Port Hedland dust buyback just for homes, not commercial real estate, Government says
WedWednesday 3
The sun sets over Port Hedland, the world s biggest bulk export port.
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The WA Government has ruled out an expansion of a voluntary scheme to buy back dust-affected homes in the shadow of the world s largest bulk export port.
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The WA Government is buying back up to 400 homes in an industry-funded scheme
Port Hedland is the world s largest bulk export port with billions of dollars worth of iron ore shipped each month
Billions of dollars of iron ore is shipped through Port Hedland each month.
We’re shutting up shop for the day. Thanks for reading. Here are today’s main developments:
Prime minister
Covid-19 vaccination of high-priority groups in
mid to late February.
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Queensland hotel quarantine cleaner has tested positive to the highly infectious UK strain of Covid-19. Her diagnosis has prompted health authorities to
send aged care homes in parts of greater Brisbane into lockdown.
Western Australian health authorities will investigate
three separate breaches of personal protective equipment policy which occurred when
medical staff moved a patient who had the UK strain of the virus from a quarantine hotel to hospital.
Victoria and NSW both recorded
A woman died after being found by Columbus firefighters responding to a house fire early Thursday morning on the Northeast Side.
According to the Columbus Division of Fire, 36-year-old Laura Anderson was found inside a duplex located at 2664 Wedge St., south of Agler Road, after firefighters were called there around 12:15 a.m. Thursday on a report of a fire.
Anderson was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:36 a.m.
The cause of the fire and Anderson s death both remain under investigation by the Columbus fire division and Columbus police homicide detectives, as is policy.
That investigation will continue until the Franklin County Coroner s office determines Anderson s cause of death through an autopsy.
Bushfire emergency still posing significant risk north of Perth as properties saved
By Amy Johnston
WedWednesday 6
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WedWednesday 6
A pine plantation was engulfed in flames near Red Gully.
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Properties north of Perth have been saved from an out-of-control bushfire but an emergency warning remains in place for a number of communities.
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But authorities say there has been no major property damage so far
Hot weather and gusty winds have been forecast for the next few days
The fire in the shires of Gingin and Dandaragan has burnt through 9,500 hectares of land since it began on Saturday, along a 102 kilometre perimeter.