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Perth
New $1 billion Perth riverfront masterplan unveiled
The City of Perth has proposed the transformation, which would cover 2.2 kilometres along the Swan River including Langley Park.
- by Holly Thompson
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Overseas students are flocking to WA. Here’s where they’re not living
With 27 students for every bed, you could quadruple the amount of purpose-built student accommodation in this area and still not meet demand, experts say.
- by Holly Thompson
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Education
Where is the long-term plan for education in Perth’s inner city? Apparently, nowhere
There is a missing piece in the state’s education outlook – a long-term, inner-city plan, claims the federal MP for Perth.
- by Holly Thompson
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Property development
Exclusive Brethren sect plans fifth Perth Hills church amid staunch opposition
A secretive church that preaches hatred for non-members and homosexuals, and believes women are lesser than men, is behind a number of Hills developments.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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WA budget
Multimillion-dollar plans vanish from WA budget as East Perth power station site costs balloon
The $39.5 million set aside for Main Roads WA to build the footbridge across East Parade has vanished from the budget papers, with just $2.4 million spent on the project to date.
- by Hamish Hastie
Reclusive WA church plans $60 million school – with 546 parking bays
The Free Reformed School Association want to build a massive school in Perth’s east only for members of their affiliated church. Why?
- by Holly Thompson
The new Perth primary school that will be so big it’ll need 240 parking bays
A new multimillion-dollar primary school proposed for Perth’s eastern suburbs would join the ranks as one of the city’s biggest if approved.
- by Holly Thompson
‘Waves of destruction’: Last-ditch bid to stop $100 million Perth surf park
The Jandakot facility plans include a 2.2 hectare open-water lagoon for up to 84 surfers at a time and would be the biggest of its kind in the southern hemisphere.
- by Holly Thompson
The Perth schools racing towards 3000 enrolments
Enrolments at schools, particularly in Perth’s western and southern suburbs, are booming, some racing towards the 3000 mark for the first time.
- by Holly Thompson
Perth shopping centre’s $80m mega-mall facelift is off with a bang
A sleepy shopping centre whose biggest offering for three decades has been a Kmart is being transformed into Perth’s latest ‘town centre’ and dining destination.
- by Emma Young
‘We’re not mugs’: Perth council refuses to hand over land for new school
Education Minister Tony Buti has claimed the decision, made at Tuesday night’s council meeting, was a direct result of Basil Zempilas’ political views.
- by Holly Thompson and Jesinta Burton