Latest news stories from Perth.
With Metronet reshaping the suburbs and CAT buses still free, Perth is doing some things better than comparable cities worldwide — and falling badly behind on others.
By Perth News Desk · 4 July 2026
More than 40 percent of Perth homes now carry rooftop panels, and the figures behind the city's renewable surge are more striking than the marketing ever let on.
By Perth News Desk · 4 July 2026
From a shelved 1990s blueprint to billions in state spending, the story of how suburban Perth ended up rewiring itself around rail.
By Perth News Desk · 4 July 2026
From housing costs to defence contracts and a rail network still being built, Perth's decision-makers spent the month talking — and not always saying the same things.
By Perth News Desk · 4 July 2026
With a 7-day cold snap tightening its grip on the Swan coastal plain, Perth's meteorological infrastructure is quietly punching above its weight against comparable cities worldwide.
By Perth News Desk · 4 July 2026
New data reveals Perth is warming faster than almost any other Australian capital, with rainfall collapsing and infrastructure struggling to keep pace.
By Perth News Desk · 4 July 2026
From Henderson shipyards to Cockburn Sound suburbs, the defence billions reshaping WA's economy are drawing praise, anxiety and hard questions from the communities living closest to the boom.
By Perth News Desk · 4 July 2026
From Joondalup's CBD to the outer suburbs of Alkimos and Yanchep, officials and urban experts are talking about a corridor under extraordinary pressure — and what needs to happen before it breaks.
By Perth News Desk · 4 July 2026
A confluence of defence contracts, resources boom revenues, and post-pandemic mobility has turned Western Australia's capital into one of the fastest-growing cities in the country — and the pressure is now impossible to ignore.
By Perth News Desk · 4 July 2026
New data lays bare just how far ahead of every other city on earth Perth has run on residential solar — and the gap is still widening.
By Perth News Desk · 4 July 2026
With billions in AUKUS contracts flowing toward the Henderson Marine Precinct, Perth is being measured against Portsmouth, Brest and Groton — and the comparison is more instructive than flattering.
By Perth News Desk · 4 July 2026
A wave of departures from Perth radio and television in 2026 didn't happen overnight — here's the decade-long story behind the empty studios.
By Perth News Desk · 4 July 2026
Behind the press releases and parliament steps, a cascade of fiscal and demographic figures is reshaping how Western Australia is run — and who benefits.
By Perth News Desk · 4 July 2026
New data released this week confirms Perth households have installed solar panels at a rate that no other city on Earth has matched, raising fresh questions about grid stability and what comes next for WA's energy network.
By Perth News Desk · 4 July 2026
From Metronet station precincts to defence housing demand, the choices made in the next 18 months will lock in Joondalup's trajectory for a generation.
By Perth News Desk · 4 July 2026
With billions in federal contracts on the line, the Henderson naval precinct faces a cascade of make-or-break choices in the next 18 months.
By Perth News Desk · 4 July 2026
From shrinking rainfall totals to soaring energy bills, the statistics shaping Perth's hotter, drier future are no longer projections — they are the present.
By Perth News Desk · 4 July 2026
From housing costs to cold-weather street services, Perth is holding its own against comparable mid-sized resource cities — but the cracks are showing.
By Perth News Desk · 4 July 2026
