Tag: western-australia

By Paul Hemsley Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett has allocated funds to social service organisations to develop online tools to help employees communicate and collaborate with the community. The Western…

By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski New South Wales Premier Barry O’Farrell has warned that the federal government could abuse any new powers to directly fund local government programs after…

By Paul Hemsley The latest quarterly State of the States economic report from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s securities arm, CommSec has found that Western Australia has the strongest state…

By Paul Hemsley Western Australian Minister for Environment, Bill Marmion has announced the creation of the state’s 100th National Park in a landmark agreement with Indigenous landowners to protect ancient…

By Rod Whithear* More than 40,000 people in Western Australia saved themselves the inconvenience of queuing up in a police station or waiting on the phone to report a vehicle…

By Julian Bajkowski Western Australian Local Government Minister John Castrilli’s crackdown on sloppy management has yielded another casualty after he suspended the Shire of Ashburton in the state’s iron-rich Pilbara…

By Julian Bajkowski The Western Australian capital of Perth has become the latest city to hitch a ride on growing trend of bicycle-based tourism, announcing that the ‘Tour de Perth’…

By Paul Hemsley Western Australian Minister for Commerce Simon O’Brien’s has hailed the introduction of Sunday trading an early success following a push to allow all shops to be open…

By Julian Bajkowski Perth’s City of Canning is facing suspension after an inquiry by the state’s Department of Local Government delivered a withering report pointing to widespread dysfunction, micromanagement and…

By Paul Hemsley Western Australian Local Government Association (WALGA) President Troy Pickard has demanded the state government needs to urgently to push through two key pieces of legislation affecting the…