After more than a decade of delays, the long-awaited redevelopment of Morley Galleria is finally underway. The $240 million transformation will modernise one of Perth's best-known shopping centres with new retail, dining and community spaces, bringing new life to a centre that had become increasingly vacant while residents waited for work to begin.

During the early 1950s, Western Australia was in the grip of a housing crisis. Families desperate for a roof over their heads often had no choice but to sign whatever contracts builders placed in front of them. With this in mind, the building firm Snowden & Willson became the subject of one of the most controversial inquiries in WA’s post-war history.