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Garrett unleashes cane toad plan
18 Mar 10 | Federal environment protection minister Peter Garrett today invited comment on a new plan to tackle the ever-expanding cane toad menace.   | CommentsComments (3) | Cane toads are cactus - for now | WA's cane toad numbers set to ...
08 Mar 10 | KEVIN RUDD has received a resounding endorsement of his health reform plan with eight out of 10 voters supporting the Commonwealth taking a greater role in funding the public hospital system.
Add your name to Ausbuy's anti-BSE import petition
25 Feb 10 | AUSTRALIAN-owned advocacy group Ausbuy is calling on members of the public to sign a petition requesting the proposed changes to beef import laws be withdrawn.  | CommentsComments (1) | Why would consumers want BSE beef?
GM protesters call on Redman to resign
24 Feb 10 | ABOUT 150 protesters attended a rally on the steps of Parliament House yesterday, to voice their concerns about the use of genetically modified (GM) technology in WA.  | CommentsComments (17) | Anti-GM lobbyists furious
Nats call for mass cull of dirty camels
29 Dec 09 | THE federal opposition is considering declaring a war on camels as part of its climate change policy, arguing that the desert pest is responsible for more emissions than the exhaust of 300,000 cars.  | CommentsComments (1) | WA feels the heat as the ... | Doctor shortage looms
Kevin Rudd: All talk and no action
29 Dec 09 | KEVIN Rudd has flown back to Australia after a gruelling few days in Copenhagen having just agreed with other world leaders to do, well … not that much on climate change.
11 Dec 09 | REGIONAL Development and Lands Minister Brendon Grylls has announced another review of WA's pastoral lease rents.
09 Dec 09 | Only nine local governments have volunteered to merge into three new councils, but Local Government Minister John Castrilli says another 54 are amenable to amalgamation.
More Govt funding to promote ag careers
07 Nov 09 | THE Federal Government has opened up a second round of grants to promote careers in agriculture and support the next generation of rural leaders.
02 Nov 09 | PREMIER Colin Barnett has agreed to meet with representatives of the Pastoralists and Graziers Association (PGA) to discuss a huge increase in pastoral rents. WA pastoralists are still reeli
Cut the Red Tape
30 Oct 09 | THE State Government has announced moves to overhaul and streamline WA's cumbersome and inefficient approvals processes.
Climate change is much ado over nothing
30 Oct 09 | IF the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) goes ahead as planned, a carbon price of $30/t will produce a direct cost of $3000 every year for a family of four. That was the warning
30 Oct 09 | AUTHOR, science communicator and public speaker Joanne Nova knows the world has warmed in the past century, but unlike many scientists in her field, she doesn't put the warming down to carbon.
Rise in rental rates incenses pastoralists
25 Sep 09 | WA pastoralists are reeling from massive increases in their land rental rates, with some facing rises of up to 550 per cent on previous figures.
Bidding big to hear Brendon's secret
18 Sep 09 | HOW much would you expect to pay for an exclusive one-on-one lunch at Parliament House with WA National Party leader and Regional Development Minister, Brendon Grylls?
20 Aug 09 | A decision by Regional Development Minister Brendon Grylls to not provide details of a fuel contract was inappropriate and unreasonable, the WA Auditor-General has found.
ALP to probe Catania's finances
22 Jul 09 | New Nationals MP Vince Catania has hit back at his former party's claims there were "financial irregularities" in his campaign funding in the last State election, saying it was a "smear campaign" and an attempt to damage his credibility.   | CommentsComments (1) | Labor MP quits to join WA ...
Labor MP quits to join WA Nationals
21 Jul 09 | Labor MP Vince Catania has quit the party to join the Nationals.
Barnett becoming 'increasingly secretive'
15 Jul 09 | Moves to sideline one of WA's most senior public servants by abolishing her watchdog role are "a major step backwards", the Opposition says.
NFF in recruitment drive
03 Jul 09 | WA representation on Australia's peak farming body could resume after the National Farmers Federation last week relaxed its membership requirements in a revamp of its constitution.   | CommentsComments (2)
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