Perth will sprawl further than New York City, be clogged with cars and people will live in each other’s pockets as the city groans under the weight of an extra two million residents over the next 40 years. An analysis of how Perth is growing and will grow as more people call the city home [...]
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Perth to absorb 2 million more
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged $2 million, 40 years., absorb, analysis, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Bunbury, cars, city, city's education system, clogged, coastal hamlet of Lancelin, Curtin University, desalination plants, education, extra traffic, groans, hundreds of schools, Karrinyup, kilometres, Kwinana, l live, Mandurah, Morley, New York City, north to the Lakes, people, perth, perth hills, Perth is growing ., pockets, power generation, public transport, residents, roads, Rockingham, school, serious congestion, south, sprawl, stretch, Thousands, Treasurer, two million residents, water, Wayne Swan on March 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Winemakers to boycott Swan Valley ‘debauch’
Posted in Local News, tagged $, $5, 'debauch', 70000, boycott, broad market, businesses, Council, crowds., event, event sponsors, executive officer, face of criticism, fee, festival, Geraldine Riggir, John Kosovich, Laura Pearse, Little River Winery, local products, manage, Mrs de Tastes, organisers, overcrowded., owner, patrons, people, proud, quality festival, showcasing, Spring, sue, Swan Valley, Swan Valley Tourism Council, Swan Valley winemakers, threatened, Ticketmaster, too unruly, two-day, Upper Reach Winery, Valley festival, vowed to boycott, winemakers, Wines on September 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Swan Valley winemakers have vowed to boycott the coming Spring in the Valley festival, saying the two-day event has become too unruly and overcrowded. Little River Winery and John Kosovich Wines said they would have nothing to do with the popular festival when it was staged on October 10 and 11 because it was a [...]
Keep your distance from whales off Perth’s shores
Posted in Local News, tagged 100m, accustomed, amazing, annual, annual migration, approach, beach., boats, boats and surfers, close to shore, creatures, death, defend, Enjoy, harass, keep their distance, Keep your distance, migration, Ocean Reef, our waters, particular, pass, people, perth, Perth's, Perth’s shores, protected, public, react, result, risk, seek out, serious injury, shores, sight of whales, spectacular, spotted, surfboards, view of, violently, WA, waters., weekend, western australia, whale by law, whales, within 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 [...]
Rudd signs deal to help jobless
Posted in Jobs and careers, Political News, tagged (COAG), access, aged over 25., agreed, agreement, Anna Bligh, approach, Australia, Canberra, COAG's, conference, consequence.", Council of Australian Governments, criticism, Darwin, deal, development, Economic, employment agency, enter, federal government's, global recession, government, government-subsidised, hard, important, intensive, intervention, Job Services, Job Services Australia, jobless, kevin rudd, Labor, labour market, matches, Mr Rudd, new, new scheme, path, people, Premier, prepare, Prime Minister, provider, qualification, Queensland, recovery, registered, represents, retrenched, rudd, Rudd Government, serious, signed, skills, skills shortage, skills-first, state's, support, territories, training places., unemployed, united the states, vocational training., Workers, world, young Australians on July 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A PLAN to help up to 124,000 retrenched workers has united the states but drawn criticism in Canberra. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd signed a deal with the states and territories to give intensive help to unemployed people aged over 25. The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) conference in Darwin agreed to give the jobless access [...]