A $5 million Commonwealth-funded study into the feasibility of expanding Western Australia's Ord Irrigation Scheme into the Northern Territory will ramp up in the coming months.
The NT's Department of Environment and Natural Resources (NTDENR) is getting ready to send teams into Ord Stage 3 to test soils and water.
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The threat of a cyclone this week disrupted the start of Broome's cruise ship season with the 2000 passenger Sun Princess cancelling its visit to Broome yesterday.
In a welcome amendment to the planned visits today's MS Sirena is now staying overnight and will be departing Broome Friday the 24th at 9:00AM.
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City of Karratha councillors have decided not to support implementing new daily takeaway alcohol restrictions after the majority of respondents to a community survey voted against the changes.
The West Pilbara Liquor Accord is considering introducing in the Pilbara identification-scanning liquor restrictions which would limit alcohol purc... |
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Yet again the Greens have lodged a disallowance motion in Federal Parliament in an attempt to discontinue the cashless debit card trials in the East Kimberley and Ceduna.
Greens senator Rachel Siewert, who lodged it today, wants to stop the proposed extension of the trials to June.
The cards, which isolate 80 per cent of welfare payme... |
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research project will reveal for the first time the journeys of enormous dinosaurs up and down the north-western WA coast, prompting debate amongst locals about how the historic site should be both protected and opened up for tourism.
Researcher Steve Salisbury said it was the first time the thousands of footprints have been recorded.
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