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Rain saves the day as WA farmers endure rollercoaster season filled with extremes
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Gold miners raise stakes over royalty rate hike with warnings of job losses, mine closures
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Queen of the Outback Fanny Cracker returns to Kalgoorlie for fashion exhibit
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Lake Macquarie man Graham Burgess tackling the Nullarbor in 1929 Austin 7 car
21 September 2017, 06:24
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These are the top gold mining execs who say they can't afford to pay more tax
Executives from the gold sector join forces to raise the stakes in the row over a planned 50 per cent increase in royalties, warning of job losses and mine closures if the WA budget measure goes ahead.
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The $392m decision on whether to hit gold miners in the hip pocket
There is growing dissent in WA Liberal ranks over a plan to increase gold royalties by 50 per cent to boost the state's ailing finances — and it is set to leave the McGowan Government with a big budget black hole.
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Gold sector says 3,000 jobs will go under royalty hike but gets short shrift
Thousands of jobs will be lost and 10 gold mines will close under an increase in royalties, the mining industry says — but the WA Government says it's a "scare campaign" and the hike will not cost a single position.
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How the heavens opened up to save stricken farmers out west
Grain growers across WA have endured a rollercoaster year with flooding in the South East and an extremely dry winter in the Mid West — but recent rains have made all the difference.
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'Business as usual' for WA gold miners, say analysts
Resources analysts say the McGowan Government's decision to raise gold royalties to 3.75 per cent will have only a limited effect on WA's gold miners.
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Conferences encouraged to look at regional towns
Regional communities urge conference organisers to consider a different location for the $30 billion business events sector.
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Smartphone era leaving veteran bookies worried
The rise of cheap, easy online betting is posing an enormous challenge for those who once took the bets and for the wider racing industry.
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Remote Aboriginal school breaks records by claiming prestigious science award
A remote Aboriginal school in WA's Goldfields breaks two records winning a science award never previously awarded to a school outside Perth, or to a majority Aboriginal school, after a US teacher passes his "passion for science" on to the kids.
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The life and times of Kalgoorlie's first drag queen
Kalgoorlie's iconic queen has returned to the main drag of Hannan Street to relive her time as the outback's most fashionable person.
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Murder, adultery and the vanishing ghost town
Kanowna is the last place you would expect to find two gravestones covered in Japanese characters; but the fact they are there at all is down to the work of local historians.
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Gold miners raise stakes over royalty rate hike with warnings of job losses, mine closures
Executives from the gold sector raise the stakes in the row over a planned increase in WA royalties, warning of job losses and mine closures if it proceeds...More
- Gold royalty hike could be killed off as Liberal support wavers for key WA budget measure
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