Senior journalist Matt Mckenzie speaks with Jordan Murray about bank runs, bailouts and some of the important details in recent troubles at Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse.
A proposal for a two-storey house on the former Taj on Swan site has been refused by the council, but the applicants were offered another chance if the design plans are revised.
While council amalgamations have been extensive across Australia in recent decades, organised opposition and one blundered attempt has made it a nonstarter here in WA.
Noted pearl farmer Lyndon Brown has sold his prominent Peppermint Grove property for $15.7 million following a long running stoush with the council over its heritage listing.
The Shire of Peppermint Grove has been strongly criticised in a Supreme Court ruling that found it mishandled the listing of heritage properties, and specifically a prominent house on the Swan River foreshore.
Western Australians still have higher median incomes than those in other states despite recent softening, according to data released today, with Ashburton and Peppermint Grove the nation's top local government areas by the measure.
Perth's ‘Taj Mahal on the Swan', the unfinished, derelict mansion owned by Pankaj and Rhadika Oswal, is finally being demolished. CLICK THROUGH TO SEE MORE PHOTOS.
The Shire of Peppermint Grove expects to have Pankaj and Radhika Oswal's Taj on the Swan torn down by October, after sending out tenders for demolition of the unfinished structure today.
