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Two weeks from the state election, the Barnett Government is yet to submit its full business case or receive any of the promised Commonwealth funding for its priority road project, the $1.9-billion Perth Freight Link.
Topics: elections, road-transport, urban-development-and-planning, fremantle-6160, melville-6156, beeliar-6164
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| UpdatedA royal commission should be held to examine the approvals processes for the Roe 8 stage of the Perth Freight Link, the Conservation Council of WA says, as critics of the project hold a rally in Fremantle.
Topics: states-and-territories, elections, environmental-policy, environmental-impact, fremantle-6160, beeliar-6164, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedA police horse is injured when striking a wire cable placed around trees inside the controversial Roe 8 construction site.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, beeliar-6164
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WA Premier Colin Barnett defends his Government's claims of massive job losses from Labor's plan to cancel the Roe Highway extension across the Beeliar Wetlands, arguing the project is "desperately needed".
Topics: road-transport, government-and-politics, beeliar-6164
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| UpdatedThe WA Premier hardens his stance on the Roe Highway extension, warning protesters they will be arrested and charged if they attempt to physically block land clearing on the site.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, government-and-politics, conservation, coolbellup-6163, beeliar-6164
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| UpdatedThe Barnett Government rules out any pause to the clearing of bushland for the Roe Highway extension, despite Labor's pledge to scrap the project if it wins the March state election.
Topics: states-and-territories, liberals, alp, perth-6000, beeliar-6164, bibra-lake-6163, wa
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WA Labor's decision to commit to scrapping the Roe 8 project will have far-reaching impacts and debate around the proposed heavy haulage route will form a large part of the looming state election campaign.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, state-parliament, elections, beeliar-6164, fremantle-6160, perth-6000
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| UpdatedWA Labor pledges to axe the $450 million extension of Roe Highway across the Beeliar Wetlands and the entire Perth Freight Link if it wins the state election in March.
Topics: road-transport, urban-development-and-planning, state-parliament, elections, beeliar-6164
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Up to $40,000 is being spent each day to prevent protesters from delaying work on the Roe Highway extension across the Beeliar Wetlands in Perth's south.
Topics: environmental-impact, environmental-management, urban-development-and-planning, state-parliament, beeliar-6164
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| UpdatedA man is facing assault charges after allegedly throwing a beer bottle at a Muslim woman outside a shopping centre in the Perth suburb of Beeliar.
Topics: islam, religion-and-beliefs, law-crime-and-justice, wa, perth-6000, beeliar-6164
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| UpdatedProtesters chain themselves to a gate and police close a road as demonstrations against the Roe 8 extension continue to disrupt work on the controversial project in Perth's south.
Topics: environmental-impact, environmental-management, road-transport, urban-development-and-planning, activism-and-lobbying, beeliar-6164, perth-6000
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| UpdatedA Muslim woman has her headscarf stolen and a beer bottle thrown at her during an alleged assault at a Perth shopping centre, a group that monitors Islamophobia in Australia says.
Topics: assault, crime, police, beeliar-6164, perth-6000
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| UpdatedOpponents of a Roe 8 highway extension over wetlands may find themselves defending bare ground come the March election, as the Government pushes ahead with construction, leaving Labor in a difficult position should it win office.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, environmental-impact, environment, conservation, government-and-politics, elections, beeliar-6164, wa
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| UpdatedAn environmental group loses its last avenue of appeal against the Western Australian Government's plans to build the controversial Roe 8 highway extension, which goes through a wetlands area.
Topics: federal---state-issues, courts-and-trials, environmental-impact, perth-6000, beeliar-6164, fremantle-6160, bibra-lake-6163
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An 85-year-old woman who was served with a move-on notice during a protest against the controversial Roe 8 Highway extension in Perth vows she will not be deterred, even if it means disguising herself.
Topics: human-interest, environmental-impact, crime, states-and-territories, beeliar-6164, coolbellup-6163, bibra-lake-6163, north-lake-6163
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| UpdatedPolice issue move-on notices to people protesting the start of works on the controversial Roe 8 highway extension at Beeliar wetlands.
Topics: environmental-impact, urban-development-and-planning, government-and-politics, beeliar-6164
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| UpdatedThe West Australian Government comes under fire for allowing preparatory work to begin on the controversial Roe 8 Highway extension before a High Court hearing on the issue takes place.
Topics: government-and-politics, environmental-impact, environment, activism-and-lobbying, wa, perth-6000, beeliar-6164
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WA Labor may not decide whether to axe the Roe Highway extension across Perth's Beeliar Wetlands until after the March state election, despite its demands to see the construction contract having been met.
Topics: states-and-territories, perth-6000, beeliar-6164, bibra-lake-6163, north-lake-6163, wa
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WA Labor will seek legal advice on the termination clause of the $330 million contract for Roe 8 before deciding whether it will axe the project if elected to government.
Topics: road-transport, urban-development-and-planning, political-parties, wa, fremantle-6160, beeliar-6164, bibra-lake-6163
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WA Labor attempts to deflect Premier Colin Barnett's prediction that it would finish the contentious Roe 8 transport project if it wins next year's state election, saying it needs to see the construction contract.
Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, perth-6000, beeliar-6164, north-lake-6163, bibra-lake-6163, palmyra-6157
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Palmyra residents who were told their houses would be demolished to allow for the Perth Freight Link fear the WA Government's decision to push on with Roe 8 has again placed their homes under threat.
Topics: states-and-territories, human-interest, palmyra-6157, perth-6000, fremantle-6160, beeliar-6164, bibra-lake-6163, north-lake-6163
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The WA Government is pressing ahead with its Roe 8 transport project, which now looms as a key issue ahead of the state election next March. But what is it and why has it proved so controversial?
Topics: states-and-territories, environmental-impact, perth-6000, beeliar-6164, north-lake-6163, bibra-lake-6163
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Environmental groups opposing the controversial Roe 8 project believe the Premier will expose WA to huge financial risks by signing construction contracts before a potential High Court challenge has been decided.
Topics: environment, environmental-impact, environmental-management, road-transport, state-parliament, bibra-lake-6163, beeliar-6164, fremantle-6160, perth-6000
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| UpdatedThe WA Transport Minister plays down legal advice about risks associated with signing contracts for the Roe 8 highway extension while legal action is pending, saying the risks can be managed by special agreements in contracts.
Topics: states-and-territories, road-transport, perth-6000, wa, beeliar-6164
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| UpdatedA challenge by a traditional owner to the Aboriginal heritage approval given for the controversial Roe 8 highway extension through southern Perth is dismissed by a Supreme Court judge.
Topics: aboriginal, indigenous-culture, states-and-territories, history, beeliar-6164, perth-6000, bibra-lake-6163, north-lake-6163