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$120,000 Visitor Centre revamp starts

The Broome Visitor Centre entered the construction phase of its $120,000 revamp last week, which will transform the centre into a cultural attraction of its own. The revamp involves 28 new display units, a theatre room, stairs off the deck on to Male Oval, renovation of storage rooms into office spaces and the introduction of modular unit...

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Green light for exciting Town Beach upgrades

Major upgrades are coming to Broome's Town Beach with the Shire of Broome successful in securing grant funding from the State Government through Lotterywest. Planned improvements include developing precincts for heritage, youth and nature play, terraced viewing for the Staircase to the Moon, a look out and memorial, and expanding the ...

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Premier Mark McGowan's GST plan could see WA pocket $10 billion

The McGowan government wants to see a radical shake-up of how the GST is carved up between states, which could see $10 billion poured into WA's kitty. The state government's plan, which forms part of its submission to the Turnbull government's Productivity Commission inquiry into the GST distribution model, would see WA get an eq...

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Broome's IT businesses band together to urge protection from rampant global ransomware viruses

Broome's leading IT businesses have collaborated in a campaign to increase awareness of the dangers of cyber crime to local businesses. In an industry first for the region Leading Edge Computers, Best IT Business Solutions and Eclipse Kimberley (Computers) are banding together to urge all local businesses to protect thenselves against...

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Tariffs, fees and charges to assist in budget repair

Every Western Australian will need to share the burden of repairing the State Budget, with increases to household fees and charges announced today.

The charges form part of the 2017-18 Budget, with the changes taking effect from July 1, 2017.

Since taking office, the McGowan Government has embarked on a significant budget repair program to...

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Market Report with Paul Wareing - Feb 21, 2017

We had a pretty good week all in all on the local market last week. This came on the back of a a good NAB Business Survey that saw confidence nudging feel good levels akin to pre-GFC numbers. The service industries were a stand out and high commodity prices gave a boost to the mining sector. In fact , iron ore prices were up a further 7% last we...

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