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RECFISHWEST is encouraging fishers to have their say on the proposed Buccaneer Archipelago marine parks before the public comment period ends, after the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA) recently extended the deadline to 11 June to allow more time for the preparation of submissions.
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Labor landslide across regional WA sees second Kimberley-based MP and first Aboriginal MLC elected
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New Kimberley MP Divina D Anna celebrates with supporters in Broome on election night.
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Western Australia s landslide backing of the McGowan Government looks to have completely re-shaped the electoral map in the remotest parts of the state.
Key points:
Voters across the Kimberley, Pilbara, Gascoyne and Goldfields have delivered Labor an unprecedented 57 per cent of the vote in the Mining and Pastoral region
The district will see four Labor MPs elected for the first time in its four-decade history
FMG, Stokes-backed projects hushed through as WA distracted by lockdown: green groups
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Two major projects expected to blow a million tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere in their first year were approved days before the West Australian government entered pre-election caretaker mode amid a COVID-19 lockdown.
Academics, lawyers, farmers and the Conservation Council of WA have battled Mitsui’s Waitsia onshore gas project in the Mid West and Fortescue Metal Group’s gas-fired power station in the Pilbara, appealing the state environmental watchdog’s recommendation for ministerial approval.