News Articles for John Carey

OPINION: Politicians seem to believe their actions during question time are exempt from expectations of civil behaviour.

The ABN Group managing director says the government should be directing more resources at the housing sector.

OPINION: The state government has form, announcing major projects with great fanfare and conviction and later walking them back.

The student accommodation operator sees significant potential in Perth, where it is underweight as a company.

The apartment developer says the state government's plan to reduce planning hurdles for train station precincts is worth pursuing, but may not work as expected.

Ella Loneragan and Sam Jones discuss the prevailing ideas from Committee for Perth's 2050 Summit.

The state government will consider reforms for lifestyle villages and land lease models to be added to the housing mix, the planning minister says.

The state government will spend $1.5 billion to bring three public hospital projects into the system, including a move to purchase St John of God Mt Lawley for public use from next year.

The state government has turned to the private sector to build a manufacturing facility for housing components to speed up and increase residential supply.

The project has been under intense scrutiny since it was mooted close to five years ago.

ANALYSIS: First production from the Simandou iron ore mine, coupled with an inquiry into the GST allocation, is a one-two punch for WA.

Construction of a $170 million Mosman Park apartment project has begun, seven years after the plan's inception.

Planning Minister John Carey says the state government has had to step in after the private market did not deliver on affordable housing.

The ASX-listed developer has spent $136 million on more than 100 hectares of land in Mariginiup for its 1,700-lot estate.

The developer behind a $300 million student accommodation tower in Perth is confident about demand for its product.

Real estate group Centuria has struck a deal with the state government to build the first stage of a $33 million retail precinct in Perth's north.

Rocky Bay's head office site has been unlocked for potential residential developments amid a $56 million sale of the western suburbs property.

Major social and affordable housing projects in Ellenbrook and Redcliffe have gone out for public comment.

Land developers are increasingly delivering lifestyle villages in WA, but the regulatory framework is stifling progress.

The state housing minister says there will be more chances for private developers to capitalise on the federal government initiative.

A $50 million fund to fix myriad maintenance issues at three ageing hospitals has been unveiled by the state government.

A group is set to be established to examine the state's approvals pathways following calls from the state opposition.

The transformation of a Sydney power station into an arts and culture hub serves as an example of what could be done in Perth.

A heritage-listed building in Subiaco will be refurbished as an expanded Bob Hawke College classroom, as part of the $15 million expansion of the school.

The planning minister has accused the state opposition of “peddling fear and mistrust” in the planning system.

The new aquatic and health facility is set to overlook the $183 million redevelopment of the WACA Ground.

Social and affordable housing is becoming a dominant form of development.

The state government has chosen the operators for affordable and social housing projects in Subiaco and East Fremantle, which could deliver nearly 500 homes.

The state agency's plan to consolidate its office space from four buildings to one hinges on the sale of a property in Northbridge.

A 20-apartment Ardross complex will receive $12 million of federal funding for social housing.

The Western Australian government have poured in an extra $12 million for a further 15 apartment complexes to be built across Perth.

More than 515 social and affordable homes are set to be built across the state following the allocation of federal funding to WA.

The East Perth hotel is set to be converted into 236 affordable housing units, following the government's single largest investment into housing.

Government funding for Western Australia's key industrial estates will be doubled to $1 billion under an election promise to be delivered in Thursday's state budget.

The state's residential design codes will be reviewed by the peak planning body amid other significant reforms to the system in Western Australia.

Ramsay Health Care has received a funding boost to offer more beds at the soon-to-be open public ward at Joondalup Health Campus, which is part of a $284 million expansion.

A contractor has been picked to redevelop the ageing Mullewa Hospital, with $19.6 million set aside to build a modern 24/7 emergency department and patient facilities.

DevelopmentWA has appointed It's in the Bag Promotions and Events to run the Manning Road Farmers Market, securing the future of the popular operation.

The prominent apartment developer says the government is squeezing out the private sector by investing in construction projects during a period of high economic activity.

Health Infrastructure Minister John Carey has declared the long-running saga over the Women and Babies Hospital's location is over, as the ink dries on the $1.8 billion contract with Webuild.