The City of Nedlands is involved in a legal dispute, after its former chief executive Bill Parker launched a court action against the western suburbs local government.
City of Nedlands chief executive Keri Shannon has taken immediate leave, less than three months since commissioners took over the western suburbs' council.
A state tribunal has quashed another western suburbs council's decision over proposed charges for ratepayers to contribute to $24 million worth of power projects.
The aged care and retirement living provider will expand its reach to regional Western Australia, amid concerns national aged care changes are increasing pressure on smaller providers.
Boom Logistics managing director and chief executive officer Ben Pieyre will leave the company at the end of 2025, having served in the role since early 2023.
The state government will expedite the takeover of City of Nedlands with three commissioners to be sent in and the council to be disbanded in the aftermath of a mass exit.
UPDATE: Four councillors have resigned from the City of Nedlands council which will prompt the state government to send in a commissioner to take over the local government.
The developer behind Tawarri Hot Springs in Dalkeith has pushed for an extension, citing labour shortages and an almost twofold increase in the project's estimated cost.
The City of Nedlands has plans to landscape an area next to the children's hospice site, amid recent tensions over Class-A reserves in the western suburbs council.
City of Nedlands Mayor Fiona Argyle has slammed a proposal to excise Allen Park land for a complementary parkland at the under-construction children's hospice.
A defamation trial relating to a site on millionaires' row in Dalkeith, close to Kerry Stokes' property, is ongoing in the Supreme Court of Western Australia.
The local government standards panel found City of Nedlands mayor Fiona Argyle's use of hashtags was 'entirely inappropriate', in its recently-published reasons over the decision.
A development assessment panel was unable to decide on a $31.5 million apartment plan in Nedlands, despite holding a meeting that spanned for more than three hours.
Ousted Town of Cambridge mayor Keri Shannon has been named the next chief executive at the City of Nedlands, bringing an end to the months-long search for the role.
A proposal to add a swimming pool and pavilion to the late Alan Bond's Dalkeith mansion has caused planners and lawyers to lock horns at a Nedlands council meeting.
The developer behind an approved apartment building in Nedlands has resubmitted the proposal to add extra height and dwellings, taking the estimated cost to $16 million.
A multi-storey commercial centre has been approved after a four-hour meeting despite concerns from Dalkeith residents, including Kerry Stokes' right-hand man Brian O'Donnell.
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The introduction of optional preferential voting for local government elections has caused counting to be a slower process but some councils have announced their 2023 results.
A state government panel has received almost 100 complaints about WA councils in the past financial year, with about a fifth coming from one western suburbs council.
Two apartment projects in Nedlands will have to go through a fresh approval process after the developer found it was no longer feasible to build the original plans.
A 43,489 square metre lot in Dalkeith has been earmarked to build a three-storey centre, estimated to cost $42 million, to cater for the lack of medical services in the area.
Christ Church Grammar School has cleared a planning hurdle in its bid to consolidate its playing fields after a development assessment panel green-lit a $20 million plan.
The state's peak planning body has approved a $25 million Tawarri Hot Springs project, more than a year after the state government overruled City of Nedlands' control of the Dalkeith land.
One of the owners of a Jutland Parade lot, who was entangled in a dispute over an unlevelled verge, is suing a City of Nedlands councillor for defamation.
Installing underground power for 1,700 properties in the City of Nedlands is expected to cost $19 million, a figure that could push council to reach its borrowing quota.
