The entire City of Perth council may be sacked over the lord mayor's travel scandal if Labor wins the state election and the Local Government Act allows it, opposition leader Mark McGowan says.
Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi has admitted she didn't carefully fill in annual returns disclosing gifts and travel contributions, including BHP Billiton paying for her luxury accommodation and business class flights to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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Premier Colin Barnett has cut the ribbon to mark the official opening of the new $217 million underground Perth Busport, with services to begin this weekend.
Embattled Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi denies a no-confidence motion against her deputy was payback after he asked her to step aside for not disclosing travel gifts.
Embattled Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi has lost the support of her deputy, with James Limnios calling for her to step aside following the release of another report into her conduct.
Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi could face proceedings in the State Administrative Tribunal after a report tabled in parliament alleged that she failed to declare travel and gifts up to 45 times over seven years.
A report into Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi's travel scandal is in its final stages and will be released publicly, Local Government Minister Tony Simpson says.
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Construction has begun on Blackburne's 22-storey, 140-apartment Oracle project on the outskirts of the CBD in Northbridge, the first building to start in a proposed wave of development around Stirling Street worth just less than $1 billion.
Premier Colin Barnett has warned the state government's mid-year budget review would be 'horrible' as the state continues to suffer from a downturn in revenue.
Local Government Minister Tony Simpson says he's aware Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi is threatening to resign in the face of another inquiry into her conduct.
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The Corruption and Crime Commission has found City of Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi “signally failed in her duties” by not disclosing gifts and travel contributions from BHP Billiton and Hawaiian.
Lisa Scaffidi has set out her plans for Perth at a Business News event as she campaigned for a third term as lord mayor, in a race against one of her own councillors, Reece Harley.
Engineer, entrepreneur and restaurateur Michael O'Hanlon has declared he will run for the position of Perth lord mayor at the October election, based on an ambitious three-point economic plan for the city.
Perth's Ritz-Carlton hotel is a step closer to being built, with the City of Perth approving it, along with two mammoth apartment towers at Kings Square, overnight.
Channel Nine is shifting its Perth headquarters into the CBD, with construction on a state-of-the art studio to commence in coming months at the top end of St Georges Terrace.
In the midst of Perth's second major arts event this year, the city and local businesses are set to reap the economic rewards long after box office sales are tallied.
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Leighton Properties has revealed the simultaneous construction of its Kings Square precinct's four office towers was a condition of international oil and gas giant Shell taking up an entire building at the development in the Perth CBD.
Whiskey might not yet feature prominently on Perth's list of key attractions, but the Japanese penchant for distilled beverages led to a new venture in this field being put on the itinerary for visiting Kagoshima Mayor Hiroyuki Mori.
The City of Perth and the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority have formalised an agreement to cooperate on planning developments such as Elizabeth Quay, Perth City Link and the Riverside project.
The City of Perth and IBM will meet with businesses and agencies over the next three weeks as the council seeks to improve the city's infrastructure and planning, as well as create a 3D portal for investors.
The City of Subiaco has rebuffed a proposal from the City of Perth to incorporate its key commercial landmarks into the capital city borders while avoiding low-density residential areas.
Hotel group Hilton Worldwide has announced it will open two of its DoubleTree by Hilton branded hotels in Perth and Fremantle, with a third property in Northbridge also on the agenda.
The entrepreneurial talents of Tony Loxton, founder of Digital Dialogue, were recognised last night when he was named First Amongst Equals in front an audience of 980 people at the 2014 40under40 awards.
