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The bank of mum and dad has been estimated to be between the fifth and the ninth-largest lender in the country.

WA first-home buyers are relying on the bank of mum and dad. Are there expectations in return?

A new study found the challenging economic environment for gaining access to first homes was “weighing heavily upon parents who find themselves playing an indispensable role in their children’s home-buying journey”.

  • Holly Thompson

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Tania Constable, Minerals Council of Australia chief executive, at the Financial Review Mining Summit 2025 in Perth.
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More jobs, more houses: Mining giants push government to pilot AI

The head of the peak body for the nation’s miners says it takes about 16 years between getting a project idea off the ground to a final decision and construction. AI could change that.

  • Connor McGoverne
A proposed apartment building development on 242 Marine Terrace, South Fremantle.

‘Elegant’, ‘handsome’ – but not for South Beach: Controversial five-storey apartment plan rejected

A “premature” proposal to build a five-storey apartment building overlooking Fremantle’s iconic South Beach has been rejected following a lengthy planning debate.

  • Carla Hildebrandt
An artist’s impression of the planned Brisbane Stadium in Victoria Park. Construction of this facility and others could draw workers from WA.

The major sporting spectacle threatening to draw West Australian workers east

A new deep dive into WA’s population trends found WA and Queensland were already locked in a tight battle for labour – and it’s only set to worsen.

  • Hamish Hastie
An artist impression of the Matilda Bay ferry terminal.

Protester told to leave as tensions boil over in Metronet on Swan meeting

The commission board met to decide the future of both the Applecross and Matilda Bay ferry stops, which are both subject to significant community opposition.

  • Hamish Hastie
Images released on Sunday of the Burswood entertainment precinct.

Perth locals react to new images of controversial planned racetrack, entertainment precinct

Locals are divided over new images released showing plans for Burswood’s controversial multi-million dollar racetrack and entertainment precinct.

  • Hannah Murphy
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The Bullsbrook quarantine facility has sat empty since its completion in September 2022.
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It has sat vacant for 1176 days. Now there’s finally interest in Perth’s COVID quarantine camp

FOI documents reveal senior federal police executives have inspected Perth’s long-dormant quarantine centre, which never housed a returned traveller during COVID.

  • Carla Hildebrandt
Fremantle council wants more people living in the port city’s CBD. But what will it sacrifice in the process?

The dilemma at the heart of Fremantle’s new look

Fremantle is bursting at the seams with development, but is the sudden urbanisation of a once salty, seaside town gradually destroying its creative culture?

  • Brendan Foster
New City of Perth Lord Mayor Bruce Reynolds and an artist’s impression of the revamped Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre. Picture: Supplied/Carla Hildebrandt

Perth lord mayor pushes for ‘when, not if’ convention centre upgrade

Perth’s new lord mayor says the long-awaited overhaul of the city’s convention centre is “incredibly important” to its economic future, despite the WA government axing the $1.6 billion redevelopment last week.

  • Carla Hildebrandt
Perth’s Boorloo Bridge main picture WAtoday. Picture: WAtoday

This Perth bridge has been named among the nation’s best. So how will it fare in ‘the Oscars of engineering’?

Western Australia is a wonderland for the nation’s leading engineer – but there is one project that made her geek out.

  • Hamish Hastie