News Articles for WA Local Government Association

Several local councils are hoping the state's assets privatisation program will give them control over one of their most significant expenses – the cost of operating street lights.

East Pilbara Shire President, Lynne Craigie has been elected as the President of WA Local Government Association (WALGA), the voice of Local Government in Western Australia.

Roberts Day senior designer Peter Ciemitis and architecture and planning group HASSELL have been lauded for their contributions to the sector by the industry's peak representative body, the Plannin

Local Government Minister Tony Simpson has used a speech to the Western Australian Local Government Association AGM to urged councils to reform and harmonise regulations across the state.

Reform of metropolitan councils is set to be derailed unless there is a quick response by the state government to concerns over funding implementation costs, according to the WA Local Government As

West Leederville is becoming a development hot spot, with Finbar Group entering a joint venture for a $90 million apartment project located near three new commercial buildings.

After a record-breaking 2012, the past 12 months have been pretty quiet for new office construction in Perth, with little significant space to be added until 2015.

Professional associations in WA have recorded significant growth in membership over the past five years.

Advocates for local council mergers are in danger of over-reaching when they talk up the anticipated benefits.

The Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council has been given the environmental tick of approval to develop a waste-to-energy plant at its Redhill site.

The state's business sector is making major efforts to reduce overall power consumption while moving towards greater use of renewable energy generation.

THE WA Local Government Association's new headquarters currently under construc­tion is one of the first developments in West Leederville ahead of an expected rezoning of the eastern end of the sub

THE world of commerce may be guided by share values, net assets and project scale, and political power ultimately decided at the ballot box, the business of government is far more opaque – with inf

THE towns of Cambridge and Vincent want to reunite the elements of the old area of Leederville divided by the Mitchell Freeway as part of a plan to develop key pockets of land isolated by modern transport infrastructure.

Local government Minister John Castrilli has announced a review of local government boundaries in the Perth metropolitan area.