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WA premier demands answers from ABC bosses over protest at Woodside CEO’s home

But the public broadcaster said the Four Corners investigations team had received a tip-off to head to the address, and when they arrived police were already there “in numbers”.
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C'mon ppl. You can't upset woodside in Western Australia... Schools, hospitals, infrastructure, violent crime, price gouging, housing (lack of)? Nope. Got to look after Woodside executives

This shouldn't be a concern for a premier. There are better things to deal with.
 
Knobby22 said:
I see Ian Goodenough has lost his preselection for his seat. Isn't he considered good enough for the Libs anymore? (Sorry)
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She who is never wrong and little ol me were discussing Mr Goodenough at the table tonight.
Goodenough one minute and then not goodenough the next.
She wanted to know if it wasn't Mr but Miss, Ms or Mrs what would the outcome be??
 
farmerge said:
She who is never wrong and little ol me were discussing Mr Goodenough at the table tonight.
Goodenough one minute and then not goodenough the next.
She wanted to know if it wasn't Mr but Miss, Ms or Mrs what would the outcome be??
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Who knows? But it is a white man that has replaced him., not a woman.
 
Knobby22 said:
I see Ian Goodenough has lost his preselection for his seat. Isn't he considered good enough for the Libs anymore? (Sorry)
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Waste of space as far as I could tell full member of the Clan (religious right) getting kicked out is a sign the Liberals maybe getting their act together still a lot more of deadwood around.
 
A reminder of what it is like off the beaten track, when the weather turns bad and rain comes.
Always be prepared when travelling in remote areas, sometimes you do get caught out, the Great Central road is classed as an all weather road, but it can turn nasty.

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Truckies forced to drive more than 2,000km extra to resupply flooded outback WA

Water has inundated a key road through WA's outback, forcing supply trucks to take a massive detour from Perth to Port Augusta, up to Yulara, and west along the northern section of the Great Central Road.
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Truck drivers are travelling more than 2,000 extra kilometres to refill shop shelves in remote Western Australian communities cut off by "once-in-a-lifetime" flooding.

Nathaniel Rosenberg manages the Warakurna Roadhouse, which usually has supplies trucked 1,726km up the Great Central Road from Perth once a week.

But water has inundated the lower section of the road, forcing trucks to take a massive detour from Perth to Port Augusta in South Australia, up the Stuart Highway towards Alice Springs, west to Yulara, and into the Ngaanyatjarra Lands from the east.
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sptrawler said:
A reminder of what it is like off the beaten track, when the weather turns bad and rain comes.
Always be prepared when travelling in remote areas, sometimes you do get caught out, the Great Central road is classed as an all weather road, but it can turn nasty.

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Truckies forced to drive more than 2,000km extra to resupply flooded outback WA

Water has inundated a key road through WA's outback, forcing supply trucks to take a massive detour from Perth to Port Augusta, up to Yulara, and west along the northern section of the Great Central Road.
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Truck drivers are travelling more than 2,000 extra kilometres to refill shop shelves in remote Western Australian communities cut off by "once-in-a-lifetime" flooding.

Nathaniel Rosenberg manages the Warakurna Roadhouse, which usually has supplies trucked 1,726km up the Great Central Road from Perth once a week.

But water has inundated the lower section of the road, forcing trucks to take a massive detour from Perth to Port Augusta in South Australia, up the Stuart Highway towards Alice Springs, west to Yulara, and into the Ngaanyatjarra Lands from the east.View attachment 172998
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This loader is going nowhere for quite some time.
It this is an all weather road then I would like see one that isn't.
 
sptrawler said:
A reminder of what it is like off the beaten track, when the weather turns bad and rain comes.
Always be prepared when travelling in remote areas, sometimes you do get caught out, the Great Central road is classed as an all weather road, but it can turn nasty.

www.abc.net.au

Truckies forced to drive more than 2,000km extra to resupply flooded outback WA

Water has inundated a key road through WA's outback, forcing supply trucks to take a massive detour from Perth to Port Augusta, up to Yulara, and west along the northern section of the Great Central Road.
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Truck drivers are travelling more than 2,000 extra kilometres to refill shop shelves in remote Western Australian communities cut off by "once-in-a-lifetime" flooding.

Nathaniel Rosenberg manages the Warakurna Roadhouse, which usually has supplies trucked 1,726km up the Great Central Road from Perth once a week.

But water has inundated the lower section of the road, forcing trucks to take a massive detour from Perth to Port Augusta in South Australia, up the Stuart Highway towards Alice Springs, west to Yulara, and into the Ngaanyatjarra Lands from the east.View attachment 172998
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Once in a lifetime flooding seems to happen every few months somewhere in the world and about every 3-4 years in WA. Gravity is pretty basic - find the low spots... that's where the water is going. We have hundreds of years of good history and a few thousand years of shaky history - We as a population simply shouldn't accept "once in a lifetime" events. We can engineer just about anything to withstand mother nature.

I probably have 50+ posts here complaining about Australia and Australians leaving regional areas to rot. We have perfect roads in posh suburbs here in WA but can't spend a penny of those billions of mining revenue on making sure the ways in and out of the state are bulletproof.

A special Iron tax would be great - would pay for everything - but then ex-premiers and ministers wouldn't be hired by mining companies.
 
It is interesting, that it has taken 40 years to take Fremantle from a thriving cultural center, to a social dumping ground.

The one good thing Allan Bond did IMO, was change Fremantle from an industrial backwater, to a thriving hub of great cultural diversity, which encouraged families of all cultures to come down and have a terrific day or night out.
Now IMO it is a social apopalyctic wasteland of loony council and Government engineering, that has left it as a headless chook.
They wanted left wing social influence, now they have got more than they can cope with, because no one wants to go there, the shops are all closed, the homeless live in the mall, it is just a social disaster.

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Council votes no for artists to use vacant freo buildings

A bid for empty buildings along Fremantle’s South Terrace to become hubs for artists has been voted down by councillors.
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sptrawler said:
It is interesting, that it has taken 40 years to take Fremantle from a thriving cultural center, to a social dumping ground.

The one good thing Allan Bond did IMO, was change Fremantle from an industrial backwater, to a thriving hub of great cultural diversity, which encouraged families of all cultures to come down and have a terrific day or night out.
Now IMO it is a social apopalyctic wasteland of loony council and Government engineering, that has left it as a headless chook.
They wanted left wing social influence, now they have got more than they can cope with, because no one wants to go there, the shops are all closed, the homeless live in the mall, it is just a social disaster.

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Council votes no for artists to use vacant freo buildings

A bid for empty buildings along Fremantle’s South Terrace to become hubs for artists has been voted down by councillors.
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Haven't visited Freo for some years. Wasn't appealing then and by the sound of it isn't now.
 
sptrawler said:
The one good thing Allan Bond did IMO, was change Fremantle from an industrial backwater, to a thriving hub of great cultural diversity, which encouraged families of all cultures to come down and have a terrific day or night out.
Now IMO it is a social apopalyctic wasteland of loony council and Government engineering, that has left it as a headless chook.
They wanted left wing social influence, now they have got more than they can cope with, because no one wants to go there, the shops are all closed, the homeless live in the mall, it is just a social disaster.
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Only been there once. Wasn't really my style but overall it seemed OK as such.

From memory an assortment of restaurants, there was a big indoor market place, and it all seemed quite nice.

By the sounds of it no longer the case?
 
Smurf1976 said:
Only been there once. Wasn't really my style but overall it seemed OK as such.

From memory an assortment of restaurants, there was a big indoor market place, and it all seemed quite nice.

By the sounds of it no longer the case?
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I was in Fremantle this year.
Really nice. Lots of night life, great market. Busy pubs. Ran into another Melbourne couple with their fully grown boys my wife knew. Great food, especially seafood. Would go back.
Maybe it's out of season now?
 
Knobby22 said:
I was in Fremantle this year.
Really nice. Lots of night life, great market. Busy pubs. Ran into another Melbourne couple with their fully grown boys my wife knew. Great food, especially seafood. Would go back.
Maybe it's out of season now?
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Freo is fine not sure what SP is talking about there has always been lots of homeless / alternatives even before Perth had high rates part of its make up does has its ups and downs but overall its pretty good plenty of friends live in the area, real estate cost is expensive by WA standards and sort after.
 
IFocus said:
Freo is fine not sure what SP is talking about there has always been lots of homeless / alternatives even before Perth had high rates part of its make up does has its ups and downs but overall its pretty good plenty of friends live in the area, real estate cost is expensive by WA standards and sort after.
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Yes its going that well half the stores in the mall are empty, even Hungry Jacks has shut up shop on South Terrace and the only shopping centre the Wool Stores was demolished.
A mate of mine bought an appartment in one of the factory conversions near the hospital, he lasted 12 months and bailed out.
Even the woolstores development that started 30 years ago has moved on no further than the first stage, so it has the graffiti covered derelect building remaining as a hangout for the homeless.
What about the tent city in Pioneer park, jeezus the tourists walked padt that from the train station every day
for years, when was the ladt time you went into Freo after dark? The centre of Perth isn't mich better, but at least they are spending money on that, unlike Freo.

Freo is a tradgedy, one of Brian Burkes brain farts, giving the historical sector to a university so that its empty on the weekends.

You don't know what I'm on about? Your selective memory is shining through yet again. Lol

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Crime rate in Fremantle

Crime rate profile of Fremantle suburb
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The political donations disclosure, has been published.
Labor are doing well, but IMO that is to be expected, the Liberals are still lost in the wilderness looking for direction.

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WA Labor is raking in political donations far above the rate of the Liberals. This is who’s giving what

The first three months of Western Australia's near real-time peek behind the political donations curtain paints a fascinating picture of the spheres of power and influence in the resource-rich state.
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