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Has the premier banned the lord mayor?
The premier has denied there is a growing rift between his office and the office of Perth's lord mayor, after Basil Zempilas was left out of another significant city announcement.
Mark McGowan, revealing that land behind the Perth Concert Hall will become home to multi-million dollar Aboriginal cultural centre, was asked by reporters why the city's mayor wasn't invited to the press conference.
Cr Zempilas' absence from today's event, and other major city announcements by the government, has been conspicuous.
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