parking at 28 private lease car bays on Boas Avenue.

The City of Joondalup has put out the call for developers to design and build a mixed use tower in its town centre, comprising a hotel, apartments, and a minimum of 12,000 square metres of office space.

The City of Joondalup is opening a new co-working space and providing fresh investment funds for start-ups.

Joondalup’s CBD is set to be transformed by a pair of major projects, including the suburb’s first high-rise building.

Australia is at significant risk of a digital ‘invasion’ by overseas tech companies keen to disrupt the economic status quo.

Freedom Wi-Fi and Triplify have each received $20,000 grants through the City of Joondalup's Innovation Fund, which was established last year to develop entrepreneurial and enterprising business activities.

Joondalup Mayor Troy Pickard is pushing for international trade opportunities with China to put Joondalup on the map as a city that can hold its own on the global stage.

Advocates for the abolition of Western Australia’s development assessment panels took a hit yesterday, after the WA Local Government Association knocked back two motions that called for the scrapping of the DAPs.

A marina in Perth's north is a sure thing after the WA Liberals pledged $105 million to its development, weeks after Labor committed $40 million to a similar project.