The reef supports over 1500 species such as corals, endangered turtles and sea snakes, fish species and migratory whales. Photo: supplied / Nush Freedman Photography Marine scientists, film-makers and conservationists made a 300km voyage from WA’s Kimberley coastline to Scott Reef to highlight the threats posed by Woodside’s Browse gas proposal. The 12-strong group included…
Picture: stock THE WA Government is to temporarily waive taxes and fees for the lithium industry for up to two years in the face of a global plunge in prices. The state government sees the industry as critical; WA supplied about 50 per cent of the world’s lithium. In the 2023-24 financial year, lithium miners…
Picture: stock THE WA Government is to set up a new Local Government Inspector to monitor local councils under new reforms that passed state parliament. An Office of the Inspector is to be with greater powers to oversee, and intervene quickly in, local councils, the government says. It says the office will employ monitors to…
Mackay recorded 8.3 per cent quarterly growth in property values, says CoreLogic. Picture: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI Regional and coastal housing markets are again outperforming capital cities as Queensland and Western Australia lead the way, says a new property quarterly report. The latest update from property analysts CoreLogic found that housing values in regional areas rose 1.1…
Photo: stock The WA government has a problem – it wants to return $170 million in unclaimed money only the owners can’t be found, it says. The unclaimed money has been listed on a public WA Register of Unclaimed Money. The register was recently updated with around 147,000 new records, which included large individual unclaimed…
WA is now eyeing tradies in NZ and offering a bonus for them to relocate. Picture: stock The WA Government has expanded efforts to recruit tradies from eastern Australia to New Zealand by offering them $10,000 bonuses to relocate. The government’s Build a Life in WA scheme is designed to lure construction professionals and workers…
Picture: stock The WA Government says the move to a new $7.2 billion Westport container port at Kwinana is now entering its final planning stages. The work involves completion of designs, securing approvals, resolving risks, land acquisition, and refining costs and construction strategies ahead of the award of capital works contracts for construction. The government…
Picture: stock THE WA Government is spending $10m to add two more helicopters to its aerial firefighting fleet for what it says will be a busy fire season. The two ex-military Black Hawk helicopters that will join the state firefighting fleet can hold up to 4500 litres of water each. They will be available for…