Jun 3, 2015 Articles | Featured | Government & Policy
State Budget 2015-2016: The Pilbara to receive services and infrastructure boost from Royalties for Regions Part of Royalties for Regions $4 billion investment over four years in regional WA Western Australia’s Pilbara region is set to benefit from the State Government’s Royalties for Regions investment of $4 billion over the next four years in health, Read the full article…
May 26, 2015 Articles | Featured | Government & Policy
A marina waterfront development for Port Hedland is another step closer with Council last night endorsing Spoilbank as its preferred location for the development. Mayor Kelly Howlett said a new waterfront development would be a game changer for the community. “We’ve been working with the State Government, stakeholders and community members for a number of Read the full article…
May 26, 2015 Articles | Government & Policy
A parliamentary committee is examining the mental health impacts of the fly-in fly-out (FIFO) work arrangements that are so widely employed by the resources sectors in remote parts of Australia. A spate of suicide deaths amongst FIFO worker in the Pilbara prompted the formation of the committee, which will investigate whether resource companies are adopting Read the full article…
Apr 13, 2015 Articles | Government & Policy
The West Australian Lands Minister has refused to extend the lease on a large fly-in fly-out (FIFO) workers’ camp in the Pilbara. Woodside’s 2,000-bed Gap Ridge Village was set up on the outskirts of Karratha in 2007 to accommodate construction workers on the company’s Pluto LNG Project. The facility still houses some FIFO operational workers, Read the full article…
Jan 28, 2015 Articles | Featured | Government & Policy
Hedland’s new marina reference group will hold its first meeting on February 2 and begin studying reports into the town’s proposed $152 million marina development. The group are set to play a guiding role as debate about whether the marina should be located at the Spoilbank or Cooke Point looms. It is potentially one of Read the full article…
Dec 19, 2014 Articles | Featured | Government & Policy | State of the Market
The fall in the iron ore price is likely to get a solid run as a big part of the reason for the Federal Government’s bad news it will deliver this morning in Treasurer Joe Hockey’s MYEFO update. But Westpac’s head of market research Rob Rennie, writing in his monthly wrap of shipping activity in Read the full article…
Dec 11, 2014 Articles | Featured | Government & Policy
The Pilbara Development Commission last week opened a call for expressions of interest from suitable proponents with projects that aim to expand the economic base of the Pilbara. $12.3 million funding is available under the $30 million Royalties for Regions Pilbara Cities Economic Diversification Framework, for projects that can demonstrate an ability to deliver Read the full article…
Oct 28, 2014 Featured | Government & Policy | Video
Managing Director of MACRO Realty Developments, Veronica Macpherson talks to the architect of Pilbara Cities, former WA Nationals leader Brendon Grylls about the current development of the Pilbara region in Western Australia. Source: MACRO Realty Developments
Apr 30, 2012 Articles | Government & Policy
SO strongly is Western Australia performing, the national economy is now being viewed in terms of Australia as a whole and Australia excluding WA. The latest report card by Commonwealth Securities (CommSec) on Australia’s states suggests WA’s influence, courtesy of the mining boom, has become so powerful it warrants its own special consideration. Every three Read the full article…
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