The coastal stretch is already home to a jetty, caravan park, Surf Live Saving club, and barbecue facilities - and there’s much more to come.
Gabrielle Becerra Mellet
Another Perth council has voted for themselves to receive superannuation.
Justin Bianchini
A controversial Buddhist monastery in the City of Kwinana will go ahead despite strong opposition from the community, on the condition there will be no singing or chanting.
Rachel Fenner
Nearly 2000 square metres of land has been transferred to a Wheatbelt government for half price to support the town's housing demands.
Hannah Whitehead
Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas has labelled a move by the Education Department to take over a City of Perth car park seven months before construction is due to start on a new school as ‘petty’ and ‘petulant’.
Jessica Page
A long-time councillor and environmental advocate looks set to become Mandurah’s next mayor after the resignation of current mayor Rhys Williams in October.
The owners of one of Perth’s most expensive homes are pleading with their local council to remove a tree on their property, with Planning Minister John Carey calling for a ‘common sense’ solution.
Jake Dietsch and Harriet Flinn
The council is prosecuting Biotech company Arvela which it says is conducting its research in the leafy western suburb without approval.
Natalie Richards
Perth homeowners have been selected as recipients of the city’s heritage grant fund, giving its residents up to $5000 each to help upgrade and restore their heritage homes.
Harriet Flinn
The WA Local Government Association is angling for a return to first-past-the-past voting for mayors and councillors and is surveying councils to see how many agree.
A run-down and closed community hall in Floreat is again facing the threat of demolition after the building was found to be in worse condition than was previously realised.
Pushing beyond just rates, roads and rubbish, Joondalup council has voted for its CEO to write to ministers that the proposed misinformation and disinformation bill should not be passed through parliament.
Erick Lopez
A Perth council has returned its Australia Day citizenship ceremony to January 26, with at least one councillor admitting it would hurt the city’s Indigenous reference group.
Justin Bianchini and Erick Lopez
A tourism drawcard and important cultural site in the Red Centre that's also known as a "living plant museum" has been added to the national heritage list.
Aaron Bunch
A southern suburbs mayor has slammed plans to relocate a popular seaplane service about 600m down the road, calling it ‘reckless’, ‘harmful’ and ‘disruptive’.
Jessica Evensen
Australia Post has urged dog owners to take responsibility for their pets after fresh data revealed WA was one of the worst States for attacks on posties.
Cr Bruce Reynolds replaced outgoing Deputy Lord Mayor Clyde Bevan at a special council meeting on October 29.
North Perth and Mt Hawthorn households will need to cough up at least $2000 as part of a $35 million project to have underground power installed in their suburbs.
The City of Nedlands has pointed the finger at its previous chief executive Bill Parker following a failed audit. Mr Parker is now CEO at Wanneroo, where its mayor says the council has full confidence in him.
The City of Fremantle has backed the major redevelopment of a former TAFE site into dozens of homes and public open space.
A coding error made by the WA Electoral Commission saw 12,000 Fremantle voters issued incorrect ballots for a local council election, a court has been told.
A senior WA minister says he’s not offended by it, but a Council’s approval for a new road in Perth’s southern suburbs to be named “Kaffir Road” appears set to be rejected after claims it is racist.
Rachel Fenner and Jessica Page
At its latest meeting, a the council voted against using one innocuous street name while approving another that could send you to prison overseas.
Developers are set to build units providing affordable housing for pensioners in Rockingham, despite concerns it is too small-scale for the area.
Laura Pond
