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06 May 2010
Victoria Shadow Minister for Manufacturing Ryan Smith BRUMBY TURNS HIS BACK ON GEELONG BUSINESSES Victor P Taffa Victoria Premier John Brumby showed his lack of commitment to Geelong businesses yesterday when he revealed his ignorance about the Geelong Investment and Innovation Fund (GIIF). This $24 million fund was launched with the intention of supporting Geelong businesses and jobs, but [...]
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05 May 2010
Western Australia Minister for Regional Development and Lands Brendon Grylls Pilbara Water Projects approved Victor P Taffa Nine Pilot Water Projects and associated works in the Pilbara will go ahead as part of the $358.5 Million Royalties for Regions Pilbara Revitalisation Plan. Regional Development and Lands Minister Brendon Grylls announced the nine projects that would share $2.5 Million, allocated [...]
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30 April 2010
Western Australia Minister for Lands Brendon Grylls Pilbara Cities project to deliver affordable housing for Karratha service workers Victor P Taffa Earthworks are set to start on a service workers’ accommodation village in Karratha, which will deliver much-needed affordable rental accommodation for non-resource sector employees. The project is a key component of the State Government’s Royalties for Region’s Pilbara [...]
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26 March 2010
Western Australia Minister for Lands Brendon Grylls Apartments set to rise in the Pilbara with preferred developer selected Victor P Taffa The face of accommodation in Karratha will be revolutionised, with work set to start on the Pilbara’s first modern high-rise residential and commercial development by the middle of next year. The Liberal-National Government today announced the awarding of [...]
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26 March 2010
Western Australia Premier Colin Barnett Apartments set to rise in the Pilbara with preferred developer selected Victor P Taffa The face of accommodation in Karratha will be revolutionised, with work set to start on the Pilbara’s first modern high-rise residential and commercial development by the middle of next year. The Liberal-National Government today announced the awarding of a contract [...]
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17 March 2010
Western Australia Minister for Regional Development Brendon Grylls Royalties for Regions funding applications to be assessed for regional communities. Victor P Taffa Western Australia Minister for Regional Development Brendon Grylls has welcomed the tremendous response to the second round of the Liberal-National Government’s Royalties for Regions Regional Grants Scheme. “A total of 689 applications, amounting to almost $106 Million [...]
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16 March 2010
Western Australia Minister for Regional Development Brendon Grylls Preferred proponent chosen for first phase of Ord Expansion Victor P Taffa The Liberal-National Government’s $220 Million Ord-East Kimberley Expansion Project today reached its biggest milestone with the awarding of the first major construction contract. Premier Colin Barnett announced the successful proponent would be a joint venture between Leighton / Indigenous [...]
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23 February 2010
Western Australia Minister for Regional Development Brendon Grylls World famous CowParade moo-ves to Margaret River Victor P Taffa A herd of cows held the limelight in Margaret River today as Western Australia Minister for Regional Development Brendon Grylls launched the internationally-acclaimed CowParade. Mr Grylls said the event would become a landmark on the local arts and tourism calendar and [...]
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11 February 2010
Western Australia Minister for Regional Development Brendon Grylls Call for WA Regional Development Trust members Victor P Taffa Western Australia Minister for Regional Development Brendon Grylls has called for expressions of interest from prospective members of the Western Australian Regional Development Trust (WARDT). Mr Grylls said the trust would play an important role in determining the allocation of money [...]
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09 February 2010
Western Australia Minister for Regional Development Brendon Grylls Royalties for Regions money to continue for country local governments Victor P Taffa Western Australia Minister for Regional Development and Lands Brendon Grylls has confirmed his commitment to the Country Local Government Fund (CLGF) as a key element in the State Government’s Royalties for Regions program. Mr Grylls has written to [...]
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05 February 2010
Western Australia Minister for Regional Development Brendon Grylls Jurien Bay foreshore development kicks off Victor P Taffa Western Australia Minister for Regional Development Brendon Grylls today launched the $2 Million redevelopment of the Jurien Bay foreshore. The foreshore project, which received $750,000 from the State Government’s Royalties for Regions Wheatbelt Regional Grants Scheme, includes the construction of a new [...]
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28 January 2010
Western Australia Minister for Regional Development Brendon Grylls $65 million to secure power supply for Pilbara communities Victor P Taffa The State Government will provide a further $65 million to secure the power supply for the coastal communities of Karratha, Roebourne, South Hedland and Onslow as part of the Royalties for Regions Pilbara Revitalisation Plan. A new network of [...]
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28 January 2010
Western Australia Minister for Regional Development Brendon Grylls Western Australia Minister for Health Kim Hames High tech equipment arrives in the Pilbara Victor P Taffa Hospitals across the Pilbara have taken delivery of new medical equipment, including a foetal heart monitor, to significantly improve patient care and comfort. Western Australia Minister for Regional Development Brendon Grylls said the equipment was [...]
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18 January 2010
Western Australia Minister for Lands Brendon Grylls Call for EOI for new business ventures on pastoral land Victor P Taffa The Western Australia State Government has invited expressions of interest (EOIs) from pastoral land lessees to identify new business ventures that can be undertaken on existing pastoral leases or as new land tenure types. Western Australia Minister for Lands [...]
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14 January 2010
Tamworth 14-24 January 2010 Oxley Local Area Command Music fans encouraged to have fun, celebrate safely – Tamworth Country music fans attending this year’s festival in Tamworth are being encouraged by the NSW Police Force to have fun, but to celebrate safely. Police will be out in force in and around the Tamworth CBD as thousands of country music [...]
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28 December 2009
Victor P Taffa Central Western farmers including those at Gilgandra are relieved at a low pressure trough that is bringing heavy rainfall to many parched areas of the State. The low pressure trough extends from inland Queensland to the New South Wales South Coast, where it links with a front passing over the Tasman Sea. The trough [...]
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28 December 2009
Victor P Taffa 20 years ago at 10.27 am on Thursday, 28 December, 1989, the City of Newcastle was devastated by an earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale. The earthquake is regarded as one of Australia’s worst natural disasters. The earthquake claimed 13 lives including: 9 people at the Newcastle Workers Club 3 people in Beaumont Street Hamilton 1 person [...]
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14 October 2009
“Ebay is no way to run New South Wales” Victor P Taffa Hunter residents’ filled Newcastle Leagues Club auditorium on Wednesday October 8 2009 and key speakers called upon the Rees Government to start listening or face the consequences at the 2011 State election. Among the assembled were local Government and State Government representatives including Greg Piper [...]
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14 October 2009
Victor P Taffa Local café proprietor Judy Priedigkeit is concerned at the lack of bicycle racks within the CBD of Cooma. Visitors and residents are tripping over bicycles that are strewn over the footpaths because of the lack of adequate bike racks. At any time of the day particularly when ‘school is out’ passage to Judy’s [...]
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