Local government
Vote drop: Ratepayers show even less interest in local government
Voter turnout is expected to be less than 30 per cent for Saturday's elections.
- by Daile Cross
Latest
The Pilbara
Ballot bungle could see Pilbara local government candidates elected on just four votes
The WA Electoral Commission will investigate why some remote Pilbara communities had still not received voting packages days out from the local government elections on Saturday.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola
WA
'Mud throwing witch hunt': Gosnells mayor denies accessing City database for election benefit
City of Gosnells Mayor Glenn Dewhurst says he’s been involved in a witch hunt and ratepayers money was wasted after councillors called a special meeting to address a mistake he made and self-reported.
- by Lauren Pilat
Perth
'Moving on': Scaffidi signals 'no return' to Perth council on the cards
"There'll be 'no return'. I'm moving on. Happy to leave politics to those party apparatchiks."
Perth
Perth council accidentally issues $0 rates notice to residents
WA councils began issuing annual rates notices in recent weeks, with the City of Swan delivering a happy surprise to dozens of its locals.
- by Hannah Barry
Perth
Como Farmer Jack's development saga twist as councillor pushes fresh traffic count
A motion at the South Perth council meeting on Tuesday night will push for the required traffic audit to be based on real traffic data, not modelling.
- by Cameron Myles
Opinion
Perth
The new local government laws are terrible, yet no-one has challenged them
Naively, I thought some of them must have read what is being proposed and if they have, unquestionably they would be unlikely to support it.
- by Larry Graham
WA
WA mining exec reluctantly concedes two-year verge court battle
A WA mining executive fined $300 for parking on his ex-wife's South Perth driveway on Australia Day has reluctantly conceded defeat after a two year dispute with the council ended up in court.
- by Heather McNeill
WA
Entire Town of Port Hedland council suspended over ongoing complaints
The entire council at the Town of Port Hedland has been suspended by the Department of Local Government.
- by Heather McNeill
Opinion
Opinion
WA parliament 'chooses tyres before the car' as local government inquiry called
Last week our state parliament displayed its best and worst tendencies.
- by Larry Graham
Recycling
Contractors to sift through Perth residents' bins to scope recycling habits
The recycling habits of Perth residents will come under the microscope as part of a state government kerbside bin audit in the lead-up to WA's new container deposit scheme.
- by Heather McNeill