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Woodside happy, green groups upset, about WA land acquisition

Created Fri, 3^rd of Sep 2010

Director of the green group Environs Kimberley says WA Premier Colin Barnett's decision to compulsory acquire land, north of Broome, has broken agreements with the Commonwealth and Traditional ... more
Departments reach deal on local mining plans

Created Fri, 3^rd of Sep 2010

The Western Australian Government says it has taken a balanced approach in its environmental arrangements for a resource-rich area north of Southern Cross. Environment Minister Donna Faragher and ... more
Professor calls for better plan on mining and farming

Created Fri, 3^rd of Sep 2010

An academic says Australia needs a comprehensive plan of how much land we want to set aside for mining, for agriculture and for the environment. Professor of ecology and mathematics at the ... more
Minister rebuffs call for mining town funding

Created Fri, 3^rd of Sep 2010

Queensland Infrastructure Minister Stirling Hinchliffe says mining industries should be investing in mining infrastructure in regional communities rather than the State Government. The Barcaldine ... more
Farmers should own soil carbon, says report

Created Fri, 3^rd of Sep 2010

A Victorian Parliamentary committee report has found farmers should own the carbon in their soil. The report recommends that carbon sequestration rights be clarified under Victorian ... more
Arbitration if land acquisition negotiations fail

Created Fri, 3^rd of Sep 2010

The National Native Title Tribunal says it may be asked to decide whether the Government's compulsory acquisition of land in the Kimberley can go ahead. The Premier Colin Barnett has begun ... more
Oil rig blast forces 13 workers into Gulf of Mexico

Created Fri, 3^rd of Sep 2010

An explosion has ripped through an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico forcing 13 people into the water, one of whom was injured, the US Coast Guard says. There is no immediate sign of an oil spill and ... more
Rio Tinto banking on Gillard sticking to tax promise

Created Thu, 2^nd of Sep 2010

The head of Rio Tinto's Iron Ore division says he trusts Prime Minister Julia Gillard will stick to her promise of a 30 per cent mining tax despite Labor's deal with the Greens. Yesterday Ms ... more
Organic food trade outgrows its roots

Created Wed, 1^st of Sep 2010

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Ailing tunnel project takes toll on investors

Created Thu, 2^nd of Sep 2010

Investors in Australia's latest ailing toll road project have turned their attention to legal action over grossly over-estimated traffic forecasts. Brisbane's cross-river Clem7 tunnel opened in ... more
Another Rio Tinto iron ore mine opens

Created Thu, 2^nd of Sep 2010

The domination of the Australian iron ore industry by Rio Tinto continues, with the official opening of another mine in Western Australia. Brockman 4 is 60 kilometres north-west of Newman, and has ... more
Union unable to influence miner on fly-in fly-out workforce

Created Thu, 2^nd of Sep 2010

The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) says it has been unable to convince mining company BMA to abandon its plans for the entire workforce of a new mine in the Queensland's ... more
Affordable housing numbers will improve, conference told

Created Thu, 2^nd of Sep 2010

A national conference on homelessness has heard there should be significant progress on the issue in the next two years as homes built with stimulus money are finished. National Shelter spokesman ... more
Company fined over outback rigger's death

Created Thu, 2^nd of Sep 2010

A company has been fined $140,000 over the death of a rigger who was pinned between equipment while working in the Cooper Basin. The industrial death is the first to be dealt with under tougher ... more
WA government moves to take gas hub land

Created Thu, 2^nd of Sep 2010

The State Government has started the process to compulsorily acquire land in the Kimberley for the development of a $30 billion gas precinct. The site, at James Price Point 60 kilometres north of ... more