Australian Greens
Perth city’s geographical footprint is significantly larger than that of Tokyo city’s, despite our population being a mere fraction of the Japanese capital’s. When looking for a job through search engines online, it’s not enough to have your region selected as simply “Perth” these days-If you live north of the Swan River, Rockingham or Mandurah may well feel like the eastern seaboard, or indeed, Tokyo. Public transport snakes slowly and expensively through the suburbs, often quite discriminately. Dining and cultural precincts, local businesses and diverse arts events often remain clustered around the city centre, despite our insistence on sprawling ever outwards. Not merely spreading, or distributing, but sprawling rather lazily, and as a result of poor planning.
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New assistant commissioners announced 26 February
Commissioner Katarina Carroll today announced the appointment of four new assistant commissioners to the Queensland Police Service (QPS).
The new assistant commissioners are:
• Assistant Commissioner Brian Swan APM, currently Chief Superintendent, District Officer, Logan District;
• Assistant Commissioner Mark Wheeler APM, currently Chief Superintendent, District Officer, Gold Coast District;
• Assistant Commissioner Katherine Innes, currently Acting Assistant Commissioner, Crime and Intelligence Command; and
• Assistant Commissioner Brian Connors, currently Acting Assistant Commissioner, Operations Support Command.
Commissioner Carroll congratulated the officers on their appointments.
“This is a significant achievement in their careers and I look forward to working with them in their new roles on the QPS Executive Leadership Team,” Commissioner Carroll said.
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Wooroloo Bushfire Coordinated Residential Clean-Up Program Announced
The City of Swan and Shire of Mundaring welcome today’s announcement by Minister for Emergency Services, the Hon Francis Logan MLA to commence the Wooroloo Bushfire Coordinated Residential Clean-Up Program.
The residential clean-up is part of an $18.1 million Commonwealth and State funded community recovery package and will assist residents whose homes were destroyed or damaged by the Wooroloo bushfire.
The clean-up will ensure safe removal of bushfire damaged houses, structures and vehicles, as well as trees deemed a safety risk, from residential blocks to enable rebuilding.
Residents whose homes have been destroyed or damaged by the bushfire are eligible for this clean-up program whether they are fully insured, partly insured or not insured.
The average price of regular unleaded petrol (ULP) is set to increase by over 32 cents per litre (cpl) to 151.6 cpl tomorrow, so FuelWatch is encouraging.
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