Momentum is building to resurrect the cotton industry in the Kimberley's Ord Irrigation Scheme, with trials underway and more farming land being developed.
The company developing stage two of the Ord has shelved its plans to grow sugar cane and is now focusing on cotton as its preferred broadacre crop.
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The Government has agreed to extend the Cashless Debit Card trial sites in Ceduna, South Australia and East Kimberley, Western Australia due to the strong independent evaluation results, released today and in consultation with community leaders.
The Wave 1 Report of the independent evaluation being undertaken by ORIMA Research concluded that &q... |
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Thieves have been accused of putting lives at risk by stealing crocodile warning signs from popular beaches in the northern WA town of Broome.
The signs have been repeatedly targeted by people looking for a souvenir, prompting the local Shire to warn that beachgoers are being put in danger.
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The ASX200 had a positive week and ended 0.8% higher. The Aussie dollar drifted lower down 0.7%, oil was hit hard on higher US stockpiles and production, gold drifted lower on the much anticipated US interest rate move and iron ore continued south. As expected the Reserve Bank of Australia kept interest rates on hold and maintained a neutral sta... |
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Last September, as his proposed $5 per tonne iron ore tax enjoyed healthy popular support, a confident WA Nationals leader Brendon Grylls sat down with representatives from the big end of the mining sector and told them he was ready for a fight.
And a fight was what he got.
It looks increasingly likely that Grylls could lose his seat ... |
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