Good morning readers, and welcome to our live news blog for Wednesday, April 23.
Making headlines this morning is new data revealing the Perth suburbs where buying a home is tough work – because the current residents aren’t leaving any time soon.
Which suburb tops the list for property hold-outs? You’ll have to read Sarah Brookes’ article to find out.
Meanwhile, in case you missed it yesterday, Opposition Leader Basil Zempilas has issued a mea culpa for breaching local government rules after using his council-linked social media profile in his campaign for state government.
Perth lord mayor-turned-WA Opposition Leader Basil Zempilas.Credit: Hamish Hastie
Zempilas stepped down as lord mayor as soon as his tight victory in Churchlands for the WA Liberals was confirmed in March, which complicated a Local Government Standards Panel ruling that he provide a public apology for the minor breach.
His apology was published on the City of Perth’s Facebook page late Tuesday afternoon.
Read Hamish Hastie’s full story here.
And finally, did you catch the leaders’ debate on Nine last night? We won’t blame you if you didn’t – it was airing during peak hour in WA, after all.
But if you want a wrap of the night’s proceedings, which took place after a pause in campaigning to mourn the death of Pope Francis, you can read a wrap of the debate here.
Thanks for joining us today, stay tuned as we bring you more news you need to know.
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