News Articles for Fiona Argyle

This week's appointments include Clare Huppatz, Vanessa Torres, Stephen Moir, Stephen Smith, Leonie Browner, Jacinta Behrend, Clive Luck, Dan McAullay, Marie Smyth and Travis Robinson.

New mayors and councillors have been elected as part of an overhaul of troubled councils, including the City of Nedlands and Town of Port Hedland.

The state government has appointed former WAPC chair David Caddy, Cath Hart, and Bianca Sandri to manage the dysfunction at the City of Nedlands.

Tensions over the first paediatric hospice in the state have resurfaced in the western suburbs.

WA Premier Roger Cook says he's “appalled” by a western suburbs council's plan to fight excision of public land for the new children's hospice.

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.

City of Nedlands Mayor Fiona Argyle has failed to persuade a panel to overturn the approval of a $42 million medical centre in Dalkeith.

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.

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 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.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Dean Nalder, Mark Couzens, Andrew Woodley-Page, Them Lam, Chris Slater, Andrew Young, Terry Enright, Mike Erickson, Ross Love, David Lock, Karl Paganin and Derek Parkin.

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.

Among the huge list of council hopefuls is the usual swag of business people, community heroes, colourful characters and eyebrow-raising pitches which make elections great.

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.

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.

The City of Nedlands is pursuing greater protection for its land after being overruled by the state government on the proposed children's hospice and Tawarri Hot Springs.

The City of Nedlands will be requesting a two-month extension to plan its next move over the fallen Tawarri deal, which has been described by the Lands Minister as risky “flip-flopping”.

A development panel has overruled a council's recommendation to reject an $11 million apartment building in Nedlands.

Control of the Tawarri Hot Springs deal has been taken from the City of Nedlands, but the city's mayor is pushing for the state government to reconsider.

Journalist, art curator and entrepreneur Fiona Argyle overcame two councillors to be elected mayor of Nedlands on Friday night.