3/09/2008 | A YOUNG Bunbury family say they have lost $45,000 and been forced to live in a caravan park after buying a block of land they thought would be re-zoned by Harvey Shire.
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27/08/2008 | The Mayor makes an extended request to the state government.
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27/08/2008 | A 22-year-old Bunbury man has avoided jail after robbing a man at knifepoint outside Centrepoint shopping centre for two lighters last year.
Allan Wayne Bartlett pleaded guilty to aggravated armed robbery in the Supreme Court and was given a one year’s suspended sentence earlier this month by Justice Nicholas Hasluck.
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27/08/2008 | THE Bunbury Chamber of Commerce and Industries has appointed David Kerr as its new president.
Mr Kerr’s appointment follows the chamber’s annual general meeting held on Monday night.
27/08/2008 | THE wait for Family Court trials in Bunbury has nearly doubled prompting calls for a separate Family Court registrar to decrease waiting times.
The average wait for a trial in Bunbury’s Family Court has blown out to 42 weeks, 20 weeks longer than the wait in October last year.
27/08/2008 | BUNBURY is one of the leading electorates in WA for asthma and heart disease deaths, according to a recent health report.
20/08/2008 | NON-profit organisation Bunbury Dolphin Discovery is seeking a multi-million dollar commitment from the State Government to improve its Koombana Bay facilities.
20/08/2008 | LOCAL lads The Words are releasing their debut EP Running a Maze this Friday.
20/08/2008 | LOCAL organ donation campaigner Anna Reilly came out of Monday’s organ donation summit in Perth feeling positive.
20/08/2008 | THE amount of funding provided by the State Government for Bunbury has been labelled “poor” by the chief executive of the Bunbury Wellington Economic Alliance, Trevor Whittington.
20/08/2008 | Health minister Jim McGinty paid a surprise visit to Bunbury yesterday morning to announce plans for a $4 million breast cancer screening and assessment clinic.
Mr McGinty said the clinic would be the first in regional WA, will be situated in the centre of the city and be up and running by the end of next year if Labor was re-elected.
20/08/2008 | Millions were promised for Bunbury by the Labor government before the 2005 State election. But how has the Government performed in delivering those promises? Liberal’s John Castrilli and Labor’s Peter Macfarlane give us their views on some of the key promises...
20/08/2008 | Bunbury MLA John Castrilli said Labor had failed to meet its election promises and does not deserve another four years to prove itself.
20/08/2008 | The Bunbury Primary School community has started a petition calling on the Labor Party to keep an old promise already reneged on twice in the past.
The Lighthouse Project was created in 2003 by the Parents and Citizens committee as four stage plan to rejuvenate the 40-year-old school rather than build a new one.
20/08/2008 | FOR Australind woman Amanda Philipps, fundraising event Relay for Life is something she holds close to her heart.
The mother of two has been involved with the Cancer Council event since its Bunbury inception six years ago.
20/08/2008 | THE local recreational fishing industry is bracing itself for what it fears will be a dramatic sales drop during the first summer of fishing restrictions.
Wayne McCarthy from Compleat Angler said he traditionally took more than 50 per cent of his year’s takings during the busy tourist months.
“Over 30 per cent of our business is in December alone and that is now in the banned season,” Mr McCarthy said.
13/08/2008 | Political observer Dr Peter van Onselen said two incumbents fighting for the newly created seat of Collie-Preston would be among the most interesting aspects of the election.
13/08/2008 | BUNBURY MLA John Castrilli said he was not taking any comfort from Dr Van Onselen’s predictions for a local Liberal win.
13/08/2008 | LABOR candidate Peter Macfarlane said he was as surprised as everyone else when Premier Alan Carpenter announced he would go to the polls on September 6.
13/08/2008 | THE Premier’s strategic decision to call an early election meant the scheduled regional sitting of Parliament in Bunbury was put on ice for at least the next six months.