PERTH’S POPULATION HAS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN RECENT YEARS AND THIS ARTICLE TAKES A LOOK AT WHICH AREAS HAVE GROWN FASTER THAN OTHERS. Prior to 1900 Perth was a small town which grew only with the WA gold rush, when the discovery of gold near Kalgoorlie attracted a rush of eager migrants keen to make their […]
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Business News Less reliance on cars, more green spaces and a shift away from centralised electricity could form the basis of a new policy on WA’s neighbourhoods, the Western Australian Planning Commission says. WA Planning Commission chairman David Caddy told an Urban Development Institute of Australia WA event today that a revised liveable neighbourhoods policy would focus on sustainability. He […]
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Business News Property groups have welcomed measures to boost housing supply in this year’s budget but say its record infrastructure spend could impinge on private sector development in a tight labour market. The state government announced a 50 per cent land tax exemption on build-to-rent developments, a transfer duty rebate for off-the-plan apartments up to […]
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