Posts Tagged ‘environmental issues’
Playground for Boo Park
 Sat November 20 2010
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BOOYEEMBARRA Park in White Gum Valley is set to get its long-awaited kids adventure playground. “If everything goes to plan it will be ready in December,” park working group member Robert Dobson says.
Greens want Gillard to stop Rotto oil rigs
Sat November 13 2010
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THE Greens want the Gillard government to stop planned oil exploration off Rottnest, saying a spill would devastate the coast and marine environment. Greens senator Rachel Siewert says the possibility of an oil rig off Rotto would fill many with dread.
Stop live export: pollies
Sat October 16 2010
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FREMANTLE federal Labor MP Melissa Parke is supporting a growing movement amongst Labor backbenchers to defy the party hierarchy and call for an end to live animal exports. NSW Labor MP Janelle Saffin is set to move a motion opposing the trade, with the support of Ms Parke and Tassie rural MP Dick Adams.
Meet to save sheep
Sat October 9 2010
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A PUBLIC meeting to oppose the live export of animals will be held 6pm, Tuesday October 12 at the Fremantle Town Hall.
Zapped by Synergy
Sat August 14 2010
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HOMEOWNERS who supply power to the electricity grid have been given money in one hand only to see most of it disappear from the other thanks to the state-owned energy company Synergy.
Greens: Roe support fudged
Sat July 10 2010
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LYNN MACLAREN has described as “farcical” the Barnett government’s claims that Roe 8 has overwhelming community support. The south metro Greens MLC says the consultation process has been a joke from the start and was always designed to tell the government what it wanted to hear.
Sat July 3 2010
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BEACONSFIELD residents in the swanky Salentina Ridge estate say wind-blown sand is making their lives a misery.
Baan it plea
Sat June 26 2010
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DOGS dressed as sheep and placard-waving protestors were at state parliament this week with a 5000-signature petition demanding an end to the live animal trade. Fremantle council recently voted to promote phasing out the trade.
Energy Plan For Tip Site
Sat June 12 2010
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THE old Fremantle tip site could be cleaned up at little or no cost to council says Quantum International spokesman David Siglin. The company says it would get its money back by selling electricity – produced as a by-product – back to the grid.
Unique Marine Life Off Freo
Sat June 12 2010
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UNIQUE discoveries off Fremantle show the need for the area to be declared a marine sanctuary, says Fremantle federal MP Melissa Parke.
