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Beating a path to Pathfinder
11 Feb 12 | IT IS not even finished yet but Australia's newest radio telescope is effectively booked out for the first five years.
Pastoralists react to viability comments
11 Feb 12 | PASTORALISTS have accused Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Regional Development and Lands, Wendy Duncan of being out of touch after comments made in last week's Farm Weekly.
10 Feb 12 | ABOUT 3250 hectares of prime Three Springs farmland has been purchased by a subsidiary of mining company Asia Iron Holdings.   | CommentsComments (1)
10 Feb 12 | WA company 4Farmers has dismissed claims of dumping as "nonsense" after Customs and Border Protection announced it would be conducting an inquiry into the alleged dumping of fully formulated glyphosate products imported into Australia from China.
WA govt launches new food initiative
09 Feb 12 | MUCH has been said about the issue of food security and how a projected population of 9 billion people by 2050 will be fed.   | CommentsComments (1)
09 Feb 12 | FIRTESCUE Metals Group will have to meet strict conditions to minimise environmental impacts associated with an expansion of its Cloudbreak iron ore mine in the Pilbara, Western Australia's Environmental watchdog announced today.
08 Feb 12 | THE Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) has wrapped up its biggest firefighting operation in decades after more than a month of battling multiple fires that burned through more than 800,000ha of mostly pastoral land near Carnarvon.
08 Feb 12 | A NEW work camp aimed at rehabilitating offenders through valuable community work will be launched today in Western Australia’s Wheatbelt region.
07 Feb 12 | THE formal opening of Kununurra’s new airport terminal last Friday and a new public jetty in Wyndham on Saturday are the latest developments to vital community assets in the growing East Kimberley region.
07 Feb 12 | THE State Government has said it is committed to assisting small businesses, primary producers, churches, sporting associations and voluntary non-profit organisations whose assets have been destroyed or damaged as a result of a declared natural disaster caused by bushfire, cyclone, earthquake, storm, flood, natural hazard, meteorite strike, storm surge, tornado, landslide or tsunami.
07 Feb 12 | DOZENS of bores will be upgraded or replaced and six new bores installed as part of a $24million water source project in Albany.
One year on, silver lining out of the ashes
06 Feb 12 | NOLA Bosveld stands on the bare patch of land where her home of 20 years used to stand, and smiles.
06 Feb 12 | THE West Australian mining industry is welcoming the proposed $1 billion cash and land native title agreement that the West Australian government hopes to settle.
06 Feb 12 | A NATIONAL survey has been launched this week as part of an innovative project, Working Safe in Rural and Remote Australia.
WA potash company takes vital step
06 Feb 12 | LABORATORY quantities of commercial quality potash have been produced by WA exploration company, Potash West.
06 Feb 12 | WA livestock transporters will approach the government for compensation following the successful appeal of Mitchell's Transport in the District Court recently.
Pastoralists slam rent rise decision
04 Feb 12 | PASTORALISTS are concerned about the future of their industry following the State Government's decision to increase pastoral rents for the third time in three years.
03 Feb 12 | THE government has announced the biggest shake-up of the state's ports in decades, in what it says will create greater benefits from the booming commodity exports industry.
Mitchell appointed Fed Director of Nationals
03 Feb 12 | FEDERAL President of The Nationals, John Tanner, has announced that Scott Mitchell has been appointed Federal Director of The Nationals.
Growing landholder interest in carbon sink opportunities
03 Feb 12 | THE number of landholders investigating carbon sink opportunities with CO2 Australia, the largest provider in the sector, has increased by 681% since the introduction of the Federal Government’s Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) in August 2011.
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