Murdoch University chancellor Gail McGowan has become WA's third local government monitor, appointed to the City of South Perth to address issues in the council.
Former City of Joondalup mayor Albert Jacob will oversee the City of Nedlands, the second time the Local Government Inspector appointed a monitor this year.
A commissioner should be put in charge of Port Hedland for “as long as possible”, Regional Development Minister Stephen Dawson says, following the town's mayor quitting his posting.
Former under treasurer Michael Barnes will become the Western Power chair in December, taking up the baton just six months after he was tapped for the energy corporation's deputy chairmanship in Ju
The state government has appointed Tony Brown as the inaugural inspector to oversee all 139 councils in Western Australia, granting him power to step in earlier on major matters.
