Employment & training
Kununurra: Airport extensions to open
Kununurra airport’s extensions will be officially opened this afternoon.
You can read a statement from federal minister Gary Gray here:
Environs Kimberley – Project Officer
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Environs Kimberley is advertising for a Project Officer to work on the West Kimberley Nature Project.
“The Broome-based position entails working cooperatively with Indigenous Ranger Groups, Traditional Owners, environment groups and others on the Dampier Peninsula and 80 Mile Beach,” according to the advertisement.
Click here to read the advertisement or go to the Jobs Page.
Opinion: Barry Haase on new laws for volunteers

Barry Haase MHR
Local member Barry Haase is worried about the impact of new Occupational Health and Safety laws on volunteers.
“Under these new laws even foster carers are regarded as ‘workers’ and their homes classified as ‘workplaces’, exposing carers to potentially enormous OH and S penalties,” he said.
You can read his statement here:
Abstudy urges parent’s to check travel plans
Abstudy is urging parents of kids on scholarships to check their travel plans.
A spokesperson said charter flights sometimes turn up at remote communities only to find the kid is not there, and are difficult to rearrange.
Broome: Port industrial action continues
Broome’s waterside workers may take a further 30 days industrial action in pursuit of an Enterprise Bargaining Agreement.
Fair Work Australia ordered the extension of an existing protected action period.
Lloyds List Australia [read this story]
Darwin: Accommodation village for Browse gas hub
The NT government has approved an accommodation village to house workers constructing a new gas hub.
Japanese company Inpex intends to pipe its Browse Basin gas to the new facility, near Darwin.
Platts [read this story]
Cockatoo Island: Worker hurt loading ship
A man was hurt while helping load an iron ore ship at Cockatoo Island on Sunday.
He was hit by a winch handle and broke his arm.
People: Andre Skeen
Andre Skeen
Andre Skeen has a new job as a mechanic at Rio Tinto’s Yandi mine in the Pilbara.
He starts later this month.
You can read more about Mr Skeen if you click here.

