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Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Western Australia state will upgrade its growth forecasts in this week’s mid-year budget review, aided by the A$43 billion ($39 billion) Gorgon gas project, a government spokeswoman said.
Brand-new V8 Supercar Racing Entitlements Contract (REC) owner James Rosenberg has today confirmed a partnership with Stone Brothers Racing to prepare and run a Ford FG Falcon on his behalf during the 2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series.
Cadel Evans has confirmed he will race in January's Tour Down Under in South Australia with his new team, BMC Racing. BMC Racing also announced on Friday that US cyclist George Hincapie would compete alongside Evans.
Construction of Western Australia's second major lithium concentrate mine has begun in the southwest.
Dec. 12 (Bloomberg) -- PTT Exploration & Production Pcl’s has begun evacuating workers from a well head platform off northwestern Australia as the region’s oil and gas operations brace for the first tropical cyclone of the season.
Dec. 12 (Bloomberg) -- A tropical low off the northern coast of Australia may develop into a cyclone later today, the Bureau of Meteorology said on its Web site.
Australia's road world cycling champion Cadel Evans has confirmed he will race in January's Tour Down Under in South Australia with his new team, BMC Racing.
Australia's Bureau of Meteorology issued a shipping alert Friday after a massive iceberg was spotted 1,100 miles off the country's southwestern coast.
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Griffin Coal Mining Co. Pty. , Western Australia’s oldest coal company, will seek an agreement with bondholders stopping them from taking enforcement action after the company failed to make an interest payment.
Half of Australian adults and 63 per cent of Australians on a higher income believe teenagers aged from 15 to 17 year old should be allowed to consume alcohol under parental supervision at home, according to the latest MBF Healthwatch survey. (PRWeb Dec 12, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/12/prweb3330554.htm
AGR Field Operations' Asia Pacific entity, AGR Asia Pacific Pty Ltd has signed a 3-year contract with AWE Limited for the contract Operations and Maintenance of their Perth Basin assets in Western Australia.
Chevron will cut capital and exploratory spending next year by 5 percent compared with 2009 levels.
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- The biggest three-month surge in Australian employment in three years is increasing pressure on central bank Governor Glenn Stevens to resume an unprecedented round of interest-rate increases early next year.
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SYDNEY (AP) - Australia's Bureau of Meteorology issued a shipping alert Friday after a massive iceberg was spotted 1,100 miles off the country's southwestern coast. Glaciologist Neal Young of the Australian Antarctic Division spotted the iceberg on satellite imaging. It is 12 miles (19 kilometers) long and 5 miles (8 kilometers) wide, and is edging slowly northeastward toward Western Australia ...
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Australian house prices are expected to gain further next year as population growth outstrips the supply of new homes, Australian Property Monitors said.
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