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BRL to supply China bauxite

November 7, 2008 10:00:00

A junior resources company has announced plans to supply up to 2.8 million tonnes of bauxite a year to a Chinese alumina producer.[MORE]

Tags: bauxite, albany-6330, bunbury-6230, geraldton-6530, manjimup-6258, moora-6510

Minister to get biomass plant recommendation

November 5, 2008 14:05:00

The appeals convener is expected to hand his recommendation on the proposed Manjimup biomass plant to the Environment Minister this week.[MORE]

Tags: electricity-energy-and-utilities, states-and-territories, albany-6330, bunbury-6230, manjimup-6258

Cause of Manjimup crash still a mystery

October 30, 2008 20:00:00

Police are still trying to determine what caused a tourist bus carrying 36 passengers to crash into a ditch in a remote part of the South West on Wednesday. [MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, road-accidents, human-interest, people, wa, manjimup-6258

Manjimup bus crash victim identified

October 30, 2008 16:20:00

Police have released the details of an elderly woman killed in a tourist bus crash in the South West.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, road-accidents, human-interest, people, wa, manjimup-6258

Elderly bus crash victims 'remained calm'

October 30, 2008 13:37:00

A volunteer ambulance officer who helped rescue 37 people after their tourist bus crashed in Western Australia's south west says nobody panicked during the ordeal.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, road-accidents, human-interest, people, wa, manjimup-6258

Bus crash survivors to receive counselling

October 30, 2008 09:19:00

The President of the Returned and Service League in Western Australia says a tourist bus crash that killed an elderly woman has severely distressed the community. [MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, road-accidents, wa, manjimup-6258

Woman confirmed dead in South West bus crash

October 30, 2008 09:19:00

West Australian police have confirmed the person who died in a bus crash in the state's South West was a woman.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, road-accidents, wa, manjimup-6258

Investigation begins into WA bus crash

October 30, 2008 01:10:00

Western Australian Police have begun investigations into the cause of a tourist bus crash that killed an elderly woman.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, road-accidents, australia, wa, manjimup-6258

Injured passengers arrive in Perth after bus crash

October 29, 2008 22:01:00

Six seriously injured people have arrived in Perth after a fatal bus crash near Manjimup.[MORE]

Tags: accidents, road-accidents, wa, manjimup-6258, perth-6000

Woman killed in RSL bus crash

October 29, 2008 18:07:00

WA police have confirmed the person who died in a bus crash in the state's south-west was a woman.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, road-accidents, wa, manjimup-6258

One dead, 20 injured in WA tourist bus rollover

October 29, 2008 14:14:00

Emergency services are heading to the scene of a tourist bus rollover south of Manjimup, in Western Australia's south-west.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, road-accidents, wa, manjimup-6258

Manjimup saleyards back in action

October 8, 2008 15:40:00

More than 400 cattle have gone under the hammer at the first sale at the Manjimup saleyards in more than two-and-a-half years.[MORE]

Tags: beef-cattle, bunbury-6230, manjimup-6258

Leaders fight against electorate changes

September 24, 2008 13:30:00

South-west Western Australia civic leaders have used a public hearing to again oppose any attempt to shift their electorates into the seat of Kalgoorlie.[MORE]

Tags: electoral-system, bunbury-6230, kalgoorlie-6430, manjimup-6258

Inquiries to focus on planned electoral boundary changes

September 22, 2008 12:00:00

The Australian Electoral Commission has announced it will hold public inquiries into proposed changes to electoral boundaries this Monday.[MORE]

Tags: electoral-system, bunbury-6230, kalgoorlie-6430, manjimup-6258

Fire destroys school library

September 6, 2008 14:49:00

Fire has destroyed the library at a Primary School in East Manjimup, south of Perth.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, fires, industrial-fires, primary-schools, wa, manjimup-6258

Regions share in federal funding

August 28, 2008 10:40:00

The Federal Department of Transport and Regional Services has delivered almost $50 million for councils in the great southern, south-west and Peel.[MORE]

Tags: federal-government, road-transport, albany-6330, bunbury-6230, mandurah-6210, manjimup-6258

Liberal candidate backs power station plan

August 27, 2008 14:16:00

The Liberal candidate for Blackwood Stirling, Wade de Campo, says he supports the development of a 40 megawatt biomass power station near Manjimup.[MORE]

Tags: electricity-energy-and-utilities, environment, elections, states-and-territories, bunbury-6230, manjimup-6258

Shorter truffle season doesn't hurt harvest

August 26, 2008 13:16:00

An early spring has meant a much shorter truffle season in south-west Western Australia, but producers say that has not meant a shortage of truffles.[MORE]

Tags: food-and-beverage, agricultural-crops, bunbury-6230, manjimup-6258

Tuckey backs planned electoral boundary changes

August 5, 2008 10:32:00

The Member for O'Connor, Wilson Tuckey, has described proposed changes to Western Australia's federal electoral boundaries as practical. [MORE]

Tags: elections, electoral-system, albany-6330, broome-6725, bunbury-6230, geraldton-6530, kalgoorlie-6430, karratha-6714, manjimup-6258

AEC considers Forrest electorate shake-up

August 4, 2008 10:25:00

The federal electorate of Forrest, in southern Western Australia, is set to be reduced in size as part of a review by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC).[MORE]

Tags: electoral-system, federal-government, albany-6330, bridgetown-6255, bunbury-6230, greenbushes-6254, kalgoorlie-6430, manjimup-6258

Primary producers oppose Manjimup biomass power plant

July 21, 2008 10:33:00

South-west producers in Western Australia are fighting a recommendation to approve the state's first wood-fired biomass power plant.[MORE]

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, industry, electricity-energy-and-utilities, bunbury-6230, manjimup-6258

Manjimup sale yards owners still seeking agent

July 14, 2008 13:03:00

A group of four south west farmers who bought the Manjimup saleyards after they were shut down last year, say they are still trying to re-open the facility.[MORE]

Tags: rural, livestock, beef-cattle, bunbury-6230, manjimup-6258

Winery owner claims support in plantation opposition

July 10, 2008 11:00:00

Manjimup winery owner Peter Nicholas says he has national support for his efforts to prevent a tree plantation being established next to his vineyard.[MORE]

Tags: viticulture, crop-harvesting, albany-6330, bunbury-6230, manjimup-6258

Action group airs biomass power plant worries

July 8, 2008 11:04:00

The decision to approve a biomass power plant near Manjimup has angered a local action group opposed to the project.[MORE]

Tags: electricity-energy-and-utilities, alternative-energy, environmental-management, air-pollution, water, albany-6330, bridgetown-6255, bunbury-6230, manjimup-6258

Protected birds accused of destroying crops

June 19, 2008 17:45:00

Farmers in the South West say they should be allowed to take measures to stop the endangered Muir's Corella destroying their crops.[MORE]

Tags: endangered-and-protected-species, federal-government, state-parliament, labor-party, grain, regional, manjimup-6258