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  • EPA backs Pilbara port algae farm

    A planned multi-user iron ore port in the Pilbara region has been given the nod by the State's Environmental Protection Authority.The port at Cape Preston East, about 60km south-west of Dampier, will use an innovative method to transfer iron ore from shore to ship, removing the need for dredging.Self-powered barges will transfer iron ore produced by port proponent, Iron Ore Holdings, to a ...

  • Inquest told lack of communication key to plane crash

    Gascoyne Junction 6705 An inquest has begun into the deaths of a pilot and a spotter who were taking part in a goat cull in Western Australia's Gascoyne when their plane collided with a helicopter.Daniel Joseph Kean, 39, and Bradleigh Michael Roulston, 23, were contracted by the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Environment and Conservation to help in a goat cull in February ...

  • Swan says WA does ok for Commonwealth funding

    Perth 6000 The federal Treasurer Wayne Swan has hit back at the Premier's complaints over the Goods and Services Tax. Colin Barnett has warned his government could be forced to raise taxes if the state's share of the funding does not increase. Mr Swan is in Perth inspecting work on the jointly funded Gateway road project and says WA is not as hard done by as Mr Barnett makes out. ...

  • Ningaloo search called off amid sting claims

    The search for a Canberra man has been called off five days after he disappeared and his wife died while snorkelling at a remote beach near Coral Bay.Rob Shugg, 48, and Kathreen Ricketson, 41, were snorkelling at Elle's beach, about 5.5km north of Warroora Station, on Wednesday afternoon when they ran into trouble.Ms Rickerson's body washed up on the beach after her 10-year-old son saw ...

  • EPA recommends go ahead for port near Karratha

    Karratha 6714 The Environmental Protection Authority has recommended a proposed multi-user port south-west of Karratha be approved.Iron Ore Holdings plans to build the iron ore export facility at Cape Preston East, using a loading method that eliminates the need for dredging.It is the second proposed port in the Pilbara to gain environmental approval in the last week after the Federal ...


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  • Man dies after Rebels party in Busselton

    Busselton 6280 Police are investigating the death of a man at the Rebels motorcycle gang club house in Busselton at the weekend.Police say the incident occurred at a party held at the Hithergreen address on Friday night.A 25-year-old man is believed to have stopped breathing and was rushed to Busselton Hospital.He could not be revived.Busselton Detectives say the man was an associate of the ...

  • Broome boy coy over Demi

    When asked about his background, Hanigan told PerthNow he has spent most of his life in Broome after attending boarding school in Victoria, but said he is "pretty ...

  • Single but complicated says Demis boy

    Broome boy coy over Demi BROOME pearl diver Will Hanigan is keeping quiet about his rumoured relationship with Hollywood actress Demi ...

  • WA rates high for drug labs

    An Australian Crime Commission report has revealed WA has the second highest rate of clandestine laboratory detections in Australia.According to the Illicit Drug Data Report, 160 laboratories were found in the State in 2011-12.More than 90 per cent of the laboratories involved a highly volatile manufacturing method.Queensland had the most clandestine laboratories for the tenth year in a row with ...

  • Drenching interrupts dry season

    The dry season in northern WA was interrupted by heavy rainfall over the western Kimberley and eastern Pilbara overnight.According to the Weather Bureau, Broome had 55mm of rain, Fitzroy Crossing 28mm, Port Hedland 37mm and Marble Bar 54mm in the 24 hours to 9am today.Perth had about 6mm overnight and Rottnest 18.6mm.Duty forecaster Ricus Lombard said the heavy rainfall was unusual for this time ...

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