WA’s peak parent group has slammed a plan to test pre-primary students next year as a waste of money, saying it’s “ridiculous” to assess children as young as four. As part of its strategy to improve literacy and numeracy across WA, the Education Department will start to roll out the 30-minute assessments in the first [...]
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George Michael coming to Perth
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 100 million pop albums, 1988, 2 million fans, 25 Live arena tour, 80s, albums, American number one singles, artist, Australia, Australian, Australian trip, awards, Careless Whisper, concerts, confirmed, consummate performer, country, Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me, Down Under, Faith, Faith tour, fans, February, February 20, February 26., Freedom, funky, George Michael, including, Member's Equity Stadium, Michael, million, One More Try, Paul Dainty, perform, performer, perth, pop, Promoter, rife, Rumours, singles, solo, solo pop vocalist, star, stunning show, Sydney, Sydney Football Stadium, thrilling, Too Funky star, Too Funky., trip, tunes, WA, Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go, Wham!, won on November 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
George Michael will perform two Australian concerts in February, and the first will be in Perth. Rumours had been rife that the Too Funky star was headed down under, and today his Australian trip has been confirmed. Heading to Australia for the first time since 1988, the Wham! star and solo pop vocalist will perform [...]
Extend Cash Incentives To Nurses Who Want To Work In General Practice, Australia
Posted in Jobs and careers, tagged , $40 million, 541, AMA, AMA President, aside, Bringing, cash, designed, Dr Andrew Pesce, effectively, extended, federal government's, five years, funding, General, government, health sector, incentive, include, lure, million, money, nurses, Nurses Back, practice, program, recruited, scheme, targets, vital, work, workforce on August 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The AMA wants the government cash incentive scheme designed to lure nurses back into the workforce to be extended to include nurses who want to work in general practice. It was reported this week (The Australian, 27 August 2009) that the Federal Government’s program to bring nurses back into the workforce was failing to meet [...]
North Beach property tests property market
Posted in Cost of Living, Local News, Realestate and Home Loans, tagged $, 17.7 per cent, annual, auction, blocks., boom, bottom-up recovery, coastal property, decade, elevated lot, entire, era, first signs, for sale, good indication that Perth's, growth, growth rate, home, housing boom, housing market, jump, low volume, median house prices., million, Nexus, nice frontage, North Beach, ocean-front, perth, Perth metropolitan area's, Premium, priced, prices, property, property market, real estate, Real Estate Institute of WA, reasonably-priced, recovering, sales activity, skewered, sold, statistics, struggling, suburbs, Top 10 performing suburbs, top end, value, WA, WA's property boom on August 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
THIS North Beach property could confirm whether Perth’s struggling real estate market has turned the corner. Real estate experts say that during the height of WA’s property boom the 1346sqm ocean-front house on West Coast Drive would have fetched more than $5 million. It is for auction on Saturday and the selling price will be [...]
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 [...]
Aussie Home Loans says loan refinancing soaring
Posted in Realestate and Home Loans, tagged accounted, advantage, Aussie, Aussie founder, AUSSIE Home Loans, bank, billion, borrowers, chairman, executive, financial-services, first home buyer market, home, home loans, home owners, interest, John Symond, lender, loan book, low interest rates, market, million, mortgages, non-bank lender, number, owners, providers, rates, re-assessing, record, recorded, refinance, refinancing, rise, soaring on July 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
AUSSIE Home Loans has recorded a strong rise in the number of borrowers looking to refinance their mortgages, as home owners try to take advantage of record low interest rates. The non-bank lender said refinancing accounted for 38.5 per cent of home loans written in June, up from 30.2 per cent in March. “There have [...]
$18 million for ten lucky schools
Posted in Local News, tagged $18 million, Beldon, Beldon Primary School, Butler, Butler Primary School, East Butler Primary School, Edgewater, Edgewater Primary School, funding, Girrawheen Senior High School, government, governments stimulus package., granted., high school, lucky, Mercy College, million, new funding, northern suburbs, Quinns Beach, Quinns Beach Primary School, Quinns Rocks, Quinns Rocks Primary School, school, schools, stimulus, stimulus package, suburb, ten lucky schools, Ten schools, Warwick, Warwick Senior High School, Yanchep, Yanchep District High School on July 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Ten schools in the northern suburbs were granted over $18 million in new funding as part of the governments stimulus package. Butler Primary School gets $2.95 million Beldon Primary School gets $1.4 million East Butler Primary School gets $1.8 million Edgewater Primary School gets $2.9 million Quinns Beach Primary School gets $1.55 million Quinns Rocks [...]