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Wind in the Willows closure protest on Maqrch 5.

Bassendean council daycare sale in tatters as buyer pulls out

The town still intends to eventually sell the Bassendean Wind in the Willows site, and will move to bring in a not-for-profit to run the centre in Ashfield.

  • Hamish Hastie

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Parents and community members rally in a protest against the closure of the Town of Bassendean’s Wind in the Willows daycare centre.

Council documents do little to quell parents’ anger as much-loved Bassendean daycare’s sale looms

Wind in the Willows has been operating in the Town of Bassendean for more than 40 years, but revelations the service was deep in the red have raised more questions than answers.

  • Hamish Hastie
City of Perth Lord Mayor Bruce Reynolds (inset, left) and chief executive Michelle Reynolds (right).

Internal emails reveal depth of rift between City of Perth’s top brass

Freedom of Information documents have revealed tense internal emails within City of Perth’s leadership.

  • Carla Hildebrandt
The contents of a Community Shark Bite Kit.

Perth council leads WA charge for shark bite kits on local beaches

With the first five minutes of a shark attack deemed the most critical for survival, a Perth council could become the first in WA to install 24/7 emergency kits on its beaches.

  • Indigo Lemay-Conway
Conservation groups have been calling for cat containment laws for more than a decade.

‘Long time coming’: The days of free-roaming cats could be numbered in WA

Amendments to the state’s Cat Act will give local governments the legal right to introduce and manage their own cat containment laws.

  • Hamish Hastie
Former Kwinana mayor Carol Adams, inset, has been appointed to monitor the City of Perth

Ex-Kwinana mayor picked to ‘monitor’ City of Perth council

Perth Lord Mayor Bruce Reynolds requested a state government investigation into the city’s workplace culture in December.

  • Hamish Hastie
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Explosive letters have detailed a rift in the City of Perth, with Lord Mayor Bruce Reynolds and chief executive Michelle Reynolds at the centre of the controversy.

Perth council at war: The 30-page dossier laying bare city’s leadership rift

A dossier from City of Perth chief executive Michelle Reynolds and a letter purporting to be from ex-employees, sent to councillors just hours apart, allege “punitive actions” and a deteriorating workplace culture.

  • Carla Hildebrandt
The City of Perth Council.

City of Perth turmoil intensifies as lord mayor hands workplace probe to local government inspector

The City of Perth has been thrown into fresh turmoil, with the lord mayor requesting a state government investigation after abandoning the controversial workplace culture review he pushed through last month.

  • Carla Hildebrandt
Gina Rinehart and an artist’s impression of Hancock Prospecting’s $270 million West Perth headquarters.

Australia’s richest person wants a helipad at her company’s $270m HQ. The local council has other plans

Hancock Prospecting lodged a request to include the helipad in its $270 million five-storey headquarters in West Perth earlier this year.

  • Hamish Hastie
City of Perth main image, Lord Mayor Bruce Reynolds, outgoing acting CEO Peta Mabbs. Picture: WAtoday

Turmoil embroils City of Perth as acting CEO accuses lord mayor of ‘unlawful’ motion

The city’s outgoing acting chief executive claims a major workplace review was pushed through unlawfully, while the lord mayor maintains the review is “essential”.

  • Carla Hildebrandt