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WILDLIFE officers have appealed to the public for information about a dolphin that was slashed across the throat and left on the lawn of a house in Bremer Bay, on Western Australia’s south coast. The dolphin was dumped under a tree of a Bremer Bay property about 500 metres from the beach. A wildlife officer [...]

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THE days of scraping car rego stickers off windows are over in Western Australia, which tomorrow becomes the first state to abolish them. Cutting-edge technology being used by West Australian police has made the stickers redundant, saving millions of dollars. Police superintendent Lance Martin said hand-held computers were now providing officers with instant advice on [...]

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Malaysia Airlines is also offering return flights to Perth in Western Australia, travellers can buy return tickets for as little as £539 per person. The Malaysia Airlines sale prices are available to travellers who book before November 30th 2009 and travel either between November 9th 2009 and December 10th 2009 or March 1st 2010 and [...]

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Industry leaders in Australia are urging the Australian federal government to overhaul its skilled immigration program to address a looming shortage of workers. Recent changes by DIAC to the skilled migration visa processing times have meant that many hundreds of applicants for visas have been told that they may have to wait up to 3 [...]

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WESTERN AUSTRALIA — The first gold has been poured and the initial copper concentrate shipment made at the Boddington mine belonging to Newmont Mining of Denver. At full production, this will be Australia’s largest gold mine. The Boddington mine is a large open pit 130 km southeast of Perth within the Saddleback Greenstone Belt. Newmont [...]

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The Federal Minister for Early Childhood Education and Child Care Kate Ellis  announced $5.8 million for three new Early Learning and Care Centres in Western Australia. The Australian Government will invest $5.8 million in building new centres at Karratha in the state’s north-west, and Darch and Mirrabooka in Perth’s northern suburbs. The Karratha centre will [...]

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The Kwinana Freeway extension and Forrest Highway has officially opened three months ahead of schedule. The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship and Senator for Western Australia, Chris Evans, said the new 70.5 kilometre road was one of the largest road infrastructure projects ever undertaken in Western Australia. Representing the Federal Government at today’s opening ceremony, [...]

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Initial work at the Chevron-led Gorgon gas project could begin before Christmas if final investment is approved by the three joint venture partners. The proposed development, which was given final environmental approval today, will create as many as 10,000 jobs at its peak and underpin a major expansion of liquefied natural gas (LNG) production across [...]

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The Broome to Fremantle Ocean Race will be a part of the 7,500 nautical mile Around Australia Race and Rally event. Bob Williams the CEO of Ocean Events Pty Ltd, the Western Australian company behind the 2011 ‘Around Australia Ocean Race and Rally’ has spent the last few days in Broome, located in the Kimberley [...]

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