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Luxury Kimberley resort to rebuild after fire in time for next year's tourist season

Management at the luxury El Questro resort in the Kimberley is confident they will be able to rebuild in time for the 2017 tourist season. A fire burning through the East Kimberley has damaged up to 30 tented cabins, staff accommodation, and maintenance sheds at Emma Gorge Resort, part of the iconic El Questro Wilderness Park. The Depart...

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The Art of Small Business

Broome and the Kimberley are well known, throughout the world for many things, including the art which emanates from our region. Here at the Chamber we are very aware of the fact that Broome's artists and artisans are small business owners.  The recent "Artist Spark" event, which was a great success, is testimony to the cr...

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Lockup Cafe offers free venue hire with Christmas catering package

The Lockup Cafe has launched its Christmas catering campaign offering free venue hire with catering orders. Rather than a set catering menu, Gavin from the Lockup consults individuals about what style of food they like, how it should be served and their budget to ensure they meet expectations each time. This flexibility has been a suc...

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Local Business takes pro-active approach to mental health through employment

According to an ABS study conducted in 2014, 45% of Australians between the ages of 16-85 will experience a mental health condition in their lifetime. It is also a fact that 1 in 5 Australians have taken time off work in the last 12 months due to feeling mentally unwell. In the last decade it has become clear to Kimberley Personnel that this ...

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Picky jobseekers: WA businesses forced to look overseas for staff despite rising unemployment rate

"PICKY" jobseekers are leaving WA restaurants and bars with a shortage of workers, despite the state having the second highest jobless rate in the country. Local venues are resorting to hiring kitchen and wait staff from Asia, Europe and the Americas. The shortage comes despite WA's unemployment rate hitting 6.3 per cent. ...

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Airlines vital for share of tourism boom

If Western Australia can crack the challenge of air access, the state seems perfectly poised to capitalise on China's outbound tourism boom. A recent survey of 100,000 Chinese households found 42 per cent of respondents said travel would be their top budget priority in 2018, so there is no indication the record numbers of Chinese reachin...

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