Friday, December 6th, 2013
Ord River: Land agreement signed
The state government and Kimberley Agricultural Investment today signed an agreement to double the Ord Irrigation scheme.
You can read a media release here:
Tags: Agriculture Clubs & organisations Ord Stage II ,
Categories: Business and finance, Government
Friday, December 6th, 2013
Browse Basin: Woodside seeks environmental approval
Woodside has filed an application for environmental approval to extract gas and condensate from the Browse Basin.
Photo courtesy Royal Dutch Shell
In a document lodged yesterday with Federal regulators it detailed plans for 64 production wells and three floating liquid natural gas platforms.
The West Australian [read this story]
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Categories: Business and finance, Government, Oil and gas
Friday, December 6th, 2013
Broome: Camel upsets drivers
A wandering camel is getting in the way of cars on Broome’s outskirts.
The ABC says the shire is trying to find out who it belongs to.
Tags: Camels ,
Categories: Broome
Thursday, December 5th, 2013
Bidyadanga: Water back on
Bidyadanga’s water supply has been restored.
NITV says the outage was caused by a large amount of visitors on ceremonial business.
Tags: Aboriginal communities Bidyadanga Water ,
Categories: Uncategorized
Thursday, December 5th, 2013
Broomies urged to produce food
The Broome community is urged to produce more food locally.
A group called “Edible Broome” is holding a public meeting this week.
Tags: Food ,
Categories: Broome
Thursday, December 5th, 2013
Melissa Price on school funding
Local federal MP Melissa Price says her government will restore funding to northern schools.
“In his last act as Education Minister, Bill Shorten ripped $1.2 billion from schools in the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia,” Ms Price said.
“We will put back the $1.2 billion in additional funding over the next four years that Labor took away and we will cut red tape and stop Canberra interference in schools.”
You can read her statement here:
Tags: Education ,
Categories: Business and finance, Government
Thursday, December 5th, 2013
Buru announces fracking plans
Buru Energy has submitted hydraulic fracturing plans to the Department of Mines and Petroleum.
It intends to frack two wells at Yulleroo and two at Valhalla-Asgard.
The West Australian [read this story]
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Categories: Business and finance, Environment, Government, Oil and gas
Thursday, December 5th, 2013
Broome: Short stay hostel stalled again
Child Protection minister Helen Morton said the government is “not yet ready” to OK temporary accommodation in Broome.
She was responding to a question in parliament about $350,000 that had been budgeted for plans.
The proposed hostel was to be for people temporarily in town, who normally lived in Aboriginal communities.
Tags: Aboriginal communities Housing ,
Categories: Broome, Business and finance, Government
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