The Department of Environment Regulation is prosecuting beleaguered Oakford composting facility Bio Organics over alleged non-compliances of its closure notice. A DER spokeswoman confirmed 13 charges relating to non-compliances with the notice had been lodged with the...
The Department of Local Government and Communities will not confirm or deny whether it is investigating the Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale amid a growing number of concerns about shire operations. Concerns have been raised about a number of issues including the amount...
The WA Local Government Association has been forced to correct errors on its Know Your Council website despite being launched to provide greater clarity than the State Government’s MyCouncil site. The State Government launched MyCouncil in April to encourage greater...
The Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale will be forced to redo its rates process after it breached the Local Government Act. The shire had been attempting to increase rates by five per cent but last month The Examiner revealed it had failed to follow the correct process...
The Liberal Party campaign failed to connect with average Australians leading to a general swing against the government, according to federal member for Canning Andrew Hastie. Mr Hastie was re-elected to the seat on Saturday and while he suffered a five per cent swing...
