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Cruise ships buoy WA economy with cash, jobs as Pacific Eden calls Fremantle port home


THE cruise ship industry injected more than $275 million into the WA economy last financial year, generating more than 1000 jobs. International cruise ships dock in Western Australia for only a few days, but their contribution to the state's economy is long-lasting, according to premier Colin Barnett. Mr Barnett said WA was on track f...

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Mowaljarlai Vision and Voice gives insight into bush professor

It would have been a treat to witness the meeting of the two strangers at a Kalgoorlie mining conference in 1974, David Mowaljarlai and Hannah Rachel Bell. The lean-framed Ngarinyin law man, then 49, had been invited to tell 500 hard-nosed mining executives about Aboriginal land rights, at a time when the West Australian government remained ...

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WA tourism fund cuts 'a mistake'

The West Australian government is making a mistake cutting tourism funding by more than $20 million at a time when it should be boosted to make up for the loss of the mining boom's riches, says the industry's peak body. WA had a four per cent decline in international visitor expenditure in 2015 compared to dramatic growth on the east...

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Chinese company set to become WA's biggest landholder after farm deal

A Shanghai-based company taking Australian Rules football to China is poised to become WA's biggest landholder after signing deals to buy stations in the Kimberley and Goldfields and farms on the edge of the Wheatbelt. The Shanghai CRED investment around cattle production in WA is separate to its big stake in the winning $370 million off...

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WA's SAWA aggregation sells to new investment group for close to $100m

Western Australia's extensive SAWA grazing property aggregation has been sold, for a figure understood to be close to the asking price of $100m. The deal may be WA's biggest-ever pastoral property transaction. By Jon Condon, 20 April 2016 Read more... Source: Beefcentral.com Image: Moola Bulla breeder muster, beefcentral....

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Inquiry into regional airfares in Western Australia

It was announced in Parliament yesterday that Economics and Industry Standing Committee resolved to inquire into and report on matters relating to airfare prices on regular public transport (RPT) air routes in regional Western Australia. In particular, the Committee will evaluate the: a. factors contributing to the current high cost o...

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