Posted July 05, 2016 07:45:46 Kayne Moyle, Chamber Minerals Energy WA, plans to lobby new Senate to pass ‘one-stop-shop’ environmental approvals legislation to give state governments greater oversight. Babs McHugh Source: ABC Rural | Duration: 5min 14sec Topics: mining-rural, oil-and-gas, federal-elections, federal—state-issues, federal-parliament, mining-environmental-issues, mining-industry, perth-6000 Source link
Posted July 04, 2016 18:04:58 Related Story: Shares rise despite election uncertainty, but banks slide Related Story: Knife-edge election creates business uncertainty, credit rating concerns The share market has closed higher for the fourth day in a row, with only bank stocks hit by the uncertain federal election outcome. The ASX 200 index rose by
Updated July 04, 2016 14:10:19 The Australian Mines and Metals Association (AMMA) says the possibility of a hung parliament does not auger well for industrial relations reform. Policy director Scott Barklamb is concerned that if Labor forms a minority government, proposed measures in the recent federal budget will not be passed. “For Australia to be
Jim Benn's light aircraft used to fly between King Island and Queensland Source link
Posted July 01, 2016 14:59:40 Photo: Jim Benn and Andrew Blake build a ‘studio on wheels’ on King Island, a cheaper option than shipping in a caravan from the mainland (ABC Rural: Margot Kelly) If you live on King Island, in the middle of the Bass Strait between Tasmania and Victoria, everything you order needs
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'Window fixed!!' triumphantly written on dusty window Source link
Posted July 01, 2016 18:02:03 Photo: The All Ordinaries Index and the ASX 200 have closed higher. (AFP: STR) The local share market has recovered most of its losses since last week’s Brexit result, but some gains made this morning faded during the afternoon thanks to a sell-off in financial stocks. The All Ordinaries Index
King Islanders' DIY approach to caravaning Source link
Posted July 01, 2016 08:47:03 Photo: Territory business owner Diana Nicholls is experiencing the flow-on effects of a slowing economy. (105.7 ABC Darwin: Emilia Terzon) In the frenetic build up to federal elections, policy announcements around tax redistribution, trade deals and industry investment are today entirely predictable. But far north of Canberra, Northern Territory businesses
