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A Perth wrestling coach is hoping the next Australian Olympian could emerge from his small but growing club, as he works to inspire a new generation of West Australian wrestlers ahead of the 2032 Olympics.

A Perth restaurant has hit out at ‘pranksters’ accused of vandalising their front display. 

Perth public art installation, Linewide Graphic Trail, has been nominated for an international award.

A lack of State and Federal government funding has forced the City of Gosnells to abandon its original $132 million plans for a sports hub and pursue a scaled-back proposal instead.

A tiny new arrival is winning hearts at Perth Zoo, with a two-year-old pygmy marmoset settling into his new home and already forming a promising bond with his new companion.

A Como resident has been told he will need to pay if he wants an old disconnected Telstra box on his verge removed, even though he doesn’t own the equipment or the land.

The City of South Perth has upped its safety measures with the addition of a second mobile CCTV trailer to target crime hot spots across the city.

WA’s spacefleet is set to be bolstered by a Curtin University space program.

Australian stage icon Carlotta will headline a star-studded line up of performers at this year’s City of Belmont’s Afterdark Performance Lounge.

Plans for a new $11.3 million logistics centre in Kewdale which would consolidate two existing transport depots into one freight hub have been revealed.

Town of Victoria Park residents have been given a rates reprieve after a narrow council vote to pass a 3.5 per cent increase instead of 5 per cent.

The City of South Perth is ramping up its urban greening efforts this winter, with the city planning to plant 850 new trees while also investing almost $60,000 in community-led conservation projects.

More than 30 of WA’s ceramic artists and potters will gather in South Perth this weekend with the return of the free Crafted Clay Market.

The idea to create the ‘City of South Park’ was thrown out after former councillor Tim Houweling was unable to move his own motion.

An appeal to help keep people sleeping rough in Perth warm this winter has been launched.

The award-winning initiative aims to support urban biodiversity and help native species survive WA’s increasingly hot and dry conditions.

Plans for two housing towers have been approved in Perth’s inner east, despite the local council saying it was ‘very disappointed’ to see they had been recommended for approval in the first place.

After nearly four months of monitoring and two approved extensions, the City of South Perth and its monitor have yet to develop an action plan.

It would include a mix of studio and one-bedroom rooms, two ground-floor commercial tenancies, a hotel-linked cafe, meeting and functional spaces, a gym, wellness centre and a pool area.

Local governments across Perth and Peel can now apply for grants of up to $100,000 to replace trees lost to the polyphagous shot-hole borer and expand their urban tree canopy.