Westport In The Media
See Westport's latest news below.
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Harbour threat to sealife, Fremantle Herald 7/9/2018
BUILDING an outer harbour in Kwinana presents a “high risk” to Cockburn Sound’s penguins, dolphins and snapper, according to a new government report.
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Don’t sink the plan, Fremantle Herald 31/8/2018
Brad Pettitt is the mayor of Fremantle. With the taskforce responsible for sorting out the state’s port and rail freight needs for the next 50 years about to draft its first major report, Dr Pettitt makes his claim for Fremantle to retain its credentials as the state’s premier port city.
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Details on case for Kwinana delay emerge, Australasian Transport News, 31/8/2018
Details of the points made at a meeting aimed at delaying the planned new Kwinana port have been released, with the Maritime Union of Australia’s WA branch insisting many decades would pass before it is needed.
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Deloitte, Aecom win key Westport work, Business News, 23/8/2018
The state government has contracted Deloitte and AECOM to undertake studies on shipping volumes and traffic flows that will be pivotal to its Westport outer harbour project.
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Welcome to Wattleup: The suburb the WA government forgot, WA Today 12/8/2018
The school, the sea and the shops: that was the appeal of Wattleup in 1983.
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Westport Strategy taskforce visits Bunbury, Bunbury Mail 6/8/2018
The Westport Strategy taskforce were in Bunbury last week to discuss the project with the community.
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Freo ripe for new investment to regain its edge, The West Australian, 24/7/2018
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Westport planning continues long saga, Business News 16/7/2018
With public consultation on the state government’s Westport project starting this month, we look back at more than 20 years of planning for an outer harbour at Kwinana. -
Protesters rally against Outer Harbour, Sound Telegraph 20/6/2018
The City of Kwinana and the Kwinana Industries Council have reaffirmed their commitment to the Outer Harbour project after a protest was held in response to the plans at the City of Cockburn council meeting last week.
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Cockburn Sound outer harbour opposition head to council meeting in a ‘show of force’, The West Australian, 14/6/2018
Those against the development of an outer harbour off Kwinana will take their fight to a local council meeting tonight.
