Steps taken to shut down money lender

By vani on March 10th, 2010

The Commissioner for Consumer Protection has launched legal action against an unlicensed money lender in Laverton in the Goldfields.
The Commissioner, Anne Driscoll, has lodged a writ in the Supreme Court seeking orders to prevent Sam Tamarchio from lending money.
The writ alleges Mr Tamarchio is exploiting vulnerable members of the local Indigenous community by charging excessive [...]

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A sign signals success for Wellywood

A giant “Wellywood” sign is on the cards for New Zealand’s capital.
The Hollywood-inspired lettering will stand 3.5 metres tall and reach 28 metres across the hills of the Miramar peninsula.
The land is owned by Wellington Airport, who are funding the construction and installation of the sign.
Almost 10 film companies are based on the peninsula, including [...]

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Goat abattoir too expensive to run

The managing director of a goat abattoir which closed in Charleville due to flooding says it was too expensive to keep operating.
Neil Duncan says he will need government assistance to reopen the Western Meat Exporters processing plant.
He says 180 people have been laid off.
“We have to pay Australian Quarantine Inspection Services every week and that [...]

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Storms drench Bendigo

Residents in central and northern Victoria are mopping up after heavy rains and wild storms over the long weekend.
A violent storm that hit the Shepparton region on Sunday afternoon, brought down powerlines and uprooted trees.
But the rainfall total could not be recorded because the storm damaged the weather station.
Meanwhile in Bendigo, businesses and homes were [...]

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Tully Sugar eyes takeover

Another sugar milling takeover has been proposed in far north Queensland.
Tully Sugar says it is seeking shareholder approval for a takeover of Bundaberg Sugars’ three mills – South Johnstone, Babinda and Tablelands.
The proposal will go to a vote next month along with constitutional amendments to pursue an Australian stock exchange listing.
Executive officer John King says [...]

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SES storm volunteers to head home

A team of South Australia’s State Emergency Service (SES) volunteers helping with Melbourne’s storm clean-up operation is expected to head home tomorrow.
A Millicent woman is among the 34 volunteers and two staff who were sent over on Sunday to respond to thousands of calls for help since Saturday.
Michelle Collins says it is the second time [...]

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Navy uses sonar to search for missing woman

The Australian Navy will use sonar equipment to search for the body of a missing woman from Ipswich west of Brisbane.
Bundamba man Alwyn John Gwilliams has been charged with the murder of Dulcie Birt who went missing in October last year.
Navy Lieutenant Commander David Ince says specialist equipment will be used to search Green Lakes [...]

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Liberal party advertises for potential candidates

The Liberal Party is calling on people to nominate to run for a number of seats in State Parliament.
The party has placed a newspaper advertisement announcing that it has opened nominations for a number of state seats which are held by sitting members.
Most of the MPs are not expected to face serious challenges – however [...]

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Council shows off cultural centre plans

Detailed plans have been unveiled for a new centre of culture in Penola in south-east South Australia.
Wattle Range Council has lodged a funding application with Country Arts SA in a bid to get the project off the ground.
The council projects and community relations manager, Glenn Brown, says the aim is to create new attractions and [...]

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Shares flat as mining decline offsets other gains

Posted Tue Mar 9, 2010 2:41pm AEDT
The Australian share market is trading close to flat, with a fall in mining stocks off-setting gains in most other sectors.
The All Ordinaries index was up only 5 points at 4,825, and the ASX 200 had gained 8 points to 4,816 by 2:10pm (AEDT).
Mining giant Rio Tinto has given [...]

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Irrigators want reform compo

The National Irrigators Council (NIC) has joined the South Australian election debate.
The council is holding a series of meetings in the Riverland and upper south-east this week and has written to all party leaders seeking compensation for irrigators if they lose water under any reform process.
NIC CEO Danny O’Brien says River Murray irrigators are likely [...]

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Labor confident about hospital fix

The Tasmanian Government has dismissed the many hurdles facing its re-election bid on health.
David Bartlett, and his Deputy Lara Giddings, visited the Royal Hobart Hospital today, keen to sell yesterday’s election promise of more than $500 million for the facility.
Like the Liberal’s four-lane Midland Highway promise, the plan also relies on Federal Government money.
Mr Bartlett [...]

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Residents threaten lawsuit over blackouts

More power blackouts on parts of South Australia’s west coast over the long weekend have triggered threats of protests or legal action against ETSA.
The latest in a string of outages in the past year saw a seven hour blackout hit the Elliston region on Sunday.
Local publican Tim Schlink says that brings the number of blackout [...]

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Group favours OneSteel boost over Port Bonython

A Whyalla-based community group says investigations into a deep-sea port at Port Bonython should be scrapped in favour of an expansion of the nearby OneSteel operated harbour.
Movement on the Port Bonython proposal has stalled after the completion of a feasibility study by a consortium lead by Flinders Ports.
The Liberal Party has promised $2 million, if [...]

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Teenager stabbed outside Canberra school

A teenager has been stabbed outside Erindale College in Canberra’s south.
Police say the 17-year-old boy was injured during an altercation with a man in a carpark outside the school grounds about 1:00pm.
The offender fled the scene after the incident.
The boy – who is not a student at the school – is being treated in Canberra [...]

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Call for photographs to identify offenders

Pubs and clubs in Western Australia say they face an uphill battle to identify banned patrons.
Names of banned patrons are posted on the Department of Racing, Gaming and Liquor’s website but the Australian Hotels Association says venues need a photograph or personal details so they can identify them.
So far 10 people have been banned from [...]

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Wet season tourism down

Broome tourism operators are experiencing a tougher than usual wet season with reports turnover is substantially down on the same time last year.
Figures from the local visitors centre and airport indicate Broome had its busiest year for tourism in 2009.
However, hoteliers and shop owners are reporting business has dropped dramatically in the past two months.
Visitors [...]

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Priest denies kidnap, sex assault

A priest from Adelaide’s northern suburbs has denied kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman.
The man, 35, has pleaded not guilty to five charges, including an allegation that he assaulted the woman last July.
The man’s identity is suppressed.
He has been ordered to return to court in April.

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Fleetwood wins workers’ camp contract

Fleetwood has been awarded the contract to build a 150-bed workers’ camp in Kununurra.
The Western Australian Government is funding the accommodation as part of the Ord-East Kimberley Expansion Project.
The idea is to avoid inflating house prices and tying up tourist accommodation by providing short-term housing for workers building channels, roads and drainage associated with the [...]

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Daly River land clearing limits revealed

Up to 20 per cent of the Daly River region catchment area can now be cleared under new land clearing guidelines.
The Government chose not to extend a six-year moratorium on land clearing in the Daly River region when it expired last Friday.
New guidelines have now come into effect.
They include a one-kilometre buffer zone along the [...]

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