Grand vision for northern capital city at Lake Arglye puts Kununurra in the frame as a regional centre for Australia' population dispersal. The concept focusses on the region's proximity to Asia, agricultural lands, climate and unlimited water supply.
If you're considering donating some of your spare time as a volunteer, Scoop's magazine's list of community organisations in need of help is a great place to start. Many of these organisations struggle to deliver services due to growing demand and limited resources.
Research into the type of visitors that use caravan parks and camping grounds in WA is now available.
The research report will help Tourism WA and industry to understand the behaviour and requirements of these visitors.
Liza Harvey will become Western Australia's new tourism minister, replacing Kim Hames who was forced to give up the portfolio after admitting an expenses bungle.
While many vacationers vow to go offline on their trips, Spanish hotel chain Melia Hotels International has launched what it calls the first "Twitter experience hotel," which, as the name implies, encourages guests to use their mobile devices throughout their stays.
Russian Miner Ualkali has dashed BHP's hopes of a replacement for declining iron ore prices. Uralkali is the world's largest potash producer and on Tuesday announced it's ending the decades-old distribution arrangement with Belarus, which controls roughly 43% of global exports, to go it alone.
The town of Boddington is hoping that the losses by Newmont Mining do not lead to more redundancies and a shrinking of the local economy.
The Gladstone Steel project is yet another victim of the global economic downturn, as investors become more and more risk adverse.
Up to 2000 construction jobs and the economic benefits to Gladstone and the State of Queensland will be sorely missed if this project cannot be resurrected.
New Dunsborough caravan park breaks the mould with proposed surf museum and onsite brewery