TOWN of Port Hedland Commissioner Fred Reibeling says the once-dysfunctional Pilbara council is back on track after it was suspended over complaints of bullying, harassment and in-fighting. The former Labor MP told StreetWise by the time his six-month commission expires,…
ROE 8, Outer Harbour and Freo port jobs dominate social media threads in the lead up to elections across several south metropolitan local authorities including Melville, Fremantle and Cockburn. The online frenzy has brought out politically aligned elected members, particularly…
I ran for South Ward in 2017 as an independent and played by the rules of the game by ensuring that my candidate registration information was true and correct. The Council’s returning officer highlighted the serious nature of providing incorrect…
WESTPORT project director Tim Collins has apologised for making inappropriate sexist comments about his boss Nicole Lockwood. The offensive remarks about the taskforce chairman and Water Corporation board member were made at a Westport taskforce public meeting in Kwinana on…
WA Planning Minister Rita Saffioti has rejected Karratha council plans to reactivate the historic town of Cossack - leaving landowners furious. Ms Saffioti wrote to CEO Chris Adams on September 6 stating it had not demonstrated the impact of coastal hazards,…
UNIONS played a vital role in building the social infrastructure Karratha needed after it was gazetted on August 8, 1969. Industrial chaos raged across the Pilbara. In the weeks leading up to the gazetting of the new townsite, thousands of…
OIL and gas giant Woodside discovered the North Rankin gas field about 135km northwest of Dampier just two years after Karratha was gazetted. The Goodwyn and Angel fields were discovered in 1972 and together, these resources formed the basis of…
MURUJUGA is the traditional Aboriginal name for the Dampier Archipelago and Burrup Peninsula. It means, ‘hip bone sticking out’, in the Ngarluma Yaburara language. Acting on a request by Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation, and described as, “a significant moment in the…
PILBARA MLA Kevin Michael says “long-term and sustainable optimism” has returned to the Pilbara after years of neglect by the previous Liberal-National Government. Mr Michael told Parliament on Wednesday since the Labor Government entered office the Pilbara’s population had stabilised,…
KARRATHA City tonight moved to allow off-the-grid developments at the historic site of Cossack, about 1480km north of Perth. The unanimous vote to adopt town planning scheme amendment No. 44 ends decades of frustration for land owners who have battled…
