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Working Together to increase FIFO opportunities

Ochre Workforce Solutions with the assistance of BCCI's Working Together recently gathered 40 local indigenous people to participate in a Skills Assessment Workshop at the Mangrove Hotel on Tuesday 29 November 2016, for the opportunity to enter the FIFO mining industry directly from Broome.  A leading iron ore mining operation in th...

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Unsafe Christmas products withdrawn

Eight toys and novelty items which use button batteries removed from sale Products from Perth stores inspected as part of a pre-Christmas safety program Parents and carers urged to be vigilant to the button battery danger Flashing reindeer noses were among eight items withdrawn from sale after being found to be unsafe du...

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Pearl Harbor anniversary a reminder of Broome WWII attacks

As world leaders and crowds gather to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, most Australians are still unaware of our nation's deadly link to the so-called day of infamy. While Hollywood blockbusters and traditional schooling have ingrained the significance of the December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor attacks into our p...

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Qantas to Fly Non-Stop Perth to London

Qantas announced this week that they will begin direct non-stop flights between Perth and London. The 14,498km service will be the first regular passenger service to directly link Australia with Europe. When Qantas created the Kangaroo Route to London in 1947, it took four days and nine stops.  Now it will take just 17 hours from...

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Treasurer approves Gina Rinehart-led bid for Kidman cattle stations

A Gina Rinehart-led takeover offer for S. Kidman & Co, Australia's largest landholder, has been waved through by Treasurer Scott Morrison, bringing an end to the long-running sale saga. Ms Rinehart teamed up with Shanghai CRED Real Estate Stock Co to make a $365 million bid in October after a Shanghai Pengxin-led consortium's bid...

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LNG producers on a roll as market defies doomsayers

Australia's gas exporters are enjoying a brighter start to 2018 than for the last two years after stronger than expected growth in LNG demand last year averted a feared glut in supply and as oil prices reached levels not seen since December 2014. A robust 11.6 per cent expansion in LNG consumption in 2017, spurred by soaring Chinese impo...

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