Malcolm Turnbull will consider rolling out the cashless welfare card widely after [a recent trial in the East Kimberley and South Australia].
The card, which quarantines 80 per cent of a person's welfare benefits on a cashless card and leaves them 20 per cent in cash, was introduced in Ceduna on March 15 and in Western Australia's... |
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Billionaire Andrew Forrest has put himself on a collision course with the vocal anti-fracking lobby, with the Fortescue Metals founder applying for a broad parcel of oil and gas permits across Western Australia's environmentally sensitive Kimberley region.
Mr Forrest's private company Minderoo yesterday said its subsidiary Squadron E... |
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A new Western Australian state poll from Newspoll chimes with this week's ReachTEL in crediting Labor with a narrow lead, but marginal seat polls paint a grimmer picture for the Liberals.
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The flagship project for Western Australia's Water for Food program is being denied the opportunity to expand by the Department of Environment Regulation, which has rejected an application to clear land on the Indigenous-owned Mowanjum Station.
The WA Government and the Mowanjum Aboriginal Corporation (MAC) teamed up in 2014 for a $3.6 m... |
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The time is right for local residents to take a deep breath, relax and enjoy the Wet Season!
Last week the Chamber had the pleasure of inviting our new Members to enjoy the hospitality of The Zookeepers Store and to hear all about their plans for the Wet Season with the message of catering for the locals loud and clear.
A great atmosphere, ... |
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