News Articles for City of Perth

The state government has appointed Francis Burt Chambers lawyer Tony Power to undertake a year-long inquiry into the City of Perth, after the council was suspended last month following a tumultuous period.

A private syndicate of local investors led by Australian Development Capital has contracted to acquire a state government site in East Perth where it plans to develop a town centre with residential, retail, office accommodation and community space.

Finbar Group is inviting expressions of interest from hotel operators for a proposed 18-storey hotel located on Adelaide Terrace, a site previously home to the ABC studios.

The commissioners appointed to take charge of the City of Perth following the council's suspension last week have commenced work, but the government is yet to establish an inquiry panel to investigate the issues that led to the suspension.

The state government has appointed three commissioners to take charge of the City of Perth, led by the retiring chair of the Western Australian Planning Commission Eric Lumsden, while also establishing a panel with powers of a Royal Commission to conduct an inquiry.

The City of Perth has revealed that chief executive Martin Mileham sought advice from WorkSafe in July last year regarding the council's work environment, and that its executive team sent a letter to the Department of Local Government expressing concerns about elected councillors last month.

The City of Perth will seek to appoint a new acting chief executive at a special meeting tonight after Robert Mianich went on personal leave yesterday, just days after being appointed to the role.

City of Perth chief executive Martin Mileham has taken indefinite leave, with Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi explaining today that his move comes after a private investigation by law firm Herbert Smith Freehills late last year.

PHOTO ESSAY: If Fringe World had a headline act, Club Swizzle would likely be it.

Perth-based bike business Steadyrack has installed more than 600 bike racks at Woodside's new Capital Square office building as cycling in the city grows in popularity.

City of Perth and Woodside are upping their input into Fringe World Festival this year as the arts event expands with new locations and online activity.

Backed by South32 and Deloitte, brightly coloured sculptures of dolphins have begun cropping up across the streets of Perth as part of a public art exhibition for mental health.

City of Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi says she is focused on diversifying the city's economy away from the mining industry as she returns to work after a four-month absence.

Speculative fit-outs have emerged as a drawcard for boosting leasing activity in the CBD.

Several initiatives have emerged in a bid to reduce Perth's office vacancies and revitalise the city's older buildings.

Six projects designed to make Perth a smarter city were launched yesterday, and they comprise a very eclectic collection, from a driverless electric bus in South Perth to management of wetlands in Joondalup.

Flexible workspaces, residential-like interiors and lighting matched to the body's circadian rhythms are some of the design elements influencing commercial building fitouts in Perth.

Jemma Green notched up two big achievements last month. Her company, Power Ledger, raised $34 million in Australia's first ever ‘initial coin offering', and she was elected deputy lord mayor of the City of Perth.

SPECIAL REPORT: A new wave of property developments is taking shape across Perth's CBD, with more than $200 million worth of student accommodation projects in the pipeline.

Perth's new acting lord mayor, Jemma Green, has vowed to return stability to council following Lisa Scaffidi's agreement to step aside from the top job while she appeals an 18-month disqualification.

UPDATED: Lisa Scaffidi has stood down from her duties as Perth's lord mayor, pending an appeal against her 18-month disqualification from holding office for repeatedly failing to disclose gifts and travel, but plans to retain the title and her annual allowance.

Increased regulation and flexible zoning laws were two of the innovative ideas put forward at a conference on Perth's development.

The historic Piccadilly Cinema is one of six sites that will benefit from an incentive scheme introduced by the City of Perth to revitalise underused heritage-listed buildings in the CBD.

SPECIAL REPORT: A focus on creating and sustaining a liveable, connected and internationally appealing city is driving arts and culture development and construction projects across Perth.

Solutions to some of the world's most complex medical problems could be sitting on our very doorstep, thanks to a collaborative lab bridging research and commercialisation.

Startup founders, business leaders, policy makers, artists and creative institutions are joining forces to shape the future of WA's economy.

A $70,000 grant provided by the City of Perth in support of SPARK Co-Lab's new Actuator program will help local medical entrepreneurs take their inventions to market.

John Holland is finally preparing to shift its Perth workforce from Osborne Park to the city, nearly two years after the builder signed a 10-year lease for the entire KS3 office tower at Kings Square.

Brookfield Property Partners' 52-storey plan for Elizabeth Quay has been endorsed by the City of Perth, ahead of any formal assessment by the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority.

The City of Perth will increase its rates by 1.5 per cent and has allocated $60.4 million for capital works projects, according to its FY18 budget.

Perth's historic Piccadilly Theatre will be left untouched while the arcade in which it is located undergoes redevelopment, with the mall's owners putting a proposal to revive the theatre on hold after the City of Perth refused to financially back the plan.

Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi has not demonstrated any insight into her wrongdoing or indicated she won't fail to disclose gifts again, the State Administrative Tribunal has heard.

Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi has admitted there are inaccuracies in her statement submitted to the State Administrative Tribunal, which is holding a hearing to determine her penalty for breaching local government laws.

An innovative project involving government agencies and private players has the potential to streamline and coordinate public works projects, reducing traffic congestion and saving costs, according to its proponents.

Opposition leader Mike Nahan has joined Premier Mark McGowan in calling for Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi to resign, after the State Administrative Tribunal today found she had committed 45 serious breaches of the Local Government Act by not disclosing travel and accommodation gifts.

Perth's upcoming development pipeline has a distinctly international flavour.

Doubt has been cast over a wave of proposed apartment and hotel developments, with a patchy sales market forcing developers to apply for extensions to planning approvals for hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of projects.

The offshore owners of Hyatt Regency Perth are planning a mammoth redevelopment of the East Perth hotel, with plans lodged for approval for the first stage of a three-tower residential and commercial precinct.

Representatives from some of the world's most innovative companies will touch down in Perth next week to share their insights into the ‘internet of things' at Perth's inaugural eight-day Festival of the Web.

Premier Mark McGowan has urged the controversy-plagued City of Perth to not waste money on a $500,000 audit of its entire operation as his government contemplates sacking the council.