Football star Ben Cousins is to visit Perth.
Cousins will talk to Adrian Barich about his rise, fall and resurgence during the AFL Greats Luncheon.
AFL legend Kevin Sheedy will also be appearing.
AFL Greats Luncheon
Ben Cousins and Kevin Sheedy
Perth Convention Centre
12.30pm Sunday 30th August 2009
For further details Brad Hopes on 9243 4457 or 9243 5794
E-mail sales@bhpromotions.com.au
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The Reserve Bank of Australia expected to leave rates on hold
Posted in ALL news, Cost of Living, tagged (AEST), (RBA), 2.30pm, 2010, 49-year low, AAP, an economist, announce, appears, August 4, Australia, Australian Business Economists, bank, board meeting, cash rate, cental bank, central bank's, continued, currently chewing, decision, economist, economists, expected, expressed, financial markets, governor Stevens, hike, housing market bubble, intention, interest rate, interest rates, into 2010., keep rates, leave, Matt Robinson, Michael Turner, Moody's Economy.com., prospect, raising rates, rate rise in 2010, rates on hold, reducing, remain, research group 4Cast, rise, rising unemployment, speech, surveyed., the RBA, The Reserve Bank of Australia, three per cent, Tuesday, unemployment on July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is due to announce its decision on interest rates at 2.30pm (AEST) on Tuesday.
The economists surveyed by AAP said the cash rate will remain at a 49 year low of three per cent after the central bank’s board meeting on August 4.
“The RBA appears to have no intention of reducing [...]
Five walk away from plane crash
Posted in Local News, tagged 8.30am (WST), about 20km, board the plane, board., Broome, crash, emergency landing, five, injuries, minor, minor injuries, north, plane, plane crash, Police, the plane, Thursday, WA, walk away, walked away, western australia, Western Australia's northwest, wreck on July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
FIVE people have walked away from a light plane crash with minor injuries in Western Australia’s northwest, police say.
Sergeant Greg Lambert said the plane made an emergency landing about 8.30am (WST) on Thursday, about 20km north of Broome.
“It parked where it shouldn’t have been parking,” Sgt Lambert said. Five people on board the plane walked [...]
WA leads rise in June building approvals
Posted in Local News, Realestate and Home Loans, tagged apartment-building sector, approval, approvals, building, building approvals, construction, Construction activity, construction projects, decline., detatched housing, followed, fresh figures, housing, in June, June, latest tally, leads, level lower, May, national rise, new, recovery, reveal, rise, rise in building approvals, robust, sector, shrinking, surged, today, Victoria, volatile, WA on July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
WA has led the charge with a rise in building approvals in June, fresh figures reveal today.
There was a 21.1 per cent rise in building approvals in WA last month, compared to a national rise of 9.3 per cent.
But the recovery followed an 11 per cent decline in May, taking the latest tally of 11,086 [...]
Brighton Estate in Butler – One of WA’s biggest construction site
Posted in Local News, Realestate and Home Loans, tagged 55 parks, artificial, artificial lakes, Australia, biggest project, block, blocks., Brighton Estate, business use, Butler, community facilities, construction, construction site, fastest, for sale, growing, housing, in Butler, includes, lake, lakes, largest block, lodged, lots, million, mixed use, mixed used lot, multi purpose, Nigel Satterley, North-West-Metropolitan, Noth Perth, offer, overlooking, park, parks, perth, population, project, residential lots, sector, shopping village, sites., sqm, The plan, third, WA, WA Planning Commission's Liveable Neighbourhood community design codes, WA's biggest, western australia, zoned on July 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Butler is said to be the biggest construction site outside the mining sector.
The Brighton estate is more than halfway complete, now offering more vacant lots for a total of $8.4 million. The largest block for sale is almost 16,000sqm in Captiva Approach, near Lukin Drive which is $3.25 million. Property developer Nigel Satterley said this block would [...]
Media Release: More Reform Required
Posted in Immigration News, tagged 60 rogue agents, affects, allegations, association, Australia, bad behaviour, brisbane, CEO, Changing Together, colleges, comprehensive, concerned, consumers, cracked down, department, Department of Immigration and Citizenship, education, education agents, education providers, education scams, Employment and Workplace Relations, entitled, ethics, falling prey, four corners, hearing reports, illegal, illegal behaviour, immigrants, impacts negatively, independent complaints body, independent report, Institute, international students, Maurene Horder, Melbourne, MIA, MIA reported, migration, migration advice, migration agents, Migration Institute of Australia, minority, new issue, operators, private educations, profession, professional, program on migration, prosecuted, protect, raised, range of reforms, recent, registered, registration, representing, review fees, scam, scams, strengthen standards, Students, Sydney, The Department of Education, tiered system, tolerated, tonight’s, unethical, unscrupulous, unscrupulous operators’, visa, visa applicants, visas on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The professional association representing migration agents, the Migration Institute of Australia, is concerned about allegations raised on tonight’s Four Corners program on migration and education scams.
“Unfortunately, hearing reports about international students and visa applicants falling prey to unscrupulous operators is not a new issue”, says Maurene Horder, CEO of the Migration Institute of Australia.
In May 2008, [...]
Keep your distance from whales off Perth’s shores
Posted in Local News, tagged perth, western australia, WA, migration, Enjoy, risk, people, result, amazing, beach., Perth's, spectacular, approach, boats, Ocean Reef, pass, public, weekend, spotted, waters., annual, death, defend, shores, within, whales, accustomed, Keep your distance, annual migration, seek out, protected, close to shore, harass, surfboards, particular, react, violently, serious injury, 100m, whale by law, sight of whales, Perth’s shores, boats and surfers, keep their distance, view of, creatures, our waters on July 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The public are being asked not to approach whales during their annual migration.
Several whales have been spotted near Perth, off Ocean Reef over the weekend.
Whales often seek out protected waters close to shore and if people harass them they are likely to leave the area.
Whales are not accustomed to people, and may defend themselves when approached.
People who get [...]
Universal dental care for Australians
Posted in Political News, tagged access, Australia, Australians, basic, commission, Commonwealth, dental care, dental health care, dental services, Denticare, Denticare Australia, dentist, dentists, federal government, fund, Health, hospitals, Medicare, medicare levy, new, outpatient, primary health care, problems, public dental, recommending, reforms, responsibility, services, suggested, taxable income, Universal, universal scheme on July 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Australians will have access to universal dental health care under reforms suggested by a federal government health commission.
The commonwealth will take over responsibility for all primary health care outside of hospitals and fund all outpatient services in hospitals.
The National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission has stopped short of calling for a full federal takeover of [...]
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Premier says WA needs skilled Chinese workers
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PREMIER Colin Barnett may ask the Federal Government to relax foreign worker allowances to prevent labour shortages at major WA projects.
WA faces severe shortages of skilled workers in 2011, when there is expected to be peak activity in WA’s resources sector, Mr Barnett told a media conference in Perth yesterday.
The premier’s comments come as a [...]
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