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Video of two Claremont neighbours almost coming to blows over a parking spot, released by the courts. Picture: Perth Magistrates Court

The moment Claremont socialites almost came to blows in parking spot row

Was it a ruler? Was it a knife? Mobile phone footage of the moment well-known architect Louise St John Kennedy confronted her 81-year-old neighbour over a parking row has been released by the court.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt

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Claremont neighbours Louise St John Kennedy and Prudence Manners coming out of Perth Magistrates Court.

Architect learns fate over ‘knife-wielding’ argument in western suburbs parking spat finale

A protracted argument that went from a million-dollar Claremont property to Perth Magistrates Court has come to an end after almost two years.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
A missing person poster on the public phone booth where Sarah Spiers called for a taxi before she vanished.

Sarah Spiers vanished 30 years ago. On the anniversary of her disappearance, WA Police vow to never give up

On the 30th anniversary of Sarah Spiers’ disappearance, West Australian police say they will never give up trying to find her body.

  • Hannah Murphy
Claremont neighbours Louise St John Kennedy and Prudence Manners coming out of Perth Magistrates Court.

Western suburbs parking spot fight lands in court amid allegations of knife threat

It’s not your run-of-the-mill criminal trial. A stoush between two wealthy, successful women over a parking spot in the well-heeled western suburbs has landed in court with allegations one brandished a knife.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
WA Police crime statistics, Peppermint Grove, WAtoday. Picture: WAtoday

The premium Perth postcode with a higher crime rate than one of the city’s poorest suburbs

Which suburbs have the worst crime statistics, Perth’s golden triangle, or the KGB - Koondoola, Girrawheen and Balga? New data from WA Police hides some surprises.

  • Hannah Murphy
The Avalon Beef Wellington. Picture: Supplied
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This restaurant within a sleek Claremont development reinterprets Mediterranean cooking for the western suburbs set

Fine dining aspirations, sharply composed plates and a high-flying cellar speak to an operation with an eye on style.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
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Ex-Dockers player Ryan Crowley has been arrested and charged over an alleged incident in Claremont on Wednesday.

Former Docker Ryan Crowley charged with assaulting MAFS star Lauren Dunn

Police were called to a property in Claremont around 10.15am on Wednesday, where they arrested the 41-year-old ex-footballer on nine charges.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
Liberal candidate for Curtin Tom White meeting candidates at the Claremont polling booth on Wednesday.

The upstart: How some Seoul searching led Tom White to the fight of his life

“I came to the realisation that I was on the wrong path, that I’m not a financially motivated person.”

  • Hamish Hastie
Emma Pegrum (left) and Kate Hulett (right) record their A Piece of Kate podcast in Treeby, in the federal electorate of Fremantle.

Social climbers: How Perth independents are bypassing mainstream media to reach voters

Social media is playing a bigger role in political campaigns, but no WA candidates are doing it as effectively as Kate Hulett in Fremantle and Kate Chaney in Curtin.

  • Mark Naglazas
Perth property is proving resilient despite multiple rate rises.

Where to find the cheapest streets in Perth’s most expensive suburbs

A house in the most sought after pockets of City Beach will set you back around $4 million but if you’re happy to move to a less salubrious street you can snaffle a unit for less than the median price of a house in Perth.

  • Sarah Brookes