Housing
Halls Creek: Land for sale
Landcorp is releasing more land for sale by private treaty today in Halls Creek.
This includes single residential lots, duplex lots and group housing sites.
Broome: Shire President questions minister on hostel funding threat
Broome shire president Graeme Campbell is questioning why the government should withdraw funds for an Aboriginal hostel.
According to the West Australian, Mr Campbell said the Department of Housing needs to spell out what negotiations it has made with One Mile community to situate the facility there.
The West Australian [read this story]
Kununurra: Aboriginal housing savings scheme
Miriurung Gajerrong corporation has announced and Aboriginal Housing Savings Scheme for workers.
Eligible Aboriginal workers will pay @$210 per week for board and lodgings, refundable at the end of 2013 to buy or rent a house.
You can read an MG media release here:
Broome: Government could withdraw $12.5million hostel funding
Housing minister Troy Buswell has told Broome shire it must use $12.5million allocated for an Aboriginal hostel.
Mr Buswell said if the shire does not vote to build the facility the funding will be withdrawn and given to Derby.
The West Australian [read this story]
Wyndham: $1.6million to house Oombulgurri people
The government is spending $1.6million on dongas to house people transferred from Oombulgurri.
The buildings are part of what the government describes as a temporary accommodation camp to house the people, who have been camping on the marsh since their community was officially closed down.
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]
Teachers ‘worse off’ says Wyatt
Ben Wyatt
Shadow education minister Ben Wyatt says remote teachers are worse off than other public servants.
He criticised the government for increasing public servants’ district allowance but not teachers’ locality allowance.
You can read his statement here:
Broome: Bid to create affordable housing
Broome shire is attempting to create affordable housing in a joint venture with the state government.
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