25 Aug 10 | AUSTRALIA may be hanging in the balance but in Forrest the result was loud and clear – Liberal MP Nola Marino has been voted in for a second term.
| Local election promises lacking | Shots fired as election looms
21 Aug 10 | SPARE a thought for the volunteers before casting your vote in today’s federal election.
| Shots fired as election looms | Numbers point to Nola
11 Aug 10 | A COALITION government would reform payroll tax to a flat rate of 35 per cent and increase the tax-free threshold from $6000 to $25,000 according to a policy announced this week.
11 Aug 10 | A LABOR win would be “very surprising” in Forrest unless Liberal MP Nola Marino starts making mistakes, according to political analyst Harry Phillips.
| Marino wins on Youth allowance | Vote early
11 Aug 10 | FORREST candidates will be grilled on the issues that matter most to Bunbury at the South West Media Club debate next Monday.
11 Aug 10 | NATIONALS WA president Colin Holt MLC has rebuked criticisms of the Reverse the Rip-off plan, saying the critics are MP’s who have the most to lose from the scheme.
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11 Aug 10 | BUNBURY students would be able to qualify for youth allowance under the pre-2009 criteria if the Coalition were elected, Forrest MP Nola Marino said yesterday.
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04 Aug 10 | THE South West would be the first Marine Planning Bioregion considered by the opposition’s proposed marine policy, according Forrest MP Nola Marino.
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04 Aug 10 | GREATER Bunbury has become the first city in regional Western Australia to offer dementia care and support services.
04 Aug 10 | TWENTY-two year old Cale Hill may not look like a typical politician, but the Esperance-born candidate is keen to push West Australia’s case in the Federal Parliament.
28 Jul 10 | SOUTH AFRICAN immigrant Bev Custers arrived in Australia in 1995, becoming a citizen four years later.
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28 Jul 10 | COPING with a “crisis in aged care” was the focus of a forum conducted by Australian Greens West Australian senator Rachel Siewert in Bunbury on Monday.
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28 Jul 10 | WESTERN Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industries chief executive James Pearson has critisied the federal opposition’s promise to cut infrastructure funding, saying any reduction could jeopardise much-needed local projects.
28 Jul 10 | THE Childcare Alliance Australia has applauded opposition leader Tony Abbott’s $89 million child care commitment.
28 Jul 10 | A MANAGEMENT plan for growing populations, infrastructure funding and a coastal development plan to cater for sea level rise are the chief concerns for coastal councils.
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21 Jul 10 | BUNBURY has a good chance to receive $15 million of first round funding from the Labor government if re-electied, Western Australian Labor Senator Mark Bishop said today.
| Uphill battle for Forrest | Independent stands aside
21 Jul 10 | RESIDENTS across the State have appalled inspectors of Water Corporation WA after almost 400 sprinkler ban warnings were handed out across the wettest week of winter so far.
21 Jul 10 | THE Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union will continue to fight a decision to hire workers from other States to build the Worsley Multi-Fuel Cogen Power Plant, assistant secretary Joe McDonald said yesterday.
21 Jul 10 | THE political future of Forrest member Nola Marino could well rest on a backroom preference deal struck between the Greens and the Labor Party in Canberra on Monday.
| Hurry to update details | Uphill battle for Forrest