Union leaders, along with the families of FIFO workers have condemned the Barnett Government’s failure to implement the recommendations of the bi-partisan Parliamentary Inquiry into the Impact of FIFO Work Practices on Mental Health, presenting a petition calling for an urgent change to Parliament. And this is happening while Pilbara Cities investors go bankrupt. Rome wasn’t built Read the full article…
Unions condemn Barnett government regarding FIFO suicides
Nov 17, 2016 Articles | Government & Policy
Who wants a $152m marina in Port Hedland?
Nov 16, 2016 Articles | Government & Policy
So Port Hedland is to get a new marina! But who is going to use it? I was in the Pilbara for the Melbourne Cup, which everyone knows as ‘the race that stops the nation’. Well, perhaps for the rest of the nation. Not one taker for the fantastic menu and screening of the race Read the full article…
Who would want to live there?
Nov 9, 2016 Articles | Featured
For city folk, a trip to the Pilbara and seeing some of the accommodation can be a little shocking. “I had no idea they lived like that!” “What is there to do?” “I couldn’t live in that.” These are typical of the comments we hear from visitors. Many fly-in-fly-out (FIFO) workers tell us they couldn’t possibly live there either, so Read the full article…