Author: Wendy Duncan
NOT-for-profit community based groups and organisations can now apply for up to $1000 from the Small Grants Scheme to coordinate a WA Week project or event in October this year.
Last year projects from Esperance, Balgo and Kalgoorlie were successful.
Member for the Mining and Pastoral region Wen... (01-Jul)
Author: Wendy Duncan
Regional small businesses will benefit from two key changes to the way electricity charges are administered in regional Western Australia, according to Member for the Mining and Pastoral Region Hon Wendy Duncan MLC.
Ms Duncan welcomed the announcement on Tuesday by Minister for Energy, Peter Collie... (02-Jun)
Author: Wendy Duncan
The Hon Wendy Duncan MLC, Member for the Mining & Pastoral Region, has today commended the Liberal-National Government for allocating monies towards a new boating facility in Broome, following on from the delivery of the State budget.
Ms Duncan has been aware that the Broome community had been ... (21-May)
Author: Wendy Duncan
A $30million upgrade to the Esperance Hospital and $13.4 million for the upgrade and
expansion of the Esperance Residential College are just some of the projects to be funded
under Royalties for Regions in the Esperance region announced in the State Budget.
Member for Mining and Pastoral Region... (20-May)
Author: Wendy Duncan
THE need for better access to treatment by kidney patients in rural WA is being highlighted in the lead up to Kidney Week by Member for Mining and Pastoral, Hon Wendy Duncan MLC.
Ms Duncan said she was regularly made aware of the special needs of people throughout her electorate and the particular ... (19-May)
Author: Wendy Duncan
Seniors from all over the State gathered in Esperance over the weekend for their annual National Seniors’ Australia conference.
The conference, which was officially opened by Member for Mining and Pastoral, Wendy Duncan MLC, considered research outcomes and policy options in view of the current d... (17-May)
Author: Wendy Duncan
Last week’s earthquake that damaged many historic buildings in the main street of Boulder should be seen as an opportunity to give the Boulder town centre precinct a makeover according to Member for Mining and Pastoral, Hon Wendy Duncan MLC.
Ms Duncan, who is the Parliamentary Secretary to the Mi... (26-Apr)
Author: Wendy Duncan
YESTERDAY’S earthquake near Kalgoorlie Boulder appears to have caused serious structural damage to some of Burt Street’s iconic historic buildings.
“It was heartbreaking to see these magnificent old buildings with huge cracks in their structure and facades laying as a pile of broken bricks on the g... (21-Apr)
Author: Wendy Duncan
The Hon Wendy Duncan MLC, Member for the Mining and Pastoral Region, has today welcomed the announcement by Airnorth Chief Executive Officer, Ms Simone Saunders, of their two new services to the North West of Western Australia.
Ms Duncan said that the two new services to Port Hedland an... (20-Apr)
Author: Wendy Duncan
TRANSPORT and mining companies have been given some relief from the debilitating costs of transporting large loads with a decision to permanently raise the height of some power lines along Great Eastern Highway.
Member for the Mining and Pastoral Region Hon Wendy Duncan MLC welcomed the decision an... (25-Mar)
Author: Wendy Duncan
MEMBER for Mining and Pastoral Region Hon Wendy Duncan MLC is in Kalgoorlie today to launch this year’s Science Awareness Festival at the Australian Prospectors and Miners Hall of Fame.
Ms Duncan said she was proud to be launching the festival to highlight how the science festival, with its showcas... (24-Mar)
Author: Wendy Duncan
Pastoralists and transport operators in the Gascoyne region can now apply for permits for road trains to truck fodder and livestock into and out of the region.
Member for Mining and Pastoral Region, Hon Wendy Duncan MLC today welcomed the advice from Main Roads that it will allow long road trains t... (22-Mar)
Author: Wendy Duncan
The Member for Mining and Pastoral Region, Hon Wendy Duncan, has today announced that a total of 689 applications, amounting to almost $106 million in funding requests had been received by the nine Regional Development Commissions in the latest funding round of the Regional Grants Schemes.
Hon Wend... (18-Mar)
Author: Wendy Duncan
After more than five years planning, the Ravensthorpe community celebrated on Friday the official opening of its new facilities at the Ravensthorpe Golf and Bowling Club.
The project was funded with $250,000 from the Shire of Ravensthorpe’s Country Local Government Fund allocation, and the Shire’s ... (08-Mar)
Author: Wendy Duncan
The official start to phase one works on the multi-million dollar Kalgoorlie Hospital upgrade is being celebrated in Kalgoorlie today.
Member for Mining and Pastoral Hon Wendy Duncan MLC was in Kalgoorlie for the ‘breaking ground’ ceremony and welcomed the redevelopment which would provide a vital ... (05-Mar)