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Good morning and welcome to our live news blog for this Tuesday, the 2nd of December, 2025.
Making headlines today, the City of Perth has recommended councillors knock back plans to include a helipad on the new West Perth headquarters of Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting.
The company lodged a request to include the helipad in its $270-million, five-storey Ord Street headquarters earlier this year, to accommodate an eight-seat Bell 429 helicopter.
A concept drawing of Hancock Prospecting’s Roy Hill revamp in West Perth.
In its December agenda briefing session city officers said the helipad would “have an adverse impact on the amenity of surrounding residential land uses” and Hancock’s proposal did not “demonstrate that the noise and vibration impacts associated with the use can be mitigated.”
And is the 16-hour flight from Perth to Paris upgrade worth it?
Our travel reporter takes the route to let you know.
“I am curious about two things: is the upgrade worth the extra thousands of dollars (or points), and can I bear flying such a long leg, non-stop? At the start, I am sceptical,” he said.
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