West Perth
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- Gina Rinehart
Perth council grounds Rinehart’s helipad plans for $270m Hancock headquarters
Despite two councillors backing the proposal, and Perth’s lord mayor describing Gina Rinehart as an “amazing Australian”, the council refused the application during Tuesday night’s meeting.
- Hamish Hastie and Carla Hildebrandt
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Reclusive WA mining billionaire lists West Perth penthouse for sale
The 80-year-old is the daughter of Peter Wright, who along with Lang Hancock pioneered the discovery of valuable iron ore deposits in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.
- Heather McNeill
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- Roads
The traffic barriers that are taking as long to build as Boorloo Bridge
The $1.3 million scheme to build about 150 metres’ worth of road barriers will rival the duration of a $187 million, 440-metre piece of flagship city branding. Why?
- Hamish Hastie
City backs blocking public from Kerry Stokes’ laneway against advice
The unprecedented $675,000 deal to sell the billionaire a public road included a requirement to keep public access. But the City of Perth seems set on another path.
- Jesinta Burton
Perth’s property slump: Data reveals more than half of suburbs in ‘negative’ trend
More than half of Perth’s suburbs are now in decline, with property sales sliding and former boom towns turning into real estate bust zones, new data reveals.
- Sarah Brookes
The big gains behind Perth’s best-performing suburbs
Perth’s property market is turning heads, with some suburbs soaring by more than half a million dollars. Meanwhile, others are seeing values plunge by $100,000.
- Sarah Brookes
Baker’s delights: Angelwood Pies brings irresistible blend to Leederville
Smart renditions of classic (and not-so-classic) flavours plus great coffee and service equals an irresistible blend of nostalgia and contemporary cafe thinking.
- Max Veenhuyzen
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- Courts
Little girl’s evidence helped convict mum of manslaughter, judge says
Claudia Federico denied she brought a knife to a heated argument with her partner Joe Nicoli in 2023, claiming instead it all occurred by accident while she was in the middle of cutting carrots. But her little girl had watched the whole thing unfold.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
Cyclist killed in West Perth crash
The cyclist was riding north on Fitzgerald Street on Saturday afternoon when he was involved in a crash with a Hyundai Kona station wagon.
- Cameron Myles
Mum found guilty of stabbing partner to death in West Perth home
The jury took two days to come to a majority verdict. There were audible gasps from a packed gallery as it was read out on Thursday afternoon.
- Rebecca Peppiatt