The City of Albany has urged people to be cautious when opening “unexpected” emails from a city staff address after a phishing email asking for personal information was sent out on Friday.
Melissa Sheil
Nedlands council has reduced the amount of people needed to be present during committee meetings after past meetings were abandoned over heated walk-outs and councillor no-shows.
Harriet Flinn
Local Government Minister Hannah Beazley says she expects councils to follow recommendations from the Auditor-General on how to use ratepayers’ money.
Michael Palmer
City of Perth Deputy Lord Mayor Bruce Reynolds has confirmed the suspension of rental e-scooters from midday today ‘until further notice’.
Jessica Evensen
A report on council spending has exposed some of the questionable items on which ratepayers’ hard-earned cash is being splashed on.
News that an investigation by the Auditor General found councils have been spending big on fancy dinners and champagne will rightly outrage ratepayers. But it probably won’t surprise them.
Editorial
After throwing around different figures as high as 5.4 per cent, the City of Nedlands has settled on advertising a 4.8 per cent rate rise for its residents in the coming financial year.
The future of one of Albany’s most iconic coastal areas could be in for a makeover as the WA Planning Commission calls on locals for their input to guide the precinct’s future development.
A seven-storey complex proposed on the city fringe will include Perth’s tiniest apartments — as small as 26sqm — and sparking a mighty big bunfight with residents.
Kim Macdonald
After giving the initial sign-off to the $7 million Kennedy Bay jetty, the City of Rockingham is now recommending a halt to proceedings.
Rachel Fenner
The City of Rockingham backed the development of 33 townhouses in the centre of the city at last week’s meeting, but councillors got down in the weeds over street trees.
A regional council’s controversial decision to slug mining companies with a 98 per cent rate increase has caught the attention of the Local Government Minister.
Adrian Rauso
The former Liberal MP and one-time leader is mulling a run for Cottesloe mayor, according to reports.
It comes after works wrapping up in what was dubbed the ‘worst laneway’ in Perth’s western suburbs.
The proposed rates will be advertised for public comment before being decided on by the respective councils.
Liam Murphy
The move is expected to bring in about $17.3 million in rates revenue.
Here’s a rare one - the council project will cost millions less than originally planned, without any changes to the scope of the project.
Caitlin Vinci
A ratepayers group has labelled a letter from their mayor about how to behave at council meetings ‘offensive’.
A proposal to triple the operating time period and remove transport restrictions of a lime pit in Nullaki has been shut down by Albany councillors.
Permanent residents of an Emu Point caravan park will have eight months to find a new home after Albany council awarded RAC Tourism the lease, though councillors have assured them they won’t be left homeless.
He will leave the city on July 31.
Sophie Gannon
The likes of Rio Tinto, Mineral Resources and Gold Fields have condemned an ‘exorbitant’ council rate increase, with a warning the issue is festering throughout WA.
The Shire of Woodanilling’s new chief executive Anika Serer has jumped on board to help bring the community’s “shared vision” to life.
Hannah Whitehead
The decision to approve one of six renewable energy projects in Narrogin has been delayed with a representative for the e-battery proponent calling the shire’s conditions “problematic”.
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