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Native Vegetation Clearing Permit Assessment Timeframes

Native Vegetation Clearing Permit Assessment Timeframes

An email from Tyler Sujdovic - ED Resource and Environmental Compliance, DMPE I am writing to you in relation to DMPE’s assessment timeframes for Native Vegetation Clearing Permits (NVCPs). DMPE acknowledges that current assessment timeframes are not in line with past...

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Federal Liberal minister visit to Sandstone

Federal Liberal minister visit to Sandstone

Today the Federal Liberal minister for the Mid-west, Melissa Price, visited Sandstone and I had a great opportunity to speak with her regarding issues around native title and how the PBC's are making it almost impossible to access ground without entering into some...

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APLA Industry News (AHNTILC Delegates Report Sep 2025)

APLA Industry News (AHNTILC Delegates Report Sep 2025)

Delegates Report UpdateOur latest delegates report is now available, covering key meetings held last week. Topics include pending submissions to the NT and ACH review, ongoing discussions with LGIRS on safety and risk management, and updates on new Section 10 activity...

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Nugget found at Sandstone, weighing 895 grams

Nugget found at Sandstone, weighing 895 grams

The two friends, from Western Australia, had been prospecting for decades. But their luck struck twice when they uncovered this whopping haul recently. A pair of "good mates" in the country's west are reportedly now more than $160,000 richer after unearthing multiple...

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Found – 7 ounce nugget under a shrub

Found – 7 ounce nugget under a shrub

A Victorian man has unearthed a gold nugget while filming a prospecting tutorial video in WA's Goldfields with his wife. Kevin Richardson found the 7-ounce nugget under a shrub in bushland about 600km east of Perth. A prospector has literally struck gold while making...

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