A Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale councillor has spoken out about what he describes as a lack of transparency, internal alliances and excessive red tape, which led to the ‘unnecessary’ deferral of a councillor’s development application. Last month, officers...
A confidential report comparing options to revitalise the derelict Jull Street Mall will remain sealed, despite desperate pleas from the mall’s struggling business owners to release it. Several of the business owners behind the Reconnect Jull Street group took to the...
A decision over whether or not to release a confidential report comparing options to revitalise the derelict Jull Street Mall has divided the City of Armadale’s Community Services Committee this week. It has been five months since councillors received a briefing and...
After two years living and working in the state’s Mid-West, Chrissy Weller and her family decided to return home to Perth’s south-east. But 24 hours later, the Camillo home she had purchased 14 years ago was reduced to ash and rubble – the family of four...
The decision to defer the approval of a councillor’s development application over unanswered questions has prompted robust debate and reportedly blindsided officers, who were unaware that further information had been requested. Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale...
