The City of Perth has changed the membership of its CEO performance review committee after two staff members were kicked out of a recent meeting.
Sophie Gannon & Michael Palmer
An AI-powered traffic camera trial has uncovered dozens of close calls every day at one of Perth’s busiest intersections, prompting plans for safety upgrades. SEE THE FOOTAGE
Sophie Gannon
Provisional trial dates for the defamation case between former Port Hedland mayors Peter Carter and Camilo Blanco have been set for October.
Cain Andrews
After a nationwide search spanning several months, the City of Joondalup has announced its new CEO.
Liam Murphy
One Perth council will be ‘working some quirks out’ of its tree retention policy adopted last year.
Eliana Hullett
Dennis Wellington, who was 12 years a mayor and more than two decades a councillor, is one of the people who has done most to shape 21st-century Albany.
Claire Middleton
The City of Albany launched a new app this week to help make it easier for residents to report issues with city-managed infrastructure and get notified on updates around Albany.
Jacki Elezovich
An online story published on 19 March 2026 reported on whether WorkSafe was investigating the City of Perth (WorkSafe Commissioner ‘not aware’ of investigation into City of Perth CEO and administration).
Laura Newell
An alliance of Wheatbelt and Great Southern shires have lodged a multimillion-dollar application to the State Government to tackle the critical housing shortage in the districts.
Hannah Whitehead
Craig Buchanan has announced he will be resigning as a councillor from the City of Rockingham’s Rockingham/Safety Bay ward.
Ava Berryman
New convenience stores in Fremantle will need planning approval to open in a bit to help protect locals and the area’s heritage streetscape from Perth’s illicit tobacco wars.
Eliana Hullett and Michael Palmer
A community-led motion to address the impact of long-term vacant properties in the CBD has been carried by the City of Perth council despite objections from officers.
The Shire of Plantagenet has turned down the opportunity to borrow money to fund building a new Mt Barker State Emergency Service facility.
A powerful local government body in WA will now be forced to open to public scrutiny after a landmark court ruling found the body was subject to Freedom of Information laws.
A Wheatbelt shire has been fined more than $12,000 and ordered to revegetate an endangered reserve after illegally clearing native flora without a permit and laying a road in its place.
New accommodation at a community-owned Wheatbelt pub has come to an involuntary stand-still as a State processing backlog prevents the purchased and shovel-ready modulars from being used.
The Shire of Woodanilling is seeking a new chief executive as current CEO Anika Serer is moving next door to Dumbleyung to take the top job there
The mayor of the City of Wanneroo has come under fire on social media after an apparent slip-up on a microphone during a recent council meeting.
The Canning Districts Hockey Club says it been left out of discussions about the upgrade of a reserve, which will result in it losing a training facility.
Michael Palmer
City of Nedlands commissioners have decided to extend the current acting CEO’s contract for a futher six months, just days before Saturday’s full-spill council election.
Harriet Flinn
The mayor of one of Perth’s largest councils is urging the State Government to push ahead with compulsory voting in local government elections, regardless of the outcomes of sector-wide consultation.
Shire of Denmark has rejected election reforms expected to be proposed by the State Government this year, asking to retain both voluntary voting and the two-year election cycle.
A street in the Fremantle CBD may be renamed as part of the City of Fremantle’s efforts for reconciliation.
Council members could be seen gesticulating and pulling faces, and were accused of muttering under their breath during debates in a sometimes acrimonious two-and-a-half hour meeting.
