Armadale, Australia News

The last time Colin Barnett was in a Liberal Cabinet, the Government spent a lot of taxpayers' money creating six new local councils, bringing to 30 the number of councils in the metropolitan area.

A new report shows the fastest growing areas in the metropolitan area are Perth's most northerly and southerly suburbs.

Ratepayers in the largest city council in Australia have been warned that rates will rise as a result of the carbon tax.

WEST Australian police are treating the death of a 34-year-old Perth woman who collapsed after arrest as a "death in custody". Police today said Major Crime Squad detectives were investigating the cause of the woman's death, while Internal Affairs was looking at whether the arresting officers could have done more to save her.