The Nedlands-based property giant behind Hillarys Boat Harbour and Coventry Village has lodged plans to build a $144 million mixed-use development on Stirling Highway.
The state government has assured fishing industry representatives it has no plans to change how it determines catch limits across the sector after a surprise move last week to create, and take control of, new licences for local lobsters.
Colin Barnett has described moves by prominent Western Australian business figures to commission an opinion poll that reflected poorly on his leadership as being akin to a silent coup.
Businessman John Poynton has denied interfering in Premier Colin Barnett's leadership of the state government amid an outcry about a poll commissioned by powerful businessmen showing the Liberal Party on track to lose the March election.
