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Conversations at Parliament House: How does each party believe they will benefit Broome?

Liberal:  Infrastructure development funded by the sale of Western Power, guided by the Broome Growth Plan which Redman describes as the 'prospectus to sell Broome'. National:  Large and small scale infrastructure development in the regions funded by the increase in special lease rental rate and royalties for regions. ...

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Conversations at Parliament House: Lewis wants government to get out of the road

The newly appointed Minister for Agriculture enters our meeting declaring he'll be in the position for another 4 years to come.  An optimism born from his genuine need to be truly effective with dealing with the government's processing of agriculture applications. The Kimberley's Mowanjum and Nita Downs are both discussed...

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Conversations at Parliament House: Grylls believes WA is left mopping up the afterbirth

$8billion debt of Western Power is among the economic hangovers of WA's mining birth.  Or so says Nationals leader Brendon Grylls who passionately believes the state has been duped of revenue from GST and outdated contracts with big mining companies. Slapping the table of the desk Grylls says he's "DAMN PROUD" of th...

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Conversations at Parliament House: Will the sale of Western Power affect Horizon customers?

With the price of power recently revealed to be the highest rising cost to small businesses in Broome in the 15/16 financial year, what will happen to the North West in the event of Western Power's sale? Currently Western Power customers subsidise Horizon with a $130million TEF (Tariff Equalisation Fund). Terry Redman explains that...

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Release of the ACCC's Business-to-Business Unfair Contract Report

Are you ready for the business-to-business unfair contract terms law?

The ACCC reported on terms in standard form contracts that might raise concerns under the new business-to-business unfair contract terms law. The law came into effect on Saturday, 12 November.

Over 12 months, the ACCC worked with some of Australia's largest businesse...

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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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