Tag: Eneabba 6518

Green group slams coal power proposal

July 12, 2010 18:15:00

The Conservation Council of WA says it remains deeply opposed to any expansion of coal-fired power generation in WA despite the Environment Minister's decision to impose greenhouse gas reduction requirements on the proposed projects.[MORE]

Tags: greenhouse-gas, collie-6225, eneabba-6518

Court jails cow killer

May 12, 2010 12:38:00

A Three Springs man who slaughtered a cow at an Eneabba farm has been jailed after it was revealed he was on a suspended sentence at the time of the killing.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, courts-and-trials, prisons-and-punishment, australia, wa, eneabba-6518, geraldton-6530

No surprise mine's shutting down: council

April 14, 2010 14:35:00

The mid west Shire of Carnamah says plans to shut down Iluka Resources' Eneabba mine do not come as a surprise. [MORE]

Tags: government-and-politics, local-government, rural, mining, eneabba-6518

Iluka mine closure: 40 jobs axed

April 13, 2010 14:05:00

Iluka Resources has announced it is shutting its Eneabba mine in the Mid West.[MORE]

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, industry, mineral-sands, wa, eneabba-6518, geraldton-6530

Mid West storm 'like a mini tornado'

March 23, 2010 15:05:00

The State Emergency Service (SES) has responded to dozens of calls for help after fierce thunderstorms lashed WA's Mid West and Gascoyne.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, rural, agricultural-crops, storm, wa, eneabba-6518, geraldton-6530

EPA approves Mid West power plant

March 12, 2010 15:41:00

Western Australia's Environmental Protection Authority has recommended conditional approval of a coal-fired power station in the Mid West.[MORE]

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, industry, environment, iron-ore, environmental-impact, wa, eneabba-6518

Mid West firefighters take control

March 2, 2010 16:17:00

Mid West fire crews have gained the upper hand over a number of bushfires.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, fires, bushfire, wa, eneabba-6518, geraldton-6530, kalbarri-6536, northampton-6535

Hundreds of firefighters battle big blazes

March 2, 2010 09:29:00

Fire crews have contained blazes in the Mid West and Perth's southern suburbs. [MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, fires, bushfire, wa, dongara-6525, eneabba-6518, geraldton-6530, kalbarri-6536

Eneabba fire under control

March 1, 2010 16:36:00

A bushfire near Eneabba in the state's Midwest no longer poses any threat to homes. [MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, fires, bushfire, wa, dongara-6525, eneabba-6518, geraldton-6530, kalbarri-6536, wattleup-6166

Men 'used chainsaw to cut up cow'

February 9, 2010 13:32:00

Police have charged three men over the slaughter of a cow at a farm north of Eneabba, in Western Australia's Mid West, last week.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, animal-welfare, wa, eneabba-6518, geraldton-6530, leeman-6514

Firefighters prepare for more mid-west blazes

January 19, 2010 11:31:00

Authorities are bracing for the possibility of more fires across mid-west Western Australia today, after several blazes burnt out of control yesterday.[MORE]

Tags: fires, bushfire, badgingarra-6521, carnamah-6517, coorow-6515, eneabba-6518, geraldton-6530, three-springs-6519

Iluka axes more WA jobs

September 3, 2009 14:00:00

Mineral sands miner Iluka Resources has cut 45 more jobs at its mid-west Western Australian operations in what it is calling "further adjustments" to the state's staffing levels.[MORE]

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, industry, unemployment, work, mineral-sands, bunbury-6230, eneabba-6518, geraldton-6530, narngulu-6532

Barnett 'making promises he can't afford'

August 4, 2009 10:04:00

The West Australian Government has been accused of making promises without the money to back them up. [MORE]

Tags: government-and-politics, the-budget, states-and-territories, programs-and-initiatives, wa, eneabba-6518, geraldton-6530

Traders warned of phone scam

April 29, 2009 13:03:00

Police are warning of a potential money-making scam targeting businesses in mid-west Western Australia.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, fraud-and-corporate-crime, wa, eneabba-6518, geraldton-6530

Union pushes for 'fair process' with Iluka job cuts

April 8, 2009 11:45:00

The union which represents mine workers is hoping Iluka Resources will allow its employees to volunteer for a redundancy.[MORE]

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, industry, mining, unemployment, unions, work, australia, wa, eneabba-6518, geraldton-6530, narngulu-6532

Power station to be 'WA carbon capture first'

April 3, 2009 11:19:00

The proponents of a power station in mid-west Western Australia say the project is set to become the first in WA to include carbon capture technology.[MORE]

Tags: electricity-energy-and-utilities, alternative-energy, eneabba-6518, geraldton-6530

Mid-west power project short-listed to provide WA future energy needs

March 30, 2009 13:00:00

The proponents behind a coal-fired power station in Western Australia's mid-west are among eight projects to be short-listed to provide the state's future energy needs.[MORE]

Tags: business-economics-and-finance, industry, electricity-energy-and-utilities, eneabba-6518, geraldton-6530

Scattered rain falls over mid-west

June 16, 2008 13:06:00

The mid-west and wheatbelt has received scattered rainfall from a cold front which brought rain and squally showers to the metropolitan and south-west areas of Western Australia.[MORE]

Tags: wheat, rainfall, eneabba-6518, geraldton-6530

Calls for environmental review into coal power station

January 10, 2008 11:23:00

The Conservation Council has criticised a Western Australian Government decision not to order a full scale review of a new clean-coal fired power station planned for Eneabba.[MORE]

Tags: electricity-energy-and-utilities, air-pollution, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, activism-and-lobbying, coal, eneabba-6518, geraldton-6530

Pilots stable after Cessna crash

December 16, 2007 23:28:00

Two men have suffered multiple fractures after crashing a light plane in Western Australia's midwest region.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, air-and-space-accidents, australia, wa, eneabba-6518

Two cut out of light plane wreckage

December 16, 2007 16:00:00

A rescue helicopter has arrived at the scene of a plane crash in Western Australia's mid-west region.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, air-and-space-accidents, eneabba-6518

Nationals fear powerline threatens farming land

September 24, 2007 11:49:00

The Western Australian Nationals have warned a significant slice of North Midlands and mid-west farming land will be rendered useless if the proposed route for Western Power's transmission line between Eneabba and Moonyoonooka goes ahead.[MORE]

Tags: electricity-energy-and-utilities, agribusiness, agricultural-crops, eneabba-6518, geraldton-6530, moonyoonooka-6532

Powerlines not welcome on farm land

September 11, 2007 14:08:00

The Opposition says it is pleased the Nationals are speaking out against Western Power's preferred route for its proposed transmission line between Eneabba and Moonyoonooka in Western Australia's mid-west.[MORE]

Tags: eneabba-6518, geraldton-6530, moonyoonooka-6532

Action group backs call for transmission line intervention

September 10, 2007 12:00:00

A local action group says it is pleased the Nationals Member for the Agricultural Region, Murray Criddle, has called for the Western Australian Government to intervene with Western Power's preferred route for its proposed transmission line between Eneabba and Moonyoonooka in the mid-west.[MORE]

Tags: electricity-energy-and-utilities, nationals, states-and-territories, activism-and-lobbying, eneabba-6518, geraldton-6530, moonyoonooka-6532

Logan urged to change powerline route

September 7, 2007 14:22:00

The Nationals want Western Australian Energy Minister Fran Logan to intervene in the route Western Power has chosen for its proposed transmission line between Eneabba and Moonyoonooka in the mid-west.[MORE]

Tags: electricity-energy-and-utilities, nationals, states-and-territories, eneabba-6518, geraldton-6530, moonyoonooka-6532