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The City of Perth needs someone who is independent and has a voice to be the next lord mayor, writes Basil Zempilas.

On today's episode of Controversy & Celebrity, local businessman Bruce Reynolds discusses how his entrepreneurial and charitable work informed his late bid for lord mayor.

Western Australia will set up a new quarantine hotel and may reduce elective surgery to cope with an influx of returned travellers.

More Australians stranded overseas will be able to return home each week after state governments agreed to a staggered rise in hotel quarantine caps.

The federal government is treating the states like children in its push for them to take more returned travellers, Premier Mark McGowan says.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison insists thousands more stranded Australians will re-enter the country each week, pressuring the states to boost capacities in hotel quarantine.

Albert Jacob and Sherry Sufi are two possible contenders for a vacant WA Senate spot as the field opens with the exit of Julian Ambrose.

The pandemic has derailed plans for opposition parties nationwide, and WA's Liberals are no exception.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has promised the Morrison government will continue to do what is necessary to cushion the economy from the blow of the coronavirus pandemic.

At age 36, Brodie McCulloch has already spent close to a decade running his own business in the City of Perth.

West Australians unable to work while in COVID-19 quarantine will be eligible for a payment under a deal struck with the federal government.

Western Australia will consider again using Rottnest Island to house returned travellers amid tension between the state and Commonwealth over quarantine arrangements.

A senior private sector adviser to Scott Morrison has warned the Australian government to temper its public comments about China.

Sandy Anghie has become well-acquainted with the intimate details of how the City of Perth operates across a diverse career in law and architecture.

Almost two-thirds of medium-sized companies are concerned economic activity faces a significant decline, resulting in even higher unemployment, when the federal government unwinds its COVID-19 stimulus measures.

Premier Mark McGowan has come under fire for suggesting returning overseas travellers should quarantine alongside detainees at Christmas Island.

A crowded field for the City of Perth's lord mayoralty highlighted contrasting visions for the city's future at this afternoon's debate.

Our system has worked well in a crisis, despite some wanting to attack it.

Mark Gibson says he is intimately aware of the challenges Perth faces, having lived in the city for more than two decades.

At least 145,000 jobs could be lost if pandemic-boosted welfare payments are slashed, a new report says.

Set aside the inconvenience of COVID-19 travel restrictions and WA is in good shape.

UPDATE: 40 new names added to the list of Western Australian business leaders whose details appear in a massive database being maintained by a Chinese company with government links.

The nation's coronavirus death toll has pushed beyond 800 as border closures and the heartbreak they create continue to cause friction between federal and state leaders.

Tim Schwass discusses his legal background and how he will tackle governance, culture, and homelessness if elected lord mayor of the City of Perth in today's episode of Controversy & Celebrity.

Alan Carpenter has been appointed to the board of DevelopmentWA, while Chris Leatt-Hayter will retire from Fremantle Ports.

Suspended councillors, deputy mayors and media personalities are among the dozens of candidates running for council in the City of Perth's upcoming election.

Four in five people living on pandemic-boosted welfare payments will be forced to skip meals if the coronavirus supplement is cut.

Health Minister Greg Hunt is confident a pause in one of the world's most promising coronavirus vaccine candidates will not delay Australia accessing the drug.

A parliamentary inquiry into Rio Tinto's destruction of ancient cultural sites will continue as a crunch board meeting looms for the mining giant.

Western Australia will extend COVID-19 emergency laws preventing residential and commercial tenants from eviction, despite opposition from industry groups.

Changes to Infrastructure WA and an appraisal of public projects' long-term benefits would help prevent poor outcomes from a wave of COVID-19 infrastructure spending, a new report suggests.

Local businessman Bruce Reynolds has made a late entry into the City of Perth's lord mayoral race, becoming the seventh candidate to announce a bid for the job.