Dan Wilkie
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Perth, WA, Australia
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Primewest, RSM partner to help commercial tenants
ASX-listed funds manager and retail landlord Primewest has offered to cover the cost of professional advice for its retail and commercial tenants affected by COVID-19, in a partnership with multinational accounting firm RSM. → Read More
COVID-19 shuts down 2,000+ shops across Perth
Just 37 per cent of shops at Western Australia’s biggest malls and main street retail strips are open for trade, laying bare the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the retail sector. → Read More
Resilience in apartments sales
Apartments in central Perth are maintaining resale values, with a vast majority of transactions in the past three years occurring at or above the median price for all dwellings, new research has fo → Read More
Residential evictions, rent rises to go on hold
A six-month moratorium will be placed on the eviction of residential tenants and rent increases will be put on hold for the same period, under legislation set to be introduced in Western Australian Parliament this week. → Read More
Chart & Map Shop told to move on
Fremantle institution The Chart & Map Shop has become one of the latest retail victims of the COVID-19 crisis, with the operator having been given 30 days’ notice to vacate the Collie Street property it’s called home for 25 years. → Read More
Mandatory code to guide commercial rent relief
Commercial rents will be reduced by the same proportion that the tenant’s revenue has fallen due to the COVID-19 outbreak, under a new mandatory code of conduct announced by the federal government today. → Read More
Code of conduct coming for commercial tenancies
A mandatory code of conduct for commercial leases is expected to be finalised by next week, as federal and state governments continue to work towards a mutually-beneficial solution for landlords and tenants affected by COVID-19. → Read More
Govt policy clouds future of residential tenancies
One of Western Australia’s biggest residential property managers has called for more clarity around how tenants impacted by COVID-19 renegotiate rental agreements and how landlords can continue to service debt under the federal government’s moratorium on evictions. → Read More
Government urged to widen wage subsidy criteria
Concerns have been raised that eligibility criteria for Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s $130 billion bailout plan for business is too restrictive and many businesses with spiralling revenue projections could miss out, and with Parliament in recess, first payments are unlikely to be available until May at the earliest. → Read More
Premier reveals $1bn package to boost business, health services
Payroll tax will be waived for around 10,000 small businesses for the next four months in Western Australia, with power credits, a hold on licence fees and interest free payment plans for state government duties part of a $1 billion economic and health system stimulus package announced today. → Read More
Border closure coming to stop virus spread
Western Australia will likely be closed to the eastern states by the end of the week, with Premier Mark McGowan shifting to the third stage of the state government’s COVID-19 response. → Read More
Regional travel to be locked down from Tuesday
Western Australians will not be able to travel outside of the regions in which they live from Tuesday, as the state government ramps up its response to the COVID-19 crisis. → Read More
Regional MP urges travellers to stay home
Nationals MP Vince Catania has called on the state government to urgently launch a campaign to tell tourists to stop travelling to the regions immediately and for visitors already there to go home, with vulnerable communities and agricultural industries at high risk because of a lack of capacity in regional healthcare. → Read More
Stark warning over sanitiser approvals
A local brewing operation has sounded a dramatic warning to governments, urging approvals for new hand sanitiser products be fast-tracked to help mitigate the spread of novel coronavirus. → Read More
COVID-19 daily wrap: Premier warns over social distancing
The state government is considering broadening COVID-19 testing criteria as the number of confirmed cases jumped by 20 in Western Australia overnight, with Premier Mark McGowan admonishing those not adhering to social distancing guidelines. → Read More
'Businesses will close': RSM
Multinational accounting firm RSM says thousands of small businesses across the country are likely to collapse as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, as government stimulus packages fail to address the financial challenges faced by a large number of affected operators. → Read More
Construction braces for virus hit
Western Australia’s construction and commercial property sectors are bracing for the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, with imports of building materials likely to be disrupted and retail activity expected to plunge in coming weeks → Read More
Biome project a beacon of hope for WA tourism
Potential partners are lining up to get involved with the Australian Biome Project, as the team behind the $550 million tourism development seeks $6.5 million to conduct a full feasibility study and advance the proposal to its next stage of development. → Read More
Sealink to stock Spinifex beers on Rottnest ferries
Spinifex Brewing Co’s range of infused beers using native ingredients will soon be available for travellers heading to Rottnest and cruising the Swan River, with Sealink Travel Group’s Captain Cook Cruises division becoming the Aboriginal-owned brewery’s first stockist. → Read More
Saffioti responds to infill outcry
Planning Minister Rita Saffioti’s decision to allow for higher density around Daglish and Shenton Park train stations has been described by the state opposition as inappropriate and erratic, but the minister says any new development will be at an appropriate scale and respect the local character and context. → Read More