{"id":775577,"date":"2026-07-03T02:42:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T02:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/775577\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T02:42:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T02:42:15","slug":"wa-news-live-premier-wa-tourism-destination-under-threat-of-desecration-200-million-development-opens-doors-to-perth-uni-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/775577\/","title":{"rendered":"WA news LIVE: Premier WA tourism destination \u2018under threat of desecration\u2019; $200 million development opens doors to Perth uni students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of Perth\u2019s largest purpose-built student accommodation developments has officially opened its doors, delivering much-needed housing for a growing student population during a housing crisis. <\/p>\n<p>The new $200 million development will provide 916 student beds and was developed and built by WA-based Exal Group and operated by global student living provider Yugo.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An aerial view of the new accommodation.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/f7ace720290b9bff413479d8b92d5493b5244c1ee85c74bc06ba63bc62125330.jpeg\"  class=\"sc-d34e428-1 ldCIuB\"\/>An aerial view of the new accommodation.<\/p>\n<p>Located adjacent to Curtin University and Canning College in Waterford, the development represents a significant investment in student housing and responds to growing demand for purpose-built accommodation.<\/p>\n<p>Tertiary Education Minister Tony Buti said internation education was WA\u2019s largest service export, contributing $3.7 billion to the state\u2019s economy in 2024. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of Perth\u2019s largest purpose-built student accommodation developments has officially opened its doors, delivering much-needed housing for a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":775578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-775577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=775577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/775578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=775577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=775577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}