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By Sally McGlew THE World Economic Forum has recently confirmed what many Australian women have been experiencing – that gender inequality is getting worse. In 2006 Australian women were ranked 15th in the world in terms of financial equality with ...

A DEBATE over security measures for a Guildford home has fully exposed the rift in the City of Swan council, with a councillor censured and the Mayor abruptly calling an end to the meeting. Councillors were debating the installation of ...

By Breanna Inferrera KALAMUNDA councillors have passed a motion to advertise the proposed 2020/2021 differential rates, which, according to the officer’s report at Tuesday night’s council meeting, would have achieved the City’s goal to freeze rates for the next financial ...

THE CITY of Kalamunda and the Shire of Mundaring have confirmed that, like the City of Swan, they cannot guarantee some residents will not pay more in rates due to Gross Rental Values (GRV), despite both local government organisations committing ...

By Claire Ottaviano AN early learning centre in Midvale has fallen into a funding relief gap which may threaten the centre’s operation. To help early childhood education centres combat low attendance and declining enrolments, as an effect of parents losing ...

By Claire Ottaviano THE Shire of Mundaring are behind the eight ball when compared with the Cities of Swan and Kalamunda’s efforts to live stream council meetings. Despite the notion being on the cards for more than a year, live ...