Win for Woodside on Browse site, traditional owners deny division

WOODSIDE has scored a victory over its multinational partners by securing their agreement for the onshore processing of gas from the $30 billion Browse project at the proposed James Price Point gas hub on the Kimberley coast.

Browse partners go for northern hub

WOODSIDE has scored a victory over its multinational partners by securing their agreement for the onshore processing of gas from the $30 billion Browse project at the proposed James Price Point gas hub on the Kimberley coast.

Dr Work

Q How can I get work in north-west Western Australia? I want to work on a fly-in, fly-out basis and can do anything from office work to cleaning and waitressing. I'm a 56-year-old woman.A Job Network offices in the West Kimberley, Karratha and East Pilbara regions of WA can be located through the Job Network at www.jobsearch.gov.au. Click on "Provider Search", then "Job Network Services" and then "Location Search" for offices anywhere in Australia.

No Place Like Home

Want to double your income overnight? Then head for Karratha, and the big bucks from WA's mining boom. The trick, though, is to find somewhere to stay, as Mark Dapin discovers.

Spending Big To Build The Nation

Australian businesses are pumping big money into big projects to create real jobs. Rod Myer reports

Jobs To Go As Airline Attempts Recovery

The airline Ansett Australia yesterday put in place another plank in its cost-saving "recovery program" when it announced a major restructuring of its retail travel operation, which will cost 89 jobs but save "many millions" of dollars. The company will axe retail outlets in r

Cra Tie With Rtz Leads To Elimination Of 100 Jobs

More than 100 jobs in CRA's exploration division have emerged as casualties from the group's $27 billion ``merger" last December with its London parent, RTZ. The job casualties flow from a comprehensive review of the $400 million global exploration effort by the two companies, now united th

Woodside Shake-up Cuts Jobs

North-West Shelf operator Woodside Offshore Petroleum Pty Ltd yesterday brought down the axe on 429 of its workers' jobs, fulfilling a threat flagged more than a month ago. The company, which has been under pressure from weak international oil prices, said in January that it intended to sl

Aviation Cutbacks Alarm Ex-chief

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announced sweeping reforms yesterday to the management of Australia's airspace which will save the industry $50 million and cost 870 jobs. However, the radical plan, which includes the scrapping of flight services(which are complementary to air traffic c

How Alan Pepler Stayed True To His Mates

KARRATHA: Train controller Alan Pepler was the third man out. He drove his small car under the raised security gate at the Cape Lambert plant, and slowly negotiated his way past the crude signs and the picketers' caravans and the cricketers in thongs. The game, played up the bitumen road using