Businesses call for authorities to help after teenager allegedly brandishes machete at shops

A teenager allegedly armed with a machete outside a Perth shopping centre has sparked fresh concern from locals, who are demanding the state government act over ongoing rampant anti-social behaviour in nearby public housing.

Rivervale residents are attempting to organise a roundtable meeting with WA Police, their local member Cassie Rowe and housing and communities officials to discuss the ongoing dysfunction and anti-social behaviour they are experiencing due to unchecked and unsupported public housing in the suburb.

The most recent incident caught on...