Friday, 1 September, 2017 - 13:02
Qantas trials regional flight discounts
Qantas will conduct a 12-month trial of discounted airfares for six regional centres in Western Australia, following a similar move by Regional Express in July.
The Shire of Esperance is located on Western Australia's southeast coast, 725km away from Perth.
The Shire has an area of 44,500 square kilometres, giving the region one of the lowest population densities to be found anywhere. It extends from Munglinup to Israelite Bay, and north to the Daniell rail siding.
It includes the suburbs of Bandy Creek, Beaumont, Cascade, Castletown, Chadwick, Condingup, Coomalbidgup, Dalyup, Esperance, Gibson, Grass Patch, Nulsen, Pink Lake, Salmon Gums, Scaddan, Sinclair, West Beach, and Windabout.
Rank | Company | # | |
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Shire of East Pilbara | $72.69m |
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Shire of Mundaring | $51.44m |
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Shire of Esperance | $50.28m |
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City of Subiaco | $53.38m |
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Shire of Augusta-Margaret River | $43.23m |
Rank | Company | # | |
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28th | City of Belmont | 247 | |
29th | Shire of East Pilbara | 236 | |
30th | Shire of Esperance | 228 | |
31st | Town of Cambridge | 224 | |
32nd | City of Subiaco | 216 |
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Qantas will conduct a 12-month trial of discounted airfares for six regional centres in Western Australia, following a similar move by Regional Express in July.
Sime Building and Construction has won an $8.36 million contract to construct an indoor sports and recreation centre.
Esperance needs up to 3,400 extra homes by 2050 to accommodate a number of major projects, sea change-seeking farmers and a growing tourism industry.
Rate hikes, large fines and development approvals will be implemented in Broome to crack down on the proliferation of AirBnBs.
The Shire of Esperance is the latest council to join a mounting list of regional towns putting their hand out to the WA government to help fund workers housing projects.
Backers of a multi-million-dollar aquaculture precinct mooted for Esperance are hopeful of luring major seafood companies to the greenfields site.
Fresh concerns have broken out over the level and style of consultation in Esperance surrounding the South Coast Marine Park
The Shire of Esperance hopes a new campaign championing its unpredictable weather will bring more tourists to the south coast town during the winter visitor lull.
The south coast town is the third regional local government in recent months to vote on an extension of its trading hours
The Shire of Esperance wants the state government to incentivise developers, get out of private rentals and fund a workforce village to alleviate the town’s housing shortage.
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