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Posted in Local News, tagged 2008., art gallery, Australia, Australia’s, backgrounds, big, bold, business, C2030 Summit., centre, cheap, city, city block, City of Perth, Claremont, combined, connecting, Council, create flow-on, cultural, deregulated, Diversifying, Economic, entertainment district, gay marriage, horizon., housing, improving Perth, indigenous, indigenous cultural centre., Industry, inner-city, innovative, international students, live music, perth, population, public space, resident, restaurants, retail, river, rowdy pub, services, skilled local, social, space, State Government, Students, take risks, the city, the foreshore, to-do list, trading hours, United Nations, usage, variety of housing, vibrant foreshore, vision, voting at 16, WA, weekend markets, wine bars, youth advisory, youth ambassador on July 31, 2009| Leave a Comment »
A vibrant foreshore entertainment district, an indigenous cultural centre, cheap inner-city housing for students, voting at 16 and gay marriage are some ideas for improving Perth that Australia’s 2008 youth ambassador to the United Nations will take to today’s C2030 Summit.
One of many speakers at the summit, Elizabeth Shaw, 25, said a bold plan to bring the river to the city should be at the top of the State Government’s to-do list. 
Ms Shaw, of Claremont, is on the City of Perth youth advisory council.
She said it was time Perth realised its potential. “We need to stop talking about things like connecting the city to the river and just do them,” she said.
“When you’ve got a space like the foreshore, you’ve got to be bold and innovative and take risks.”
Ms Shaw’s vision for the foreshore included a variety of housing for all social economic backgrounds, a range of restaurants, live music, wine bars, a rowdy pub, an art gallery, a public space for weekend markets and an indigenous cultural centre.
Diversifying usage on each city block to achieve a balance of retail, housing, business and industry combined with deregulated trading hours would keep the city activated and vibrant at all times.
Ms Shaw said attracting and retaining skilled local and international students could be improved by building high-density housing in the city and making it an exciting place to be.
“We need a big resident population to create flow-on services,” she said.
JOSEPH CATANZARO : www.thewest.com.au
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 hospitals, but left open the option of the commonwealth funding 100 per cent of hospital admissions further down the track.
The annual cost of the reforms is estimated to be between $2.8 and $5.7 billion.
In addition, capital investment over five years of up to $7.3 billion is needed.
But the report says the changes could save $4 billion a year by 2032-33.
Of the 123 recommendations, one that could be most welcomed is the suggestion that commonwealth fund a new Denticare Australia.
The commission’s final report, released publicly on Monday, says there are more than 650,000 people currently on public dental waiting lists and the dental health of children is worsening.
‘To address these problems we are recommending a new universal scheme for access to basic dental services – Denticare Australia,’ the report says.
It will cost an estimated $3.6 billion a year. Under the scheme every Australian will have access to basic dental services ‘regardless of people’s ability to pay’.
It will be funded through an increase in the Medicare levy of 0.75 per cent of an individual’s taxable income.
source : www.bigpondnews.com
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Posted in Local News, tagged "if safe"., 200 people, assessed, brave, cancelled, chief executive, company, decided, dubious, express, ferry service, force, forecasts, four trips, gale, gale-force winds, holiday, holidaymakers, island, journey, Local News, major, Monday, obligation, Oceanic Express, operator, passengers, pre-booked, prevailing, provide services, Relief, Rottnest Express, Rottnest Island, Rotto, run, running, safe, scheduled, sea, service, services, skeleton, stranded, stranded on the island, Sunday, Tim Crosland, today, tomorrow, travellers, weather conditions, weekend, winds on June 26, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Relief is on the way for stranded holidaymakers on Rottnest Island after a major ferry service decided to brave dubious weather conditions this weekend.
Rottnest Express had cancelled services until Monday, after forecasts of gale-force winds. It left up to 200 people stranded on the island until at least Monday, after the other operator, Oceanic Express, also decided against taking to the sea this weekend.
But Rottnest Express today decided to run skeleton services this weekend, with four trips to the island, and two back, tomorrow and Sunday.
Chief executive Tim Crosland said the company believed it had an obligation to always provide services “if safe”.
Each scheduled journey would be assessed on the prevailing weather conditions, he said.
Oceanic Express is running a service today for pre-booked passengers.
Source www.watoday.com.au
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Gale force winds tipped to hit Perth this weekend have forced two ferry operators to cancel all trips to Rottnest Island. 
The popular Rottnest Express confirmed it has cancelled all bookings from Friday to Sunday inclusive while Oceanic Cruises will not operate on Saturday or Sunday.
The third company which operates ferry trips to the island, Rottnest Fast Ferries, was already closed until July 3 for its regular winter break.
A Rottnest Express spokesman confirmed there had been “a few” bookings and all passengers would be issued refunds, while Oceanic Cruises did not have any bookings for this weekend.
Bureau of Meteorology public weather services manager Neil Bennett said waters from Yanchep to Mandurah and offshore to Rottnest Island could expect winds reaching between 30 to 40 knots on Friday and Saturday.
Mr Bennett said it was likely the Bureau would issue at least a strong wind warning but likely a gale force wind warning for the area.
Source : www.thewest.com.au
Posted in ALL news, tagged $22.78, $25.51, account, Adelaide, aggressively, airfares., Airline, ALL news, around, assault, August 4, Australia, available, beer, belts, between, carton, carton of beer, charges, climate, commercial director, cost, costs, current, cut, cut the cost, cut-price, destinations, discount, discount fares, discount flights, Don't buy, Economic, extra, Fares, fly, from $23.33, Gold Coast, holiday, including taxes, Jetstar, King William Travel, less, little, low fare, luggage, manager, March 24., Melbourne, one-way, one-way flight, perth, Platinum Pure Blonde, price, Qantas, reports, rivals, Sandra Cosic, school, school holidays, seats, services, Steve Burns, summer, Sydney, taxes, thanks, The Advertiser, Tiger Airways., tightening, travel, travellers, Tuesday, various, Virgin Blue, Wednesday., weekend on June 24, 2009| Leave a Comment »
TRAVELLERS can fly to destinations around Australia for less than the price of carton of beer thanks to cut-price airline Tiger Airways.
As part of its latest discount assault on rivals Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin Blue, Tiger Airways has aggressively cut the cost of some of its airfares.
For a limited time some of Tiger’s one-way flights from Sydney to Melbourne cost as little as $25.51, the Gold Coast to Melbourne from $23.33, or Adelaide to Perth costs $22.78, including taxes, The Advertiser reports.
But there is a catch. While there are 30,000 seats available for various destinations, the price is for a one-way flight which must be taken on a Tuesday or a Wednesday between August 4 and March 24.
The discount flights aren’t available during the summer school holidays, from December 15 to January 27, or on March 9 and 10.
Tiger Airways says the fares include all fees and taxes, so in essence, it is giving away the seat on the plane.
The fares include up to 7kg of carry-on luggage, but passengers are charged $10 for up to 15kg and $35 for up to 25kg of check-in luggage. The one-way discount fares include Adelaide to Sydney for $28.76 and to Melbourne for $25.14.
“For the price of a couple of movie tickets or a few beers you can travel some of Tiger Airways’ most popular routes midweek,” Tiger commercial director Steve Burns said.
“While everyone’s tightening their belts in the current economic climate, it’s nice to know you can still take a short break or get that work-life balance back on track with incredible deals like this.”
Comparable airfares from Adelaide to Perth aboard Jetstar during the same period currently cost $79, with Virgin Blue’s from $89 and Qantas’s from $129.
King William Travel manager Sandra Cosic said people needed to be wary of what they received for a low fare, taking into account extra charges for luggage and other services.
“But there are some great deals out there,” she said.
Tiger’s 30,000-seat “Just Pay Taxes and Charges” sale is on until midnight tomorrow.
HOW TO PAY FOR YOUR FARE
Don’t buy that carton of Platinum Pure Blonde for the weekend. SAVE $37.98.
Instead of heading out for dinner, stay at home and eat in. SAVE $20-$30.
Wait for that new movie to hit the DVD shelves instead of catching it on opening night. SAVE $34.
Give up that manicure. Your nails can wait a little longer. SAVE $40.
Bring instant coffee to work for a week instead of buying two a day. SAVE $35.
Catch public transport to work for a week instead of driving. SAVE $40.
Source : www.news.com.au
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